“Look at the smile on that guy’s face – he found a book.” Greenwich Entertainment has unveiled an official trailer for an indie documentary titled Hello, Bookstore, which first premiered at a few film festivals last year. In the shadow of the pandemic, a small town rallies to protect a beloved local bookstore in its hour of need. A landmark in Lenox, Massachusetts (Google Maps), “The Bookstore” is a magical, beatnik gem thanks to its owner, Matt Tannenbaum, whose passion for stories runs deep. Presiding at The Bookstore for over forty years, Matt is a true bard of the Berkshires and his shop is the kind of place to get lost in. This intimate portrait of The Bookstore and the family at its heart offers a journey through good times, hard times and the stories hidden on the shelves. It isn’t the first doc about a book shop – there’s The Booksellers and Circus of Books recently. However, this one looks nourishing charming. I want to visit The Bookstore.
Here’s the official trailer (+ poster) for A.B. Zax’s documentary Hello, Bookstore, direct from YouTube:
In the shadow of the pandemic, a small town rallies to protect a beloved local bookstore. A landmark in Lenox, Massachusetts, The Bookstore (see Google Maps) is a magical, beatnik gem thanks to its owner Matt Tannenbaum, whose passion for stories runs deep. This intimate portrait of The Bookstore and the family at its heart offers a journey through good times, hard times, and the stories hidden on the shelves.Hello, Bookstore is directed by filmmaker A.B. Zax (aka Adam Zax), making his feature directorial debut with this film. It initially premiered at the 2021 Berkshire Film Festival last year. Greenwich Ent. will debut Hello, Bookstore in select US theaters (starting at Film Forum in NYC) on April 29th, 2022 coming soon.
Emma Smith’s enchanting book about books borrows its title from Stephen King, who describes them as “uniquely portable magic”.
Smith is a professor of Shakespeare Studies at Hertford College, Oxford, a bookish environment if ever there was one, and in Portable Magic she celebrates not only the history and evolution of books, but their function and totemic status as the manifestation of ideas in a physical form – their very “bookhood”.
The usual suspects are all here – the Chinese printers of the 7th-century BC, Gutenberg and his Bibles, the publishing tycoons, and the authors of everything from the scrolls of Alexandria to paperback smut. But front and centre is the book itself, and Smith’s contagious fascination with the material, decorative and talismanic aspects of the packaging and dissemination of the printed word. We learn that not only did Gutenberg’s 1455 edition of the Bible run to a remarkable 1282 pages, but that it took six pressmen two years work to produce around 170 copies in total. Hardly a bestseller, despite its epochal place in publishing history, and it’s hardly surprising that Gutenberg fell foul of his creditors and was bankrupt 10 years later.
F. Scott Fitzgerald went to his grave believing The Great Gatsby to be a failure.Credit:Getty Images
Portable Magic sparkles with gems of trivia that often conceal deeper truths about the evolution of reading and publishing. For instance, in 1940, the year of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s death, his royalty cheque for The Great Gatsby amounted to an underwhelming $13. It was its inclusion in the works selected by the Council for Books in Wartime, a committee of publishers, librarians and literary luminaries, for distribution to all American servicemen during World War II, that immortalised Fitzgerald’s work with an initial print run six times his publisher Scribner’s output in the years since its 1925 debut. Fitzgerald went to his grave believing his masterwork to be a failure, a failure that has sold in the millions since the war, but Smith’s exploration ranges far beyond the quirks of fate that make or break the reputations of writers and publishers.
Bad Bunny is set to star in the new Sony Pictures action movie Bullet Train. In the film’s first trailer, released today, the Puerto Rican rapper-singer can be seen starting a fight with Brad Pitt on the namesake train after stabbing him in the chest. Watch it below.
Bullet Train will hit theaters on July 15. The David Leitch–directed film will also star Michael Shannon, Joey King, Aaron Taylor Johnson, Brian Tyree Henry, Zazie Beetz, and more. It’s based on the Japanese novel Maria Beetle by Kotaro Isaka and features a script written by Zak Olkewicz.
In the upcoming HBO Max’s reunion special “Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts,” the cast got candid about their on-set crushes during filming.
Emma Watson admitted to “falling in love” with Tom Felton when they were younger. But for Radcliffe, he declared his crush on Helena Bonham Carter.
During the pair’s sit-down, the 32-year-old read a note he gave to the actress, 55, during filming.
“Dear HBC,” read Radcliffe, as quoted by Page Six on Wednesday. “It was a pleasure being your costar and coaster in the sense that I always ended up holding your coffee.”
The pair laughed about the pun and Carter urged the star to continue reading the note.
Daniel Radcliffe had a crush on his co-star Helena Bonham Carter. (Getty Images)
“I do love you,” he continued. “And I just wish I had been born 10 years earlier. I might [have had] a chance. Lots of love and thanks for being cool.”
During his confessional, Radcliffe also shared that some of his first girlfriends and kisses were through the film franchise.
“Every part of my life is connected to ‘[Harry] Potter,’” he explained. “My first kiss is connected to someone here. My first girlfriends were here. It all spirals out from the part of the set somewhere.”
While Radcliffe didn’t name any names, he did describe asking Watson, 31, for dating advice.
Actor Daniel Radcliffe (L) and actress Helena Bonham Carter attend the world premiere of ‘Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows’ at Odeon Leicester Square on November 11, 2010, in London, England. (Photo by Jon Furniss/WireImage)
“If she was texting a boy or I was texting a girl, I would be like, ‘She sent me this many kisses back. What do I do?’” he recalled. “This is a nightmare.
The special will become available for streaming on Jan. 1.
At age 11, Radcliffe achieved international stardom when he was cast as the lead in “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone” in 2001, which was based on the beloved best-selling fantasy novel by British writer J.K. Rowling.
Not only did the film become a box-office sensation, but the eight-film series spanned Radcliffe’s late childhood — and set him up for life. The franchise ended its run in 2011 and skyrocketed the young actor’s net worth to nearly $100 million.
FORMER ‘Harry Potter’ STAR DANIEL RADCLIFFE EXPLAINS WHY HE WOULD BE OPEN TO DOING A PUNK BIOPIC
While ‘Harry Potter’ provided Daniel Radcliffe immense wealth, he isn’t interested in enchanting audiences on screen with the same magic formula. (AP, File)
Back in 2017, Radcliffe told Fox News his success on “Harry Potter” has motivated him over the years to show audiences what he’s capable of as an actor.
“I think I felt a lot of that pressure in the beginning,” Radcliffe said at the time. “I don’t know what the percentage is, but there’s a percentage of people who will absolutely be willing to see me as different characters. There’s a percentage of people, probably smallish, that already do. But there’s a percentage of people who will never see me as anything other than Harry Potter. And I’m not going to worry about that.
“I’m also very happy with that. I loved the part. And if that’s the way I will remain in some people’s minds until the end of time, then that’s fine… The fact that I’m able to do stuff that I’m proud of, if I just carry on and do the things that I want to make, hopefully, they will reach more and more people.”
“Tell me – do you enjoy existing?” Damn, what a question. Saban Films has released an official trailer for the film Chariot, an intriguing psychological thriller mixed with a bit of sci-fi. A story about a corporation and a doctor, played by John Malkovich, that oversees the process of reincarnation, and a young man named Harrison who becomes a glitch in the system when he encounters a woman he loved in a previous life. That concept initially makes me think of Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind along with that Transcendence movie, though involving reincarnation and not A.I. this time. Another description states the film is a “dark and twisted thriller.” Thomas Mann stars with Rosa Salazar, plus Scout Taylor Compton, Vernon Davis, Chris Mullinax, Shane West, and Malkovich. I’m not really sure what to make of this – could be good, but could also be bad, as there doesn’t seem to be enough of a clear vision for this film to really work.
Here’s the official trailer (+ poster) for Adam Sigal’s Chariot, direct from YouTube:
In this dark and twisted thriller, John Malkovich stars as Dr. Karn, an odd, eccentric specialist who guides unknowing patients through the reincarnation transition. When Harrison (Thomas Mann) experiences mysterious recurring dreams, he turns to Dr. Karn for help and reveals his encounter with a woman (Rosa Salazar) he loved in a previous life. Noticing a glitch in the system, the doctor must fix the issue before permanently derailing his patient’s future.Chariot is written and directed by writer / filmmaker Adam Sigal, director of the films When the Starlight Ends, The Two Dogs, and Stakeout previously. Produced by Henry Penzi, Johnny Remo, Carol Anne Watts, and Sasha Yelaun. Saban Films will debut Sigal’s Chariot in select US theaters + on VOD starting on April 15th, 2022 this spring. Anyone interested in watching this?
If you’re in Edinburgh this Easter and are looking for something to entertain yourself or your children with, there are endless possibilities.
The city is jam-packed with tourist attractions, shopping outlets, beautiful walks and hundreds of restaurants and bars.
If you look further afield, however, Edinburgh actually has a number of interesting and educational walking tours. One that tickled my fancy, was the Harry Potter tour.
As an avid Harry Potter fan, I’ve always just left my knowledge at that of watching the films countless times and reading the first few books when I was very young. For years I told myself I would go back and read them all properly, as many say they are better than the films, but I’ve still not found the time.
After living in the capital for several years and often spotting the Harry Potter boffins roaming the streets followed by a crowd of tourists, I always wondered what they could talk so in-depth about, given that none of the scenes from any of the films were in Edinburgh.
However, the main link to the capital, which I’m sure everyone knows by now, is that the author of the books, JK Rowling, lived in the city for a large period of her life, and wrote some of the books here in Edinburgh.
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Eager to expand my Harry Potter knowledge even further and explore a new form of entertainment and education that I had never thought of, I took part in Get Your Guide’s two-hour walking tour of the city.
Priced at £12 per ticket, the two-hour excursion would explore the many areas of Edinburgh’s Old Town that JK Rowling took inspiration from and eventually filtered that into the world-famous Harry Potter novels, which later became films.
Starting the tour on a mild Wednesday afternoon on Chambers Street, I was surprised to see so many people at the starting point. There must have been around 20 fellow Harry Potter fans, all excited to strengthen their knowledge.
Unknown to me, although Edinburgh was not lucky enough to have scenes from the movie based around it, there are several coincidental links to the films, and books, dotted around the city.
One of the first destinations was the little Potterrow Port tunnel. Two things stood out about this location. One, the name, which just happens to be a coincidence and has no actual link to the character, and two, the look of the tunnel, which Harry Potter fans will recognise as looking similar to the area in which Harry and his brother Dudley were targeted by a swarm of dementors during the fifth movie, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.
Another aspect of the tour I hadn’t fully appreciated, was the opportunity to soak in some of the city’s incredible architecture and how countless buildings and cathedrals look like they belong in the world of Harry Potter.
The next significant location on the tour was the popular Greyfriars Kirkyard. A busy location at any time during the day, the graveyard attracts tourists who are keen on exploring the story of Greyfriars Bobby. However, JK Rowling also used the graveyard as the occasional spot to soak up some inspiration for the novels.
Throughout the tour of the graveyard, multiple links to Harry Potter were discovered. Certain surnames of characters in Harry Potter were first spotted by JK Rowling in that area, such as Riddell, Moodie and McGonogall, albeit in the books and movies, they were spelt slightly different.
There were several Harry Potter references in Greyfriars Kirkyard, including the grave of William McGonagall.
Several different spooky ghost stories were told on the tour, which all came back to Harry Potter and some of the inspiration that made JK Rowling create some of the most memorable characters.
Throughout the tour, our guide was testing our knowledge on the books and the films by asking several questions, in order to earn points for a house that we had been placed into earlier in the tour.
Even though the weather was a little chilly and windy, there were the odd sunny spells which made is a much more pleasant experience.
The cup on top of this grave is a reference to the portkey in Goblet of Fire.
One thing that I enjoyed about the tour was definitely the enthusiasm of the guide. Easy as it is to wander around, bored of saying the same old stuff to tourists, our guide was very chirpy and liked to test our Harry Potter knowledge where applicable. The addition of awarding points for each correct answer was also a fun little bonus.
When the tour came to an end, I certainly left feeling like I got my money’s worth, and with countless new Harry Potter facts swimming around inside my head.
If you’re a Harry Potter fan and are looking for something to do during the Easter break, I’d definitely recommend signing up for the tour. Details and booking information can be found here.
Alleging that Gurumurthy insulted the public sector bank employees and their contribution in nation building, the AIREBA in a letter sent to the finance minister, Nirmala Sitharaman has demanded that appropriate action must be taken against Gurumurthy for his comments.
AIREBA said that Gurumurthy has insulted the PSBs which played a very important role in strengthening and saving the Indian economy.
The AIREBA alleged that RSS supporter Gurumurthy has, on May 8, called the public sector banks “scums/filth”.
During the 52nd anniversary celebration of the Thuglak magazine, responding to a reader’s query, Gurumurthy referred to public sector bank employees as ‘Kazhisadai’ (Tamil word roughly translated as ‘filth/scum). He reportedly made this comment in the presence of the finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman.
Expressing shock and dismay at Gurumurthy’s comment the AIREBA said, “This is utmost shocking, repugnant and reprehensible, which along with the bank employees of the country, we, Reserve Bank Employees deplore unambiguously.”
Get your wands ready, because the newest adventure in the Wizarding World arrives in theaters this Friday, April 15.
Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore digs into Albus Dumbledore’s (Jude Law) past entanglements with the dangerous dark wizard Gellert Grindelwald (Mads Mikkelsen taking over for Johnny Depp) in a new adventure you won’t want to miss. Die hard and new fans alike will love the slew of new terrifying and awe-inspiring beasts in this epic film, as Dumbledore enlists the help of Newt Scamander (Eddie Redmayne) and his intrepid team of wizards and witches.
Directed by David Yates in his seventh film in the Harry Potterfranchise, and co-written by J.K. Rowling, audiences are in for a magical treat this week when Fantastic Beasts premieres exclusively in theaters. Tickets are already going fast, so don’t wait too late to buy them.
Keep scrolling to get all the details of how, when and where you can watch Fantastic Beasts 3: The Secrets of Dumbledore.
When can I watch Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore? The movie will premiere globally in theaters this Friday, April 15.
How can I watch Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore? Fantastic Beasts 3 is roaring into theaters on April 15. With Warner Bros. movies reaching HBO Max around 45 days after their cinematic premiere, that puts Fantastic Beasts’s HBO Max release date close to May 30.
Grab tickets on Fandango to see Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore in theaters on April 15.
The Fantastic Beasts series keeps the Harry Potter franchise going with prequel films set in the 1920s. The first two films of the spin-off series, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them and Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald, are available to stream on HBO Max and Peacock.
The cheapest way to watch the first two “Fantastic Beasts” movies is with a Peacock Premium subscription. Peacock Premium with ads costs $5 a month while ad-free streaming costs $10 a month. HBO Max’s ad-free plan is $15 a month or you can opt for the ad-supported plans for $10 a month. You can also skip the commitment of a streaming subscription altogether as the Fantastic Beasts movies are available for digital rental and purchase on Amazon.
“I wish I could take you out… champagne and oysters.” Sony Pictures Classics has debuted a second official trailer for the period romance Mothering Sunday, which first premiered at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival last summer. It also played at the Toronto and London Film Festivals – finally opening in US theaters (NY LA) this month after many delays. Adapted from the novel by Graham Swift, the film is about a maid living in post-World War I England who secretly plans to meet with the man she loves before he leaves to marry another woman. It’s described as an “luminous, intensely moving tale” of romance and love, “but events that neither can foresee will change the course of Jane’s life forever.” The film stars Odessa Young and Josh O’Connor as the two lovers, with Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù, Glenda Jackson, Simon Shepherd, Olivia Colman, and Colin Firth. This is a beautiful trailer! The best one yet (better than the other US and the UK one), really capturing the profound emotions and anguish and pleasure this film explores. Definitely worth a look.
Here’s the second official US trailer for Eva Husson’s Mothering Sunday, direct from YouTube:
On a warm spring day in 1924, house maid and foundling Jane Fairchild (Odessa Young) finds herself alone on Mother’s Day. Her employers, Mr and Mrs Niven (Colin Firth and Olivia Colman), are out and she has the rare chance to spend an afternoon of abandon with her secret lover, Paul (Josh O’Connor), the boy from the manor house nearby who is Jane’s long-term romantic love despite the fact that he’s engaged to be married to another woman, a childhood friend and daughter of his parents’ friends. But events that neither can foresee will change the course of Jane’s life forever…Mothering Sunday is directed by the acclaimed French filmmaker / writer Eva Husson, director of the movies Those for Whom It’s Always Complicated, Bang Gang, and Girls of the Sun previously. The screenplay is written by Alice Birch, adapted from the novel by Graham Swift. This initially premiered at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival earlier this year. It opens in the UK beginning in November. Sony Classics will release Husson’s Mothering Sunday in select US theaters starting on March 25th, 2022 this month – after a small awards run last year. Still interested?
“Liquid Luck” eh? Yeah, right… Harry’s 16, he’s just gotten intoxicated for the first time. He’s saying “hi” to random people and being all sassy to Hagrid and Slughorn – there’s nothing not to love about this scene. Considering how serious this film is, this moment truly is hilarious. The way that Ron, Hermione, Hagrid, and Slughorn all just look at Harry like he’s fully away with the fairies was all the comic relief we needed.
