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You may not know her, but this mixture of ‘Mad Max’ and superhero cinema is one of the blockbusters of 2024 and is in Netflix

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The Asian continent and its great audiovisual powers (South Korea, China, Japan, India) form a box office successes that, although in this increasingly globalized world they begin not to remain restricted to their respective territories, Sometimes they still have a name outside their borders. Even when an Indian film is the most expensive of all time (72 million dollars, exceeding the 66 of ‘RRR’) and gets the best premiere of all time for a film in that country, with 66 million dollars in His first days. We talk about ‘KALKI 2898 AD ‘that You can see in Netflix And that it is a curiosy centrifuger of recent references: ‘Mad Max’, ‘Dune’, ‘Star Wars’ and even Marvel Superhero style meet in a spectacular and discouragement production, starring two local superstterlas, Prabhas and Deepika Padukone. The film leads us to a post-apocalyptic future where a 200-year totalitarian monarch reigns that resides in an inverted pyramid on the city, and where it performs perverse experiments with fertile women so that their immortality is prolonged. The city under its domain is an impoverished territory where a hunter will end up helping to flee to a fugitive, which has a purpose related to the reincarnation of Visnu, the God who protected humanity. As you can see, a very peculiar mixture of Hindu mythology and an argument clearly inspired by ‘Fury on the road’, only with the prophetic elements of ‘Dune’ and ‘Star Wars’ along the way. AND All seasoned with the crazy rigor choreographies That, yes, they culminate in an open end and arranged for a future second part, which will continue the so -called Kalki film universe. In Xataka | ‘Mad Max: Fury on the road’: How George Miller’s masterpiece suffered years of traumas and conflicts until he reached the cinema

The revenge film that revolutionized the international cinema scene returns to theaters for its anniversary

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Of course, Park Chan-wook’s masterpieceOld Boy‘ was not the first Korean film to attract the attention of viewers outside Asia. That same year we had had the fabulous rural thriller ‘Memories of Murder’, by the country’s other star director, Bong Joon Ho. And Park Chan-wook himself had shown the first film of his revenge trilogy, ‘Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance’, at international festivals a year earlier. But ‘Old Boy’ connected in a special way with Western viewers by raising a feeling that has been captured in millions of films of all origins, revengebut with the doses of extravagance and visual daring that we have always expected in Korean cinema since then. ‘Old Boy’ became almost a canonical film of the country, at least for foreign viewers and festivals, since there the commercial cinema that the majority of the population consumes, just like in Europe or the United States, is nothing like it. to this experiment artie but forceful. The convoluted plot of ‘Old Boy’ begins when a Korean businessman is kidnapped and confined for years in a cell where there is only a television. He doesn’t know why he is there and little by little we will witness his slow descent into madness. When he comes out, he will begin a meticulous process of revenge for those who have destroyed his life, violent and with a good amount of extreme revelations. We all remember from ‘Old Boy’ its magnificent scene shot in sequence, of a hallway full of enemies that the protagonist dispatches quickly and with the help of a hammer. It has been imitated in series seemingly as far removed from this film as ‘Daredevil’, demonstrating the extent to which the reach and influence of ‘Old Boy’ make it a unique icon of Korean cinema. Now, on the occasion of its twentieth anniversary, we can once again enjoy this film on the big screen, as it is re-released in theaters. In Xataka | Spectators and critics say it is the best science fiction film of recent times, but it was barely seen in theaters

The iconic style of Cameron Diaz, who returns to the cinema with ‘Back in Action’

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The actress Cameron Diaz She is one of the most recognizable faces in Hollywood, and no wonder, as she has played characters like Natalie Cook in the film Charlie’s Angels: on the edge or Amanda Woods on The Holiday. Now, after 11 years without being in front of the camerasreturns to acting this January 17 with the premiere of the film Back to action, which stars alongside actor Jamie Foxx. This is why we remember you 15 looks of the actress to show you her style, always impeccable. 115 © Getty Images movie premiere Back to action The actress was seen on January 15 at the premiere of her new film, Back in Action, in Berlin. The look was a total black that combines different fabrics. She opted for a semi-transparent blouse with a bow at the neck and, for the bottom part, she chose wide-leg jeans and accompanied them with loafers. To finish, he added a touch to the styling with a XXL jacket that reached to the ground 215 © Getty Images Its reappearance in 2024 After being away from the media spotlight, the actress posed in front of the cameras again in 2024. She did so with a long-sleeved top from sequins and one skirt midiaccompanying it with some court shoes. 315 © Getty Images BottleRock Napa Valley 2024 Also in 2024, the actress went to the music festival BottleRock, located in Napa, California. He did it with a set in denim and some white sneakers. Further proof that simplicity is one of its hallmarks. 415 © Getty Images 2002 Cannes Film Festival The transparencies They are more common now, but, in 2002, they were still somewhat unusual on the red carpet. The signature Versace She was in charge of designing the dress that Cameron Diaz wore at the Cannes Festival that year and the actress looked perfect. On the other hand, we see that jewelry and makeup adopt a subtle and unshowy character. The reason: the star of the look was her. 515 © Getty Images 2007 Oscars From blonde to brunette, the actress has gone through multiple look changes and one of them was this one. Accustomed to seeing her blonde, it seems that a part of Cameron’s essence is lost when her hair color is brunette, but the truth is that it looks great on her. For the 2007 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Awards, the actress chose a Valentino which enhanced her silhouette and ended with a ruffled train. On this occasion, jewelry took a leading role and her emerald earrings, along with the bracelets, were decisive for the look. 615 © Getty Images MET Gala 2012 In 2012, to participate in the popular MET Gala, the actress chose a mermaid-style dress with a deep neckline at the back, which was completely uncovered. Stella McCartney was the company that dressed the actress for this party, whose theme accompanied the exhibition Schiaparelli And Prada: Impossible Conversations. If there is something that usually characterizes her looks, it is simplicity, and therein lies the key to her elegancealways present in her outfits. 715 © Getty Images Golden Globes 2010 Whoever said that red favors brunettes more should make an exception for Cameron Díaz. For this ceremony, the actress wore a gorgeous dress Alexander McQueenwhich contrasted with black shoes. As for the jewelry, we can see that the only one she wears is a bracelet golden. 815 © Getty Images 2010 Oscars In true Hollywood style, the actress attended the Oscars in 2010 dressed in Oscar de la Renta. The design falls within their range of options for these events, since it is a long dress with a strapless neckline and rhinestones around. 915 © Getty Images Partying after the Oscars in 2000 If one thing is clear, it is that Cameron Diaz always looks spectacular at the party held after the Oscars. In 2000, the actress wore a design by Versace that included all the characteristics of the romantic style: lace, transparencies and a lingerie touch. 1015 © Getty Images movie premiere The Holiday in UK For the movie premiere The Holiday In 2005, we could also see the actress as a brunette. The dress chosen for the occasion was a monochromatic black model, with a strapless neckline and tied around the neck in the center. As we can see, the actress was faithful to her predilection for updos and simplicity in terms of jewelry. 1115 © Getty Images movie premiere Gambit In 2012, we could see the actress wearing Stella McCartney for the movie premiere Gambit in London. The look combined black and white and highlighted her waist. As usual in her looks, the jewelry went unnoticed and she also opted for an updo in her hair, a fairly common option as well. 1215 © Getty Images Partying in 2012 One of the most remembered appearances of the actress was in the post-party of the Oscars in 2012. For the occasion, she chose an orange dress from Victoria Beckham and she couldn’t have been more right. The design highlighted both his figure and his features and became one of the evening favorites. 1315 © Getty Images 2002 Oscars At the 2002 Oscars, the actress opted for a different option, choosing a Ungaro printed dress with a part of the pleated skirt. The actress also opted for a ‘disheveled’ updo and very striking bracelets. On the other hand, the dress was accompanied by a scarf tied around the waist and a rhinestone belt. 1415 © Getty Images movie premiere Night and day in 2010 For the movie premiere Night and day in the United Kingdom in 2010, Cameron chose this minidress from Stella McCartney which she decided to accompany with classic black heels. The look falls within her style, since it is a simple dress and elegant and, of course, she enhances it with an updo in her hair. 1515 © Getty Images Golden Globes 2007 Finally, we finish with this look, which … Read more

Tyler Perry is the richest actor in the world, above Tom Cruise and The Rock

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Adam Sandler, Tom Cruise and Dwayne Johnson “The Rock”“ They are very popular worldwide, so many people believe that one of them is the richest actor in the world. But That title goes to Tyler Perry, with a fortune of $1.4 billion. Dwayne Johnson looks unrecognizable as the wrestler Mark Kerr, in an image from the movie “The Smashing Machine” The magazine Forbes announced the above, along with various information related to the career and wealth of the artist originally from Louisiana. In 2019 he opened his own movie studios, a 330-acre property that is used for the filming of many films. Tom Cruise receives a medal from the United States Navy Perry is a shareholder of the platform streaming BET+ and has an agreement with the company Paramount Globalwhich generates annual profits of $150 million dollars. Additionally, he owns all the content he creates as a producer, screenwriter and director. Tyler has starred in the hit comedy film series about the character “Madea.”; So far there are 10 films, and the new one will premiere this year on the platform Netflix. He has extensive experience in theater and television, but has also acted in drama and action films, such as “Diary Of a Mad Black Woman”, “Star Trek” and “Alex Cross”. In the list of Forbes of the richest actors in the world also stand out Jerry Seinfeld (with $950 million dollars), Dwayne Johnson (with $800 million), Tom Cruise ($600 million), George Clooney ($500 million) and Adam Sandler (with $440 million dollars). Tyler Perry (who has in his account instagram more than 7 million followers) is a great friend of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex (prince harry from England and his wife Meghan Markle) and is also the godfather of Princess Lilibet, the couple’s daughter. Keep reading:

Steven Soderbergh: ‘I am the cockroach of this industry. I can survive any version of it’

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NEW YORK — Steven Soderbergh is not only the director and cinematographer of his latest film. In some ways, he is also its central character. “Presence” is filmed entirely from the point of view of a ghost inside a house that a family has just moved into. Soderbergh, who acts as his own cinematographer under the pseudonym Peter Andrews (his father’s name), essentially plays the presence, a floating point of view that watches as the violence that killed the mysterious ghost threatens to repeat itself. For the prolific Soderbergh, the film, which opens in theaters Friday, was a unique challenge. She shot “Presence” with a small digital camera while wearing slippers to soften her steps. The 62-year-old filmmaker chatted in a recent interview in Manhattan, in the midst of post-production on his next film (“Black Bag,” a thriller that Focus Features will release on March 14), and the start of production in a few weeks his next project, a romantic comedy that he says “feels like a George Cukor movie.” Soderbergh, whose films include “Out of Sight,” the “Ocean’s 11” films, “Magic Mike” and “Erin Brockovich,” tends to do a lot in small windows. of time. “Presence” took 11 days to film. That skill has made Soderbergh one of the most respected Hollywood evaluators in the film business. In a wide-ranging conversation, he discussed why he thinks streaming is the most destructive force cinema has ever faced and why he is “the cockroach of this industry.” Steven Soderbergh attends the premiere of “Presence” at AMC Lincoln Square on Thursday, January 16, 2025 in New York. (Evan Agostini/Invision/AP) You use pseudonyms for yourself as director of photography and editor. Were you tempted to credit yourself as an actor for “Presence”?SODERBERGH: No, but what I did is subtle. For the first and only time Peter Andrews has a camera operator credit. That’s not a credit I usually take because I don’t need it and I typically have another operator working with me. But I felt like this was training. It was complicated, but really fun. It was another level of performance anxiety because I ruined more takes than anyone else in the movie by a major factor. I was the one saying, “Cut. I ruined it. “We have to start over.” You made this quickly and cheaply, and then sold it to a distributor. Was working outside the system attractive to you?The beauty of projects on this scale is that I can do them without having to talk to anyone. It’s not because I don’t want comments. It’s because it’s just the trusted group and none of the psychic space is occupied by things that have nothing to do with what you’re going to film. I went from that to a more traditional project where a lot of psychic space is consumed in the process of having a studio finance your film. I like these people, it’s just that there are a lot of lawyers. Many lawyers. You’ve called streaming the most destructive force in the history of cinema. What irritates you the most about it?It removes a key reference point for an artist. It’s useful to know how something is working, or how it worked. You need to know that to gauge whether you achieved what you wanted to achieve, whether you can work at a certain level. That’s one of the most confusing things about it, the black box of it. Aside from the economic invisibility of what’s going on there — the fact that we can’t really look under the hood of how these streaming companies operate economically — there’s another kind of guardrail that’s missing that I find really useful. At the end of the day, at least, I want to know. The market will tell you how you are doing. I want to know that so I can adjust or go in another direction. Being irrelevant is not very attractive. What’s the overlap between what people seem to be responding to and what I like? Because I don’t want to do these things and have no one see them. I’ve had enough people say, “Oh, that came out?” It is a public art form. West Mulholland, from left, Callina Liang, Steven Soderbergh and Eddy Maday attend the premiere of “Presence” at AMC Lincoln Square on Thursday, January 16, 2025 in New York. (Evan Agostini/Invision/AP) How do you suspect the audience is changing?The good news is, if you talk to Focus Features and Neon and A24, young people are going to the movies. This is the generation of (the social network of movie buffs) Letterboxd. That’s fantastic. I hope that spreads outside of the United States. They are movie buffs and expect something unique. They want the signature, they want the seal of a filmmaker. And that is becoming a real business. One of the things, I think, that we all need to do, but especially people who cover the industry, is to stop using the studio metric for what is a success. That is not a template that you should apply to everything. Do you ever regret that the movies that made you want to be a filmmaker like “All the President’s Men” and “Chinatown” occupied a different place in the culture than movies today?There was a period of about 10 to 14 years where the best movies of the year were also the most popular movies of the year. That’s not necessarily true today. You can pick one of the movies that’s in the competition this year and say: That’s a movie from the ’70s. It’s just as good and interesting as one of those. But it’s not going to do the business that one of those would have done. It is the artist’s job to adapt. When you’re trying to control what people want to see, you’re in a place like, “If I really wish hard, it won’t rain.” The weather is the weather. To some degree, the audience is a weather system. Fortunately, … Read more

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