Nikola Jokić actually dressed like Gru from Despicable Me ahead of Lakers-Nuggets.
Denver Nuggets superstar Nikola Jokić must’ve been feeling … despicable … ahead of Saturday night’s 2024 NBA playoffs opener against the Los Angeles Lakers.
This is just next-level hilarious from Jokić as he has fully owned the fact that, in the right outfit, he does look exactly like Gru from Despicable Me.
We are fully on-board with Jokić owning this for the rest of the NBA playoffs, as they’ll run throughout the spring and summer as Despicable Me 4 continues to promote the upcoming sequel.
At this point, we really wouldn’t be shocked if Jokić makes a voice cameo in the movie. That’d be the perfect finale.
Nikola Jokić has a new group of fans: the Minions.
As the Denver Nuggets prepare to defend their NBA title in this year’s playoffs, superstar Nikola Jokić will play a massive role in that pursuit.
However, it seems like he might have to deal with a new batch of fans during this playoff run.
A brand-new promo for the animated sequel Despicable Me 4 shows Jokić, dressed in a suit, lamenting on the fact that he looks like Gru from the Despicable Me movies.
Because of that, Jokić shows that he’s being followed by a bunch of Minions who cannot get enough of how he looks like their (formerly) despicable boss.
Todd Phillips’ follow-up to the billion-dollar smash hit and deeply polarizing Oscar winner Joker brings back Joaquin Phoenix as the clown prince of crime and teams him up with Lady Gaga’s Harley Quinn as they seemingly fall in love and bring havoc upon Gotham City.
We’re not exactly sure what’s going on here, other than Fleck and Quinn seemingly meet in Arkham Asylum and spark an old-school Hollywood romance with each other to the tune of Jackie DeShannon and Burt Bacharach. There also seems to be a big court trial and subsequent protest going on, one where we’re guessing the Joker is the plaintiff and Gotham City (and probably Harvey Dent) are the defendants.
Just from this glance, Phillips is borrowing visually from directors like Martin Scorsese (New York, New York), Bob Fosse (All That Jazz), Stanley Donen (Singin’ in the Rain), Jacques Demy (The Umbrellas of Cherbourg), Vincente Minnelli (An American in Paris) and even Damien Chazelle (La La Land) here as he stages his twisted take on the movie musical.
We only hope the script this time around has much more going for it than the muddled mayhem from the first film.
Some disturbing content to follow:
Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga star in the first trailer for #Joker: Folie à Deux – in theaters October 4. pic.twitter.com/jQ04UaNsrq
Whether this is a major improvement from the fascinating-if-flawed first installment or an absolute trainwreck, you cannot say this film looks boring.
We’ll see who gets the last laugh when Joker: Folie à Deux opens in theaters on Oct. 4. Expect a possible film festival bow at Venice later in the summer.
If you were hoping to sit in a movie theater and stare at the biggest screen possible as one gigantic ape rode a huge lizard creature towards another gigantic ape riding a huge lizard creature in zero-gravity in Hollow Earth, boy do I have some good new for you.
Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire hits theaters this Friday, and it has all the prehistoric mutant animals fighting each other that you could dream up. The fifth entry into the MonsterVerse, The New Empire picks up with King Kong feeling lonely in his Hollow Earth home and Godzilla roaming the surface to eliminate Titan threats.
Godzilla’s unusual behavior — loading up on radiation from a French reactor and tracking down a powerful Arctic Titan — leads Monarch scientists to believe a bigger threat is looming.
That threat is a really mean ape that is running a colony one layer under Hollow Earth, and — you won’t believe it — Kong and Godzilla will have to team up to defeat him.
Look, is this movie good? No. Does it totally rock to see various giant creatures punch each other? Yes.
Rebecca Hall, Brian Tyree Henry and Kaylee Hottle all return from Godzilla vs. Kong and are joined by Dan Stevens, who plays a cryptozoologist that is basically Kong’s veterinarian.
Problems are solved pretty easily throughout the movie (need a robotic arm to affix to Kong? Don’t worry, it’s nearby and super mobile), but it doesn’t really matter since the “plot” is really just there to get us to more big fight scenes.
If you’re looking for an Oscar-winning epic with deep meaning and use of allegory, this one might not be for you. If you’re looking to turn off your brain for a couple hours and watch monster fights, you’ll be pleased.
Movie: Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire Release Date: March 29 Director: Adam Wingard Stars: Rebecca Hall, Brian Tyree Henry, Kaylee Hottle, Dan Stevens Rating: 2.5 out of 5 stars
Gyllenhaal shines as Dalton in the remake of of the 1989 classic.
There’s a moment in Prime Video’s new Road House adaptation where Dalton (Jake Gyllenhaal) is about to be pummeled by hired villain Knox (Conor McGregor) in the crumbling wreck of the titular bar. As the punch comes in, Dalton yells “be nice,” an homage to the original 1989 cult classic.
Throughout Doug Liman’s remake, there are small nods to Patrick Swayze’s Road House, but the 2024 version is certainly one that stands on its own. While it lacks the endearing ridiculousness that made the first one so re-watchable and quotable — “Pain don’t hurt!” — it’s still a high-octane and fun watch.
In this iteration, Dalton is a former UFC fighter with a past he wants to forget. He’s approached by Frankie (Jessica Williams, Shrinking) with an offer to come to the Florida Keys and try and keep the peace at her bar, the aptly named Road House.
Dalton trains up bouncer Billy (Lukas Gage) as he cleans up the Road House, but problems pop up when low-level muscle continues causing problems for the bar. The wonderful Billy Magnussen (Game Night) stars as Ben Brandt, the wonderfully decadent villain trying to put the bar out of business so he can build up the beach front, and he calls in Knox to make things happen.
The fight scenes are brutal and frankly impressive, and that’s due to stunt coordinator Garrett Warren and something he calls the Four Pass Method. McGregor explained in an interview with Jake Hamilton what goes into it. “It’s basically you punch one side of the face, you punch the other side, you punch in slow motion where you land and act it, and then you put a pad in front of the face,” McGregor said.
With all those angles of near miss punches and “connected” punches, the magic of movie-making puts them all together in a way that is very realistic.
Gyllenhaal is truly engaging in the role, and Magnussen plays the yacht-owning, linen-wearing Florida bad guy to perfection. It’s not a perfect movie, but it’s worth a watch.
Road House will be streaming on Prime Video starting March 21.
Movie: Road House Release Date: March 21 (Prime Video) Director: Doug Liman Stars: Jake Gyllenhaal, Daniela Melchior, Jessica Williams, Billy Magnussen, Lukas Gage, Conor McGregor Rating: 2.5 out of 5 stars
Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour debuted on Disney+ this weekend with the monster tour-turned-movie finally arriving on streaming. Unsurprisingly, the massive hit concert film had a record-breaking first three days with 4.6 million views.
Swift, who kicked off the Eras Tour in Scottsdale, Arizona back in March of 2023, has been to four continents — North America, South America, Australia and Asia — already, with the tour resuming in Paris, France in May for several more months planned.
The concert film has made over $260 million dollars at the worldwide box office, the most ever for the genre.
Taylor Swift has set a new record on Disney+ as “The Eras Tour (Taylor’s Version)” earned 4.6 million views in its first three days of release — making it the No. 1 music film ever on the platform. https://t.co/jPiQ41sGgs
Tom Holland and Zendaya are just too cute. The pair of actors met on the set of Marvel’s 2017 Spider-Man: Homecoming, and started dating in July of the same year. The couple is utterly adorable, even if the amount of time spent in the spotlight is not high.
The Dune: Part Two star and Peter Parker actor made an appearance at the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, California over the weekend, sitting together and taking in the tournament. With Zendaya starring in the upcoming tennis-based movie, Challengers, it tracks that the duo made it court side.
Caught on camera, Holland and Zendaya adorably bantered with each other and joined in a chorus of “I Wanna Dance With Somebody” by Whitney Houston.
deleting my dating apps today and gonna pursue a career in acting so me and my costar can fall madly in love cause i’ve had enough pic.twitter.com/vGmmH2sHgg
Let’s take a look at 25 films that could contend for Best Picture at the Oscars next year.
The 96th Academy Awards have come and gone, as Christopher Nolan’s historical epic Oppenheimer dominated this year’s ceremony.
However, it’s never too early to look ahead to what next year’s Oscars could have in store for us (okay, maybe it is, but we’re doing it anyhow).
We’ve got some major filmmakers returning to the director’s chair this year, as well as some big sequels and promising indie dramas alike.
With 2024 already in full gear at the movies, we’ve taken a look at 25 films we think you should keep an eye on this year for the 2025 Oscars.
While this list is not definitive and will likely add films as the year goes on, this is our best glance a year out at what next year’s ceremony could offer.
Did we really think Jimmy Kimmel would go the whole Oscars without making fun of Matt Damon?
We really didn’t think Jimmy Kimmel would go the entire Academy Awards without getting in a dig at Matt Damon, did we?
Right as the show was ending, it looked like Kimmel wouldn’t keep his ongoing fake feud with Damon alive in his fourth Oscar hosting stint.
In the amended words of Lee Corso, not so fast, my frenemy!
A brief gag closed the show right before the credits of Messi the dog from Anatomy of a Fall pretending to hoist his leg up to pee on Damon’s star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame as Kimmel got in his annual roast.
Burt Young, Ray Stevenson, Sinead O’Connor and others were shoved into a list of names at the end that hardly anyone could read.
During its show each year, the Academy Awards always runs a montage of actors, directors, producers and other contributors to film that have died in the past year. The “in-memoriam” sequence is a staple of the Oscars and can often be a bit of a tearjerker.
But sometimes – oftentimes, unfortunately – the Oscars forgets to include some folks. Last year, they forgot about Paul Sorvino.
This year, the Academy sprinted through the montage fairly quickly and never brought it to full screen. At the end, several names flashed on the screen, but they were difficult to read because they were small and far away.
And so, a lot of folks online thought that many actors and contributors to film were snubbed, overlooked or forgotten. There was a significant outcry for Reddick.
Reddick and other big-name contributors to film – Ahsoka’s Ray Stevensonand singer Sinead O’Connor among them – were technically included in the montage, but only very briefly at the end, shoved into a long list of names that hardly anyone could read.
Oscars In Memoriam was such a mess… how do you disrespect all these people at the end by just having a wall of names that barely stays up for 10 seconds? RIP Lance Reddick, Ray Stevenson, Treat Williams, and everyone else on this wall of names that deserved better pic.twitter.com/w5TY6SVxcl
Simply put, the late folks like Reddick, Stevenson, O’Connor, Cormac McCarthy, Burt Young, Treat Williams and others deserved so much better than this. If we could make time for the song from the movie about Flaming Hot Cheetos, couldn’t we find time to honor these people properly?
If the #Oscars aren’t going to include Burt Young in the In Memoriam, I will.
