Babygirl, Nosferatu, Daaaaaali!, Piece by Piece, Wicked

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Babygirl     HD720p 35MB
A high-powered CEO (Nicole Kidman) puts her career and family on the line when she begins a torrid affair with her much younger intern (Harris Dickinson). Antonio Banderas plays her husband. Written and directed by Dutch actress turned director Halina Reijn (Bodies Bodies Bodies).
You need to watch the trailer to get an idea of the intensity of their relationship. Kidman won the Best Actress Award for her performance last month in Venice. Will be in theatres in the US on Christmas Day.

Nosferatu     HD1080p 35MB
A new take on the gothic tale of obsession between a haunted young woman (Lily-Rose Depp) and the terrifying vampire (Bill Skarsgård) infatuated with her, causing untold horror in its wake. Nicholas Hoult, Willem Dafoe, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Ralph Ineson, Simon McBurney and Emma Corrin are also part of the cast. Written and directed by Robert Eggers (The Lighthouse, The Witch, The Northman).
Will also be in theatres in the US on Christmas Day. An earlier teaser: HD720p 18MB.

Daaaaaali!     HD1080p 15MB
Trailer for the latest absurdist comedy written and directed by Quentin Dupieux (Deerskin, Rubber, Wrong). It's about a French journalist (Anaïs Demoustier) who meets the iconic surrealist artist Salvador Dalí (Edouard Baer, Gilles Lellouche, Jonathan Cohen, Pio Marmaï and Didier Flamand) on several occasions for a documentary project that never came to be.
All in all, Dalí gets portrayed by six actors, one "a" in the title for each. Now in limited release in the US.

Piece by Piece     HD720p 34MB
Documentary that explores the life and career of Grammy Award-winning music icon Pharrell Williams. Among those interviewed are Gwen Stefani, Kendrick Lamar, Timbaland, Justin Timberlake, Busta Rhymes, Jay-Z, and Snoop Dogg. Oh, and it's entirely told through the lens of LEGO animation. Directed by Morgan Neville (Twenty Feet from Stardom, Won't You Be My Neighbor?, Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain).
Festival reviews aren't that bad. It's certainly innovative and the music's groovy. Though you apparently don't learn too much about Pharrell.

Wicked     HD720p 38MB
Second trailer for the first part of the two-part movie adaptation of the Broadway musical. It tells the story of the witches of Oz. Elphaba (Cynthia Erivo), a young woman, misunderstood because of her unusual green skin, who has yet to discover her true power, and Glinda (Ariana Grande), a popular young woman, gilded by privilege and ambition, who has yet to discover her true heart. The two meet as students at Shiz University in the fantastical Land of Oz and forge an unlikely but profound friendship. Following an encounter with The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (Jeff Goldblum), their friendship reaches a crossroads and their lives take very different paths. Michelle Yeoh and Jonathan Bailey are also part of the cast. Directed by Jon M. Chu (Crazy Rich Asians, In the Heights, Now You See Me 2).
Second part is scheduled to be in theatres November next year.

Comments

[andrewducker]

I was surprised they were splitting Wicked in two, but the stage version is 2 and a half hours, so if they expand on the scenes at all (which they almost certainly would, if nothing else to show more scenery and incidental moments) then they're going to struggle to make a single movie out of it. I'm interested to see that they're bringing in more from the book, which has a very different feel to the musical.

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I didn't know there's also a book. As you indicate, that could explain why there's also a second part. It still seems unusual and risky. I don't remember the last time one of those Christmas musicals was a big commercial success.

[andrewducker]

Well, the musical is one of the most successful of all time, so I assume that they expect the movie to attract a lot of the same crowd, and if they messed it up then none of those people would come.

I read the book many years ago. It was good, but very gritty, but I didn't understand how they could turn it into a musical. Until I saw the musical and realised that they made a *lot* of changes to the book.