Ava Didn’t Have to Be a CatastropheHow do you screw up a movie in which Jessica Chastain, Colin Farrell, and John Malkovich face off against each other?
ByBilge Ebiri
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Space Force Is a Massive MisfireDespite its strong cast, Netflix’s new political workplace comedy from Greg Daniels and Steve Carell just can’t get off the ground.
ByJen Chaney
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The New Pope Lives in The Young Pope’s ShadowJohn Malkovich is great as the Vatican’s newest tenant, but Pius XIII’s presence looms over the season despite his being unconscious for much of it.
Spider-Man 4: Totally Dead!Sam Raimi didn’t think he could make a non-terrible ‘Spider-Man’ movie by 2011, so Sony will completely reboot the franchise.
John Malkovich Is Depressed He Can’t Shock Anyone AnymoreJohn Malkovich’s new Klimt, in which he plays the controversial Viennese painter Gustav Klimt, has a lot of “quite terrifyingly naked” people in it. (Klimt painted a lot of nudes.) But he doesn’t imagine all the onscreen skin will sell many tickets. “I once directed a play in Chicago called Savages that had, like, 30 naked people in it,” he said at the premiere of Klimt the other night. “It wasn’t a big success.” Bare boobs and butts just don’t have the power they used to, he lamented. “Everything is just a site on the Internet — you know, Celebrity Butts, Bad Plastic Surgery, whatever,” he said. “I mean, at a time if you did Last Tango in Paris, that had some meaning. It doesn’t have any meaning now. You can’t really be shocked.” Then again, he said: “It hasn’t had a huge effect on me. I mean, I’m 53 years old. I’m not exactly a sex symbol or anything. I’m not really offered tons of sexual marathon work.” Well, at least he’s offered some. —Jada Yuan