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2016 in film is an overview of events, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies, festivals, a list of films released, and notable deaths. Evaluation of the year [ edit ] In his article highlighting the best films of 2016, Richard Brody of The New Yorker stated, "Hollywood is the world's best money-laundering machine.
A.D. The Bible Continues: With Richard Coyle, Vincent Regan, Adam Levy, Joanne Whalley. Follows the book of ACTS. Shows the complete message of Christ and the transformation of Saul to Paul and how the high priest of Judea does not believe in what has taken place after the Crucifixion of Christ.
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The ever-glamorous and self-indulgent Edina Monsoon and Patsy Stone are now in their 60s. Edina's PR company is in decline and her attempt to release an autobiography falls through when a publisher rejects the manuscript. While setting up designer Huki Muki's fashion event, Patsy learns that supermodel Kate Mossis looking for a new PR agent, and im...
Celebrity cameos
Multiple celebrity cameo appearances in the film were announced over the course of filming. In April 2016, Fox and the BBC confirmed a list of 60 cameos, most of which had not yet been announced, that would be featured in the film.They include: Approximately 90 drag queens appeared in the film, including Daniel Lismore, The Vivienne and Charlie Hides.
Development
Saunders wrote and starred in Absolutely Fabulous, a British television sitcom for the BBC, which originally ran for three series from 1992 to 1995, with intermittent additional series and specials until 2012. Absolutely Fabulous features the champagne-fueled duo of "international PR guru" Edina Monsoon (Saunders) and "sex-crazed magazine editor" Patsy Stone (Lumley).Additional characters include Edina's overly serious daughter Saffron (Sawalha), her daffy mother (Whitfield) and her even daff...
Writing
Deadline Hollywood broke the story in November 2011 that Saunders planned to begin writing a film version of the series in 2012. The film would begin with Edina and Patsy waking up hungover after a party on an oligarch's yacht, with everyone else gone and the boat somewhere the middle of the ocean. Saunders later said that she hoped to shoot the film on the French Riviera. In March 2012, Saunders confirmed that she was working on the script.She said of the plot: "Eddy and Patsy are looking fo...
Filming
In August 2015, Deadline Hollywood reported that "all of the original main cast" were confirmed, with Fox Searchlight Pictures in negotiations to co-finance and co-produce the film with BBC Films, and to handle worldwide distribution. It was also announced that Mandie Fletcher would direct, with Jon Plowman and Damian Jones as producers and Saunders, French and Maureen Vincent as executive producers. Deadline Hollywood later reported that Christine Langan, Steve Milne, Christian Eisenbeiss an...
Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie had its world premiere at the Odeon Leicester Square in London on 29 June 2016. The film was released theatrically in the United Kingdom on 1 July 2016 by 20th Century Fox, and was subsequently released in the UK on DVD and Blu-ray on 5 December 2016. In the United States, it was released in select theaters on 22 July...
Box office
Absolutely Fabulous: The Moviegrossed $39.2 million worldwide, including $19.5 million in the United Kingdom, $4.7 million in the United States and $6.2 million in Australia.
Critical response
On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 58% based on 157 reviews, with an average rating of 5.5/10. The website's critics consensus reads, "Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie picks up pretty much where its source material left off, delivering an adaptation that, as fans of this British export might say, does what it says on the tin." On Metacritic, the film has a score of 59 out of 100 based on 35 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".
In December 2015, the film sparked controversy and accusations of racism when it was announced that white Scottish comedian Janette Tough would be playing a Japanese character named Huki Muki. Korean-American comedian Margaret Cho accused the film of "yellowface", which she described as "when white people portray Asian people. And unfortunately it'...
Saunders had at one point hinted that a sequel would be considered if the film performed well at the box office. However, on 29 November 2016, Saunders confirmed that she is "not doing anything more with Ab Fab", as she wants to focus on new projects and spend more time with her family.
Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie at IMDbAbsolutely Fabulous: The Movie at AllMovieAbsolutely Fabulous: The Movie at the British Film Institute[better source needed]Jeffery, Morgan (30 July 2015). "The Absolutely Fabulous story of Patsy and Eddie's boozy big-screen debut". Digital Spy. Retrieved 19 October 2015.- $39.2 million
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All We Had is a 2016 American drama film directed by Katie Holmes and written by Josh Boone. It is based on the 2014 novel All We Had by Annie Weatherwax. The film stars Katie Holmes, Stefania LaVie Owen, Luke Wilson, Richard Kind, Mark Consuelos, Judy Greer and Eve Lindley. [2] The film was released on December 9, 2016, by Gravitas Ventures .
- All We Had, by Annie Weatherwax
- Michael Brook
- Katie Holmes
- Katie Holmes, Katie Mustard, Jane Rosenthal, Berry Welsh
The Bad Batch is a 2016 American dystopian thriller film directed and written by Ana Lily Amirpour.The film is about a young woman (Suki Waterhouse) exiled to a desert where she is attacked by a group of cannibals, led by a person called Miami Man (Jason Momoa), and barely escaping alive to a bizarre settlement run by a charismatic leader (Keanu Reeves).
In April 2016, Inhumans was removed from the release schedule, and would no longer be a part of Phase Three. In July 2016, Feige said Inhumans would "certainly" be a part of the discussion regarding the film ideas for 2020 and 2021, adding the following November that he was still optimistic the film could be released in Phase Four.
