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BBC Culture's critic Nicholas Barber calls it "an ecologically extravagant, sermonising and conceptually challenging satire."
Warner Bros. is asking moviegoers to “decide for yourself” with a new ad for Tom Cruise’s “Digger” that touts both negative and positive reactions. “Masterpiece” and “Unpleasant” are quoted in the same still of the new trailer, which also toggles between the words “Brilliant” and “Baffling” as well as “Magnificent” and “Insufferable.” These quotes are […]
"Digger" isn’t funny. It’s nervy, in your face, audacious, adventurous, and bizarro in a free-swinging, out-of-the-box way. And it feels like a comedy, since it’s fueled by the relentless overacting of a bad Coen brothers movie. But "Dr. Strangelove," built around the genius of Peter Sellers, was brilliantly funny. "Digger" borrows the doomsday architecture of "Strangelove" but leaves out the slyness, replacing it with a lavishly in-your-face spectacle of browbeating.
Variety Awards Circuit section is the home for all awards news and related content throughout the year, featuring the following: the official predictions for the upcoming Oscars, Emmys, Grammys and Tony Awards ceremonies, curated by Variety chief awards editor Clayton Davis. The prediction pages reflect the current standings in the race and do not reflect personal preferences for any individual […]
Tom Cruise is going to divide us this year, and that might be the most interesting thing about his Oscar prospects for “Digger.” Depending on which screening you walked out of, it’s either the bravest swing of his late career or a miscalculation dressed up as one. Critics are divided, and audiences will be too. […]
William and Catherine renew their friendship with the Hollywood star at the premiere for his film Digger.
Tom Cruise world-premiered his new film “Digger” on Tuesday night to an enthusiastic audience in London, which included some royal guests. Prince William and Princess Catherine of Wales got a front row seat to Cruise’s latest transformative role, this time as wealthy oil tycoon Digger Rockwell in Alejandro González Iñárritu’s satirical black comedy. “Digger’s” world […]
Tom Cruise’s star vehicle “Digger” has finally been unveiled to members of the film press, who have been left divided by the satirical black comedy. The latest directorial effort from “Birdman” and “The Revenant” Oscar winner Alejandro González Iñárritu is being called everything from “baffling” to “unpleasant” to “fascinating stuff.” Most film journalists seem to […]
For his new film “Digger,” Tom Cruise transforms into Digger Rockwell, a wealthy oil tycoon who was not blessed with Cruise’s own good looks. In order to put on all the prosthetics for the role, the actor was originally sitting in hair and makeup for six hours — until he convinced the team they could […]
