Not many actors-turned-filmmakers will swing for the fences in such a big way with their directorial debuts as Daniel Kaluuya has done with “The Kitchen.” Instead of making some small indie drama, Kaluuya, alongside co-director Kibwe Tavares, decided to go with a full dystopian sci-fi drama. But you better believe this is a film filled with a ton of heart at its core. And in this episode of The Playlist Podcast, Kaluuya, alongside lead actor Kane Robinson, stop by to talk about “The Kitchen.” 

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As mentioned, “The Kitchen” is a dystopian sci-fi drama about a man named Izi (played by Robinson) who is a resident of the last public housing complex in future London, dubbed The Kitchen.

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Oscar-winning actor-turned-filmmaker Daniel Kaluuya’s directorial debut, “The Kitchen,” is a slightly unusual, oddly shaped movie at times. And/or, another way to look at it is, depending on your point of view, Daniel Kaluuya’s filmmaking debut (co-directed with Kibwe Tavares, who also makes his feature-length debut) may defy your expectations, and it has much more on its mind than you might presume. While it looks (and is marketed as) a sci-fi dystopian thriller about a future that is dark and grim, where the gap between rich and poor has been stretched beyond its limits, and gangs try and subvert the oppressive, ever-watchful Orwellian eye of the authority, what eventually emerges is something more soulful about fathers and sons and the collective power of community in the face of great inequality.

Continue reading ‘The Kitchen’ Review: Daniel Kaluuya Directs A Dystopian Story Of Fathers, Sons & The Power Of Community at The Playlist.

Daniel Kaluuya is only 34; he’s already an Oscar winner— Best Supporting Actor for “Judas and the Black Messiah” in 2020 and a two-time nominee— and in 2021, he was named among the 100 most influential people in the world by Time magazine. And since that Oscar win, we’ve only seen him onscreen once in live-action, 2021’s “Nope,” by Jordan Peele.

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Daniel Kaluuya has consistently proven that he is one of the best actors working today. Now, it appears he wants to try to add to his Hollywood repertoire by going behind the camera for the new film, “The Kitchen.”

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As seen in the trailer, “The Kitchen” is a dystopian sci-fi film about a relatively near future London where the gap between the haves and the have-nots has only grown.

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Truth be told, there are some weekends when I sit here and realize that the box office report is going to be a bit…dry. That is to say that there’s just not too much to talk about, or perhaps I’m just sick of talking about another silly record being broken by Disney. It gets boring. This weekend, dear reader, that is not the case as Hollywood has decided to release no less than 6 films in relatively wide release and the Top 10 is drastically different than even 7 days ago.

Continue reading ‘Hobbs & Shaw’ Barely Muscles Out Horror Film ‘Scary Stories’ As ‘The Kitchen’ Fizzles [Box Office] at The Playlist.

More of your standard heavy than a killer hitman, Warner Bros.’ new ’70s-set drama, “The Kitchen” is all about blunt force instead of skill. The directorial debut of “Straight Out of Compton” co-writer Andrea Berloff, “The Kitchen” takes a blackjack club to the traditionally male-driven mafia drama skull, with a trio of female crime bosses taking over New York City’s Hell’s Kitchen in the late 1970s.

Continue reading ‘The Kitchen’: The Inspired Trio Of Melissa McCarthy, Tiffany Haddish & Elisabeth Moss Cannot Save This Dull Blunt Instrument [Review] at The Playlist.

It has already been a bizarre summer for movies, it’s only going to get stranger in August before the upheaval of the festival circuit is further set upon us and awards season kicks into high gear. Until then, while there are certainly interesting films to get us by, we’re going to continue to be hit with a smorgasbord of odd selections, from hard-hitting documentaries to the most ridiculous action flicks the genre could hurtle our way.

Continue reading 11 Movies To Watch In August: ‘Scary Stories,’ ‘Peanut Butter Falcon,’ ‘The Kitchen’ & More at The Playlist.

When you see the names Melissa McCarthy and Tiffany Haddish in a film, you are likely not imagining its going to be a crime drama set in 1970s Hell’s Kitchen. However, that’s exactly what you’re getting with the upcoming film, “The Kitchen.”

Joined by Elisabeth Moss, the ladies play a small group of mob wives that find their husbands locked away for 2 years.

Continue reading ‘The Kitchen’ Final Trailer: Melissa McCarthy, Tiffany Haddish & Elisabeth Moss Break Bad In Period Crime Thriller at The Playlist.

If you liked “Widows” for its depiction of seemingly every-day-women forced into extreme circumstances and taking on the challenges of the criminal underworld, “The Kitchen” might be up your alley too. Distributed by New Line Cinema, “The Kitchen” is an American crime drama and follows the unlikely trio of Melissa McCarthy, Tiffany Haddish, and Elisabeth Moss as the wives of Irish mobsters who take over organized crime operations in the 1970s in New York City’s neighborhood Hell’s Kitchen after the FBI arrests their husbands.

Continue reading ‘The Kitchen’ Trailer: Elisabeth Moss, Melissa McCarthy & Tiffany Haddish Can Stand The Heat Of A ’70s Crime Drama at The Playlist.

Thanks to Marvel and the ‘Avengers’ films, summer blockbuster season starts in April now, so technically, our summer movie preview is late. That’s ok. This summer is stacked, as usual, and that does not even account for the upcoming Cannes Film Festival which will have plenty of arthouse blockbusters premieres and mainstream movies like the new Quentin Tarantino film. Yes, summer 2019 is jam-packed. There are all kinds of blockbusters, indies, arthouse films, horror movies—many of which we’ve already covered here— and more.

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We have been teased a movie featuring “Girls Trip” star Tiffany Haddish, directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, and it’s going to be hard to consider any other project from the pair until it happens. But greatness rarely comes quickly, so far now, this developing new movie has our attention.

Deadline reports that Haddish will team up with Melissa McCarthy for the true crime drama “The Kitchen.” The’s right — drama.

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