Twisters storms into multiplexes on July 19th with Universal hoping it whips up giant business worldwide. Arriving nearly 30 years after his blockbuster predecessor from Jan de Bont, Daisy Edgar-Jones and Glen Powell star alongside Anthony Ramos, Brandon Perea, Maura Tierney, Harry Hadden-Paton, Sasha Lane, Daryl McCormack, Kiernan Shpika, and David Corenswet. Lee Isaac Chung, who last made the BP nominee Minari, directs.
Early reviews put this at 76% on RT with many write-ups calling it solid summer popcorn fare. Others say it doesn’t quite measure up to the 1996 pic. At the 69th Academy Awards, Twister received nominations for Best Sound and Visual Effects. It lost respectively to The English Patient and Independence Day.
At the 97th ceremony, Twisters could score nods in those same two competitions. Don’t expect it to win either as Dune: Part Two, for one, would stand a better shot. My Oscar Prediction posts will continue…
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