2018 Cannes: Press Screenings Shuffled Ahead of World Premieres; Selfies Banned
[divider style=”normal” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] In an announcement a few years in the making, Cannes Film Festival head Thierry Frémaux revealed today that press screenings for... Read More
Year: 2018
Chiwetel Ejiofor experiences a crisis of faith in Netflix’s ‘Come Sunday’ trailer
Academy Award nominee Chiwetel Ejiofor (12 Years a Slave) stars Come Sunday, the real-life story of internationally-renowned pastor Carlton Pearson who risks his church, family, and... Read More
Cannes 2018: What We Could See, What We Want to See on the Croisette
We’re just over three weeks from the announcement of the official lineup of the 71st Cannes Film Festival (April 12) but I’ve been mulling over... Read More
Andrew Garfield Trips Out in Surreal Neo-Noir ‘Under the Silver Lake’
Under the Silver Lake is the anticipated follow-up from It Follows director David Robert Mitchell finds loopy slacker Andrew Garfield embarking on a surrealist adventure... Read More
The trailer for ‘Won’t You Be My Neighbor’ is a warm cardigan of human kindness
It might seem silly to say that a trailer could make you cry, but it did. No doubt, the majority of Americans alive today were... Read More
Renée Zellweger is ready for her close-up, and her comeback
From the mid-1990s to the early 2000s, Renée Zellweger was on top of the world. After breaking through in 1996’s Jerry Maguire with Tom... Read More
Melissa McCarthy forges a dark path in ‘Can You Ever Forgive Me?’ trailer
Academy Award nominee Melissa McCarthy gets serious in the first trailer for Can You Ever Forgive Me?, the follow-up from Marielle Heller, whose debut The... Read More
Saturn Awards: ‘Black Panther’ leads film nominations with 14; ‘Walking Dead’ leads TV mentions
It was a good day for Disney as the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror Films announced their Saturn Award nominations today. The massive Marvel... Read More
Amma Asante tapped to direct Walden Media’s ‘Billion Dollar Spy’
Walden Media and Weed Road today announced that BAFTA award winner Amma Asante will direct the upcoming film adaptation of David E. Hoffman’s THE BILLION... Read More
2019 Oscars: The Adapted and Original Screenplay Contenders (March)
This year’s crop of screenplay contenders almost feel like the inverse of last year. Last year, Original Screenplay was the strongest its been in years,... Read More
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