‘Dick Johnson is Dead’ named Best Documentary by Critics Choice, ‘Boys State’ is Best Political Doc

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‘Dick Johnson is Dead’ named Best Documentary by Critics Choice, ‘Boys State’ is Best Political Doc

Erik Anderson November 16, 2020

The Kristen Johnson film Dick Johnson is Dead, which documents, usually with mordant humor, the potentials deaths of her declining father, was chosen as the... Read More

HBO Max is coming to Amazon Fire TV and Fire tablets

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HBO Max is coming to Amazon Fire TV and Fire tablets

Erik Anderson November 16, 2020

“Alexa, open HBO Max” WarnerMedia announced today that HBO Max, the popular streaming platform, will begin rolling out on Amazon Fire TV streaming devices, Fire TV Edition... Read More

Film Review: ‘Hillbilly Elegy’

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Film Review: ‘Hillbilly Elegy’

Catherine Springer November 16, 2020

Ron Howard is one of those directors who is really hard to categorize. He has won an Oscar for directing (A Beautiful Mind in 2002), and... Read More

Film Review: ‘Breaking Fast’ finds color outside the lines of the traditional gay rom-com

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Film Review: ‘Breaking Fast’ finds color outside the lines of the traditional gay rom-com

Tariq Ra'ouf November 16, 2020

In a year filled with devastating news and several anxiety attacks, I’ve found solace in the fact the gay rom-com is now everywhere. From Freeform... Read More

Real Housewives of Potomac Recap: “Toboggan or Not Toboggan”

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Real Housewives of Potomac Recap: “Toboggan or Not Toboggan”

Daniel Trainor November 15, 2020

Earlier this week, in what I can only assume was a poorly-lit warehouse filled with shag carpets and lamps from Goodwill, the “Real Housewives of... Read More

Meryl Streep gets writer’s block in trailer for Steven Soderbergh’s ‘Let Them All Talk’

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Meryl Streep gets writer’s block in trailer for Steven Soderbergh’s ‘Let Them All Talk’

Erik Anderson November 15, 2020

Today, HBO Max debuted the first trailer and poster for their new original feature film Let Them All Talk. Academy Award-winning filmmaker Steven Soderbergh (Traffic) directed... Read More

Viola Davis and Chadwick Boseman are tuned for Oscar gold with ‘Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom’

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Viola Davis and Chadwick Boseman are tuned for Oscar gold with ‘Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom’

Erik Anderson November 15, 2020

Last night was the premiere of Netflix’s Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, one of the year’s most anticipated films and the final film from the late... Read More

TV Review: Season 4 of ‘The Crown’ eschews melodrama as it examines the most publicized era of the royal family

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TV Review: Season 4 of ‘The Crown’ eschews melodrama as it examines the most publicized era of the royal family

Dewey Singleton November 14, 2020

Tradition vs. evolution is at the forefront of The Crown’s fourth season, which debuts on Netflix on November 15th. Unlike the third season, where fans declared at... Read More

‘Great British Baking Show’ recap S8 E8: “Wet Ass Pudding”

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‘Great British Baking Show’ recap S8 E8: “Wet Ass Pudding”

Daniel Trainor and Sam Stone November 13, 2020

We’ve reached the quarterfinals of “The Great British Baking Show” and it’s Dessert Week! We’re forced to ask ourselves “hasn’t every other week been dessert... Read More

NEON nabs US rights to Russian Oscar submission ‘Dear Comrades!’

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NEON nabs US rights to Russian Oscar submission ‘Dear Comrades!’

Erik Anderson November 13, 2020

NEON announced today that they have acquired U.S. rights to Andrei Konchalovsky’s Dear Comrades!, which premiered at the Venice Film Festival where it won the Special Jury Prize. Written... Read More