TIFF Review: In ‘Penguin Bloom,’ Naomi Watts can’t save a Hallmark card exhibition of resilience and rebirth

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TIFF Review: In ‘Penguin Bloom,’ Naomi Watts can’t save a Hallmark card exhibition of resilience and rebirth

Prahlad Srihari September 11, 2020

“Everything was perfect,” says young Noah Bloom (Griffin Murray-Johnston), as he recollects his family’s Thailand vacation in Penguin Bloom. Then, it was not. Noah’s mother... Read More

Saban Films closing on Fragile Films’ comedic thriller ‘Pixie’ with Olivia Cooke, Ben Hardy, Colm Meaney and Alec Baldwin

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Saban Films closing on Fragile Films’ comedic thriller ‘Pixie’ with Olivia Cooke, Ben Hardy, Colm Meaney and Alec Baldwin

Erik Anderson September 11, 2020

Saban Films is closing on North American distribution rights to Pixie starring Olivia Cooke (Ready Player One, Me and Earl and the Dying Girl), Emmy and Golden Globe... Read More

Zazie Beetz, Delroy Lindo, LaKeith Stanfield and Regina King saddle up for Idris Elba/Jonathan Majors Black western ‘The Harder They Fall’

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Zazie Beetz, Delroy Lindo, LaKeith Stanfield and Regina King saddle up for Idris Elba/Jonathan Majors Black western ‘The Harder They Fall’

Erik Anderson September 11, 2020

Zazie Beetz, Delroy Lindo, LaKeith Stanfield, Danielle Deadwyler, RJ Cyler and Academy Award winner Regina King have been added to ever-growing, star-studded cast of Netflix’s... Read More

New York Film Critics Circle choose December 18 for awards, will not consider any film released after December 31

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New York Film Critics Circle choose December 18 for awards, will not consider any film released after December 31

Erik Anderson September 11, 2020

The New York Film Critics Circle (NYFCC) announced today that it will reveal its yearly award winners for film on December 18, 10 days later... Read More

Emmy Podcast #36: Final Emmy Predictions with special guest, GoldDerby’s Robert Licuria [VIDEO]

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Emmy Podcast #36: Final Emmy Predictions with special guest, GoldDerby’s Robert Licuria [VIDEO]

Erik Anderson September 11, 2020

In the most unprecedented year imaginable, with a raging global pandemic shutting down businesses and all entertainment productions, there has almost never been more of... Read More

FINAL Emmy Predictions: Drama categories

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FINAL Emmy Predictions: Drama categories

Erik Anderson September 11, 2020

It’s all about the drama. Kevin, Amanda and I have disagreed on a lot of predictions this year but in so many of the top... Read More

Film Review: Tom Holland is far from home in ‘The Devil All the Time’

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Film Review: Tom Holland is far from home in ‘The Devil All the Time’

Jack King September 11, 2020

The Southern Gothic is as American as the second amendment. Flannery O’Connor’s “Wise Blood,” the tale of a cynical preacher searching for redemption in his... Read More

Frameline Review: ‘No Hard Feelings (Futur Drei)’

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Frameline Review: ‘No Hard Feelings (Futur Drei)’

Jack King September 11, 2020

“The future is ours” says Banafshe, an Iranian woman in Germany on the verge of deportation, towards the end of No Hard Feelings (Futur Drei).... Read More

TIFF Review: Byrned Bridges in ‘American Utopia’

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TIFF Review: Byrned Bridges in ‘American Utopia’

Rubin Safaya September 10, 2020

“My Name is David Byrne.  I can’t take credit for that.  I had no choice in the matter.” The Randy Newman of New Wave Dadaism,... Read More

First Look photos from upcoming ‘Fresh Prince of Bel-Air’ Reunion Special on HBO Max

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First Look photos from upcoming ‘Fresh Prince of Bel-Air’ Reunion Special on HBO Max

Erik Anderson September 10, 2020

The special, the 30th anniversary of the original series, features Will Smith and Janet Hubert together for the first time in 27 years Will Smith released two... Read More