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Berlin Review: Despite a deft all-star cast ‘The Roads Not Taken’ is a wrong turn

Rhys Handley February 26, 2020

In Sally Potter’s reality-hopping drama The Roads Not Taken, all the staples of prestige awards-courting Hollywood are present for better or worse. Pushed by big... Read More

Emmy winner Tony Hale lands dual role in Hulu’s ‘The Mysterious Benedict Society’

Erik Anderson February 26, 2020

Two-time Emmy Award winner Tony Hale (Veep, Arrested Development, and creator of Archibald’s Next Big Thing) has been cast to play the dual role of Mr. Benedict and... Read More

BAFTA Rising Star winner Letitia Wright joins Agnieszka Smoczynska’s ‘The Silent Twins’

Erik Anderson February 26, 2020

Emmy Award-nominated Letitia Wright (Black Panther, Avengers franchise, “Black Mirror”) and Tamara Lawrance (On Chesil Beach, BBC One’s “The Long Song”) have signed onto Agnieszka Smoczynska’s (The... Read More

Film Review: ‘The Invisible Man’ is a scary sight for sore eyes

Jason Adams February 26, 2020

A million You Go Girl memes were born the day Peggy Olson strutted cigarette in mouth, dead plant in hand, out of that advertising office... Read More

Trailer: Killer robots and the screen age in Sony Animation’s tech-obsessed ‘Connected’

Erik Anderson February 26, 2020

Sony Pictures Animation’s Connected is an original animated comedy from director Mike Rianda (Gravity Falls) and producers Phil Lord and Christopher Miller (The Lego Movie, the Oscar-winning... Read More

Trailer: Václav Marhoul’s controversial Holocaust drama ‘The Painted Bird’

Erik Anderson February 26, 2020

One of the most controversial films to come out the 2019 Venice and Toronto International Film Festivals, Václav Marhoul’s The Painted Bird, has an official... Read More

Director Cary Joji Fukunaga talks ‘No Time to Die’ in new featurette

Erik Anderson February 25, 2020

“We aimed to do something extraordinary with this one” In No Time To Die, Bond has left active service and is enjoying a tranquil life in... Read More

2021 Oscars: The Screenplay Contenders (February)

Erik Anderson February 25, 2020

Check out a full list below of Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Original Screenplay contenders and my current top 10 (in alphabetical order) for February.... Read More

NEON nabs ‘Gunda,’ farm doc from exec producer Joaquin Phoenix, out of Berlinale

Erik Anderson February 25, 2020

NEON announced today that it has acquired North American rights to Gunda, directed by Victor Kossakovsky, which made its World Premiere in the new competitive section... Read More

Trailer: Academy Award winner Octavia Spencer as haircare millionaire Madam C.J. Walker in ‘Self Made’

Erik Anderson February 25, 2020

“I didn’t come here to make sandwiches, I came here to do business.” Academy Award winner Octavia Spencer stars as Madam C.J. Walker, the trailblazing... Read More

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