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From left; Phil Hay and Matt Manfredi at the premiere of Destroyer at AFI Fest, November 13, 2018 Phil Hay and Matt Manfredi have hit the spectrum in their Hollywood screenwriting career, ranging from the smallest of indies like The Invitation to huge blockbusters like Clash of the Titans and Ride Along. Like many of their screenplays, the process took …

Toni Collette and Nicole Kidman tie in Best Actress The Nevada Film Critics Society (NFCS) announced its 2018 award winners for achievement in film. Taking top honors as best film was Green Book, based on the true story of an Italian American bouncer from the Bronx that is hired to drive a world-class black pianist on a concert tour from …

Drop Dead Red Redemption: The Hollywood Reporter’s Actress Roundtable The actress roundtables for awards season from The Hollywood Reporter are always the most interesting, most informative and most engaging and this year is no different.  With female-led films and rich supporting characters, 2018 has been a superb year for women in film and this year’s roundtable has gathered some of …

Thomasin Harcourt McKenzie in Leave No Trace (Bleecker Street) Regina King (If Beale Street Could Talk), Amy Adams (Vice), Emma Stone (The Favourite), Rachel Weisz (The Favourite) and Nicole Kidman (Boy Erased) are an unmoved force and all remain in the top and in their respective spots for a second month in a row. It seems risky as we get …

Joel Edgerton on the set of Joel Edgerton’s BOY ERASED, a Focus Features release. Credit: Kyle Kaplan / Focus Features Joel Edgerton built a solid career in his native Australia in television shows like Water Rats and The Secret Lives of Us but had his first international break came from when he played Uncle Owen Lars in 2002’s Star Wars: …

Joel Edgerton has crafted a compassionate family drama with extraordinary performances from Lucas Hedges, Nicole Kidman and Russell Crowe In Boy Erased, based on Garrard Conley’s best-selling memoir of the same name, Jared, a 19-year old college student, is whisked away from his Arkansas home in the dark, early hours of the morning by his mother to 12-day gay conversion camp …

Martha Conley at the Boy Erased Q&A at the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival If you were able to attend the premiere of Boy Erased at the Toronto International Film Festival this year you likely witnessed a true star being born. Martha Conley is the mother of Garrard Conley, author of Boy Erased, a memoir about his experiences in a …

Best Actress continues to the year’s most stacked and competitive categories and that’s a good thing. It also means that some major names, including previous Oscar winners, will likely have to make room for newcomers and seemingly solid contenders might find themselves struggling for a nomination. I’m keeping Glenn Close (The Wife) at #1 for another month. With her overdue …

Oscar winners Emma Stone and Rachel Weisz will duel in Best Supporting Actress with The Favourite The season’s biggest category question has finally been answered; Emma Stone and Rachel Weisz will compete in Supporting Actress for The Favourite while Olivia Colman gets bumped up to Lead. Appropriate that the two will battle against each other as they are also rivals …

Photo: Annapurna Pictures The trailer for Destroyer, featuring one of Nicole Kidman’s most transformative performances, is here.  Destroyer follows the moral and existential odyssey of LAPD detective Erin Bell (Kidman) who, as a young cop, was placed undercover with a gang in the California desert with tragic results. When the leader of that gang re-emerges many years later, she must work …