Category: Movies
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The Moderns – New Blu-ray, Fully Restored
Would you like to go back to Paris 1926? Now you can with Shout Factory’s restored blu-ray release of 1988’s The Moderns.
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Elle Fanning, Selena Gomez, Just Announced in Woody Allen’s Newest Film
Woody Allen officially revealed the full cast of his new untitled feature film last week. Jude Law, Diego Luna, and Liev Schreiber join Timothée Chalamet, Elle Fanning, and Selena Gomez who were previously announced. Co-starring, in alphabetical order, are Annaleigh Ashford, Rebecca Hall, Cherry Jones, Will Rogers, and Kelly Rohrbach. Amazon Studios will release the…
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Jennifer Lawrence and Darren Aronofsky Celebrate ‘Mother!’ at NY Premiere
I’ve never been to a premiere where the director warned the audience they were going to hate him even before they’d seen the film. But at Wednesday’s night mega premiere of “Mother!,” a psychological horror thriller starring Jennifer Lawrence, writer-director Darren Aronofsky told the audience just that. Before the screening, the Brooklyn born writer-director gazed…
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Denzel Washington Stars as Idealistic, Driven Attorney in Dan Gilroy’s ‘Roman J. Israel, Esq.’
Denzel Washington stars in “Roman J. Israel, Esq.” a dramatic thriller set in the underbelly of the overburdened Los Angeles criminal court system. The movie screened at the Toronto Film Festival. “Washington plays a driven, idealistic defense attorney whose life is upended when a turbulent series of events challenge the activism that has defined his career,” according to…
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James Franco, Maggie Gyllenhaal, David Simon Celebrate Premiere of HBO Porn Drama ‘The Deuce’
“The new HBO porn dram series The Deuce,” stars James Franco and Maggie Gyllenhaal in stellar roles. Franco plays dual parts as twins Martino and Frankie Martino, while Gyllenhaal plays a prostitute who aspires to direct adult films. Created by George Pelecanos and David Simon, who worked together on the acclaimed two HBO series “Treme”…
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NY Film Critics Series: Karen Allen on Her New Film ‘Year By the Sea’
Karen Allen still has the freckles and sparkling eyes boomers remember from “Raiders of the Lost Ark” and “Animal House.” Thursday evening the actress turned up at a special New York Film Critics Series screening of her new film, “Year By the Sea,” at Symphony Space on Manhattan’s Upper West Side. Rolling Stone critic Peter…
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What’s Next for the Planet of the Apes Franchise?
What’s next for the Planet of the Apes franchise? We break down where the franchise has been and where it’s going.
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Reese Witherspoon Celebrates NY Premiere of Her New Romantic-Comedy ‘Home Again’
Reese Witherspoon celebrated the premiere of her new romantic comedy “Home Again” in the Hamptons Saturday evening. The film is written and directed by Hallie Meyers-Shyer, whose mother is famous director Nancy Meyers. The cast features Reese Witherspoon, Pico Alexander, Nat Wolff – who seems to be in every other film these days – Jon…
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New York Film Festival Main Slate Films Announced
The Film Society of Lincoln Center just announced the 25 films for the Main Slate of the 55th New York Film Festival, September 28 – October 15. Included in the line up are films that include big-name stars Isabelle Huppert, Julianne Moore, Kate Winslet, Wille Dafoe, Lucas hedges, Saoirse Ronan, Adam Sandler, Dustin Hoffman…
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Patty Jenkins Must Direct ‘Wonder Woman 2’ – It’s a No Brainer!
Come on, Warner Brothers Pictures! You MUST give Wonder Woman 2 to Patty Jenkins – and give her a big fat raise, too.
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Sam Shepard, Dead at 73, Was Much More Than an Actor
Shepard also wrote screenplays for films, but what many people don’t know is that he was a poet as well. Some of his work in this genre moved me the most of all of his writing. It was raw and brave, just like his plays.
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Watch the Trailer for Rob Reiner’s ‘LBJ’ Starring Woody Harrelson
On Nov. 3, 2017, Rob Reiner will release his latest film, “LBJ,” about former president Lyndon B. Johnson with Woody Harrelson as Johnson.