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in NewsDarren Aronofsky and Austin Butler Film ‘Caught Stealing’Scores Summer Release Date
Flying a little bit below the radar for this year is the upcoming collaboration between director Darren Aronofsky and star Austin Butler. They’re teaming up for the crime film Caught Stealing, an adaptation of the book of the same name. Well, a 2025 release has always been planned, but now we know specifically when it’s […] More
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Austin Butler Will Be Luca Guadagnino’s ‘American Psycho’
Ever since it was announced that Luca Guadagnino would be doing his own take on American Psycho, there has been rampant speculation about who would play Patrick Bateman. Joey and Myles spoke about it at length on an episode of the Awards Radar Podcast here, while Joey ran down some options here. Early buzz pointed […] More
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Austin Butler Set to Star in ‘Caught Stealing’ from Darren Aronofsky
Sony Pictures will produce the film, with Charlie Huston writing a script based on his book of the same name. More
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Film Review: ‘Dune: Part Two’ Delivers on the Promise of the Prior Installment and Showcases Epic Science Fiction on the Grandest of Scales
What a difference a few years makes. I went into Dune (reviewed out of TIFF here) with trepidation, wondering if this would just be another grandly ambitious misfire. I walked out of that festival screening turned around on the property and actually excited to see what was next. At the same time, I did have […] More
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Telluride Film Review: ‘The Bikeriders’ Has Jodie Comer Nearly Ride Off With Jeff Nichols’ Most Mainstream Work To Date
When you see a Jeff Nichols film, you expect to be transported. Throughout his career, he has done an exceptional job at putting you in a time and a place, regardless of the topic. With The Bikeriders, Nichols has done it again, though with somewhat diminishing returns. The movie is well acted and mostly engaging, […] More
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Return to Arrakis with First Official ‘Dune: Part Two’ Trailer
On Wednesday morning, Warner Bros. released the first official trailer for the long awaited Dune: Part Two, the sequel to the six-time Oscar winning film Dune. The film is set for release November 3. The film continues the saga of Paul Atreides as he joins forces with the Fremen and vows revenge against the foes […] More
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Three of the Four Acting Categories Are Going Down to the Wire (And That’s A Good Thing for Oscar)
Now here’s something we don’t get every awards season. Three of the four Acting categories at the Academy Awards are basically photo finishes. There are tight races in the below the line categories, but above the line, these three are basically at pick-em status. Throw in neither of the Screenplay races being sewn up and […] More
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Awards Radar Community: If You See ‘Elvis’ This Weekend Let Us Know Your Thoughts!
The King is back on the screen! This weekend saw the release of Elvis, helmed by Baz Lurhmann and starring Austin Butler. A biopic with Butler as Elvis Presley and Tom Hanks as Colonel Tom Parker? That should be a recipe for surefire cinematic success. Well, the film has hit theaters, hot on the heels […] More
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Film Review: ‘Elvis’ Has Star Qualities But Remains Too Surface Level of a Biopic to Be An All-Timer
On the surface, the pairing of a biopic about Elvis Presley with a filmmaker like Baz Lurhmann should be a no-brainer success. Then again, “surface” is the issue here, as way too much of Elvis is merely surface level. For a film that runs over two and a half hours long, not diving deep into […] More
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Austin Butler Potentially Cast as Feyd-Rautha Harkonnen in ‘Dune: Part Two’
The villain was originally portrayed by Sting in the 1984 adaptation of Frank Herbert’s novel, directed by David Lynch. More
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First Trailer Released for Baz Luhrmann’s ‘Elvis’
On Thursday morning, Warner Bros. released the 3-minute first trailer for Baz Luhrmann’s latest directorial effort and music biopic, Elvis. The film is scheduled for a summer release on June 24. The film chronicles the life of Elvis Presley, from his humble beginnings to his meteoric rise to superstardom as the King of Rock & […] More
