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Film Review: ‘The Unforgivable’ Never Earns Its Existence or Sandra Bullock’s Time
On its surface, The Unforgivable should be sure-fire Oscar bait. Below the line, Hans Zimmer is one of the composers. Joe Walker is an editor. Above the line, the cast is led by Sandra Bullock. The material screams Academy Award consideration. Of course, when a film like this is so clearly aiming at prestige melodrama […] More
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‘King Richard’ Releases New “Be Alive” Trailer
Will Smith‘s new film King Richard, directed by Reinaldo Marcus Green, is getting quite a lot of attention from critics and audiences alike ahead of its wide theatrical release later this year. In fact, many are calling Smith’s performance of the best of his career (Read Joey’s review of the movie out of Film Fest […] More
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Film Fest 919 Review: ‘King Richard’ is a Crowning Achievement for Will Smith
You don’t need to be a tennis fan to know who Serena Williams and Venus Williams are. The sports giants are juggernauts of not just tennis, but not just sports, but pop culture in general. Richard Williams, however, doesn’t quite have the same worldwide stature. Tennis fans knew of him, but now the world over […] More
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‘The Many Saints of Newark’ to Open Inaugural Tribeca Fall Preview
When David Chase‘s hit mob drama series The Sopranos ended in June of 2007, fans all around the world were certain that it meant the last time characters such as Tony Soprano and Paulie Gualtieri would appear in any form of entertainment. But, as we have learned a long time ago now, that’s not the […] More
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‘King Richard’ First Trailer Officially Released
This year sees director Reinaldo Marcus Green releasing two feature films – one of which, Joe Bell, has already been released (our review is here). But this coming November, he will release the biographical drama King Richard as well. The film, which stars Will Smith, Aunjanue Ellis, Jon Bernthal, Saniyya Sydney, Tony Goldwyn, and Dylan […] More
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‘Sopranos’ Prequel ‘The Many Saints of Newark’ Gets First Trailer
It honestly goes without saying at this point that David Chase‘s HBO mob-drama The Sopranos is one of the greatest television series ever made. More than that, it’s widely regarded as one of the best pieces of entertainment period. From 1999-2007, audiences tuned in to see the story of Tony Soprano as he had to […] More
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Bernthal, Charles, and Hector set to Lead New HBO Series From ‘The Wire’ Team
The Wire mastermind David Simon and producer George Pelecanos have set up a new six-hour limited series for HBO titled We Own This City, and they’ve announced the men who are going to lead the way – Jon Bernthal, Josh Charles, and Jamie Hector. The series will be directed by Reinaldo Marcus Green (Monsters and […] More
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Film Review: ‘Those Who Wish Me Dead’ is a Tense Fight for Survival
There are some things you know are coming with a Taylor Sheridan project. At the same time, he’s become a filmmaker who seems capable of tackling just about anything. Whereas some movies he writes tend to be more action based (excluding his Academy Award-nominated Hell or High Water), his prior directorial outing dove more into […] More
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Angelina Jolie Tries to Stay Alive in the Trailer for ‘Those Who Wish Me Dead’
It’s been a while since we’ve seen Angelina Jolie on the screen in a dramatic picture, with the actress only popping up occasionally in children’s fantasy pictures like Maleficent: Mistress of Evil. Outside of films in that realm, we haven’t seen her since 2015’s By the Sea, which she wrote and directed. Before that? 2010’s double header of Salt and The Tourist. […] More
