Alex MacKay, Author at The Playlist

‘Easy’ Season 2 Trailer: Same City, New Positions

November 17, 2017 11:45 am

One of today’s foremost purveyors of “mumblecore” cinema – a derisive pigeonholing label for low budget indies which often involve the Duplass Brothers and sonorous dialogue – Joe Swanberg has managed to carve ...

The Queen (Claire Foy) formally makes the Duke of Edinburgh (Matt Smith) a prince in 1957 The Crown season 2

‘The Crown’ Season 2 Trailer: Claire Foy Returns To The Throne

Alex MacKay

November 6, 2017 8:08 am

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While Netflix’s “The Crown” failed to properly recoup on its 10 Emmy Award nominations – beyond a widely-predicted win for John Lithgow’s performance as former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill – and onc...

‘Father Figures’ Trailer: Owen Wilson & Ed Helms Are Brothers Looking For Their Father

Alex MacKay

September 28, 2017 9:06 am

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“Father Figures” is another addition to the stable of raunchy studio comedies that made stars Owen Wilson and Ed Helms’ names, and caps off a year wherein Wilson is also looking for awards recognition in the we...

‘All The Money In The World’ Trailer: Michelle Williams’ Son Gets Kidnapped

Alex MacKay

September 14, 2017 11:52 am

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In Hollywood, there is a long-running tradition of similar projects going into development or being released concurrently — think “Deep Impact” and “Armageddon,” “Capote” and “Infamous,” and even more recently,...

*FIRST LOOK* Benedict Cumberbatch as Thomas Edison CR: The Weinstein Co.

‘The Current War’ Trailer: Benedict Cumberbatch & Michael Shannon Get Electric

Alex MacKay

September 7, 2017 11:15 am

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In-between reporting for Marvel duty in “Avengers: Infinity War” where he will be reprising his role as Doctor Strange and a potential future series of the BBC’s “Sherlock”, Benedict Cumberbatch has found time ...

‘Brawl In Cell Block 99’ Trailer: Vince Vaughn Gets Violent

Alex MacKay

August 29, 2017 3:20 pm

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After his baffling enigma of a performance as a crime lord boss in the much-maligned second season of HBO’s “True Detective” in 2015, the Vince Vaughn-aissance is back on track with the erstwhile Wedding Crashe...

‘The Dark Tower’ Featurettes Reveal Easter Eggs & More

Alex MacKay

August 4, 2017 2:22 pm

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Are you ready for the interconnected Stephen King cinematic universe? Sony Pictures is certainly hoping so, and their hoping to get you up to speed with “The Dark Tower” in these new featurettes, which establis...

Intense New Footage From ‘It’ Featured In TV Spot

Alex MacKay

August 2, 2017 9:50 am

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“You’ll float too,” warns the tagline on the teaser poster for “It,” the first in a planned two-part adaptation of the iconic Stephen King horror tome. After years of development, a memorable 1990 miniseries...

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