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‘The Man Who Fell To Earth’ Review: Showtime’s Sequel Series Works Best When You Forget The Original Film

April 20, 2022 12:16 pm

Showtime’s reboot/sequel of Nicolas Roeg’s exquisite “The Man Who Fell to Earth” is better appreciated if one divorces it from comparisons to the original. Who could possibly imitate David Bowie’s remarkable a...

‘The Man Who Fell To Earth’ Trailer: Chiwetel Ejiofor Stars In A Legacy Sequel Series To A David Bowie Sci-Fi Classic

Christopher Marc

February 22, 2022 11:55 am

News, Television, Trailers

Sci-fi revivals are all the rage these days, and Showtime is looking to bring back a lesser-known classic that starred the late David Bowie as they’ve made a television series version of “The Man Who Fell To E...

‘Living’ Review: Bill Nighy Is Stellar In This Moving Remake [Sundance]

Gregory Ellwood

January 24, 2022 2:58 pm

Awards, Awards Campaign, News, Reviews

Attempting to remake a classic film is never an easy assignment. Especially when said classic is as revered as Akira Kurosawa’s 1952 drama “Ikiru.” Director Oliver Hermanus and screenwriter Kazuo Ishiguro coul...

‘Sometimes Always Never’: Bill Nighy Brings Quirky Charm To Carl Hunter’s Comedy [Review]

Asher Luberto

June 11, 2020 2:25 pm

News, Reviews

In "Sometimes Always Never," rocker-turned director Carl Hunter plays with style and form the way his characters use letters in Scrabble. It's a father-son road movie where words, whimsy, and comedy collide in...

‘Emma’ Is A Clever, Frothy Take On A Jane Austen Classic [Review]

Lena Wilson

February 20, 2020 11:23 am

News, Reviews

“Emma,” the first straightforward film adaptation of Jane Austen’s classic text since Douglas McGrath’s 1995 take, is arduously faithful to the text in all respects but one: The most romantic scene is interrup...

Hope Gap, Annette Bening faces an inevitable divorce in William Nicholson’s ‘Hope Gap.’

‘Hope Gap’ Trailer: Bill Nighy Wants To Divorce Annette Bening In William Nicholson’s Drama

Harry Frazer

January 16, 2020 12:32 pm

News, Trailers

A divorce is one of the hardest parts of life, you feel you are with the one and then it all comes crashing down. It feels especially hard when you’ve been with your significant other for a considerable amount...

‘Emma’ Trailer: Anya Taylor-Joy Brings The Titular Jane Austen Protagonist To Life

Andrew Hrip

December 21, 2019 2:42 pm

News, Trailers

Jane Austen left an indelible impact on not just feminist literature but on the movement itself. One example is Elizabeth Bennet’s disregard for decorum as she traipses through the muck to check on her sister J...

‘Emma’ Trailer: Anya Taylor-Joy Is The Titular Character In Jane Austen’s Beloved Comedy

Harry Frazer

November 21, 2019 10:16 am

News, Trailers

It was the final book that was published while Jane Austen was alive back in 1815, and now over 200 years later, we receive yet another version of “Emma” adapted for the big screen (you may remember the 90s ver...

‘Detective Pikachu:’ Awe-Inspiring, Strange Adaptation Is Beautifully-Realized & Narratively Mixed [Review]

Ryan Oliver

May 3, 2019 9:12 am

Features, News, Reviews

“Pokémon Detective Pikachu” is probably the strangest blockbuster you will see all year, and definitely the strangest one aimed at a younger audience. It’s a film of contradictions. At once dark and somber, yet...

‘Love Actually’ Sequel Has Arrived To Tell You That You’re Perfect

Kevin Jagernauth

May 26, 2017 10:10 am

News

However you might feel about "Love Actually," it's not often you get a cast like Hugh Grant, Martine McCutcheon, Keira Knightley, Andrew Lincoln, Colin Firth, Lucia Moniz, Liam Neeson, Thomas Brodie-Sangster, O...

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