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Tiffany Haddish To Star In Cory Finley’s Upcoming Sci-Fi Film, ‘Landscape With Invisible Hand’

January 5, 2021 11:50 am

After blowing up in the film “Girls Trip,” Tiffany Haddish quickly secured herself a place in the upper echelon of comedic actors. Some might say that she appeared in too many films way too fast, as she seemed...

Ryan Gosling May Be Our New ‘Wolfman’ As Universal Continues Their Classic Monster Revival

Rafael Motamayor

May 30, 2020 9:46 am

News

After the utter failure of "The Mummy" and The Dark Universe, and the big success of "The Invisible Man," Universal is shaping up to add yet another monster to their revival of classic monsters. Next in line w...

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The 8 Best Movies To Buy Or Stream This Week: ‘The Assistant,’ ‘Bad Education’ & More

Jason Bailey

April 28, 2020 1:26 pm

News

Every Tuesday, discriminating viewers are confronted with a flurry of choices: new releases on disc and on-demand, vintage, and original movies on any number of streaming platforms, catalog titles making a spl...

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‘Bad Education’ Trailer: Hugh Jackman & Allison Janney Are Up To No Good In HBO’s Upcoming Film

Charles Barfield

March 26, 2020 1:45 pm

News, Trailers

While everyone wants to believe that the public school system is a pristine place where nothing bad happens and school faculty is the epitome of kindness and virtue, that’s not always the case. But don’t worry...

‘Bad Education’ Trailer: Director Cory Finley Tries To Beat The Sophomore Slump With Hugh Jackman

Brynne Ramella

February 21, 2020 1:49 pm

News, Trailers

Cory Finley’s newest film “Bad Education” has just dropped a new teaser. The movie tells the story of a school-larceny scandal that hit Long Island in the early 2000s. Hugh Jackman leads the film, along with Al...

The 25 Best Movies Of 2020 We’ve Already Seen

Matthew Monagle

January 20, 2020 3:26 pm

Features, News

Each year, countless films premiere at festivals across the world. Filmmakers are celebrated for their artistic vision. Projects are praised for their ability to push the boundaries of what we expect from natio...

‘Bad Education’: Hugh Jackman Excels As A Superintendent At The Center Of A High School Conspiracy [TIFF Review]

Charles Bramesco

September 12, 2019 10:08 am

Features, Festivals, News, Reviews

In Cory Finley’s new film “Bad Education,” Hugh Jackman stars as the impossibly put-together school superintendent Dr. Frank Tassone. With hair so perfectly jet-black it has to be dyed, an impeccable physique m...

Hugh Jackman & Allison Janney Join ‘Thoroughbreds’ Director Cory Finley On An ‘Election’-esque High School Comedy

Charles Barfield

October 3, 2018 9:57 am

News

Hugh Jackman is expected to have a busy awards season coming up. Having put his superheroics behind, the actor has a new film, Jason Reitman’s “The Front Runner,” hitting theaters later this fall and Jackman is...

NSFW ‘Thoroughbreds’ Trailer: Killer Sundance Hit Starring Olivia Cooke, Anya Taylor-Joy & Anton Yelchin

Oliver Lyttelton

October 11, 2017 10:02 am

News, Trailers

Nearly three-quarters of the way through the year, and most of the big hitters from last January’s Sundance have already hit theaters, with only a couple of the more awards-y contenders still to unspool, like “...

Olivia Cooke & Anya Taylor-Joy Plan A Murder In Excellent ‘Thoroughbreds’ [BFI London Film Fest Review]

Oliver Lyttelton

October 10, 2017 4:59 pm

Festivals, News, Reviews

Money, goes the saying, can’t buy you happiness, but it can buy you pretty much everything else, including an infinite sense of privilege, and an evasion of the justice system. A billionaire can hoodwink millio...

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