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‘Quick Change’ At 30: No One Directed Bill Murray Quite Like Bill Murray

July 9, 2020 2:14 pm

The story goes that Bill Murray and screenwriter Howard Franklin developed their adaptation of Jay Cronley’s novel “Quick Change” – released in theaters thirty years ago this week – with Jonathan Demme in mind...

‘Ava’ Trailer: Jessica Chastain Is A Deadly Assassin Working For Colin Farrell & John Malkovich

Edward Davis

June 24, 2020 8:35 am

News, Trailers

Remember the action thriller ‘Eve,” now “Ava”? The film was embroiled in controversy out of the gate before production even started. Filmmaker Matthew Newton dropped out of helming the picture when past d...

Geena Davis, Lina Wertmüller, Wes Studi, David Lynch, Oscars 2020

Geena Davis, Wes Studi, David Lynch & Lina Wertmüller Receive Their Honorary Oscars

Gregory Ellwood

October 28, 2019 6:11 pm

Awards, Awards Campaign, News

The 2019 Governors Awards were held last night and the star turnout was impressive. Robert Pattinson, Adam Sandler, Eddie Murphy, Saoirse Ronan, Taron Egerton, Saoirse Ronan, Florence Pugh, Bong Joon Ho, Greta...

Netflix’s ‘GLOW’ Sets Its Wrestlers Loose From The Ring In Season 3 [Review]

Julia Teti

August 8, 2019 3:03 pm

Features, News, Reviews, Television

Practice makes perfect. What began as a hodgepodge group of wannabe actresses turned campy wrestlers in the 1980s with its spirited, but uneven and sluggish, first season, Liz Flahive and Carly Mensch’s Netflix...

Geena Davis, David Lynch, Wes Studi, Lina Wertmüller 2019 Governors Awards Recipients

Gregory Ellwood

June 3, 2019 1:00 pm

Awards, Awards Campaign, News

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced the recipients of the 2019 Governors Awards this morning and not only was it earlier than normal but full of some pleasant surprises. This year's honor...

Watch The First Trailer For ‘Black Mirror’-Style Sci-Fi ‘Marjorie Prime’ Starring Jon Hamm

Oliver Lyttelton

July 26, 2017 11:21 am

News, Trailers

A few years on from the end of “Mad Men,” and Jon Hamm hasn’t quite hit movie star stratosphere in the way that some predicted for him. He’s been associated with some hits — “The Town,” “Bridesmaids,” but his o...

‘Marjorie Prime’ Starring Lois Smith, Jon Hamm, Geena Davis & Tim Robbins Delivers Gentle, Bittersweet Sci-Fi [Rotterdam Review]

Jessica Kiang

February 2, 2017 2:57 pm

News, Reviews

A film this talky is almost inevitably going to have a line or two of dialogue that handily explicates its themes. And sure enough, somewhere in the first act of Michael Almereyda's thoughtful, verbose "Marjori...