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‘Wolf Like Me’ Trailer: Isla Fisher & Josh Gad Start A Bad Romance In Dark Peacock Psychodrama

January 4, 2022 12:30 pm

Since its official launch last July, NBC’s subscription service Peacock hasn’t exactly set the world on fire. Positive press for sitcoms like “Rutherford Falls,” “Girls 5eva,” and “We Are Lady Parts” have gain...

‘Back To The Outback’ Trailer: Aussies Isla Fisher, Eric Bana, Guy Pearce & More Star In A Down Under Animated Adventure

Edward Davis

October 14, 2021 3:31 pm

News, Trailers

What is Australia, if not a hellish island desert of gorgeous people and insane deadly creatures, or oddball ones, most of which could kill you in a second? Australia and its colorful wildlife appear to be the...

‘Blithe Spirit’ Is A Wildly Uneven, Repetitive Ghost Of A Comedy [Review]

Asher Luberto

February 26, 2021 1:47 pm

News, Reviews

How to describe "Blithe Spirit," a play that switches genres more times than one can count? Is it a comedy, a drama, a romance, a murder mystery? Is it art or exploitation? It's, actually, all of the above. ...

‘Godmothered’ Trailer: A Fairy Godmother Fights For Her Career In Disney+ Holiday Comedy

Ned Booth

November 19, 2020 10:59 am

News, Trailers

As 2020 comes to a close, COVID still has the movie industry, and the world at large, in a stranglehold. That's not going to keep Disney+ from providing some holiday cheer to its subscribers. The streaming ser...

Coogan and Winterbottom Reunite Again in the Mostly Bankrupt ‘Greed’ [Review]

Warren Cantrell

February 29, 2020 9:14 am

Reviews

Familiarity is said to breed contempt, but in the arts, it is just as likely to produce complacency. Steve Coogan and writer/director Michael Winterbottom are marking their seventh collaboration with their new...

‘Uncut Gems’: In An Alternate Reality, Riley Keough, Isla Fisher, John David Washington & More Would Have Starred

Charles Barfield

December 11, 2019 12:29 pm

News

After making big waves on the festival circuit and early awards season, it’s finally time that the general movie-going public is introduced to the insanity that is “Uncut Gems.” The latest film from the Safdie ...

‘The Beach Bum’: Matthew McConaughey Finds Wild, Weird Beauty In Director Harmony Korine’s Broken Places [SXSW Review]

Ryan Oliver

March 10, 2019 11:08 am

Features, Festivals, News, Reviews

The line between genius and idiocy is a razor-thin one. The art we consume is generally lionized, and there’s usually little regard given to the collateral damage created in order to make it, including the peop...

‘Beach Bum’ R-Rated Trailer: Matthew McConaughey Goes On Permanent Spring Break With Harmony Korine

Rodrigo Perez

September 7, 2018 9:00 am

News, Trailers

Spraaaaaang break forever, biiiiiiittttchheeeeesssss! Were enfante terrible director Harmony Korine and Matthew McConaughey born to collaborate together on “The Beach Bum”? After all, McConaughey quintessential...

‘Tag’ With Ed Helms, Jon Hamm, Jeremy Renner & More Isn’t A Game Worth Playing [Review]

Will Ashton

June 15, 2018 3:25 pm

News, Reviews

There's a tremendous documentary to be made in the premise for "Tag," the feature directorial debut of Jeff Tomsic. Inspired by a true story, the new comedy centers around a group of life-long friends who've pl...

Tom Ford’s ‘Nocturnal Animals’ Is A Feast For The Eyes And A Fun-Size Mars Bar For The Brain [Review]

Jessica Kiang

November 17, 2016 5:01 pm

Reviews

From its opening titles, a seeming riff on a James Bond credits sequence in which naked, overweight-to-obese ladies dance in slow motion wearing nothing but majorette-style accessories while glitter flies throu...

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