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‘Mrs. Harris Goes To Paris’ Trailer: Lesley Manville Is A Housekeeper Who Dares To Dream

May 5, 2022 6:00 pm

Not every movie needs to either reinvent the wheel or make us question our personal realities. Sometimes, a movie can look like it is just wanting to offer an audience a nice time, make them feel good for its ...

‘Operation Mincemeat’ Trailer: Colin Firth To Thwart Nazis In New WWII Drama

Christopher Marc

October 5, 2021 11:04 am

News, Trailers

Actor Colin Firth is no stranger to war films having played a general in Sam Mendes' fantastically shot WWI pic "1917" and is taking a bigger role with his new film "Operation Mincemeat" taking place during WW...

‘Mass’ Trailer: The Heartbreaking Aftermath Of Gun Violence Is Confronted In This Acclaimed Sundance Drama

Ned Booth

August 31, 2021 9:56 am

News, Trailers

Sundance International Film Festival allows for a wide variety of unique and personal films to be screened each year. Such allows for several emotional and difficult stories to be told throughout the festival....

‘Mass’: An Impressively Depressing Four-Way Powerhouse, Until the Walls Close In [Sundance]

Jessica Kiang

January 30, 2021 8:28 pm

Festivals, News, Reviews

It's hard to say if the excoriating debut film written, produced, and directed by Fran Kranz, in being an extraordinarily depressing chamber piece dealing with the long-after fallout of a school shooting, is t...

‘Hotel Mumbai’ Takes The Real-Life Horror A Bit Too Far [TIFF Review]

Gregory Ellwood

September 18, 2018 4:45 pm

Awards Campaign, Festivals, News, Reviews

TORONTO – On Nov. 26, 2008 a major terrorist attack hit the city of Mumbai, India. If you lived in the United States you heard about it, but despite the fact there were American victims, it was a secondary stor...

‘The Death Of Stalin’ Trailer: Armando Ianucci’s Comedy Of Terrors

Kevin Jagernauth

January 18, 2018 3:51 pm

News, Trailers

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Politics might not seem like a funny thing to laugh at right now, but believe us when we say you'll want to let your guard down for "The Death Of Stalin." The latest from Armando Ianucci ("Veep," "The Thick Of ...

Armando Iannucci’s ‘The Death Of Stalin’ Is A Timely, Hilarious, Bleak Satire [TIFF Review]

Kevin Jagernauth

September 10, 2017 1:23 pm

Features, News, Reviews

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There are few better than writer/director Armando Iannucci when it comes to portraying the poison personalities, ruthless double dealing, and heights of absurdity in the political halls of power. So far, he’s s...

STAR TREK: DISCOVERY Pictured: Jason Isaacs as Captain Gabriel Lorca.

New Trailer For ‘Star Trek: Discovery’ Explores Strange New Worlds

Kevin Jagernauth

July 22, 2017 6:41 pm

News, Television, Trailers

With the big screen version of "Star Trek" seemingly on hold (they announced "Star Trek 4" last summer, but there has been no word since), fans of the series have something to look forward to with "Star Trek: D...

First Look: Armando Iannucci’s ‘The Death Of Stalin’ With Jason Isaacs, Steve Buscemi & More

Edward Davis

February 13, 2017 9:00 am

News

Here’s timely authoritarian-related news for you. Political satirist Armando Iannucci, the filmmaker behind “In the Loop,” “The Thick of It,” and the creative mind behind HBO’s “Veep,” has a new project centeri...

‘A Cure For Wellness’ Is Never As Wildly Weird As It Wants To Be [Review]

Kevin Jagernauth

February 7, 2017 9:00 am

News, Reviews

Spending most of the past decade in blockbuster land, helming two “Pirates Of The Caribbean” movies and “The Lone Ranger,” director Gore Verbinski has used his opportunities outside branded entertainment to let...

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