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‘Ida Red’ Trailer: Josh Hartnett, Melissa Leo, Frank Grillo & More Star In John Swab’s Crime Thriller

September 21, 2021 1:16 pm

The “one last job” trope has been used in crime films for decades. But sometimes, a film can rise above its routine premise and deliver something special. “Ida Red” hopes to be one of those films. As seen i...

‘Ida Red’ With Josh Hartnett, Frank Grillo And Melissa Leo Asks: What if ‘Animal Kingdom’ But Dumb And Oklahoman? [Locarno Review]

Jessica Kiang

August 12, 2021 9:13 am

News, Reviews

John Swab's fourth feature film as writer-director-producer, "Ida Red," (and if it's your first of his, don't feel too bad; it well may also be your last) starts with a police stop that turns out to be a heist...

‘Thunder Force’: A Perfect Storm Of Lame & Unfunny Superhero Comedy [Review]

Mike DeAngelo

April 9, 2021 10:58 am

News, Reviews

The word “Miscreants” is uttered nearly a dozen times within the first fifteen minutes of “Thunder Force,” Netflix’s new superhero comedy starring Melissa McCarthy and Octavia Spencer. It’s an absurd word to s...

‘Thunder Force’ Trailer: Melissa McCarthy & Octavia Spencer Star In A Superhero Comedy From Director Ben Falcone

Rodrigo Perez

March 3, 2021 1:08 pm

News, Trailers

We haven't had a good superhero lampooning in quite some time, and that's exactly what we're hoping to get in "Thunder Force," an upcoming action-comedy movie featuring Melissa McCarthy. Written and directed b...

‘Body Brokers’ Trailer: Addicts Are Exploited By Drug Rehabs Feat. Frank Grillo, Michael K. Williams, Melissa Leo & More

Tyler Casalini

January 27, 2021 6:37 pm

News, Trailers

Vertical Entertainment has released the official trailer for their upcoming crime thriller, “Body Brokers.” The film stars Jack Kilmer (“The Nice Guys,” “Hala”) as Utah, a young junkie who finds himself roamin...

‘I Know This Much Is True’: Mark Ruffalo Devastates In Derek Cianfrance’s Bruising Epic About Family & Forgiveness [Review]

Rodrigo Perez

April 30, 2020 3:32 pm

Features, News, Reviews, Television

The sins of the father may be inherited by the son, but in Derek Cianfrance’s deeply poignant, often heartwrenchingly dolorous HBO mini-series “I Know This Much Is True,” our legacies need not define destiny, ...

Kathryn Hahn HBO I know this much is true cast

Kathryn Hahn, Melissa Leo, Imogen Poots, Juliette Lewis & More Join Mark Ruffalo’s Upcoming HBO Series

Charles Barfield

April 3, 2019 4:04 pm

News, Television

Honestly, HBO had us sold on the upcoming limited series “I Know This Much is True” based solely on the involvement of actor Mark Ruffalo and writer-director Derek Cianfrance. However, after this new report tha...

‘Unlovable’ Trailer: Melissa Leo Attempts To Help A Young Woman Deal With Sex & Love Addiction

Jamie Rogers

October 19, 2018 9:46 am

News, Trailers

"You have to save yourself, I can't do this for you," Melissa Leo says to Charlene deGuzman in the new trailer for the upcoming film "Unlovable."Why? Because in the new film, Joy (deGuzman) is a sex and love ad...

‘Equalizer 2’: Denzel Washington Rights Wrongs Again In The Brutalizing Vigilante Film [Review]

Rodrigo Perez

July 18, 2018 2:15 pm

Features, News, Reviews

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The first "The Equalizer" was the kind of film that either didn't know or didn't care that the tough guy walking away from the explosion while never looking back was a long played out, often satirized cliché (s...

Joseph Gordon-Levitt Uncovers The Truth In New Trailer For Oliver Stone’s ‘Snowden’

Edward Davis

July 21, 2016 4:20 pm

Trailers

What in the name of national security is Oliver Stone’s “Snowden” doing at Comic Con? Good question and it’s probably one that even Edward Snowden or NSA could barely answer themselves. Regardless, sandwiched i...

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