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‘Brightwater’: Scoot McNairy, Jack Reynor & Emily Browning To Star In Lance Edmands’ Psychological Thriller

May 9, 2022 11:45 am

Ahead of the Cannes Market, several new film projects are being announced before they go out to buyers/distributors. One of those new films is a psychological thriller by writer/director Lance Edmands and boas...

‘Narcos: Mexico’ Final Season Trailer: Netflix’s Acclaimed Cartel Drama Comes To An End In November

Charles Barfield

October 11, 2021 11:13 am

News, Television, Trailers

The ‘Narcos’ TV franchise has always been known for being bold. Sure, the series tells stories that many people already know, taking the stories of real-life drug kingpins from the past and showing what happen...

‘C’mon C’mon’ Trailer: Mike Mills’ Latest Stars Joaquin Phoenix As A Tender Uncle Taking Care Of His Nephew

Ned Booth

September 8, 2021 9:00 am

News, Trailers

Five years have passed since Mike Mills' last terrific film, "20th Century Women," had its world premiere at the 2016 New York Film Festival. Mills returns this year with his new family drama "C'mon C'mon," an...

‘C’mon C’mon’: Joaquin Phoenix Shines & Empathy Flows In Mike Mills’ Sublime, Micro-Traumatic Family Drama [Telluride Review]

Rodrigo Perez

September 2, 2021 11:30 pm

Features, Festivals, News, Reviews

Having already excavated his personal experiences to tell intimate, insightful, and emotionally translucent stories about fathers and sons (“Beginners”), matriarchs raising boys (“20th Century Women”), and the...

‘The Comey Rule’: Billy Ray’s Showtime Miniseries Is An Intriguing FBI Procedural Until It’s Not [Review]

Rodrigo Perez

September 2, 2020 11:32 am

News, Reviews, Television

While the filmmakers behind Showtime’s two-part “The Comey Rule” have clearly overestimated the public’s desire for— uhhh, gestures in the general direction of anything and everything in entertainment vaguely ...

‘Love Life’: Anna Kendrick’s Charm Can’t Sustain A Full Season In HBO Max’s Flagship Series [Review]

Marshall Shaffer

May 26, 2020 11:09 am

News, Reviews, Television

One thing that’s instantly striking about HBO Max’s rom-com anthology series “Love Life” is the exacting period detail for each year of the 2010s it depicts. When the show declares an episode is set in 2012, t...

‘Love Life’ Trailer: Anna Kendrick Stars In New Dramedy Series From Paul Feig

Charles Barfield

April 21, 2020 10:19 am

News, Television, Trailers

Everyone knows that if you want to launch a successful streaming service, a deep library of well-known content helps, but the real way to gain interest is with killer original programming. And for HBO Max to b...

Brad Pitt in Andrew Dominik's Killing Them Softly

‘Killing Them Softly’s’ Condemnation Of Corporate America During A Recession Has Aged Perfectly

Matthew Monagle

April 2, 2020 1:13 pm

Features, News

Nothing busts canons quite like living in interesting times. In our ongoing Inflection Point series, we look back at the films that have taken on new relevance due to our ongoing cultural and political upheava...

‘Narcos: Mexico’ Season 2 Teaser: No One Is Untouchable In Netflix’s Acclaimed Drug Cartel Drama

Charles Barfield

January 6, 2020 11:30 am

News, Television, Trailers

Netflix seems to have some obvious thoughts about how long a series should stay alive. Either the streamer is going to cancel a series after the first season, if it doesn’t drive business the way it should, or ...

‘True Detective’ Season 3: Another Crime Procedural With Familiar Moody, Macho Baggage [Review]

Rodrigo Perez

January 13, 2019 8:55 pm

Features, News, Reviews, Television

After one major career-minting success ("True Detective" season one) and one resounding follow-up failure (season two), the narrative around "True Detective" creator /showrunner/writer/ Nic Pizzolatto’s third s...

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