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‘The Founder’ Director Disappointed By Michael Keaton Awards Season Snub, Says Film Wasn’t Given “Calculated” Campaign

February 3, 2017 11:41 am

When it came to this year's awards season, the belt-tightened The Weinstein Company seemed uncertain early on which horse to back. At first, it looked like they were going to push "The Founder," especially when...

Audiences Unite For M. Night Shyamalan’s ‘Split’ [Box Office]

Kevin Jagernauth

January 22, 2017 12:55 pm

Box Office, News

It's been a helluva week, with Donald Trump becoming the first Buffoon In Chief of the United States, while women hit the streets around the world to protest the misogynist, xenophobic new leader of the free wo...

Michael Keaton Is The Hamburglar & ‘The Founder’ Is The Trumpiest Movie Of 2017 So Far [Review]

Rodrigo Perez

January 18, 2017 4:49 pm

News, Reviews

There’s a startling similarity in the taste of food served at McDonald’s and the overall flavor of the filmmaking dished out in “The Founder.” Directed by John Lee Hancock ("The Blind Side," "Saving Mr. Banks")...

Stay Hungry With The New Trailer For ‘The Founder’ Starring Michael Keaton

Kevin Jagernauth

January 3, 2017 1:44 pm

News, Trailers

Never say never, but with the awards season winding down to the Oscar nominations in just a few short weeks, it's pretty well settled which films are in the mix and which aren't, and unfortunately for The Weins...

10 Films To See In January

Erik McClanahan

January 3, 2017 11:24 am

Features

Happy new year dear Playlist readers (or: how I learned to stop worrying and try to forget that 2016 ever happened). As we move forward in these crazy times, we look to the movies for not just entertainment, bu...

Download Over 40 Oscar-Contending Screenplays: ‘Silence,’ ‘Moonlight,’ ’20th Century Women’ ‘Arrival’ & More

Will Ashton

December 23, 2016 8:32 pm

News

Have you been struggling to type out that script? The one you’ve sat on for the past few months/years or so? Trying to figure out how to make it work? Hell, do you need some help getting it started in the first...

Michael Keaton Loves The Golden Arches In First Clip And New Images For ‘The Founder’

Kevin Jagernauth

December 20, 2016 1:47 pm

News

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Originally slated to be released this summer, and then bumped for what was supposed to be awards contention this fall, The Weinstein Company have gone pretty quiet on "The Founder," instead choosing to focus th...

The 50 Most Anticipated Films Of The Fall Season

Oliver Lyttelton

August 15, 2016 12:21 pm

Features

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Let’s face it, 2016 has so far been sort of a crappy year for movies. It’s been a particularly bad summer blockbuster season, with almost everything coming up short. But even the indie world has been quieter th...

Harvey Weinstein Says ‘Lion’ “Could Get Nominated For Eight Or Nine Academy Awards”

Kevin Jagernauth

July 21, 2016 2:34 pm

News

Harvey Weinstein has been facing a lot of scrutiny ever since Quentin Tarantino's "The Hateful Eight" underperformed at the box office last winter. The industry seems to be seeing vultures circling The Weinstei...

The 40 Most Anticipated Movies Of Summer 2016

Oliver Lyttelton and Jessica Kiang

May 2, 2016 12:15 pm

Features

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Obviously the biggest event of the summer is The Playlist moving to the shiny new digs in which you’re now seeing us. But seriously, the summer movie months are packed with films both big and small guaranteed t...

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