A young David Bowie hits the road in America in search of fame and self-discovery in the official trailer for Stardust, an upcoming biopic about the music icon in the year preceding his Ziggy Stardust LP. Johnny Flynn portrays The Man Who Sold the World-era, 24-year-old Bowie as he embarks …
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William Blinn, the Emmy-winning screenwriter of Brian’s Song, the Roots miniseries and Prince’s Purple Rain film, has died at the age of 83. Blinn’s family confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter that the screenwriter died Thursday of natural causesat an assisted living community in Burbank, California. After starting his career as …
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In the great 1993 chess movie Searching for Bobby Fischer, elementary-school-age prodigy Josh finds himself caught between two mentors: Bruce Pandolfini, an aloof master of the game who favors a slow and risk-averse approach to the board, and Vinnie, who hustles tourists in the park and is always encouraging Josh …
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The cast of The West Wing reunites in the upcoming special to benefit When We All Vote, airing October 15th on HBO Max. The special will feature a theatrical recreation of the Season Three episode, “Hartsfield’s Landing,” with original cast members Martin Sheen, Rob Lowe, Allison Janney, Bradley Whitford, Dulé …
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Roald Dahl’s The Witches is being adapted into a film once again, this time starring Anne Hathaway, Octavia Spencer, and Stanley Tucci. It arrives on October 22nd on HBO Max. Directed by Robert Zemeckis, the trailer opens with a young boy (Jahzir Kadeen Bruno) arriving to stay with his grandma …
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A new documentary, The Orange Years, will chronicle the rise of Nickelodeon and how the networked reshaped children’s television and effectively helped raise a generation of kids. The film will be available on on-demand services on November 17th. The new trailer forThe Orange Years opens with one of the network’s …
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A strange virus is causing fatalities throughout Middle America. A group of folks who’ve been chatting online for some time think there’s some bigger, deep-state conspiracy behind it all; they’ve found a series of documents that they believe possess clues as to the nefarious forces behind not just this pandemic, …
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American Murder: The Family Next Door The new Netflix crime documentary examines the Watts family murder when Chris Watts killed his wife Shanann and their two young daughters in 2018. The film is made with a haunting twist: some of its narratives is told by Shanann herself, though old vlog …
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It started with a trip to the press office to pick up your badge, now conveniently located in the far corner of your living room. On the way out, you run into some fellow critics and ask about what they’re excited to see, although one seems preoccupied with a bird …
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In 1976, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest became only the second movie ever to sweep the top five Academy Awards: Best Picture; Best Director for Miloš Forman; Best Screenplay (adapted) for Bo Goldman and Lawrence Hauben’s take on Ken Kesey‘s novel; and both Best Actor nods, for Jack Nicholson’s …
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