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‘Last Dance,’ Eddie Murphy & ‘Bad Education’ Top Creative Arts Emmys Final Night

September 19, 2020 10:08 pm

Awards, Awards Campaign, News, Television

The long week of Creative Arts Emmys is finally over. After five nights of virtual ceremonies, the Television Academy has bestowed a heap of trophies to "Watchmen," "Saturday Night Live," "The Marvelous Mrs. M...

Jim Caviezel Confirms ‘Passion Of The Christ’ Sequel Is Still Happening, Calls It “The Biggest Film In World History”

Rafael Motamayor

September 19, 2020 3:14 pm

News

It seems Jesus will return, with a vengeance. Where "The Passion of the Christ" became a huge box office juggernaut, amassing nearly $400 million at the domestic box office and still holding the title of the h...

Keanu Reeves Says New Matrix Movie Is An Inspiring ‘Love Story’

Rafael Motamayor

September 19, 2020 2:34 pm

News

There are many ways one could describe "The Matrix" trilogy, action-packed, revolutionary, cyberpunk, confusing. But a "love story?" Well, things may change when "The Matrix 4" arrives in theaters, because Kea...

Liam Neeson Defends ‘The Phantom Menace’ And Praises Jar Jar Binks Actor Ahmed Best

Rafael Motamayor

September 19, 2020 1:39 pm

News

The reception to "Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace" has been nothing less than fascinating. Originally mixed, to say the least, the film angered older fans of the franchise, but has not started to be re...

Robert Pattinson Kept His ‘The Devil All The Time’ Accent A Secret Until His First Take

Rafael Motamayor

September 19, 2020 12:40 pm

News

There is a long tradition of British actors doing American southern accents, both good, bad, and plain weird. From Daniel Craig's Benoit Blanc accent from "Knives Out" and Jude Law in, well, anything he does. ...

‘The Secrets We Keep’ Is A Timely Revenge Thriller With Hitchcockian Vibes

Asher Luberto

September 19, 2020 12:00 pm

News, Reviews

On its surface, "The Secrets We Keep," a story about a European refugee who lives in a remote part of New Orleans, Louisiana, and realizes her abuser from 15 years ago is now in town, could easily sound like a...

Ms. Marvel Bad boys for life directors, Bilall Fallah and Adil El Arbi

‘Bad Boys For Life’ Directors & More To Helm Episodes Of The ‘Ms. Marvel’ Series On Disney+

Charles Barfield

September 18, 2020 5:17 pm

News, Television

Even though 2020 seems to be very light on MCU products thanks to the pandemic (sorry, but “Agents of SHIELD” doesn’t count because Kevin Feige clearly doesn’t think it does), Marvel Studios has quite a few th...

‘Best In Show’ At 20: Christopher Guest Invented The Community Theater Of Bizarro Docs Before It Became Reality [Podcast]

Chance Solem-Pfeifer and Noah Ballard

September 18, 2020 3:10 pm

News, Podcasts

Riding the ever-growing sensation of “This Is Spinal Tap” (1984) and freshly inspired by a chance encounter with an amateur production of “Annie Get Your Gun,” Christopher Guest cemented his filmmaking voice i...

’76 Days’ Is A Heartbreaking Inside Account Of The COVID Lockdown In A Wuhan Hospital [TIFF Review]

Chris Barsanti

September 18, 2020 2:58 pm

Festivals, News, Reviews

Set entirely in Wuhan, China during the 76-day COVID lockdown in early 2020, “76 Days” is a tight, tense, and, at times, unrelentingly emotional account of front-line pandemic medical combat. As a piece of hig...

‘Minari’s’ Lee Isaac Chung To Write & Direct ‘Your Name’ Reimagining For Producer JJ Abrams

Charles Barfield

September 18, 2020 2:52 pm

News

Though it feels as if Sundance was, in fact, a decade ago, it was only earlier this year, as the pandemic has made 2020 feel never-ending. At that distant film festival that feels like it was a lifetime ago, f...

Alexandra Daddario Lost GIrls Love Hotels

‘Lost Girls & Love Hotels’: Alexandra Daddario Captivates In This Tale Of Kinky Self-Destruction [Review]

Charles Barfield

September 18, 2020 2:24 pm

News, Reviews

In William Olsson’s “Lost Girls & Love Hotels,” Margaret (Alexandra Daddario), is spiraling out of control. An American expat living in Japan, the young woman spends her days fighting off a hangover, barel...

Joel Kinnaman Says ‘The Suicide Squad’ Is “Heavily R-Rated” & Will Be “A F*cking Monster”

Charles Barfield

September 18, 2020 2:16 pm

News

Of all of the actors in David Ayer’s 2016 superhero film, “Suicide Squad,” Joel Kinnaman is probably the one that got hammered the most by fans and critics. That isn’t to say that Kinnaman completely blew it i...

John Boyega To Take On Far-Right Extremists In Gavin Hood’s Next Film, ‘The Test’

Charles Barfield

September 18, 2020 1:56 pm

News

Though John Boyega’s most recognizable role, so far in his career, has been as Finn in the new “Star Wars” films, the actor has recently made a name for himself as a vocal activist supporting the Black Lives M...

Director Steve McQueen & Cast Discuss ‘Lover’s Rock’: “An Image of Freedom” [NYFF]

Joe Blessing

September 18, 2020 12:54 pm

Interviews, News

Like most aspects of life, the New York Film Festival looks a little different this year, switching to a mostly virtual format in light of the pandemic. While this will limit the chances for the film community...

Wireless’: Zach Wechter & Steven Soderbergh Crack The Quibi Code With An Engrossing, Addictive & Innovative Thriller [Review]

Charles Barfield

September 18, 2020 12:49 pm

News, Reviews, Television

As the great streaming glut of 2020 threatened to drown audiences in content—Disney+, HBO Max, AppleTV+ Peacock, etc.— in the confusion of it all (and untimely pandemic), viewers were content to skip the new m...