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‘Chick Fight’ Trailer: Malin Akerman Joins A Fight Club With The Help Of Alec Baldwin

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How far would you go to change a wasted life? The comedy “Chick Fight” attempts to answer the question with the help of a few well-known names. Malin Akerman takes on the lead role of Anna Wyncomb, a woman in ...

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The ‘70s represented some of horror’s most creative and exciting developments. Criterion Channel is taking the month of October to delve into this influential decade’s fright-filled contributions with their ne...
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‘Over The Moon’ Trailer: Believing Is Everything In Netflix’s New Animated Musical From Glen Keane

Valerie Thompson
September 22, 2020 9:38 am
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What would you do to make a dream come true? It’s an intriguing question at the center of Netflix’s animated release “Over the Moon.” The musical focuses on Fei Fei, an adventurous young girl intent on reachin...
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‘The Last Shift’ Trailer: Richard Jenkins Is An Aging Fast Food Worker In This Sundance Standout

Valerie Thompson
September 17, 2020 9:29 am
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The complexities and ultimate similarities of American life play out in “The Last Shift.” A 2020 Sundance selection, the film became a buzzworthy project thanks to outstanding lead actors along with a carefull...
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‘Save Yourselves!’ Trailer: Sunita Mani & John Reynolds Try & Unplug From Social Influence In This Sundance Sci-Fi Comedy

Valerie Thompson
September 10, 2020 12:48 pm
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Connections are everywhere, whether we like it or not. The very principle of missing out on the electronic kind of social influence plays out in the new film “Save Yourselves!”. This Sundance selection, self d...
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‘Friendsgiving’ Trailer: Malin Akerman & Kat Dennings Experience A Truly Dysfunctional Thanksgiving

Valerie Thompson
September 9, 2020 1:32 pm
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Holiday celebrations have long been the go-to trope for comedy films. “Friendsgiving” is yet another entry venturing into this already crowded sub-genre. The project is taking on a fairly new tradition as frie...
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September 8, 2020 3:27 pm
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Director Regina King’s “One Night In Miami” comes to the Venice Film Festival as an out of competition entry. This timely project features four important figures—Muhammed Ali (then Cassius Clay), Malcolm X, Sa...
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‘Pieces Of A Woman’ Clip: Vanessa Kirby And Shia LaBeouf Start A Family In First Look At Venice Drama

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Filmmaker Kornél Mundruczó is no stranger to the film festival circuit, with his 2005 film "Johanna" screening at the Un Certain Regard section of the Cannes Film Festival, before "White God" took home the Pri...
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‘Grand Army’ Teaser: Odessa A’zion Stars In Netflix’s Upcoming Teen Drama Series

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September 3, 2020 10:52 am
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The teen drama somehow reinvents itself with each passing decade. Netflix’s “Grand Army” seeks to tell the stories of a generation facing challenges that go well beyond usual tropes. In the series, set over ni...
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‘Lingua Franca’ Trailer: Isabel Sandoval Directs & Stars In The Acclaimed Drama Arriving This Week

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August 25, 2020 11:26 am
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Isabel Sandoval’s groundbreaking film “Lingua Franca” is finally receiving a release date in America thanks to Ava DuVernay’s ARRAY Releasing. The project caused a sensation at 2019’s Venice International Film...
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‘The Binge’ Trailer: ‘The Purge’ Meets ‘Superbad’ In Hulu’s New Comedy Film

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August 19, 2020 10:16 am
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Can you imagine a world where all drugs and alcohol are legal for one day only? Hulu’s new original film “The Binge” is taking on that possibility with a humorous twist. Instead of a 'Purge'-like society inten...
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‘Lost Girls & Love Hotels’ Trailer: Alexandra Daddario Explores The Seedy Japanese Nightlife In William Olsson’s Film

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August 14, 2020 10:37 am
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What do you get lost in? Is it perfectly mundane or something deeper, even darker, than the pursuits of your public persona? The new film “Lost Girls & Love Hotels” explores one woman’s pull towards the la...
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‘Pen15’ Season 2 Trailer: Being A Teen Is Awkward As Hell In Maya Erskine & Anna Konkle’s Acclaimed Hulu Series

Valerie Thompson
August 7, 2020 2:03 pm
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There is nothing in life like the awkwardness and confusion that accompanies being a 7th grader. Hulu’s “Pen15” perfectly captures the memories we’d all choose to gloss over at those boring school reunions or ...
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‘I Am Woman’ Trailer: Tilda Cobham-Hervey Stars In The Biopic Of ’70s Singer Helen Reddy

Valerie Thompson
August 4, 2020 3:00 pm
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She is woman, hear her roar. Singer Helen Reddy became a ‘70s feminist icon with the unlikely hit song "I Am Woman." Now, the true story of a fight to make her voice heard along with the movement that surround...
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‘On The Trail: Inside The 2020 Primaries’ Trailer: HBO Max Looks At The Women Behind Political Cable News Coverage

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August 2, 2020 4:41 pm
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It’s easy to forget among the noise of toxicity, cultural division, polarized memes, and bad blood, that the people bringing us 24/7 news are just that, people. The new CNN Films documentary “On The Trail: Ins...
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