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‘Luther: The Fallen Sun’ Trailer: Idris Elba’s Famous Detective Leads His Own Netflix Movie

February 9, 2023 9:42 am

Can John Luther find redemption? The popular series “Luther” ended its run in 2019 with a startling conclusion. Now, Netflix is introducing another chapter in the story with the film “Luther: The Fallen Sun.” ...

‘Drift’ Review: Cynthia Erivo Stars In An Impressionistic, But Hollow Refugee Drama [Sundance]

Marya E. Gates

January 22, 2023 6:33 pm

Festivals, News, Reviews

Based on the 2013 novel “A Marker to Measure Drift” by Alexander Maksik, set just after the Second Liberian Civil War in 2003, “Drift” aims for impressionistic insight but is ultimately manipulative and reduct...

‘Pinocchio’ Review: Tom Hanks Can’t Save Robert Zemeckis’ Latest Soulless, Weird, Uncanny Valley Effort

Nick Allen

September 8, 2022 9:32 am

News, Reviews

Here’s one hell of a way to remember just how strange “Pinocchio” (1940) was: watch Robert Zemeckis’ hallucinatory live-action remake of it, now playing on Disney+. Some of the kooky parts here are not from th...

‘Roar’ Review: Apple TV+’s Dark Feminist Fables Anthology Series Offers Very Strange & Mixed Results

Valerie Ettenhofer

April 11, 2022 10:04 am

Features, News, Reviews, Television

The new women-centric Apple TV+ anthology series “Roar” is extremely literal. Across its eight episodes, a trophy wife lives on a shelf, an ignored woman disappears, and a frustrated wife returns her husband t...

‘Roar’ Trailer: Nicole Kidman, Alison Brie, Cynthia Erivo, Betty Gilpin & More Star In Apple TV+’s New Feminist Anthology Series

Edward Davis

March 24, 2022 11:52 am

News, Television, Trailers

Apple TV+ is having quite the year of television so far, gathering acclaim for shows like Ben Stiller’s “Severance” and “WeCrashed,” with Anne Hathaway and Jared Leto, and is sure to receive attention for stro...

‘Roar’ First Look: Nicole Kidman, Alison Brie & More Lead Anthology Of Darkly Comedic Feminist Fables

Ned Booth

February 4, 2022 12:00 pm

News

Early last year, Liz Flahive and Carly Mensch, the creative tag-team behind the Netflix show "GLOW," signed an overall deal with Apple for new TV projects. Their first show f...

Cynthia Erivo & Ariana Grande Cast In Lead Roles For Jon M. Chu’s ‘Wicked’ Adaptation

Charles Barfield

November 5, 2021 10:02 am

News

Despite the box office and critical disappointment of “Dear Evan Hansen,” Hollywood is still really excited about the possibilities of bringing famous Broadway musicals to the big screen. This year alone, we’v...

‘Needle In A Timestack’ Trailer: Cynthia Erivo & Leslie Odom, Jr. Star In John Ridley’s Time-Travel Romance

Brynne Ramella

September 16, 2021 10:32 am

News, Trailers

What lines would you cross to be with your soulmate? That's the question posed by the time-travel romance epic "Needle in a Timestack." The movie's first trailer gives a taste of what happens to four people pu...

‘The Rose’: Cynthia Erivo To Star In Remake Of The Bette Midler Film

Mark Cassidy

June 17, 2021 10:38 am

News

British actress, writer, singer, and songwriter Cynthia Erivo's star has been on the rise ever since her breakout turn in "Bad Times at the El Royale," and the twice Academy Award-nominated performer has now l...

‘Genius: Aretha’: Cynthia Erivo Shines As The Queen Of Soul In A Smart, But Inconsistent Series [Review]

Brian Tallerico

March 12, 2021 12:00 pm

News, Reviews, Television

After installments that profiled Albert Einstein and Pablo Picasso, the Nat Geo dramatic series “Genius” turns to the life of the singular talent that is Aretha Franklin with “Genius: Aretha.” Cynthia Erivo (“...

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