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‘Succession’ Star Nicholas Braun Made A Song About Quarantine Dating And It’s Perfect

July 31, 2020 3:30 pm

It's been a big week for "Succession" fans. First, the HBO series landed several Emmy nominations, including acting nods for most of the core cast, including breakout star Nicholas Braun, who plays fan-favorit...

Adam McKay Developing HBO Limited Series About Race To Find Coronavirus Vaccine

Kambole Campbell

July 28, 2020 1:30 pm

News

In maybe the most absurd recent example of the ongoing national compulsion to immediately dramatize the news, HBO and Adam McKay are developing a limited series about the hunt for a vaccine for coronavirus (ev...

‘We Are Who We Are’ Trailer: First TV Series from Luca Guadagnino Promises More Summer Angst

Kambole Campbell

July 27, 2020 11:08 am

News, Trailers

Off the back of a string of award-nominated films about romance and angst in the Italian countryside (with the notable exception of “Suspiria”), Luca Guadagnino is bringing his sunny, sentimental cinematic sty...

‘Lovecraft Country’ First Clip: There Are Plenty Of Buried Secrets Beneath The Museum

Rafael Motamayor

July 26, 2020 11:30 am

News

We have our first clip of the upcoming HBO horror show "Lovecraft Country" and it is fittingly creepy. READ MORE: ‘Lovecraft Country’ Trailer: Horror Comes To 1950s Jim Crow America For Jurnee Smollett, Mi...

HBO Reteams With ‘Room 104’ Director Patrick Brice For Horror Film ‘The Wild’

Tyler Casalini

July 25, 2020 11:25 am

News

"Room 104" director Patrick Brice is reteaming with HBO for the upcoming suspense-thriller film, “The Wild.” The film will stream exclusively on HBO Max, developed and produced internally at Warner Max. (Warne...

‘Lovecraft Country’ Trailer: Horror Comes To 1950s Jim Crow America For Jurnee Smollett, Micheal Kenneth Williams & More

Charles Barfield

July 24, 2020 2:31 pm

News, Trailers

The team of showrunner Misha Green, and executive producers Jordan Peele and J.J. Abrams bring you HBO's latest horror thriller, "Lovecraft Country" The show, set in 1950s Jim Crow America, centers a black man...

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HBO Adapting Ta-Nehisi Coates’ ‘Between The World & Me’ For A New Special

Charles Barfield

July 23, 2020 1:13 pm

News, Television

Since the recent murder of George Floyd and the Black Lives Matter protests that have continued as a result, you may have been seeing quite a few book recommendations being shared for people looking to better ...

Jude Law’s ‘Third Day’ Miniseries Will Also Include A Real-Time, Live Stage Show Featuring The Cast

Charles Barfield

July 22, 2020 2:59 pm

News, Television

Back in April, viewers were given a quick teaser of the upcoming creepy thriller series, “The Third Day,” which is set to debut on HBO and Sky later this year. The series has serious “Wicker Man” vibes, as it ...

‘Room 104’ Ends Its Intriguing Storytelling Experiment With A Genre-Bending Final Season [Review]

Andrew Crump

July 22, 2020 11:27 am

News, Reviews, Television

That’s all, folks: The Brothers Duplass, Mark and Jay, are shuttering the motel. For the last few years, the siblings’ lo-fi, idiosyncratic HBO anthology series “Room 104,” set within the four walls of a multi...

Spike Lee’s Filmed Version Of ‘American Utopia’ To Open This Year’s TIFF

Charles Barfield

July 21, 2020 10:37 am

Festivals, News

Spike Lee was expected to be a big player in this year’s Cannes Film Festival. He was selected to lead the competition jury and it was assumed that he’d premiere “Da 5 Bloods” at the French event. But COVID-19...

‘The Swamp’ Trailer: HBO’s Doc Spotlights New Republican Politicians & Their Fundraising Efforts

Charles Barfield

July 17, 2020 12:21 pm

News, Trailers

Perhaps the most interesting moment in the new trailer for the HBO documentary, “The Swamp,” comes at the very end when an off-camera interviewer asks Rep. Matt Gaetz, “What has President Trump done to drain t...

‘Yusuf Hawkins: Storm Over Brooklyn’ Trailer: HBO Doc Explores The Controversial Murder Of A Black Teen

Charles Barfield

July 16, 2020 11:24 am

News, Trailers

Given the recent Black Lives Matter protests that have swept America and social media, the upcoming HBO documentary “Yusuf Hawkins: Storm Over Brooklyn” feels extremely relevant and timely. The docume...

‘Succession’s’ Sarah Snook: “Everything’s Changed And Nothing’s Changed At All” [Interview]

Gregory Ellwood

July 9, 2020 10:44 am

Awards, Awards Campaign, Features, Interviews, News, Television

Sarah Snook thinks she taped a podcast. In theory, she did. What was unexpected was the zoom application deciding not to record when it needed too. So, while this writer quickly used an iPhone to capture somet...

‘We Are Who We Are’ Teaser: Luca Guadagnino’s New Coming-Of-Age HBO Series Arrives In September

Charles Barfield

July 7, 2020 12:24 pm

News, Television, Trailers

Despite a pretty great career leading up to the release of “Call Me By Your Name,” there are a large number of fans that really discovered filmmaker Luca Guadagnino from his Oscar-nominated work on that featur...

‘Room 104’ Trailer: The Final Season Features Dave Bautista, Jillian Bell & Arrives This July

John Tuttle

July 1, 2020 9:33 am

News, Television, Trailers

HBO's acclaimed “Room 104” series will soon have no more vacancy. Created by Mark and Jay Duplass (HBO’s “Animals.” and “Togetherness”), the late-night, half-hour anthology series, which began back in 2017, is...

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