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The Color Purple gets a new trailer

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Warner Bros. has released a new trailer for The Color Purple, the upcoming musical drama based on Alice Walker’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel and Marsha Norman’s stage play.Directed by Blitz Bazawule, the film features a cast that includes Taraji P. Henson, Danielle Brooks, Colman Domingo, Corey Hawkins, H.E.R., Halle Bailey, Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, and Fantasia Barrino. Watch […]

2023 BFI London Film Festival Review – All of Us Strangers

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All of Us Strangers, 2023.Directed by Andrew Haigh. Starring Andrew Scott, Paul Mescal, Jamie Bell, and Claire Foy.SYNOPSIS:A screenwriter drawn back to his childhood home enters into a fledgling relationship with a mysterious neighbor as he then discovers his parents appear to be living just as they were on the day they died, 30 years […]

Trailer for heist thriller Lucky Day starring Angus Cloud

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Well Go USA has released a poster and trailer for writer-director Dan Brown’s upcoming thriller Your Lucky Day.Set on Christmas Eve, the film stars the late Angus Cloud (Euphoria) as man who holds the staff and customers of a convenience store hostage over a winning litter ticket, giving the witnesses a choice over how far […]

Margot Robbie & Brad Pitt producing The Thin Man remake

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Margot Robbie’s LuckyChap and Brad Pitt’s Plan B Entertainment have joined forces to acquire the rights to the classic Thin Man film series. According to Deadline the two joined forces to win a hotly contested auction for the popular series of films, which kicked off in 1934 with W.S. Van Dyke’s comedy-mystery film The Thin Man. Starring William […]

Hot Toys unveils Young Barry sixth scale figure from The Flash

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Sideshow has released promotional images for Hot Toys’ sixth scale deluxe Young Barry figure which is based on the likeness of Ezra Miller as the 2013 alternate universe teenage Barry in the DC solo outing The Flash.The collectible is available to pre-order now, priced at $330; take a look at the promotional images below and […]

59th Chicago International Film Festival Review – Joram

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Joram, 2023.Written and Directed by Devashish Makhija. Starring Manoj Bajpayee, Tannishtha Chatterjee, Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub, Smita Tambe, Rajshri Deshpande, Apurva Mahesh, Dhaniram Prajapati, and Megha Mathur.SYNOPSIS:It follows a father who is on the run with his little baby girl to escape the ghosts of his past and the forces that want him dead.This piece was […]

Movie Review – It Lives Inside (2023)

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It Lives Inside, 2023.Directed by Bishal Dutta. Starring Megan Suri, Neeru Bajwa, Mohana Krishnan, Vik Sahay, Gage Marsh, Beatrice Kitsos, Siddhartha Minhas, Sangeeta Wylie, and Betty Gabriel.SYNOPSIS:An Indian-American teenager struggling with her cultural identity has a falling out with her former best friend and, in the process, unwittingly releases a demonic entity that grows stronger […]

First look at Angelina Jolie in Pablo Larraín’s Maria Callas biopic

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Pablo Larraín, he of brilliant biopics Jackie and Diana, has unveiled a first-look at Angelina Jolie in his latest retrospective of a female icon, Maria. Maria, a film about the life of American-born Greek soprano Maria Callas, has been written by Peaky Blinders creator and Spencer scribe Steven Knight, and is based on true accounts to tell the tumultuous, […]

Netflix shares trailer for Mélanie Laurent-directed heist caper Wingwomen

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Netflix has released a trailer, poster and images for Wingwomen, the French action-comedy based on Jérôme Mulot, Florent Ruppert, and Bastien Vivès’ graphic novel The Grande Odalisque.The film is directed by Mélanie Laurent (Inglourious Basterds, Now You See Me), who also stars as Carole, a pro-thief who is ready to retire after unexpectedly becoming pregnant, […]