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First trailer for Ron Howard’s Hillbilly Elegy starring Amy Adams and Glenn Close

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Netflix has debuted the first trailer and a poster for Ron Howard’s upcoming drama Hillbilly Elegy. Based on J.D. Vance’s memoir of the same name, the film follows three generations of an Appalachian family through their unique struggles and features a cast that includes Amy Adams, Glenn Close, Gabriel Basso, Haley Bennett, and Owen Asztalos; […]

Movie Review – Her (2013)

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Her, 2013.Written and Directed by Spike Jonze. Starring Joaquin Phoenix, Amy Adams, Scarlett Johansson, Olivia Wilde, Kristen Wiig, Bill Hader, and Rooney Mara.SYNOPSIS:A lonely writer develops an unlikely relationship with his newly purchased operating system that’s designed to meet his every need.Spike Jonze is such an interesting Director.  One of those guys who started his […]

Amy Adams joins Dear Evan Hansen

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Amy Adams has become the latest addition to the cast of Dear Evan Hansen, the upcoming feature film adaptation of the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical.Ben Platt (The Politician), who performed the title role on stage, is expected to star in the film as Evan Hansen, a sociacially-awkward teenager who unintentionally gets caught up in a lie […]

Amy Adams to re-team with Adam McKay for Kings of America miniseries

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Amy Adams will re-team with her Vice director Adam McKay in the Netflix miniseries Kings of America. Adams will also executive produce the series alongside McKay and Stacy O’Neil through their company Bond Group Entertainment.Kings of America follows “the stories of three powerful women whose lives were inextricably intertwined with the world’s largest company: a Walmart heiress, a […]

Amy Adams to star in Nightbitch

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Deadline is reporting that Annapurna Pictures has secured the rights to Nightbitch, the upcoming debut novel from author Rachel Yoder, and has set Amy Adams to star in a feature film adaptation.Described as a darkly comedic expose on the absurd and feral truths of motherhood, Nightbitch will see Adams playing a former artist who is […]

Amy Adams is The Woman in the Window on new poster for psychological thriller

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20th Century Studios has released a new poster for director Joe Wright’s upcoming psychological suspense thriller The Woman in the Window featuring Oscar-winner Amy Adams, take a look here….SEE ALSO: Watch the trailer for The Woman in the WindowWhen the Russell family moves into the house across the way, they appear to be the perfect […]

Movie Review – Vice (2018)

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Vice, 2018.Written and Directed by Adam McKay. Starring Christian Bale, Amy Adams, Steve Carell, Sam Rockwell, Jesse Plemons, Alison Pill, Lily Rabe, Tyler Perry, Justin Kirk, LisaGay Hamilton, Shea Whigham, Eddie Marsan, Fay Masterson, Bill Camp, Don McManus, Bob Stephenson, Jillian Armenante, Abigail Marlowe, and Jamie Bernadette.SYNOPSIS:Vice explores how a bureaucratic Washington insider quietly became the […]

Movie Review – Nocturnal Animals (2016)

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Nocturnal Animals, 2016.Directed by Tom Ford. Starring Amy Adams, Jake Gyllenhaal, Michael Shannon, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Isla Fisher, Armie Hammer and Laura Linney.SYNOPSIS:Rich, glamorous and successful gallery owner Susan (Amy Adams) seems to have it all.  But her life is starting to crumble and when her ex-husband sends her the manuscript for his violent thriller, she […]

Road to the Oscars 2019 – Can Vice win Best Picture?

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In the week before the 91st Academy Awards are handed out, Tom Beasley takes a look at each Best Picture nominee and its chances of Oscars victory. Finally, it’s Christian Bale’s transformative take on Dick Cheney in Vice…Adam McKay made the pivot to serious filmmaking a few years ago when he looked under the bonnet […]