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Movie Review – Black or White (2014)

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Black or White, 2014. Directed by Mike Binder Starring Kevin Costner, Octavia Spencer, Billy Burr, Gillian Jacobs, Anthony Mackie, Andre Holland, Mpho Koaho SYNOPSIS Grieving widow fights for custody over his biracial granddaughter; in the midst are issues of race, class, and addiction. Mike Binder is not afraid to deploy sensationalism for narrative purposes. One of […]

Sebastian Stan and Anthony Mackie on whether they’d like to take over as Captain America

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Poor Steve Rogers. Ever since he joined the Marvel Cinematic Universe, there’s been speculation about when Captain America is going to shuffle of this mortal coil and pass on the shield to his successor. Naturally, this has intensified now that both The Winter Soldier and Falcon are part of the MCU and Chris Evans is […]

Movie Review – The Night Before (2015)

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The Night Before, 2015. Directed by Jonathan Levine. Starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Seth Rogen, Anthony Mackie, Lizzy Caplan, Jillian Bell, Helene Yorke, Ilana Glazer, Aaron Hill, James Franco, Tracy Morgan, and Miley Cyrus. SYNOPSIS: On Christmas eve, three lifelong friends, two of whom are Jewish, spend the night in New York City looking for the Holy […]

Exclusive Interview: Triple 9 director John Hillcoat

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Triple 9 (2016 – Casey Affleck, Anthony Mackie, Norman Reedus) director John Hillcoat talks to Flickering Myth’s Scott Davis about his new movie, working with Kate Winslet and whether he’ll ever direct a superhero movie… Subscribe to our YouTube channel for more movie awesomeness. In TRIPLE NINE, a crew of dirty cops is blackmailed by the […]

Paul Rudd’s Ant-Man and William Hurt’s Thunderbolt Ross join Captain America: Civil War, official synopsis released

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Hot on the heels of the announcement that Emily VanCamp was returning for Captain America: Civil War, Marvel Studios has begun production on the blockbuster sequel at Pinewood Studios in Atlanta. Not only that, but it looks as though Paul Rudd’s Ant-Man will feature in the movie, along with William Hurt reprising his role as Thunderbolt Ross […]

VOD Review – Playing It Cool (2014)

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Playing It Cool, 2015 Directed by Justin Reardon Starring Chris Evans, Aubrey Plaza, Michelle Monaghan, Topher Grace, Ioan Gruffudd, Martin Starr, Luke Wilson, Anthony Mackie and Ashley Tisdale SYNOPSIS: Unrequited love motivates a guy to write about his experiences. First time director Justin Reardon clearly has a lot of friends in high places. Along with first […]

Cast announced for new Christmas comedy Let It Snow

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Variety is reporting the casting of CBS Films new holiday comedy, set to be titled Let It Snow, which is directed by Jesse Nelson (I Am Sam) and written by Steven Rogers (P.S. I Love You) A stellar cast has been announced for the film, which includes Amanda Seyfried (Ted 2), Alan Arkin (Grudge Match), […]

Anthony Mackie talks Captain America: Civil War, still hoping for a role in Avengers: Age of Ultron

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Last week Anthony Mackie shared his excitement over his upcoming return as Sam Wilson / Falcon in Marvel’s first Phase Three offering Captain America: Civil War – which he described as “Avengers 3.8“ – and now the star has spoken in depth about the upcoming threequel during an interview with I Am Rogue: “When we […]

Anthony Mackie says Captain America: Civil War “is gonna be Avengers 3.8”

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When you look at the cast list for Captain America: Civil War – which includes Chris Evans (Captain America), Robert Downey Jr. (Iron Man), Scarlett Johansson (Black Widow), Samuel L. Jackson (Nick Fury), Chadwick Boseman (Black Panther) and, potentially, Jeremy Renner (Hawkeye) – you’d be forgiven for thinking that Marvel was launching Phase Three of […]