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Julie Ann Emery cast in Hulu’s Catch-22

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George Clooney’s upcoming adaptation of Catch-22 has just gained another cast member. According to Deadline, Julie Ann Emery (Preacher) will join the Hulu series in a recurring role. She’ll star alongside Christopher Abbott (The Sinner), George Clooney (Ocean’s 11), Hugh Laurie (Veep) and Kyle Chandler (Game Night).Emery will play Marion Scheisskopf, who’s married to Scheisskopf (Clooney), but […]

Kyle Chandler replacing George Clooney in Catch-22

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According to Variety, there has been a shuffling of the pack over on Hulu’s upcoming TV adaptation of Joseph Heller’s Catch-22, with Friday Night Lights and Bloodline’s Kyle Chandler replacing George Clooney as Colonel Cathcart, and joining Hugh Laurie (House) and Christopher Abbott (The Sinner) in the spy thriller.Clooney, who is directing the opening two episodes, as […]

The Sinner star Christopher Abbott to lead George Clooney’s Catch-22

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Following on from January’s announcement that Hulu has picked up George Clooney’s six-part TV adaptation of Joseph Heller’s classic novel Catch-22, we now have word that Christopher Abbott (The Sinner, Girls) has signed on for the lead role.The limited series will see Abbott portraying U.S. Air Force bombadier Yossarian, “who is furious because thousands of […]

Jon Bernthal and Christopher Abbott on new poster for Sweet Virginia

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With a little under two weeks to go until its release, a new poster has arrived online for the upcoming thriller Sweet Virginia featuring Jon Bernthal and Christopher Abbott; check it out below…SEE ALSO: Watch the trailer for Sweet Virginia hereA mysterious stranger sends shockwaves through a close-knit community in this nerve-jangling slice of raw suspense. In […]

New trailer for Sweet Virginia starring Jon Bernthal, Christopher Abbott, Imogen Poots and Rosemarie Dewitt

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Ahead of its release next month, IFC Films has debuted a new trailer for director Jamie M. Dagg’s upcoming thriller Sweet Virginia which stars Jon Bernthal, Christopher Abbott, Imogen Poots, and Rosemarie Dewitt; check it out below…A mysterious stranger sends shockwaves through a close-knit community in this nerve-jangling slice of raw suspense. In the wake of […]

Movie Review – It Comes at Night (2017)

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It Comes at Night, 2017. Directed by Trey Edward Shults. Starring Joel Edgerton, Carmen Ejogo, Kelvin Harrison Jr, Christopher Abbott, and Riley Keough. SYNOPSIS: Secure within a desolate home as an unnatural threat terrorizes the world, a man has established a tenuous domestic order with his wife and son, but this will soon be put […]

Movie Review – It Comes At Night (2017)

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It Comes At Night, 2017.Directed by Trey Edward Shults. Starring Joel Edgerton, Christopher Abbot, Carmen Ejogo, Riley Keough, and Kelvin Harrison Jr.SYNOPSIS:A small family – father, mother and teenage son – live in what appears to be an abandoned house.  The windows are boarded up and, from the outside, there’s little sign of life.  Then […]

Movie Review – It Comes at Night (2017)

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It Comes at Night, 2017.Written and Directed by Trey Edward Shults. Starring Joel Edgerton, Christopher Abbott, Carmen Ejogo, Kelvin Harrison Jr., Riley Keough, Griffin Robert Faulkner, and David Pendleton.SYNOPSIS:Secure within a desolate home as an unnatural threat terrorizes the world, a man has established a tenuous domestic order with his wife and son, but this […]

Jon Bernthal, Imogen Poots and more join thriller Sweet Virginia

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Director Jamie Dagg has found his cast for the upcoming thriller Sweet Virginia, with Jon Bernthal (Daredevil), Imogen Poots (Roadies), Christopher Abbott (James White), Rosemarie DeWitt (Poltergeist) and Odessa Young (The Daughter) all set to appear in the film. Deadline reports that the project, which is based on a Black List script from Ben and […]

Movie Review – Whiskey Tango Foxtrot (2016)

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Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, 2016.Directed by Glenn Ficarra and John Requa. Starring Tina Fey, Margot Robbie, Martin Freeman, Billy Bob Thornton, Alfred Molina, Christopher Abbott and Josh Charles.SYNOPSIS:Bored, desk-bound TV journalist Kim Baker (Tina Fey) throws caution to the wind and takes up a three month assignment to cover the war in Afghanistan.  Three months turn into […]