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Movie Review – Misty Green (2026)

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Misty Green, 2026.Written and Directed by Chris Rock. Starring Rosalind Eleazar, Adam Driver, Daniel Kaluuya, Anna Kendrick, Topher Grace, Chris Rock, Anthony Anderson, Kelli Garner, Amy Landecker, Rich Sommer, Ice-T, Tracie Thoms, Zaria, Parker Sack, Carlos Jacott, Yvonne Orji, Alexandra Shipp, Busta Rhymes, Necar Zadegan, and Nicole Ari Parker.SYNOPSIS: Years after her Hollywood breakthrough, a talented actress […]

Toronto International Film Festival 2026 Review – Misty Green

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Misty Green, 2026. Directed by Chris Rock. Starring Rosalind Eleazar, Adam Driver, Daniel Kaluuya, Anna Kendrick, Chris Rock, Topher Grace, Alexandra Shipp, Antony Anderson, Tracie Thoms, Rich Sommer, Amy Landecker, Necar Zadegan and Ice-T. SYNOPSIS Years after her Hollywood breakthrough, a talented actress whose career has stalled fights for her second act. Comedian Chris Rock […]

Chris Rock-directed A24 drama Misty Green gets a trailer and poster

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A24 has released the trailer for Misty Green, their starry ‘Inside Hollywood’ drama that tells the story of Rosalind Eleazar’s titular actress and her struggle as she attempts to reinvigorate her self-sabotaged career.  Misty Green is writer/director Chris Rock’s first film since 2014’s critically-acclaimed Top Five, and also features Adam Driver (Paterson), Daniel Kaluuya (Nope), […]

Spider-Punk animated movie coming from Daniel Kaluuya and Sony

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Sony Pictures Animation knows the power of a good Spider-Man story, and now they look to expand their cinematic multiverse with a new one all about the beloved Spider-Punk.Deadline reports the studio is currently developing a film following the misadventures of the character we first met in Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023). Voice actor Daniel […]

Ayo Edebiri to write and star in Daniel Kaluuya’s A24 Barney Movie

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The Bear and Opus star Ayo Edebiri is in talks to write and possibly headline A24’s long gestating Barney the Dinosaur movie for Mattel. It has been over five years since news of a Daniel Kaluuya produced Barney movie broke online, in which time Barbie has grossed her billions, and numerous other big-screen boardgame adaptations have […]

4K Ultra HD Review – Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023)

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Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, 2023.Directed by Joaquim Dos Santos, Kemp Powers, and Justin K. Thompson. Featuring the voice talents of Shameik Moore, Hailee Steinfeld, Brian Tyree Henry, Lauren Vélez, Jake Johnson, Jason Schwartzman, Issa Rae, Karan Soni, Shea Whigham, Greta Lee, Daniel Kaluuya, Mahershala Ali, and Oscar Isaac.SYNOPSIS:The second installment in the always-entertaining Spider-Verse movies […]

Netflix drops trailer for Kibwe Tavares and Daniel Kaluuya’s dystopian drama The Kitchen

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Netflix has released the trailer for Kibwe Tavares and Daniel Kaluuya’s science-fiction drama The Kitchen, which was selected as the closing night film for the 67th BFI London Film Festival.Based on an idea by Kaluuya, Kibwe Tavares (Noughts + Crosses) and Daniel Emmerson (Calm with Horses), The Kitchen “is set in London, 2044, a future where the […]

Spider-Punk almost didn’t have a role in Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse

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As much as Daniel Kaluuya’s Spider-Punk is a fan-favorite in the latest film, Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse, we almost didn’t get the now-iconic role.In an interview with EW, writer-producers Phil Lord and Chris Miller revealed that Kaluuya almost didn’t have such a significant role in Across The Spider-Verse.“He was in and out of the picture […]

Mattel exec promises Daniel Kaluuya’s Barney movie will be “daring,” compares it to Charlie Kaufman and A24

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Will Barney go the Death to Smoochy route? For those who don’t remember the insanely dark and bizarre 2002 film, there’s a chance that the upcoming movie based on the Barney & Friends hero will have a grittier edge to it.In a recent interview with The New Yorker, Mattel Films executive Kevin McKeon gave the […]