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First trailer for Showtime’s The Good Lord Bird starring Ethan Hawke

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Showtime has released the first trailer and a poster for its upcoming limited drama series The Good Lord Bird. Based on James McBride’s 2013 award-winning novel of the same name, it stars Ethan Hawke as abolitionist John Brown alongside a cast that includes Joshua Caleb Johnson, Daveed Diggs, Wyatt Russell, McKinley Belcher III, and Rafael […]

Ethan Hawke to direct adaptation of Tennessee Williams’ Camino Real

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Variety is reporting that actor and filmmaker Ethan Hawke is set to write and direct an adaptation of Camino Real, the experimental stage-play from Hawke’s great-uncle, the legendary American playwright Tennessee Williams.“I’ve been obsessed with the piece for years,” said Hawke, who will not act in the film. “I kept turning it over and over […]

Ethan Hawke talks nearly playing Doctor Strange: “I came as close as anybody could”

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Several names were linked to the role of Doctor Stephen Strange before it was officially announced as Benedict Cumberbatch, including Joaquin Phoenix and Keanu Reeves. One of the names often rumoured was Ethan Hawke (Boyhood), which was only furthered when his Sinister director Scott Derrickson was announced to helm the movie.SEE ALSO – Benedict Cumberbatch talks […]

Ethan Hawke is returning to The Purge for the show’s season 2 finale

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The Purge franchise originally started back in 2013 as a home invasion thriller starring Ethan Hawke who played James Sandin, a security system salesmen whose family home is invaded by a man trying to escape a murderous group.However, despite his fate in the first film, USA Network (via Bloody Disgusting) has recently revealed that Hawke’s James […]

Movie Review – Blaze (2018)

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Blaze, 2018.Directed by Ethan Hawke. Starring Ben Dickey, Alia Shawkat, Charlie Sexton, David Kallaway, Richard Linklater, Jenn Lyon, Sam Rockwell, Steve Zahn, Ritchie Montgomery, Wyatt Russell, D. Taylor Loeb, and Kris Kristofferson.SYNOPSIS:The life of musician Blaze Foley.Unless you’re deep in the heart of the country music scene, it’s not a stretch to suggest that the subject of […]

Movie Review – Juliet, Naked (2018)

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Juliet, Naked, 2018.Directed by Jesse Peretz. Starring Rose Byrne, Ethan Hawke, Chris O’Dowd, Megan Dodds, Lily Newmark, Jimmy O. Yang, Azhy Robertson, Ayoola Smart, Lily Brazier, Johanna Thea, Georgina Bevan, and Tom Patrick Stephens.SYNOPSIS:Juliet, Naked is the story of Annie (the long-suffering girlfriend of Duncan) and her unlikely transatlantic romance with once revered, now faded, […]

Movie Review – Born to Be Blue (2015)

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Born to Be Blue, 2015.Directed by Robert Budreau. Starring Ethan Hawke, Carmen Ejogo, Callum Keith Rennie and Stephen McHattie.SYNOPSIS:The career of jazz musician Chet Baker (Ethan Hawke) looks to be over.  He’s addicted to cocaine and a savage beating makes playing the trumpet almost impossible.  But he’s determined to get back to the top.A second jazz movie […]

Chicago Critics Film Festival 2018 Review – First Reformed

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First Reformed, 2018.Written and Directed by Paul Schrader. Starring Ethan Hawke, Amanda Seyfried, Cedric the Entertainer, Philip Ettinger, Michael Gaston, Victoria Hill, and Van Hansis.SYNOPSIS:A former military chaplain is wracked by grief over the death of his son. Mary is a member of his church whose husband, a radical environmentalist, commits suicide, setting the plot […]

Trailer for Logan Marshall-Green’s directorial debut Adopt a Highway starring Ethan Hawke

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With just two weeks to go until its release, a trailer and poster have arrived online for the upcoming drama Adopt a Highway. The film marks the directorial debut for Logan Marshall-Green and stars Ethan Hawke as an ex-convict who realises he has a chance for redemption when he find a baby abandoned in a […]

Movie Review – The Captor (2018)

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The Captor, 2018.Directed by Robert Budreau. Starring Ethan Hawke, Noomi Rapace, Mark Strong, Christopher Heyerdahl, Bea Santos, Mark Rendall and Thorbjørn Harr.SYNOPSIS:A slightly bumbling bank robber forms an intimate bond with one of his hostages.The term ‘Stockholm syndrome’ is a famous one, referring to the phenomenon in which a hostage or captive develops feelings of […]