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New trailer for CIA torture drama The Report starring Adam Driver

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Ahead of its release next month, Amazon Prime Video has revealed a new poster and trailer for writer-director Scott Z. Burns’ upcoming thriller The Report. Inspired by the true story of the investigation of the CIA’s post 9/11 Detention and Interrogation Program, the film features a cast that includes Adam Driver, Annette Bening, Jon Hamm, […]

Movie Review – Sid & Judy (2019)

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Sid & Judy, 2019.Directed by Stephen Kijak. Starring Jennifer Jason Leigh and Jon Hamm.SYNOPSIS:A revealing new look at Judy Garland fifty years after her tragic, untimely death. Sid & Judy fuses the unpublished recollections of producer, manager and third husband, Sid Luft, with film clips, rare concert footage and Judy’s own inimitable words.Sid & Judy […]

2019 BFI London Film Festival Movie Review – The Report

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The Report, 2019.Directed by Scott Z. Burns Starring Adam Driver, Annette Benning, Jon Hamm, Corey Stoll, Linda Powell, Maura Tierney, Michael C. Hall, Fajer Al-Kaisi, Tim Blake Nelson, Ted Levine, Scott Shepherd, Matthew Rhys, Lucas Dixon, and Sarah Goldberg.SYNOPSIS:When dedicated, idealistic Senate staffer Daniel J. Jones (Adam Driver) is assigned the task of investigating the […]

2019 BFI London Film Festival Review – Sid & Judy

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Sid & Judy, 2019.Directed by Stephen Kijak. Starring Jon Hamm and Jennifer Jason Leigh.SYNOPSIS:A revealing new look at Judy Garland fifty years after her tragic, untimely death, fusing the unpublished recollections of producer, manager and third husband, Sid Luft, with film clips, rare concert footage and Judy’s own inimitable words.Between this documentary and the just-released Renée […]

First trailer for Clint Eastwood’s Richard Jewell starring Paul Walter Hauser

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Warner Bros. has released the first trailer for Clint Eastwood’s upcoming drama Richard Jewell. Based on the true story and subsequent Vanity Fair article American Nightmare—The Ballad of Richard Jewell, the film tells the story of Richard Jewell (Paul Walter Hauser), a security guard who found his life ripped apart when he became the main […]

Movie Review – Lucy in the Sky (2019)

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Lucy in the Sky, 2019.Directed by Noah Hawley. Starring Natalie Portman, Jon Hamm, Zazie Beetz, Dan Stevens, Ellen Burstyn, Colman Domingo, Jeremiah Birkett, Tig Notaro, Joseph Williamson, Nick Offerman, and Pearl Amanda Dickson.SYNOPSIS:Astronaut Lucy Cola returns to Earth after a transcendent experience during a mission to space, and begins to lose touch with reality in […]

First poster and trailer for The Big Lebowski spin-off Jesus Rolls

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The first poster has arrived online for director John Turturro’s The Big Lebowski spin-off movie Jesus Rolls which sees Turturro reprising his role as Jesus Quintana, alongside a cast that includes Bobby Cannavale, Audrey Tautou, Christopher Walken, Jon Hamm, and Susan Sarandon; check them out here…John Turturro plays Jesus Quintana in ‘The Jesus Rolls,’ a […]

Movie Review – Between Two Ferns: The Movie (2019)

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Between Two Ferns: The Movie, 2019.Directed by Scott Aukerman. Starring Zach Galifianakis, Ryan Gaul, Lauren Lapkus, Jiavani Linayao, Will Ferrell,Matthew McConaughey, Benedict Cumberbatch, Peter Dinklage, David Letterman, Paul Rudd, Tiffany Haddish, John Legend, Brie Larson, Jon Hamm, Hailee Steinfeld, Keanu Reeves, Tessa Thompson and Gal Gadot.SYNOPSIS:Zach Galifianakis and his oddball crew take a road trip […]

Toronto International Film Festival 2019 Review – Lucy in the Sky

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Lucy in the Sky, 2019Directed by Noah HawleyStarring Natalie Portman, Dan Stevens, Jon Hamm, Zazie Beetz, Colman Domingo, Ellen Burstyn, Nick Offerman, Tig Notaro, Pearl Amanda Dickson and Jeffrey DonovanSYNOPSISAfter returning to earth, an obsessive astronaut (Natalie Portman) begins to question her place in the universe — including her relationships with her gentle husband (Dan […]

Adam Driver investigates CIA torture program in trailer for The Report

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Amazon Prime Video has debuted the first trailer and poster for the upcoming drama The Report. Written and directed by Scott Z. Burns, the film is based on the true story of the investigation of the CIA’s post 9/11 Detention and Interrogation Program and features a cast that includes Adam Driver, Annette Bening, Jon Hamm, […]