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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, Dan Stevens, Zazie Beetz, Pearl Amanda Dickson, Ellen Burstyn, Jeffrey Donovan, Tig Notaro, and Colman Domingo. SYNOPSIS: Upon returning to Earth following a life-changing experience above the atmosphere, astronaut Lucy Cola (Natalie Portman) struggles to adjust to life back on terra […]

Movie Review – Richard Jewell (2019)

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Richard Jewell. 2019 Directed by Clint Eastwood Starring Paul Walter Hauser, Sam Rockwell, Kathy Bates, Jon Hamm, Olivia Wilde, Nina Arianda, Ian Gomez, Dylan Kussman, Mike Pniewski, Billy Slaughter, Niko Nicotera, Alex Collins, Desmond Phillips, Grant Roberts, Ronnie Allen, Garon Grigsby, Brian Brightman, David de Vries, and David Shae SYNOPSIS: American security guard Richard Jewell […]

Movie Review – Bad Times at the El Royale (2018)

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Bad Times at the El Royale, 2018. Written and Directed by Drew Goddard. Starring Jeff Bridges, Cynthia Erivo, Dakota Johnson, Jon Hamm, Chris Hemsworth, Nick Offerman, Manny Jacinto, Cailee Spaeny, Xavier Dolan, Katharine Isabelle, Jim O’Heir, and Lewis Pullman. SYNOPSIS: Seven strangers, each with a secret to bury, meet at Lake Tahoe’s El Royale, a rundown […]

Movie Review – Tag (2018)

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Tag, 2018. Directed by Jeff Tomsic. Starring Ed Helms, Jon Hamm, Jake Johnson, Jeremy Renner, Annabelle Wallis, Hannibal Buress, Isla Fisher, Rashida Jones, Leslie Bibb, Brian Dennehy, Nora Dunn, Steve Berg, Lil Rel Howery, and Thomas Middleditch. SYNOPSIS: A small group of former classmates organize an elaborate, annual game of tag that requires some to […]

Clint Eastwood’s Richard Jewell gets a new poster

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Earlier this month we brought you the first trailer for Richard Jewell, and now Warner Bros. has released a poster for Clint Eastwood’s upcoming drama featuring Paul Walter Hauser, Kathy Bates, Sam Rockwell, Olivia Wilde, and Jon Hamm; take a look here… “There is a bomb in Centennial Park. You have thirty minutes.” The world […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]