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Amy Adams stars in first trailer for The Woman in the Window

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20th Century Fox has released the first trailer and a poster for the upcoming thriller The Woman in the Window. Directed by Joe Wright, the film is based on A.J. Finn’s bestselling novel of the same name and stars Amy Adams as a reclusive woman living in New York who witnesses something she shouldn’t while […]

Clive Owen joins Stephen King adaptation Lisey’s Story

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Children of Men star Clive Owen has signed on to star alongside Oscar-winner Julianne Moore in the upcoming Apple TV+ adaptation of Stephen King’s Lisey’s Story, Deadline has revealed. Based on the bestselling 2016 novel, Lisey’s Story will see Moore as Lisey, a woman who is forced to confront certain realities about her late husband […]

Movie Review – Gloria Bell (2019)

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Gloria Bell, 2019. Directed by Sebastián Lelio. Starring Julianne Moore, John Turturro, Michael Cera and Alanna Ubach. SYNOPSIS:  A free-spirited woman in her 50s seeks out love at L.A. dance clubs. English-language remakes of hit foreign films rarely go over well, and usually for good reason, but it’s a different case altogether when the original filmmaker […]

First trailer for After the Wedding starring Michelle Williams and Julianne Moore

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Sony Pictures Classic has debuted the first trailer for the upcoming drama After the Wedding. Directed by Bart Freundlich, the film is a remake of Susanne Bier’s 2006 Danish film of the same name and stars Julianne Moore, Michelle Williams, Billy Crudup, and Abby Quinn; watch it here… SEE ALSO: Read our review of After […]

Movie Review – Gloria Bell (2018)

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Gloria Bell, 2018. Directed by Sebastián Lelio. Starring Julianne Moore, John Turturro, Michael Cera, Caren Pistorius, Holland Taylor, Brad Garrett and Sean Astin. SYNOPSIS: A middle-aged divorcée begins to reclaim her lust for life when she starts a new relationship. The drive to remake foreign language films in English is often a sad one – […]

Sundance London 2019 Review – After the Wedding

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After the Wedding, 2019. Directed by Bart Freundlich Starring Michelle Williams, Julianne Moore, Billy Crudup, Abby Quinn and Will Chase. SYNOPSIS: When a woman is invited to New York to meet with a company offering to sponsor the orphanage she runs in India, she is forced to confront decisions she made 20 years ago, and […]

Exclusive Interview – Writer-director Sebastian Lelio on Gloria Bell

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For Sebastian Lelio, making Gloria Bell is like visiting a much-loved friend.  The film, which is released in cinemas and online this Thursday, June 6th, is the second time he’s told the story of the divorced woman in her 50s trying to find her place in the world. First time round, the film was Gloria.  […]

Stephen King and J.J. Abrams adapting Lisey’s Story with Julianne Moore

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THR is reporting that Apple has granted a straight-to-series order for an eight-episode TV adaptation of Stephen King’s 2006 novel Lisey’s Story after a competitive bidding situation between multiple outlets. Here’s the official Amazon description for the novel: Every marriage has two hearts, one light and one dark. Lisey knew it when she first fell for […]

Glasgow Film Festival 2019 Review – Gloria Bell

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Gloria Bell, 2019. Directed by Sebastián Lelio. Starring Julianne Moore, John Turturro, Michael Cera and Alanna Ubach. SYNOPSIS:  A 58-year-old woman in her prime seeks out love in the nightlife of L.A. Sebastián Lelio’s sagacious outlook on the odyssey’s of everyday females, from the spirited to the despaired, is prevalent in much of his work. A […]

First trailer for Gloria Bell starring Julianne Moore

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A24 Films has debuted the first trailer and a poster for director Sebastian Lelio’s upcoming romantic comedy drama Gloria Bell which stars Julianne Moore and John Turturro; take a look here… Gloria (Julianne Moore) is a free-spirited divorcée who spends her days at a straight-laced office job and her nights on the dance floor, joyfully […]