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First trailer and poster for Green Book starring Mahershala Ali and Viggo Mortensen

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Ahead of its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival next month, the first trailer, poster and images have debuted for the upcoming drama Green Book. Directed by Peter Farrelly, the film is based on the true story of the classical pianist Dr. Ron Shirley (Mahershala Ali) and his chauffeur Tony Lip’s (Viggo Mortensen) […]

Alita: Battle Angel gets a stunning new trailer

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20th Century Fox has released a brand new trailer for the Robert Rodriguez-directed, James Cameron-produced manga adaptation Alita: Battle Angel, and you can check it out here… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VCup41IzMJI Visionary filmmakers James Cameron (AVATAR) and Robert Rodriguez (SIN CITY) create a groundbreaking new heroine in ALITA: BATTLE ANGEL, an action-packed story of hope, love and empowerment. Set […]

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse gets a new trailer, poster, images and full voice cast

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Sony Pictures has unveiled a new trailer, poster and images for the animated movie Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, as well as announcing that Shameik Moore is set to be joined in the voice cast by Hailee Steinfeld, Mahershala Ali, Jake Johnson, Liev Schreiber, Brian Tyree Henry, Luna Lauren Velez and Lily Tomlin. In addition to […]

Sony’s animated Spider-Man movie casts Mahershala Ali and Brian Tyree Henry

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With the recent developments of Sony’s Venom and Silver & Black Spider-Man spin-offs, it can be easy to forget the studio also has an animated Spider-Man film on the horizon, but they have just reminded people it is still very much in the works as The Tracking Board is reporting that Moonlight’s Mahershala Ali and Atlanta’s Brian Tyree Henry have been cast in […]

3 Actors Who Should Star in True Detective Season 3 with Mahershala Ali

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Samuel Brace with three actors who should star in True Detective season 3 alongside Mahershala Ali… We have learned today that Academy Award Winning actor Mahershala Ali (Moonlight) is in early talks to star in the third season of HBO’s True Detective. And while we can speculate about what type of character he would be […]

Movie Review – Moonlight (2016)

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Moonlight, 2016. Directed by Barry Jenkins. Starring Mahershala Ali, Trevante Rhodes, Naomie Harris, Janelle Monae, Alex R. Hibbert, Ashton Sanders, and Andre Holland. SYNOPSIS: A timeless story of human self-discovery and connection, Moonlight chronicles the life of a young black man from childhood to adulthood as he struggles to find his place in the world […]

Oscars: And the winners of the 89th Academy Awards are…

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Let’s address the elephant in the room: there was Steve Harvey-reminiscent chaos last night during the Best Picture announcement at the Academy Awards as La La Land was somehow announced as receiving the Oscar… only for producer Jordan Horowitz to correct the mistake midway through his acceptance speech when he revealed that Barry Jenkins’ Moonlight […]

Movie Review – Hidden Figures (2016)

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Hidden Figures, 2016. Directed by Theodore Melfi. Starring Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer, Janelle Monáe, Kevin Costner, Kirsten Dunst, Jim Parsons, Kimberly Quinn, Mahershala Ali, Aldis Hodge, and Glen Powell. SYNOPSIS: A team of African-American women provide NASA with important mathematical data needed to launch the program’s first successful space missions. File Hidden Figures under […]

Moonlight’s Mahershala Ali joins Tom Hardy and Channing Tatum in Triple Frontier

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Moonlight star Mahershala Ali has signed on to star in the upcoming action thriller Triple Frontier, which will see him appearing alongside Channing Tatum and Tom Hardy. The film is being directed by J.C. Chandor (All Is Lost, A Most Violent Year) from a script by Oscar-winner Mark Boal (The Hurt Locker, Zero Dark Thirty) […]