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Netflix releases first trailer for Ryan Murphy’s The Prom

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Netflix has released the first trailer for Ryan Murphy’s upcoming adaptation of the beloved Broadway musical The Prom which follows a group of self-obsessed stage actors who looking to resurrect their flatlined careers and public image by travelling to a small conservative town in support of a high school girl who wants to take her […]

Adam McKay’s Don’t Look Up gets all-star cast including Leonardo DiCaprio, Meryl Streep, Ariana Grande and more

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Adam McKay is known for having impressive casts in his movies, but this might be his best yet as Netflix and McKay have given the previously cast Jennifer Lawrence quite the all-star group of co-stars for the film Don’t Look Up. Today, we’ve learned that Leonardo DiCaprio, Meryl Streep, Cate Blanchett, Jonah Hill, Himesh Patel, […]

Netflix shares first images from Ryan Murphy’s The Prom

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Netflix has released eight images for The Prom, Ryan Murphy’s upcoming adaptation of the beloved Broadway play, offering a first look at stars Meryl Streep, James Corden, Nicole Kidman, Keegan-Michael Key, Andrew Rannells, Ariana DeBose, Kerry Washington, and Jo Ellen Pellman; take a look here… Dee Dee Allen (three-time Academy Award winner Meryl Streep) and […]

Movie Review – The Laundromat (2019)

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The Laundromat, 2019. Directed by Steven Soderbergh. Starring Meryl Streep, Antonio Banderas, Gary Oldman, David Schwimmer, Will Forte, Matthias Schoenaerts, Jeffrey Wright, Alex Pettyfer, Chris Parnell, James Cromwell, Robert Patrick, Melissa Rauch, Dan Gruenberg, Nikki Amuka-Bird, Juliet Donenfeld, Shoshana Bush, Rosalind Chao, Nonso Anozie, Amy Louise Pemberton, Jay Paulson, Cristela Alonzo, Larry Clarke, Larry Wilmore, […]

Movie Review – Mary Poppins Returns (2018)

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Mary Poppins Returns, 2018. Directed by Rob Marshall. Starring Emily Blunt, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Ben Whishaw, Emily Mortimer, Julie Walters, Meryl Streep, Colin Firth, Angela Lansbury, David Warner, Jeremy Swift, Jim Norton. Pixie Davies, Joel Dawson, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Nathanael Saleh, Ian Conningham, and Dick Van Dyke. SYNOPSIS: Decades after her original visit, the magical nanny returns […]

Movie Review – Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again (2018)

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Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again, 2018 Written and Directed by Ol Parker Starring Lily James, Amanda Seyfried, Christine Baranski, Pierce Brosnan, Dominic Cooper, Colin Firth, Andy Garcia, Stellan Skarsgård, Julie Walters, Alexa Davies, Josh Dylan, Jeremy Irvine, Hugh Skinner, Jessica Keenan Wynn, Cher, and Meryl Streep SYNOPSIS: In this sequel to Mamma Mia!, Sophie […]

Are Meryl Streep’s Oscar nominations bad for other actresses in the industry?

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Thomas Roach on whether Meryl Streep’s Oscar nominations are bad for other actresses in the industry… Tomorrow is the Academy Awards, which is seen as the most prestigious and important award show for the industry. The Oscars also cause some outrage, as many deem it too political. To win an Oscar you really just schmooze […]

Little Women gets a series of character posters

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Sony Pictures has released a new one-sheet for director Greta Gerwig’s upcoming adaptation of Louisa May Alcott’s classic novel Little Women along with seven character posters featuring Emma Watson, Florence Pugh, Eliza Scanlen, Saoirse Ronan, Timothee Chalamet, Laura Dern, and Meryl Streep; take a look here… Writer-director Greta Gerwig (Lady Bird) has crafted a Little […]

Movie Review – The Laundromat (2019)

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The Laundromat, 2019. Directed by Steven Soderbergh. Starring Meryl Streep, Gary Oldman, Antonio Banderas, Jeffrey Wright, Nonso Anozie, Matthias Schoenaerts, Melissa Rauch, Sharon Stone, Nikki Amuka-Bird and Rosalind Chao. SYNOPSIS: When a woman suffers an insurance injustice, she begins to investigate the shady law firm Mossack Fonseca, who would eventually become the subject of the […]

Steven Soderbergh’s The Laundromat gets a first trailer and poster

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Netflix has released the first poster and trailer for Steven Soderbergh’s upcoming drama The Laundromat. Based on the Panama Papers scandal and Jake Bernstein’s book Secrecy World: Inside the Panama Papers Investigation of Illicit Money Networks and the Global Elite, the film features a cast that includes Meryl Streep, Gary Oldman, Antonio Banderas, Jeffrey Wright, […]