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The Help duo Jessica Chastain and Octavia Spencer to reunite for road trip comedy

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The Help co-stars Jessica Chastain and Octavia Spencer will be reuniting on the big screen for an upcoming Christmas-themed comedy, Variety reports. While the film has yet to be given a title, release date or official plot details, it is being compared to 1987’s John Candy and Steve Martin-led road trip classic, Planes, Trains and Automobiles, in […]

Apple greenlights thriller series Are You Sleeping starring Octavia Spencer

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Deadline is reporting that Apple has given the green light to Are You Sleeping, a thriller project from Reese Witherspoon’s Hello Sunshine, which has Oscar winner Octavia Spencer (The Help, Hidden Figures) attached to star. Created by Nichelle Tramble Spellman (The Good Wife, Justified) and based upon Kathleen Barber’s novel, Are You Sleeping is said […]

The Shape of Water gets a new international trailer

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Coinciding with its limited US release, a new international trailer has arrived online for director Guillermo del Toro’s ‘other-worldly fairytale’ The Shape of Water which stars Sally Hawkins, Doug Jones, Richard Jenkins, Michael Shannon, Michael Stuhlbarg, and Octavia Spencer; take a look below… SEE ALSO: Read our reviews for The Shape of Water here and here From master storyteller, Guillermo […]

53rd Chicago International Film Festival Review – The Shape of Water (2017)

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Publish December 3rd The Shape of Water, 2017. Directed by Guillermo del Toro. Starring Sally Hawkins, Doug Jones, Michael Shannon, Richard Jenkins, Michael Stuhlbarg, Nick Searcy, David Hewlett, and Octavia Spencer. SYNOPSIS: An otherworldly fairy tale, set against the backdrop of Cold War era America circa 1962. In the hidden high-security government laboratory where she works, […]

Naomi Watts, Octavia Spencer and Tim Roth set for Luce

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Director Julius Onah has tapped Naomi Watts (Gypsy), Octavia Spencer (The Shape of Water), Tim Roth (Tin Star) and Kelvin Harrison Jr. (The Birth of a Nation) to star in his new film Luce, which is now filming in New York. Variety reports that the film is based upon JC Lee’s play of the same […]

Watch the new trailer for thriller Small Town Crime

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Ahead of its arrival on DirecTV next month, a new trailer has been released for the upcoming thriller Small Town Crime. Written and directed by Eshom Nelms and Ian Nelms, the film stars John Hawkes, Anthony Anderson, Octavia Spencer, Clifton Collins, Jr., Michael Vartan, James Lafferty, Caity Lotz, and Robert Forster; watch it below… Ex-cop […]

Watch the final trailer for Guillermo del Toro’s The Shape of Water

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With just a month to go until its release, the final trailer has arrived online for Guillermo del Toro’s ‘other-worldly fairytale’ The Shape of Water which stars Sally Hawkins, Doug Jones, Richard Jenkins, Michael Shannon, Michael Stuhlbarg, and Octavia Spencer; watch it below… SEE ALSO: Read our review of The Shape of Water here From master storyteller, Guillermo del Toro, […]

Emilio Estevez named Hollywood’s most profitable actor since 1980

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If you had to take a guess at Hollywood’s most profitable actor since 1980, who would immediately spring to mind? Tom Cruise? Arnold Schwarzenegger? Harrison Ford? Chances are you’d be guessing all day before you arrived upon the answer… Yes, according to data compiled by PartyCasino, Emilio Estevez tops the list of Hollywood’s most profitable […]

Toronto International Film Festival Review – The Shape of Water (2017)

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The Shape of Water, 2017. Directed by Guillermo del Toro. Starring Sally Hawkins, Doug Jones, Richard Jenkins, Michael Shannon, Michael Stuhlbarg, and Octavia Spencer. SYNOPSIS: An other-worldly fairy tale, set against the backdrop of Cold War era America circa 1962. In the hidden high-security government laboratory where she works, lonely Eliza (Sally Hawkins) is trapped […]