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Trailer and poster for A Kid Like Jake starring Claire Danes and Jim Parsons

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IFC Films has debuted the first poster and trailer for director Silas Howard’s upcoming family drama A Kid Like Jake which stars Claire Danes, Jim Parsons, Leo James Davis, Octavia Spencer, Priyanka Chopra, Amy Landecker, and Ann Dowd; check them out here… Brooklyn parents Alex (Claire Danes) and Greg (Jim Parsons) are lucky to have […]

The Big Sick helmer to direct Jessica Chastain and Octavia Spencer in Christmas-themed comedy

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Back in January it was announced that The Help co-stars Jessica Chastain and Octavia Spencer are to reunite on a new Christmas-themed comedy, and now comes word from Variety that Michael Showalter (The Big Sick) has signed on to direct the project as his next movie. Based on a treatment from Chastain and Kelly Carmichael, […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Second Opinion – Bad Santa 2 (2016)

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Bad Santa 2, 2016. Directed by Mark Waters. Starring Billy Bob Thornton, Brett Kelly, Tony Cox, Kathy Bates, Christina Hendricks, Ryan Hansen, Jenny Zigrino, Jeff Skowron, Cristina Rosato, Mike Starr, and Octavia Spencer. SYNOPSIS: Fueled by cheap whiskey, greed and hatred, Willie teams up once again with his angry little sidekick, Marcus, to knock off […]

Movie Review – Zootopia (2016)

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Zootopia, 2016. Directed by Byron Howard, Rich Moore and Jared Bush. Featuring the voice talents of Ginnifer Goodwin, Jason Bateman, Idris Elba, Nate Torrence, Jenny Slate, Bonnie Hunt, Don Lake, Octavia Spencer, Tommy Chong, Alan Tudyk, Maurice LaMarche, J.K. Simmons, and Shakira. SYNOPSIS: In a city of anthropomorphic animals, a fugitive con artist fox and […]

Movie Review – The Divergent Series: Allegiant (2016)

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The Divergent Series: Allegiant, 2016. Directed by Robert Schwentke. Starring Shailene Woodley, Theo James, Naomi Watts, Jeff Daniels, Miles Teller, Ansel Elgort, Zoe Kravitz, Jonny Weston, Keiynan Lonsdale, Maggie Q, Daniel Dae Kim, Octavia Spencer, Bill Skarsgard, Nadia Hilker, Mekhi Phifer, Ray Stevenson, and Ashley Judd. SYNOPSIS: After the earth-shattering revelations of Insurgent, Tris must […]

Movie Review – Black or White (2014)

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Black or White, 2014. Directed by Mike Binder Starring Kevin Costner, Octavia Spencer, Billy Burr, Gillian Jacobs, Anthony Mackie, Andre Holland, Mpho Koaho SYNOPSIS Grieving widow fights for custody over his biracial granddaughter; in the midst are issues of race, class, and addiction. Mike Binder is not afraid to deploy sensationalism for narrative purposes. One of […]