Actors are drawn to biopics like moths to a particularly bright, often gold-tinted flame because it allows them to test their impressionistic mettle, to inhabit the real life of someone who’s often larger than life, to chart how an extraordinary human being is transformed into an emblem of their moment. …
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The Academy Awards paid tribute to Alan Arkin, Paul Reubens, Harry Belafonte, and directors William Friedkin and Norman Jewison during the In Memoriam portion of the 2024 Oscars. Andrea Bocelli and his son Mateo Bocelli led the tribute with a moving delivery of “Time to Say Goodbye.” During the segment, …
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Keanu Reeves was honored with the inaugural Lance Reddick Legacy Award at the 2024 Saturn Awards on Sunday night. The John Wick 4 actor took the opportunity to pay homage to Reddick, his friend and costar. Reeves opened his speech by offering “gratitude and appreciation to the Saturn Awards for …
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Long before he made Popeye Doyle race a Brooklyn subway and Regan MacNeil’s head spin, William Friedkin began his career doing live TV. He’d move on to an episode of The Alfred Hitchcock Hour, short documentaries, a Sonny-and-Cher joint (Good Times), theatrical adaptations (The Birthday Party, The Boys in the …
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Showtime has released a trailer for The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial, the final film from writer/director WilliamFriedkin. The movie, based on Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Herman Wouk, follows a U.S. naval first officer who’s standing trial for orchestrating a mutiny after his captain shows signs of becoming unhinged and jeopardizes the …
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The Horizon series has had a rough go. Despite being one of the best new PlayStation franchises of the last decade, garnering tons of awards nominations and selling very well, it hasn’t really hit the zeitgeist in the way many expected. Part of that may be its perpetual bridesmaid status, …
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“Are we really gonna have dogs biting crotches?” These are the questions that keep Chad Stahelski up at night. After getting his start doubling for Brandon Lee in The Crow and Keanu Reeves in The Matrix films, the former stuntman and stunt coordinator made his feature directorial debut (alongside fellow …
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Fess up: You had no idea John Wick would be the beginning of a beautiful friendship. Not an inkling. Not a hint. Not even a teeny, tiny clue. No one could have predicted that a movie burdened with a title taken from the name of its lead character — who …
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Keanu Reeves and Laurence Fishburne remembered Lance Reddick at the Hollywood premiere of John Wick: Chapter 4 at the TCL Chinese Theatre on Monday night. The magnetic actor, who was known for his exceptional performances inThe Wireand John Wickfranchise, died on Friday at age 60. “Every time you were in …
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Lance Reddick is being remembered by his Hollywood friends and colleagues following the news of his passing Friday. Keanu Reeves, Wendell Pierce, James Gunn, and more shared touching tributes in remembrance of the late actor. Reddick, who reprised his role of Charon the hotel concierge in John Wick: Chapter 4, …
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