With TV and films stalled due to the ongoing writers and actors strike, director Judd Apatow and filmmaker J.J. Abrams sat down for a virtual conversation with ED Solomon on Tuesday evening to talk in-depth about their writing process and working alongside filmmaker Matt Reeves as teenagers. During the 11th …
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While much of the talk surrounding this year’s Venice Film Festival has been about three men who stand accused of heinous offenses, the 80th edition of the fest also made history: Ava DuVernay, whose film Origin is premiering at the fest, became the first African American woman to have a …
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One of the downright hilarious comedy films of the year so far is Bottoms, filmmaker Emma Seligman’s teen sex romp about a pair of lesbian high school pals, PJ (Rachel Sennott) and Josie (Ayo Edebiri), who have never done the deed — and are desperate to. PJ and Josie have …
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The trailer for Pain Hustlers, a new film starring Emily Blunt and Chris Evans, shows the ecstasy and insanity of pharmaceutical pill peddlers as a conspiracy mounts. There are exciting scenes of sales charts, corporate confetti, cash, and pills, as well as lots of screaming and chicanery. The picture, for …
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No lullabies could soothe the horrors revealed in the first full-length trailer for American Horror Story: Delicate. In the preview, Emma Roberts stars as an A-list actress whose life in front of the camera is more glamorous than the one behind it — the one in which she struggles to …
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FX’s final season of Archer is bringing back high-adventure set pieces, international intrigue, and bawdy workplace comedy shenanigans for one last ride — and it’s easier than ever to watch Archer season 14 online. Created by Adam Reed, the title namesake self-absorbed Sterling Archer (voiced by H. Jon Benjamin of …
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The first official trailer for the forthcoming HBO documentary, Savior Complex, cycles through multiple complicated and often conflicting perspectives. The first presented in the clip is that of the documentary’s primary subject: Renee Bach. “I think some of the most wild accusations that were made about me is that I …
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It makes perfect sense that filmmaker Richard Linklater and actor Glen Powell found each other. Powell hails from Linklater country — Austin, Texas — and has the movie-star looks and Texan swagger that the director’s always been drawn to (see: Matthew McConaughey, Ethan Hawke). In the new film Hit Man, …
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This September is a relatively slow month for TV and movies but it’s far from a dead month (unless you count a new Walking Dead spinoff). The small screen sees the debut of new seasons of The Morning Show and Wheel of Time while the big screen features more sequels …
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Arnold Schwarzenegger revealed that his third open-heart surgery was upended by some unexpected complications that nearly ended his life. In a recent video shared on YouTube, Schwarzenegger said the operation took place several years ago, just before he started working on Terminator: Dark Fate (released in 2019). Schwarzenegger remembered waking …
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