Month: April 2021

Sam Wilson finally stepped into his role as Captain America, and Marvel comic book fans aren’t the only ones celebrating this historic moment in superhero history. During an interview with Trevor Noah for The Daily Show on April 29, Anthony Mackie discussed the exciting, and long-awaited, milestone in Marvel history. “It [took] an amazing group
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News Burial and Blackdown Share New Split EP: Listen Released on Boomkat’s website, the Shock Power of Love EP is available digitally and on 12″ vinyl By Madison Bloom April 29, 2021 Facebook Twitter Shock Power of Love EP artwork. Facebook Twitter Burial and London-based producer Blackdown have reunited for a new split EP. Burial
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If the noirish hitman drama The Virtuoso weren’t so straight-laced serious about itself, it might make for a good parody of the genre. But despite the brief and much-needed presence of newly minted second-time Oscar winner Anthony Hopkins in a glorified near-cameo, and a game performance from too-often-underrated Abbie Cornish, this feeble effort from producer,
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At 25, he’s already started a cult skate brand and produced a Jonah Hill movie. Now, with help from friends like Pharrell, Tony Hawk, and Tyshawn Jones, Mikey Alfred is making his next leap: writing, directing, financing, and releasing his first feature film. By Cole Louison April 29, 2021 Mikey AlfredCourtesy of Dom Miller for
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Netflix is parting ways with another show. The Duchess, from British comedian Katherine Ryan, has been canceled after a single season. The Duchess, the comedian’s debut scripted comedy series which followed the powerful and problematic choices of a fashionably disruptive single mom living in London. Her daughter, Olive, is her greatest love, so she begins
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EXCLUSIVE: Insecure co-star and producer Natasha Rothwell has signed a multi-year overall deal with ABC Signature. Under the rich pact, which is in conjunction with Disney General Entertainment’s BIPOC Creator Initiative led by Tara Duncan, Rothwell will develop new projects for television via her Big Hattie Productions. Financial details are not being revealed but I
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The UK government have announced there will be an 85% cut to its contribution to the United Nations Population Fund, a sexual and reproductive health agency which supports family planning, including pregnancy support and safe abortions. The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) said the UK government’s expected contribution to its programme will fall from £154
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The Felicity Jones and Shailene Woodley StudioCanal feature The Last Letter From Your Lover will hit Netflix on July 23 and in select territories. The Augustine Frizzell directed romance based on JoJo Moyers’ bestselling novel, will also open in UK cinemas on Aug. 6. Oscar nominee Jones and 2x Golden Globe nominee Woodley star in this
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David Cronenberg‘s last movie, Maps to the Stars, starred Robert Pattinson fresh off the Twilight movies, and up next Cronenberg is working with his Twilight co-star Kristen Stewart! Cronenberg’s next movie, we learned this week, is a sci-fi/horror project titled Crimes of the Future, and Deadline reports that Stewart has joined the cast alongside Viggo
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In November, we posted an article about Alan Dean Foster fighting Disney for owed royalties from Alien and Star Wars tie-in books he wrote. Apparently, after Disney acquired the copyright licenses for these books, they continued to publish them–but not pay royalties. The SFWA (Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America) brought the discussion public
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