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Back in early 2017 filmmaker Rachel Lears came up with an idea for a documentary that wound up changing her life. “Rachel was looking for a subject to follow right after the 2016 presidential election,” her husband and filmmaking collaborator Robin Blotnick explains. “She read an article about a group called Brand New Congress that
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A production designer known for his work in the commercial world, and on high-end music videos for the likes of Beyoncé and P!nk, Jc Molina had his work cut out for him on Honey Boy, helping to define a visual approach to a film where incredibly raw memory and gorgeous fantasy would collide. Written by
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A nice pre-holiday story. Writer-director Colin Trevorrow is donating the profits from his work on Star Wars: Rise of Skywalker to the Alexander Devine Children’s Hospice, a British center in Berkshire. He’s got a story credit on the film (alongside co-writer Derek Connolly), so the residuals he’ll be donating will be rolling in for some
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French actress Adele Haenel has taken her claims against filmmaker Christophe Ruggia, who she says sexually harassed her as a minor, to Paris police. According to AFP, Haenel’s lawyers confirmed she went to a police station in the French capital’s suburb today (Tuesday November 26) to file a formal complaint. The move is a reversal
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Emmy-winning actress Julia Ormond is set to join AMC’s Walking Dead universe in the forthcoming The Walking Dead: World Beyond, which will debut in the Spring of 2020. The news of the casting of Ormond was revealed in a trailer The third installment of the ever-growing Walking Dead universe will feature Ormond as a character named Elizabeth, who is
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SECOND UPDATE AT 14:27 PM PST: UK theater chain Showcase is reinstating movie Blue Story with “increased security protocols.” Here’s their comment just in: “We took the decision to temporarily suspend screenings of Blue Story to enable us to assess the situation. After careful consideration and discussions with the distributor in the last 24 hours,
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EXCLUSIVE: Days after Cynthia and Sheila Garrett made accusations that their half-brother Bernard Garrett Jr., the co-producer of Apple’s original movie The Banker, sexually molested them during the early 1970s, Garrett Jr. has come forward this morning with a vehement denial. The allegations made by Cynthia Garrett came to light after a comment she wrote on
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Refresh for updates: Disney’s Frozen 2 fired up previews last night at 6PM raking in $8.5M. That’s an amazing start for an animated pic in November, up there with such previews for summer family pics like Aladdin ($7M),  Finding Dory ($9M) and Toy Story 4  ($12M). Last night’s cash is also ahead or around the previews 
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After months of project secrecy, Lionsgate has just released a teaser trailer for Janelle Monáe’s upcoming screen project: Antebellum, an eerie thriller rooted in the Deep South and chained to the region’s plantation past. Details are scant but the single-sentence synopsis describes Monáe character as “successful author Veronica Henley, who finds herself trapped in a
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