Synopsis – Something bad happened to Agnes. But life goes on – for everyone around her, at least. Directed – Eva Victor Starring – Eva Victor, Naomi Ackie, Lucas Hedges Check out the trailer: Continue reading ‘Sorry, Baby’ Trailer Previews Eva Victor’s Festival Darling!! Check It Out!!
Synopsis – Shirley Chisholm makes a trailblazing run for the 1972 Democratic presidential nomination after becoming the first Black woman elected to Congress. My Take – Having become a fan of her performances in If Beale Street Could Talk (2018), for which she picked up the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, the under-looked yet excellent The Harder They Fall (2021), and the acclaimed HBO … Continue reading Shirley (2024) Review!!
Synopsis – Shirley Chisholm makes a trailblazing run for the 1972 Democratic presidential nomination after becoming the first Black woman elected to Congress. Directed – John Ridley Starring – Regina King, Lance Reddick, Terrence Howard Check out the trailer: Continue reading ‘Shirley’ Trailer Reveals Regina King as the First Black Congresswoman!! Check It Out!!
Shirley, Oscar-winning writer-director John Ridley’s upcoming film about political figure Shirley Chisholm, is heading to Netflix with an all-star cast led by Regina King. Joining King as Chisholm — previously portrayed by Uzo Aduba in the FX limited series Mrs. America — are Lance Reddick, Lucas Hedges, Christina Jackson, Michael Cherrie, Dorian Missick, Amirah Vann, W. Earl Brown, André Holland, and Terrence Howard. Shirley finds … Continue reading John Ridley’s Shirley Chisholm Biopic Add Terrence Howard, Lance Reddick, and More!!
FX has released a trailer for B.J. Novak’s provocative series The Premise, which is billed as an “anthology of now.” What that means, I suppose, is that each half-hour episode offers a standalone, character-driven story that engages with the most relevant and meaningful issues of the modern era — and no topic is off-limits. The series was created by The Office alum, who also hosts … Continue reading ‘The Premise’: B.J. Novak’s FX Series Gets a Wild Trailer!! Check It Out!!
B.J Novak, best known for his work on the NBC sitcom The Office, is the creative mind behind a new FX comedy series titled The Premise. The show will be a Hulu exclusive, and is set to premiere its first two episodes on Thursday, September 16. Along with a show title and release date, the show has also announced its star-studded cast. Previously it was … Continue reading ‘The Premise’: First Images and Details Tease B.J. Novak’s Hulu Series!! Check It Out!!
Synopsis – An aging Manhattan socialite living on what’s barely left of her inheritance moves to a small apartment in Paris with her son and cat. Directed – Azazel Jacobs Starring – Michelle Pfeiffer, Lucas Hedges, Tracy Letts Check out the trailer: Continue reading ‘French Exit’ Trailer Teases the Upcoming Dark Comedy!! Check It Out!!
Synopsis – In this comedy, a famous author goes on a cruise with her nephew and a group of friends. Directed – Steven Soderbergh Starring – Meryl Streep, Gemma Chan, Dianne Wiest Check out the trailer: Continue reading ‘Let Them All Talk’ Trailer Reveals Steven Soderbergh’s HBO Max Film!! Check It Out!!
HBO Max included a tasty first look at Meryl Streep in Steven Soderbergh‘s Let Them All Talkearlier this week. The first look was sandwiched in between previews for fellow HBO Max original movie An American Pickle and animated series Summer Camp Island as part of a trailer previewing new content coming soon to the streamer. This is the first official look we’ve gotten at the latest Streep-Soderbergh collab (Remember The Laundromat?) since … Continue reading ‘Let Them All Talk’: New HBO Max Preview Gives First Look at Meryl Streep in Steven Soderbergh’s Next!! Check It Out!!
Step right up because your first look at Michelle Pfeiffer and Lucas Hedges in the dark comedy French Exit is finally here. The forthcoming Sony Pictures Classic movie is directed by Azazel Jacobs and penned by Patrick DeWitt, who also wrote the novel this movie is adapted from. Fancy that! Sony Pictures Classics casually dropped what might be actual, Louvre-worthy art onto our Twitter timelines on Tuesday afternoon. This first-look photo from French … Continue reading ‘French Exit’: First Look Teases the Upcoming Dark Comedy Adaption!! Check It Out!!
FX has ordered a half-hour anthology series from The Office alum B.J. Novak that will feature an impressive cast of rising stars and Hollywood veterans. The untitled series will use current events to tell character-driven stories about the world we live in today. Each episode will feature a different cast, and writer-director-EP Novak has already filmed the first two installments. The first episode stars Lucas … Continue reading B.J. Novak’s FX Anthology Series Casts Jon Bernthal, Lucas Hedges, Kaitlyn Dever Among Others!!
Synopsis – Traces the journey of a suburban family – led by a well-intentioned but domineering father – as they navigate love, forgiveness, and coming together in the aftermath of a loss. My Take – While every studio is out there trying to build their own cinematic universe with the characters at their disposal, without any regards to whether they would work or not, or … Continue reading Waves (2019) Review!!
Synopsis – From a screenplay by Shia LaBeouf, based on his own experiences, filmmaker Alma Har’el brings to life a young actor’s stormy childhood and early adult years as he struggles to reconcile with his father and deal with his mental health. Directed – Alma Har’el Starring – Shia LaBeouf, Lucas Hedges, Noah Jupe Check out the trailer: Continue reading ‘Honey Boy’: New Trailer Teases Shia LaBeouf’s Heartfelt Movie!! Check It Out!!
Synopsis – Two young couples navigate through the emotional minefield of growing up and falling in love. Directed – Trey Edward Shults Starring – Alexa Demie, Clifton Collins Jr., Sterling K. Brown Check out the trailer: Continue reading ‘Waves’: New Trailer Teases A24’s Epic Family Drama!! Check It Out!!
Synopsis – Two young couples navigate through the emotional minefield of growing up and falling in love. Directed – Trey Edward Shults Starring – Alexa Demie, Clifton Collins Jr., Sterling K. Brown Check out the trailer: Continue reading ‘Waves’: First Trailer Reveals A24’s Intimate Epic!! Check It Out!!
If you haven’t noticed, the Streaming Wars are well under way, and that means stockpiling arms, er, assets. To that end, HBO Max has picked up Steven Soderbergh‘s latest film Let Them All Talk, which is currently in production. Meryl Streep is set to star in the film, fresh off working with Soderbergh on Netflix’s The Laundromat and co-starring in the second season HBO’s Big Little … Continue reading ‘Let Them All Talk’: HBO Max Lands Steven Soderbergh’s Latest!!
Synopsis – From a screenplay by Shia LaBeouf, based on his own experiences, filmmaker Alma Har’el brings to life a young actor’s stormy childhood and early adult years as he struggles to reconcile with his father and deal with his mental health. Directed – Alma Har’el Starring – Shia LaBeouf, Lucas Hedges, Noah Jupe Check out the trailer: Continue reading ‘Honey Boy’ Red-Band Trailer Finds Shia LaBeouf Playing His Own Father!! Check It Out!!
The 2019 Golden Globe nominations have been revealed, and right on cue, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association is up to its baffling tricks again. We’ll start with what did get nominated. Vice was a huge hit, scoring six nominations in total including Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy as well as Best Actor for Christian Bale and Supporting Actress for Amy Adams, followed closely … Continue reading ‘Vice’ and ‘A Star Is Born’ Lead Golden Globe Nominations!! Check Out The Full List!!
Synopsis – The son of a Baptist preacher is forced to participate in a church-supported gay conversion program. Directed – Joel Edgerton Starring – Lucas Hedges, Nicole Kidman, Joel Edgerton Check out the trailer: Continue reading ‘Boy Erased’: New Trailer Finds Lucas Hedges Struggling Through Conversion Therapy!!! Check It Out!!
Synopsis – Follows the charming yet troubled Ben Burns (Hedges), who returns home to his unsuspecting family one fateful Christmas Eve. Ben’s wary mother Holly Burns (Roberts) welcomes her beloved son’s return, but soon learns he is still very much in harm’s way. During the 24 hours that may change their lives forever, Holly must do everything in her power to avoid the family’s downfall. … Continue reading ‘Ben Is Back’ Trailer: Julia Roberts and Lucas Hedges Struggle Through Addiction!! Check It Out!!
Synopsis – The story of a boy growing up in Los Angeles in the 1990s. Directed – Jonah Hill Starring – Katherine Waterston, Lucas Hedges, Sunny Suljic Check out the trailer: Continue reading ‘Mid90s’: New Trailer Further Reveals Jonah Hill’s Delightful Directorial Debut!! Check It Out!!
Synopsis – Follows the charming yet troubled Ben Burns (Hedges), who returns home to his unsuspecting family one fateful Christmas Eve. Ben’s wary mother Holly Burns (Roberts) welcomes her beloved son’s return, but soon learns he is still very much in harm’s way. During the 24 hours that may change their lives forever, Holly must do everything in her power to avoid the family’s downfall. … Continue reading ‘Ben is Back’: First trailer of the Julia Roberts and Lucas Hedges led Drama Is Here!! Check It Out!!
Synopsis – The story of a boy growing up in Los Angeles in the 1990s. Directed – Jonah Hill Starring – Katherine Waterston, Lucas Hedges, Sunny Suljic Check out the trailer: Continue reading ‘Mid90s’ Trailer: Jonah Hill’s Directorial Debut Takes Through The L.A. Skate Culture!!! Check It Out!!
Synopsis – The son of a Baptist preacher is forced to participate in a church-supported gay conversion program. Directed – Joel Edgerton Starring – Lucas Hedges, Nicole Kidman, Joel Edgerton Check out the trailer: Continue reading ‘Boy Erased’: First Trailer Reveals Joel Edgerton’s Gay Conversion Therapy Drama!!! Check It Out!!
Oscar nominee Lucas Hedges and Emmy winner Sterling K. Brown are in negotiations to star in A24’s “Waves,” which will be Trey Edward Shults’ follow-up to “It Comes at Night,” sources tell Variety. Shults wrote and will direct the film, which starts production in Florida next month, with the remaining stars being cast now. Described as a dramatic musical with a fresh spin, the pic … Continue reading ‘Waves’: Lucas Hedges and Sterling K. Brown to Star in the Musical!!!!
Focus Features has released the first images from potential Oscar contender Boy Erased, an upcoming drama from director/writer/star Joel Edgerton. The film is based on Garrard Conley’s memoir of the same name which chronicles his experience as a gay teenager who is sent to a conversion therapy program when he’s outed to his religious parents. Manchester by the Sea and Lady Bird breakout Lucas Hedges fills … Continue reading First ‘Boy Erased’ Images Reveal Joel Edgerton’s Next True-Story Drama!!! Check It Out!!
File this one under your ever-expanding “WTF” tab. Following a series of genuinely redemptive performances in American Honey, Nymphomaniac, and the upcoming Borg vs. McEnroe, Shia LaBeouf is now looking to bring his life story to the big screen. THR is reporting that LaBeouf is currently gearing up to play his own father in Honey Boy, a quasi-biopic centered on LaBeouf’s relationship with his former … Continue reading Shia LaBeouf Biopic ‘Honey Boy’ Casts Lucas Hedges!!
Synopsis – A mother personally challenges the local authorities to solve her daughter’s murder when they fail to catch the culprit. My Take – Dark comedies is a particular genre which hasn’t found much love from general film going audience mainly as there are only few and far films in between who can be easily categorized as a good watch. I get it, they are … Continue reading Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017) Review!!!
Synopsis – In the early 2000s, an artistically-inclined seventeen year-old comes of age in Sacramento, California. My Take – It’s not easy for an actor/actress to transition from a job they have so firmly perfected at over the years, to becoming the one in charge of realizing their vision on screen, while keeping the immense pressure of the critics aside, it’s the audience’s acceptance or … Continue reading Lady Bird (2017) Review!!!
Written and directed by Martin McDonagh (In Bruges, Seven Psychopaths), the film stars Oscar-winner Frances McDormand as a woman who, after months pass without movement towards finding her daughter’s killer, commissions three billboard signs leading into her small town that single out the town’s chief of police William Willoughby (Woody Harrelson). The film racked up rave reviews on the fall film festival circuit and won … Continue reading Exclusive New Images from ‘Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri’!!! Check It Out!!!
Julia Roberts and Lucas Hedges are set to star in the homecoming drama Ben Is Back. Peter Hedges (What’s Eating Gilbert Grape, About a Boy) wrote and will direct the feature that takes place over 24 hours, following the charming-but-troubled Ben Burns (Lucas Hedges), who returns home to his unsuspecting family one fateful Christmas Eve. Ben’s wary mother, Holly Burns (Roberts), welcomes her beloved son, … Continue reading Julia Roberts, Lucas Hedges to Star in Drama ‘Ben is Back’!!!
Synopsis – The adventures of a young woman living in Northern California for a year. Directed – Greta Gerwig Starring – Saoirse Ronan, Odeya Rush, Danielle Macdonald Check out the trailer: Continue reading ‘Lady Bird’ Trailer: Saoirse Ronan Has a Rough Adolescence in Greta Gerwig’s Directorial Debut!! Check It Out!!
With “Lady Bird,” brainy actress and screenwriter Greta Gerwig is finally making her solo directorial debut after her collaborations with Noah Baumbach on “Frances Ha” and “Mistress America” and co-directing “Nights and Weekends” with Joe Swanberg. The relationship comedy stars Saoirse Ronan as Christine McPherson (Lady Bird, no relationship with the wife of LBJ), a rebellious student at a conservative Catholic Sacramento high school who wants to escape her … Continue reading Greta Gerwig’s ‘Lady Bird’ Lands A24 Awards Season Push!!!
Synopsis – THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI is a darkly comic drama from Academy Award winner Martin McDonagh (In Bruges). After months have passed without a culprit in her daughter’s murder case, Mildred Hayes (Academy Award winner Frances McDormand) makes a bold move, painting three signs leading into her town with a controversial message directed at William Willoughby (Academy Award nominee Woody Harrelson), the town’s … Continue reading Frances McDormand Is a Badass in NSFW ‘Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri’ Red-Band Trailer!!! Check It Out!!!
Synopsis – An uncle is forced to take care of his teenage nephew after the boy’s father dies. My Take – When a loved one dies, we experience a sorrow that is impossible to define and it can take on many different looks through various stages. Being a little emotional by nature, I find it difficult sometimes to sit down for a film that I … Continue reading Manchester by the Sea (2016) Review!!!
While the Hollywood Foreign Press Association weighed in with their picks for the best entertainment of the year via this morning’s Golden Globe nominations, last night it was the critics’ turn to shine. The Broadcast Film Critics Association and Broadcast Television Journalists Association announced the winners of the Critics Choice Awards last night during a televised ceremony, and Oscar frontrunner La La Land came away … Continue reading ‘La La Land’ and ‘People v. O.J. Simpson’ Win Big at Critics Choice Awards!!! Check Out The Full List!!
