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“Antebellum,” a time-bending horror film starring Janelle Monáe, is the latest movie to premiere on digital rental platforms in lieu of its planned theatrical release as coronavirus cases continue to spike. Written and directed by Gerard Bush and Christopher Renz, the film was initially expected to debut in theaters in August. But since there’s no …
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The stars are ageless — and so is “Sunset Boulevard.” On Monday, the classic film is turning 70. With its scathing take on Hollywood mores and a comeback performance from silent-era silver screen star Gloria Swanson (“All right, Mr. DeMille, I’m ready for my close-up”), the masterpiece earned 11 Oscar nominations, including a nod for …
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He’s soon to be a real, live-action boy, and Tom Hanks may play his dad. Hanks, 64, is reportedly in early negotiations to play the part of Pinocchio’s humble toy creator, Geppetto, in a live-action remake of the 1940 Walt Disney animated classic. Deadline reported that, after reading the script, Hanks reached out to director …
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In the ultimate meeting of highbrow and lowbrow, the esteemed Tribeca Film Festival’s parent company has paired with Walmart to offer pandemic-weary Americans a series of free drive-in movies in the corporation’s parking lots nationwide. Drew Barrymore will host virtually. Between Aug. 14 and Oct. 21, the Walmart Drive-in experience will bring movie nights to …
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It’s one of the realest moments in animated movie history. One decade after the dramatic climax of “Toy Story 3” — wherein the gang find themselves trapped in a garbage incinerator and facing certain annihilation — the film’s director Lee Unkrich has come to confirm just how dark that scene really was. The toys of …
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Bradley Cooper is in talks to star in Paul Thomas Anderson’s next film, a drama set in LA’s San Fernando Valley in the ‘70s. The plot of the next film by secretive director Anderson is being kept under wraps. But according to The Hollywood Reporter, the coming-of-age movie will involve multiple storylines centering on a …
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Daniel Silva’s book “The Order,” out now, hits this week’s best-seller list. I stayed up all night reading it. So will you. The derring-do does with a biretta, a cassock, the papacy, Catholic conclave, prayer to prayer cardinals, a bishop or two and the Holy See. It’s anti-Semitism, Israelis, Europe, hatred, murder, the far right, …
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Giant toymaker Hasbro expects its film and TV unit eOne, which makes animated kids shows like “Peppa Pig,” to be fully back in business by September. Chief Executive Brian Goldner told analysts Monday that despite taking a second-quarter-hit from coronavirus-induced production delays, Hasbro will be able to restart work on its pipeline of 160 TV …
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Tom Cruise is in the UK. His new “Mission: Impossible” is to shoot another load of back-to-back Missions Impossible. One after another. He wants now to film Nos. 7 and 8. Who knows, maybe he’ll also cram in 46 and 47? His idea is to do scenes in Norway. Why Norway? Sure can’t be for …
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Somebody, please save the children! Not from the great white sharks slumming it in the Hamptons this summer, or from videos of idiots dancing on TikTok. Rescue America’s youth from the dangerous young-adult film. Kids, Whitney Houston told us, are supposed to be our future, but with their godawful taste in entertainment, I’m praying that …
“Antebellum,” a time-bending horror film starring Janelle Monáe, is the latest movie to premiere on digital rental platforms in lieu of its planned theatrical release as coronavirus cases continue to spike. Written and directed by Gerard Bush and Christopher Renz, the film was initially expected to debut in theaters in August. But since there’s no …
