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Edward Moran

Edward Moran
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Edward Moran began his journalistic career many decades ago as a theater and cinema reviewer for Show Business and the New York Theater Review. More recently he contributed film reviews to hosokinema.com and Movie Sleuth. His writings have appeared in publications as diverse as the Times Literary Supplement, Publishers Weekly, the Paris Review, and the Massachusetts Review. Moran also edited a memoir by Oscar-nominated documentary filmmaker Christine Choy. He served as literary advisor to her film Hyam Plutzik: American Poet, which was the keynote film in the American Perspectives series at the 2007 Zebra Poetry Film Festival in Berlin.
Edward Moran began his journalistic career many decades ago as a theater and cinema reviewer for Show Business and the New York Theater Review. More recently he contributed film reviews to hosokinema.com and Movie Sleuth. His writings have appeared in publications as diverse as the Times Literary Supplement, Publishers Weekly, the Paris Review, and the Massachusetts Review. Moran also edited a memoir by Oscar-nominated documentary filmmaker Christine Choy. He served as literary advisor to her film Hyam Plutzik: American Poet, which was the keynote film in the American Perspectives series at the 2007 Zebra Poetry Film Festival in Berlin.

Henry Selick to Direct ‘The Ocean at the End of the Line’ Based on Gaiman Novel

© Disney Enterprises, Inc. All rights reserved. Filmmaker Henry Selick has revealed that his next project will be a stop-motion animated adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s 2013 novel The Ocean at the End of the Lane. According to Variety, Selick believes Gaiman’s novel to be the author’s crowning achievement, and has said that the film would be…

Dream Slate Pictures Plans Biopic About Indian Female Officer Kiran Bedi

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“Evangelion” Animation Production, Gainax Animation Files for Bankruptcy

©Courtesy of Gainax After 40 years in business, Gainax, the iconic Japanese animation studio, filed for bankruptcy in Tokyo on May 29. Originally known as Daicon Film, the studio is best known for its Neon Genesis Evangelion series, launched in the mid-1990s, which earned its producers more than $2 billion in global revenues. The history…

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Kristen Stewart to Portray Astronaut Sally Ride in TV Series ‘The Challenger’

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Laugh Proud : Exclusive Interview with Director Quentin Lee

Photo by Ines Laimoins – © 2020 Margin Films Check out more of CinemaDaily US’ video interviews on our YouTube channel Edward Moran began his journalistic career many decades ago as a theater and cinema reviewer for Show Business and the New York Theater Review. More recently he contributed film reviews to hosokinema.com and Movie Sleuth….

“Train to Busan” Director Yeon Sang-ho to Direct His First English-Language Film, “35th Street”

© 2019 CJ ENM Corporation All right reserved. Yeon Sang-ho, the prolific Korean director acclaimed for Train to Busan (2016), is poised to make his first English-language film for TriStar Pictures. Titled 35th Street, the movie will also be in the action/horror genre. Yeon will be directing the film and co-writing it with Ryu Yong-jae. No…

Shawn Levy Reported in Talks to Direct New ‘Avengers’ film for MCU

©Photo by Sergei Bachlakov/ABC – © 2016 American Broadcasting Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. According to press reports, Canadian director Shawn Levy is being seriously considered to direct Marvel Studios’ next Avengers film, the fifth in the series. Destin Daniel Cretton had originally been attached to the project, but he left in November of 2023…

‘Godzilla Minus One’ Tops the Netflix and VOD Charts

Takashi Yamazaki’s Godzilla Minus One is setting records on the Netflix and VOD charts, where it captured the number one spot on both this week, an unprecedented accomplishment. The film, which was released in December, has already grossed some $56 million in North America alone, picking up an Oscar for best visual effects. Though the…

Netflix Plans Second Season of ‘One Piece’ Amidst Rumors of a Third

©Courtesy of Netflix  Netflix will soon start filming the second season of its highly popular One Piece anime in South Africa, but it’s unclear how many episodes that would include, or whether the streamer plans to move ahead with a third season. The confusion arose when actor Brashaad Mayweather was quoted in an interview with…