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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.

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Photo by Niko Tavernise / Metro Goldwyn M/Niko Tavernise / Metro Goldwyn – © 2023 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures Inc. All Rights Reserved.   Filmmaker Luca Guadagnino is now working a documentary about Bernardo Bertolucci and a cinematic adaptation of Thomas Mann’s novel Buddenbrooks. Also, his romance drama Queer is scheduled for release by A24 on November…

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© 2009 Warner Home Entertainment. All rights reserved. Cameron Diaz is making a comeback after having gone into self-imposed retirement ten years ago. Her last appearance had been in 2014 when she starred in Annie. Her upcoming projects will include the appropriately named Back in Action and Shrek 5. The 53-year-old actress told Fortune’s Most Powerful…

Warner Bros. Reportedly Taking a Huge Loss on ‘Joker: Folie à Deux’

Courtesy of Warner Bros.  Warner Bros. Pictures may lose as much as $200 million on Joker: Folie à Deux, which has thus far failed to meet projected expectations. According to published reports, the film has grossed only $51.5 million domestically and $165 million globally, far less than the revenues from the original Joker released in…

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Edward Berger Will Reportedly Direct New ‘Bourne’ Film with Matt Damon

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R J Cutler’s Documentary on Martha Stewart to Debut on Netflix on October 30

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Matt Damon Reportedly To Star in New Christopher Nolan Film for Universal

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‘Mediha’: A Brilliant Testimony to a Young Woman’s Endurance and Bravery

©Courtesy of Together  It is no exaggeration to say that the humanitarian crisis involving refugees and migrants is one of the most daunting issues of our day. In the United States, the southern border has become a flashpoint of tension, provoking contentious rhetoric in this year’s presidential election campaign. Abroad, legions of people have been…

Katy O’Brian and Glen Powell To Star in Paramount’s ‘The Running Man’

©Courtesy of Paramount Pictures.  Paramount Pictures has announced that Katy O’Brian and Glen Powell will star in its upcoming film adaptation of Stephen King’s The Running Man. Edgar Wright will be directing, with a script he co-wrote with Michael Bacali. An earlier film adaptation of the story had been released in 1987, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger….

‘Scream 7’ with Neve Campbell To Debut in February 2026

©Courtesy of Dimention Films  Mavens of the macabre will have to wait until Friday the 27th of February, 2026 to watch the seventh installment in the Scream franchise. It will be the 30th anniversary of the series, which has been chilling audiences since 1996. According to Paramount Pictures, Scream 7, Neve Campbell will be returning…