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Film Review: The Menu’s Ralph Fiennes Serves Exquisite Dark Comedy and Satire About the Luxury of the Upper Class

Infusing satire into a dark comedy is a powerful way for filmmakers to amplify the circumstances, while also retaining authentic elements, of any situation. That’s certainly the case for the story of the new ensemble dark comedy thriller, The Menu. The feature cleverly indicts the excessive, exclusive culture of the elite upper class in a…

THE MENU | Official Teaser Trailer | Searchlight Pictures : Starring Anya Taylor-Joy, Nicholas Hoult, Ralph Fiennes

Are we ready to take a first bite into a provocative and sensational taste of the Searchlight Pictures’ new trailer, “The Menu,” starring Anya Tayor-Joy, Nicholas Hoult, Ralph Fiennes. The Story follows a couple (Anya Taylor-Joy and Nicholas Hoult) travels to a coastal island to eat at an exclusive restaurant in a remote island where…

Naomi Ackie, Toni Collette and Mark Ruffalo Cast In Parasite Director Bong Joon Ho’s Next Film

Acclaimed filmmaker Bong Joon Ho is continuing the casting process for the anticipated follow-up to his Academy Award-winning black comedy thriller, Parasite. Toni Collette and Mark Ruffalo, whose deals are in final negotiations, and I Wanna Dance With Somebody star Naomi Ackie, are set to join Robert Pattinson in the upcoming movie, Deadline is reporting….

Tribeca Festival Announces Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, Taylor Swift, Pharrell Williams, Seth Meyers, Tyler Perry, Common and more for Talks & Reunions Programming

TRIBECA FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES 2022 TALKS AND REUNIONS FEATURING CONVERSATIONS WITH TAYLOR SWIFT, PHARRELL WILLIAMS, SETH MEYERS, STEVE AOKI, CYNTHIA ERIVO, TYLER PERRY, ADAM MCKAY, JULIAN SCHNABEL, AND MORE ROBERT DE NIRO, AL PACINO, AND MICHAEL MANN REUNITE FOR HEAT; EWAN MCGREGOR, MICKO WESTMORLAND, AND TODD HAYNES FOR 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF VELVET GOLDMINE; AND KASI LEMMONS,…

TV Review – HBO’s ‘Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty’ Tells an Engaging Sports Story for All

Who doesn’t love a good comeback story? Knowing that things ultimately turn out well for the underdogs isn’t usually a detractor because watching them go from nothing to whatever celebratory accomplishment they achieve is the real reason to tune in. HBO’s newest series, Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty, foretells its subjects’ fate…

Film Review – ‘Don’t Look Up’ Casts a Wide Net in Its Skewering of Societal Stupidity

Much has been written in recent years about how reality has become so absurd that parody no longer has the same effect it once did since it can’t possibly top it. That’s not to say that exaggeration of moments that weren’t perhaps meant to be humorous can’t be funny, but that inventing storylines and characters…

Don’t Look Up : Press Conference with Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Lawrence with Actors Scott Mescudi, Tyler Perry, Jonah Hill, Meryl Streep, Writer/Director/Producer, Adam McKay

Synopsis : Kate Dibiasky (Jennifer Lawrence), an astronomy grad student, and her professor Dr. Randall Mindy (Leonardo DiCaprio) make an astounding discovery of a comet orbiting within the solar system. The problem: it’s on a direct collision course with Earth. The other problem? No one really seems to care. Turns out warning mankind about a…

Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty | Official Teaser / Starring John C. Reilly, Quincy Isaiah, Jason Clarke, Adrien Brody, Gaby Hoffman, Tracy Letts

HBO’s new drama series WINNING TIME: THE RISE OF THE LAKERS DYNASTY will debut March 2022 with ten episodes on HBO and will be available to stream on HBO Max. A fast-break series chronicling the professional and personal lives of the 1980s Los Angeles Lakers, one of sports’ most revered and dominant dynasties — a team that…

DON’T LOOK UP | Official Teaser Trailer | Starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Lawrence, Timothée Chalamet, Meryl Streep, Tyler Perry

DON’T LOOK UP tells the story of two low-level astronomers, who must go on a giant media tour to warn mankind of an approaching comet that will destroy planet earth. In select theaters December 10, on Netflix December 24. DON’T LOOK UP (L to R) JENNIFER LAWRENCE as KATE DIBIASKY, LEONARDO DICAPRIO as DR. online…

Parasite TV Show Won’t Be a Remake But Will Be Set in the Same Universe

Even before Parasite shattered Oscar records to become the first foreign-language film to take home the Best Picture prize, a TV adaptation for HBO had been announced, prompting excitement and curiosity about what its subject matter would be. Now, writer Adam McKay has revealed some details after a conversation on Josh Horowitz’s Happy Sad Confused…