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Carry-On Soars From Taron Egerton and Jason Bateman’s Tense Connection

©Courtesy of Netflix The most suspenseful thrillers aren’t those that overindulge in unrealistic action sequences that refuse to take real-world dynamics into consideration. Instead, Unknown and Non-Stop director, Jaume Collet-Serra has found some of his biggest successes as a filmmaker by focusing on decent people who are trapped in compromising positions. His latest movie, Carry-On,…

Carry-On | Official Trailer | Netflix : Starring Taron Egerton

You thought losing your luggage was the worst thing that could happen at the airport? Taron Egerton begs to differ. The Rocketman and Kingsman star is taking on his next assignment: Carry-On. In the new thriller, Egerton plays Ethan Kopek, a TSA agent who’s blackmailed by a mysterious traveler (Jason Bateman), inducing perhaps the most airport…

Academy Declines to Take Punitive Action Against Actress Andrea Riseborough’s Divisive Oscar Campaign

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has decided not to take punitive action against this year’s surprise Best Actress Oscar nominee, Andrea Riseborough, for her grassroots campaign. The performer’s colleagues who also lobbied for her to receive recognition from the Academy for her portrayal of a spiraling alcoholic in the drama To Leslie…

New York Film Festival : Till / Press Conference with Director Chinonye Chukwu, Producer and co-writer Keith Beauchamp, actors Danielle Deadwyler, Whoopi Goldberg, Jalyn Hall, John Douglas Thompson, Sean Patrick Thomas

Synopsis : Till is a profoundly emotional and cinematic film about the true story of Mamie Till Mobley’s relentless pursuit of justice for her 14 year old son, Emmett Till, who, in 1955, was brutally lynched while visiting his cousins in Mississippi. In Mamie’s poignant journey of grief turned to action, we see the universal…

NYFF Film Review – ‘Till’ is a Powerful Juxtaposition of a Hateful World and a Mother’s Love 

The story of Emmett Till, a 14-year-old boy from Chicago who was lynched after whistling at a white woman while visiting his cousins in Mississippi in 1955, is a horrific stain on the history of the United States. Only this year was anti-lynching legislation named after Emmett signed into law, and the violence that all…

TILL | Official Trailer | MGM Studios : The True Story of Emmett Till and Mother’s Fight for Justice

From director Chinonye Chukwu (Clemency),  comes the true story of Emmett Till and Mamie Till Mobley, and a mother’s fight for justice.  Watch the official trailer for TILL  Only in theaters this October In Select Theaters October 14th Everywhere October 28th Synopsis : Till is a profoundly emotional and cinematic film about the true story…

Station Eleven : An Interview with Actor Himesh Patel, Actress Mackenzie Davis 

Synopsis : A post-apocalyptic saga spanning multiple timelines, this limited drama series tells the stories of survivors of a devastating flu as they attempt to rebuild and reimagine the world anew while holding on to the best of what’s been lost. An Interview with Actor Himesh Patel, Actress Mackenzie Davis  Q : Would it be…

The Harder They Fall : Q&A with Actor Jonathan Majors

Synopsis : When outlaw Nat Love (Jonathan Majors) discovers that his enemy Rufus Buck (Idris Elba) is being released from prison he rounds up his gang to track Rufus down and seek revenge. Those riding with him in this assured, righteously new school Western include his former love Stagecoach Mary (Zazie Beetz), his right and…