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Benedict Cumberbatch to Play Poisoned KGB Agent Alexander Litvinenko in HBO Limited Series ‘Londongrad’

Benedict Cumberbatch has been cast as KGB Agent Alexander Litvinenko in HBO’s upcoming limited series, Londongrad. The Oscar-nominated actor and his company, Sunnymarch, are also executive producing the drama, which is currently in development, Variety is reporting. The show is based on Alan Cowell’s 2008 book, The Terminal Spy, which recounts Litvinenko’s life story. He…

Cary Joji Fukunaga Confirms He is Still Working on Stanley Kubrick Napoleon Project

As his blockbuster James Bond movie No Time to Die is set to hit theaters tomorrow, director Cary Joji Fukunaga has news about what’s next on his docket. In an interview with Collider, Fukunaga spoke about a long-awaited project about Napoleon Bonaparte, which was originally set to be made by filmmaker Stanley Kubrick back in…

Film Review: Should you pray to “The Many Saint of Newark?”

Fifteen minutes into The Many Saint of Newark, Aldo “Hollywood Dick” Moltisanti (Ray Liotta) kicks his new, off the boat, Italian wife down a flight of stairs. Later that morning, Aldo’s son, Richard “Dickie” Moltisanti (Alessandro Nivola) sees his new mother in law outside, smoking a cigarette. “I thought I heard someone fall down this…

Toronto International Film Festival Review – Alanis Morissette Biopic ‘Jagged’ is Weakened by the Singer’s Rejection of the Film

The music that artists, and particularly singers, create can be highly influential on their audiences and fans. Lyrics may be memorized and repeated often, and associated with causes and ideas. Those ties may not be intentional or at all representative of the true feelings of the artist, and it’s impossible to know what they really…

WarnerMedia Removing HBO Subscriptions From Amazon Prime Channels

HBO is set to to lose approximately five million of its subscribers through Prime Video’s channels platform today, as Amazon is canceling all of the premium cable network’s subscriptions. HBO’s loss of subscribers comes after its parent company, WarnerMedia, left its channels service, which allows Prime users to subscribe to streaming services via Amazon, according…

Friends and Co-Stars Pay Tribute to Emmy Award-Nominated Actor Michael K. Williams

Film and television actor, Michael K. Williams was found dead in his Brooklyn home yesterday afternoon at the age of 54, the NYPD confirmed to CBS News. Following the public confirmation of the Emmy Award-nominated performer’s death, his friends, former co-stars and filmmakers he worked with expressed their condolences to honor his memory on social…

Universal’s 2022 Movies Will Stream Exclusively on Peacock After Theatrical Releases

Universal will begin exclusively streaming its films on its streaming service, Peacock, in 2022, after the studio’s partnership with HBO expires at the end of this year. All of Universal Filmed Entertainment Group’s movies will play on Peacock during their pay-one partner TV window, which is 120 days after their theatrical release, Deadline is reporting….

HBO’s Lovecraft Country Not Returning for Season 2

HBO’s acclaimed horror show, Lovecraft Country, will not be returning for a second season, Deadline is reporting. The television network has confirmed that it cancelled the drama, despite it receiving critical acclaim and multiple award nominations and wins by such organizations as the Golden Globes and SAG. “We will not be moving forward with a…

Film Review – HBO’s ‘Oslo’ Offers Historic Food for Thought Regarding a Still-Relevant Issue

Peace is not an easy concept. It’s the kind of thing that people don’t necessarily appreciate when it already exists but are quick to notice and miss when it’s no longer there. Achieving it typically involves compromises and concessions, and it may be an arduous process that involves many false starts. online pharmacy buy hydroxychloroquine…

TV Review: ‘Mare of Easttown’ Is An Interconnected, Moody Murder Story

A good murder mystery isn’t merely about finding out who committed one particular crime. The deepest and most compelling stories probe many secrets along the way, and uncover difficult truths and disturbing findings in the search for a culprit. At a point, it almost becomes irrelevant, if not merely less important, who the killer is…

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…