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Michael Mann’s Ferrari Biopic Gears Up With High-Octane Cast

Gentlemen, start  your engines!  Michael Mann’s planned Ferrari biopic got a big injection of horsepower this week with the announcement of a deal with STX and the news that an all-star cast was behind the wheel, one that includes Penélope Cruz, Shailene Woodley, and the aptly named Adam Driver. The proposed film chronicles the life…

Film Review – ‘The 355’ May Not Be Smart, But It Has Plenty of Action

There are different kinds of action movies, some that seek to deliver nonstop thrills and others that stop to consider the logic of what propels that ride. Coherence and common sense aren’t crucial to a successful action flick, nor is gravity (see multiple installments of the Fast and the Furious franchise), but they can enhance…

Film Review – ‘Parallel Mothers’ is a Dependably Involving and Resonant Story from Pedro Almodóvar

Pedro Almodóvar is a filmmaker who has been regaling audiences with his fantastical and deeply engrossing stories for decades. Among his most celebrated works are Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, All About My Mother, Talk to Her, and Volver. His ability to flesh out the inner thoughts and characteristics of seemingly ordinary…

New York Film Festival : Parallel Mothers / Press Conference with Director Pedro Almodóvar, Actress Penélope Cruz, Actress Milena Smit 

Synopsis : Two women, Janis and Ana, coincide in a hospital room where they are going to give birth. Both are single and became pregnant by accident. Janis, middle-aged, doesn’t regret it and she is exultant. The other, Ana, an adolescent, is scared, repentant and traumatized. Janis tries to encourage her while they move like…

The 355 : Full Trailer / Starring Jessica Chastain, Penélope Cruz, Bingbing Fan, Diane Kruger, Lupita Nyong’o

Genre: Espionage Thriller Cast: Jessica Chastain, Penélope Cruz, Bingbing Fan, Diane Kruger, Lupita Nyong’o, with Édgar Ramirez and Sebastian Stan Director: Simon Kinberg Screenplay by: Theresa Rebeck and Simon Kinberg Story by: Theresa Rebeck  Producers: Jessica Chastain, Kelly Carmichael, Simon Kinberg  Executive Producers: Richard Hewitt, Esmond Ren, Wang Rui Huan  A dream team of formidable…

78th Venice Film Festival Awards: Golden Lion Goes to Audrey Diwan’s abortion film, ‘Happening’

The 78th Venice Film Festival wrapped up on September 11, a year after the COVID pandemic took center stage, forcing the 2020 iteration to adopt a “more restrained” format.  This year’s jury was helmed by South Korea’s Bong Joon Ho, whose Parasite took top honors last year. The jurors wrapped up the two-week extravaganza by…

Parallel Mothers / Trailer / Directed by Pedro Almodovar, Starring Penélope Cruz

PARALLEL MOTHERS A film by Pedro Almodovar Sony Pictures Classics will release the film in theaters on December 24, 2021 Starring Penélope Cruz, Milena Smit, Aitana Sánchez-Gijón, and Israel Elejalde, with Julieta Serrano and Rossy de Palma.    Synopsis : Two women, Janis and Ana, coincide in a hospital room where they are going to give birth.  Both are single and became pregnant by accident. online…

Pedro Almodóvar Heading Back to Venice with Opener ‘Parallel Mothers’

Acclaimed filmmaker Pedro Almodóvar will be back at the Venice Film Festival this year, with his latest, Parallel Mothers, opening the fest on September 1st. This film reteams Almodóvar with actress Penélope Cruz, who earned her first Oscar nomination for his 2006 entry Volver, and also stars Milena Smit, Israel Elejalde, Aitana Sánchez-Gijón, Julieta Serrano…