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Albert Brooks: Defending My Life | Official Trailer | HBO

HBO has dropped a new trailer for “Albert Brooks: Defending My Life,” the upcoming documentary feature about the iconic stand-up comedian and SNL writer/actor. Since the late 1960s, since the late 1960s, Albert Brooks has been a major force in American comedy with his smart, sometimes absurdist, and truly unique sense of humor. online pharmacy…

Chris Rock Will Direct and Steven Spielberg to Executive Produce Martin Luther King Jr. Biopic For Universal Pictures

Universal Pictures is preparing to shoot a cinematic biopic about the life of Martin Luther King Jr. The studio has optioned the rights to adapt writer Jonathan Eig’s critically acclaimed biographical book, King: A Life. Universal is currently in final discussions with Chris Rock to direct and produce the film, which Steven Spielberg will serve…

Actor Tom Cruise Lobbies on Behalf of Striking SAG-AFTRA Performers

As the SAG-AFTRA strike drags on, Mission Impossible star Tom Cruise has been lobbying on behalf of the unions, says The Hollywood Reporter.Cruise has been particularly piqued by the issue of whether the studios should be permitted to use artificial intelligence (AI) in future productions. The Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) wants…

Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny : Video Review / Above the Line vs Below the Line Episode 32

Check out more of our video reviews and interviews on our YouTube channel. Video Review Above the Line vs Below the Line Episode 31 Film Critic : Matthew Schuchman In the early 90s, while at the video store with his friends who wanted to rent Don’t Tell Mom The Babysitter’s Dead, Matthew asked the clerk…

Exclusive Interview With Serge Toubiana About The Friendship Between François Truffaut and Helen Scott

Serge Toubiana is the doyen of cinephiles. The film critic who was born in Tunisia and grew up in France, is one of the most prominent cinema journalists worldwide who was appointed Commander of Order of Arts and bestowed with the highest order of merits in France, the Legion of Honour. Serge Toubiana was at…

John Williams “The Final Score” Featurette and Surprise Premiere Performance Footage

“The Final Score, “ a featurette about Indiana Jones Composer John Williams’ 42 year/5 film history with the iconic franchise, is now available, along with footage of the legendary five-time Oscar® winner’s surprise performance conducting three of his compositions from the score of “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny“ before the U.S. Premiere June 14. The selections…

Cannes Film Festival: Rapito (Kidnapped), Bellocchio’s Historical Drama Exposes The Violence Of Dogmatism

Marco Bellocchio, the secular director from Piacenza, has often explored the consequences of religious imposition — never being sententious yet remaining truthful to his laical perspective. In his 2002 film, My Mother’s Smile (L’ora di religione), he touched upon the sensitive issue of being baptised in treason. In that case it occurred to the son of the…

The Color Purple | Official Trailer : Halle Bailey, Phylicia Mpasi, Taraji P. Henson

Warner Bros. Pictures has released the first trailer for their new “The Color Purple” film, Oprah Winfrey and Steven Spielberg have reunited to revive into a movie musical, directed by Blitz Bazawule. The project is based on the Tony-winning stage musical based on Alice Walker’s 1982 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, “The Color Purple” centers on Celie, a…

Martin Scorsese Reveals Why He Didn’t Direct ‘Schindler’s List’: “I’m not Jewish””

After thirty-some years, Martin Scorsese is telling the world why he turned down the possibility of directing Schindler’s List, the acclaimed Holocaust-themed film that was ultimately done by Steven Spielberg. In a recent interview with Deadline, Scorsese said that his decision to turn the project over to Spielberg was prompted after the response to his…

Oscar Predictions : We Picked Our 6 Major Categories!

The Oscar ceremony is around the corner, check out who are Cinema Daily US Writers predicting to win at the Oscars on Sunday night, March 12? Instead of bothering you to make you read 23 categories for 7 writers, we picked out 6 major categories. Is your choice the same as ours? Here’s our selections!…

Berlin International Film Festival : French Documentary ‘On the Adamant’ Wins Golden Bear for Best Film

As the 2023 Berlin International Film Festival drew to a close, “On the Adamant,” a documentary by French director Nicolas Philibert, Ann intimate look at the patients and caregivers in mental health centre located on the Seine River, has won the 2023 Berlin International Film Festival’s Golden Bear for best film.  This year’s Berlin jury…