George Clooney recently returned to the screen after a break of several years.
It's never easy to predict what David Fincher is going to do next, or even—as the gaps between his films might suggest—when the heck he's even going to do it. But a new development in the filmmaker's career has made that guessing game a bit easier. Talking to French magazine Premiere [via The Playlist], Fincher revealed he has signed an exclusive deal with Netflix for the next four years. Here's what Fincher said: [caption id="attachment_363066" align="alignright" width="360"] Image via Sony Pictures[/caption] “Yes, I have an exclusivity deal with [Netflix] for …
We have some deeply sad news to report tonight. Chadwick Boseman, one of the brightest talents of his generation, has passed away at the age of 43 following a four-year battle with colon cancer. The news came as a shock to many, who were surprised that the actor was even ill, let alone diagnosed with an illness in 2016 only to rule the box office the following year with Black Panther. His official Twitter account provided news of Boseman’s passing. pic.twitter.com/aZ2JzDf5ai — Chadwick Boseman (@chadwickboseman) August 29, 2020 I’m honestly stunned by this news, not …
Given the audience likely to see The Fight, I doubt Eli B. Despres, Josh Kriegman, and Elyse Steinberg’s documentary will change minds, and that’s okay. Not every political documentary should be judged on whether it’s a successful piece of agitprop. Instead, it’s better to view The Fight as a potent reminder of a mere glimpse of what America has endured over the past four years. Following just four of the 160 lawsuits the ACLU has filed since Donald Trump’s inauguration, The Fight shows how much the Trump Administration has attempted to obliterate civil liberties and …
If you're a horror/zombie-movie fan worth your salt, you've undoubtedly seen director Yeon Sang-Ho's 2016 flick Train to Busan and his animated prequel movie released the same year, Seoul Station. Now, the director is back with the franchise's first sequel in Train to Busan Presents: Peninsula which has taken a page from the Fast and Furious folks. The original film told the tale of a zombie outbreak in South Korea, focusing on a group of passengers aboard a train bound for Busan from Seoul who attempted to survive amidst the madness. The prequel …
Told in a vacuum, HBO’s new limited series The Plot Against America, from The Wire creator David Simon and Ed Burns, is top-shelf prestige television. Based on Philip Roth’s acclaimed 2004 novel, the show takes place in an alternate history America in which Franklin D. Roosevelt is defeated in the 1940 election by hero pilot Charles Lindbergh. It follows the Levins, a close-knit Jewish family living in Newark, New Jersey as flagrant anti-Semitism begins to rise in the wake of Lindbergh’s election. It’s a gripping drama with outstanding performances, but I couldn’t …