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Director Callie Khouri’s PATSY & LORETTA First Poster Debuts From The First Lady Of Country Music, Loretta Lynn – Produced By Neil Meron
Movie Geeks | June 6, 2019To say we’re big fans of these women is an understatement. We grew up watching COAL MINERS DAUGHTER (Academy...
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Must See: Filmmaker Ava DuVernay’s “When They See Us” Debuts On Netflix
Michelle McCue | May 31, 2019In 2012, Ken Burns made the documentary called THE CENTRAL PARK FIVE. WAMG’s Melissa Thompson wrote how the film...
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Review Of Director Damien Chazelle’s First Trailer For Apollo 11 FIRST MAN Starring Ryan Gosling And Claire Foy
Michelle McCue | June 10, 2018“Houston. Tranquility base here. The Eagle has landed…” On the heels of their six-time Academy Award®-winning smash, LA LA...
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Johnny Depp, Forest Whitaker Star In CITY OF LIES Trailer – Story Of The Notorious B.I.G./Tupac
Melissa Thompson | May 21, 2018Who shot Biggie? Today would have been The Notorious B.I.G’s 46th Birthday…. Based on the true story of one...
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Awards Season Hopeful MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS Release Date Set For Friday, December 7, 2018
Michelle McCue | April 18, 2018Focus Features will release Working Title’s MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS on Friday, December 7, 2018 – limited in North...
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Perspective Look At The 12 STRONG Movie – Chris Hemsworth And Michael Shannon Star
Movie Geeks | November 30, 2017By Marc Butterfield (Analyst, freelance writer, veteran) Until 1979, most of the modern world had never heard of Afghanistan...
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Interview: THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING Composer Jóhann Jóhannsson Discusses His Emotional Score
Michelle McCue | November 7, 2014From Focus Features comes the inspirational drama THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING. Starring Eddie Redmayne & Felicity Jones, the opens in select...
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ZERO DARK THIRTY – The Review
Jim Batts | January 10, 2013Although many film makers and studios have benefited from using real-life events as movie source material, often reality has tripped...
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THE IMPOSSIBLE – The Review
Jim Batts | January 3, 2013The release of the original AIRPORT in 1970 began a new type of cinema genre: the “disaster” movie. For...
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HYDE PARK ON THE HUDSON – The Review
Jim Batts | December 13, 2012Abraham Lincoln’s not the only former president to get a little cinema love this year. HYDE PARK ON THE HUDSON gives...
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Kathryn Bigelow And Mark Boal Discuss ZERO DARK THIRTY
Michelle McCue | December 4, 2012Yesterday the New York Film Critics Circle (NYFCC) named ZERO DARK THIRTY Best Picture. Wins also went to Kathryn...
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New HITCHCOCK Featurette, International Trailer And Photos Includes Director Sacha Gervasi, Actors Anthony Hopkins And Helen Mirren
Michelle McCue | November 12, 2012Photo By Suzanne Tenner/Fox Searchlight Lurking behind Alfred Hitchcock, cinema’s “master of suspense” — the extraordinary film icon known for...
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CHASING MAVERICKS – The Review
Jim Batts | October 26, 2012Over the years we’ve seen several inspirational sports biography films. Certain sports seem to lend themselves to the cinema,...
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THE OTHER DREAM TEAM – The Review
Jim Batts | October 18, 2012Could there be a new trend in the field of feature-length documentaries? After last year’s Oscar winner UNDEFEATED and...
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Christoph Waltz To Play Gorbachev, Michael Douglas As Reagan In Mike Newell’s REYKJAVIK
Michelle McCue | October 15, 2012Director Mike Newell (HARRY POTTER AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE, GREAT EXPECTATIONS) has found the man who will sport the...
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ARGO – The Review
Jim Batts | October 11, 2012So, it turns out that what is perhaps this year’s most riveting espionage thriller did not originate from the pen...
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SLEEPWALK WITH ME – The Review
Jim Batts | September 13, 2012Here’s a phrase we don’t get to hear much these days : this film is based on a radio...
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COMPLIANCE – The Review
Jim Batts | August 30, 2012Time for another movie ” inspired by true events “, but this one sticks much closer to reality than...