“I got guns,” legendary gangster Bumpy Johnson (Forest Whitaker) announces. “I got soldiers,” Malcolm X (Nigel Thatch) replies. For Epix’s new Godfather of Harlem — a Sixties period piece that mixes Mob action with civil-rights rhetoric — it’s a match made in gritty-drama heaven. Co-created by the Narcos team of …
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Renée Zellweger performs miracles playing Judy Garland: singing her heart out, baring her bruised soul and acting with a ferocity that ultimately rises to a state of grace. Yes, Judy, the well-meaning but wobbly biopic that can barely contain her take on the late Star Is Born star, is pure …
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It’s hot as hell on the set of The Good Place. The wickedly smart NBC comedy about a group of misfits struggling to make their way through the afterlife largely takes place in its own version of Satan’s domain. The show’s central neighborhood looks like a pastel paradise filled with …
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Love, faith, heartbreak, family bonds and an overwhelming sense of grief are the themes touched on in the new trailer for the Trey Edward Shults-directed and written film, Waves. It received positive reviews at the Telluride Film Festival when it premiered over Labor Day weekend and it’s currently screening at …
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“We Have a Rat Problem” — that’s Tim Heidecker’s slogan as he campaigns for San Bernardino, California’s District Attorney in the trailer for the upcoming political mockumentary, Mister America. The problem is, he himself is considered a scoundrel and his motives for running are questionable. Written by Adult Swim series …
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The always creepy and always kooky Addams family tries to adjust to life in the New Jersey suburbs in the goofy new trailer for MGM’s upcoming animated adaptation of the long-running franchise. The Addams Family is set to open October 11th. The film stars Oscar Isaac and Charlize Theron as …
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Transparent has unveiled the first trailer for the Amazon Prime series’ two-hour “musicale finale” episode, which premieres on the streaming service on September 27th. “The Transparent ‘Musicale Finale’ takes the beloved Emmy and Golden Globe award-winning series to new heights as a dazzling movie fantasia inspired by the classic musicals …
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John Oliver visited Stephen Colbert on The Late Show Friday, where the Daily Show vets talked about The Lion King, Boris Johnson and whether the Last Week Tonight host actually met Beyoncé during the all-cast photoshoot. In the lead-up to Friday’s The Lion King release, Disney distributed a photo of …
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Anna Kendrick and Justin Timberlake return asTrolls co-stars in the new trailer forTrolls World Tour, released on Thursday. The film arrives in theaters April 17th, 2020. In thisTrolls adventure, Poppy (Kendrick) and Branch (Timberlake) encounter a new threat to their tribe: Queen Barb (Rachel Bloom) and her father King Thrash …
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It’s doubtful that any paying customer actually ordered another Men in Black movie. Though the 1997 original was a fizzy delight, MiB 2 and 3 defined meh. Still, if you’re going to revamp the franchise without Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones to ride herd on the aliens among us, …
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