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“APEX”
THE STORY – A grieving woman testing her limits in the Australian wilderness is suddenly ensnared in a deadly game with a ruthless predator. THE CAST – Charlize Theron, Taron Egerton & Eric Bana THE TEAM – Baltasar Kormákur (Director) & Jeremy Robbins (Writer) THE RUNNING TIME – 96 Minutes The Australian outback is a landscape…
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The Next Best Picture Podcast – Interview With “Mother Mary” Filmmaker David Lowery
“Mother Mary” is a psychological drama-thriller film written and directed by David Lowery. It stars Anne Hathaway as the iconic pop star, Mother Mary, who reunites with her estranged best friend and former costume designer (played by Michaela Coel) on the eve of her comeback performance as long-buried wounds between the two rise to the…
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The Next Best Picture Podcast – Interviews With “Fuze” Stars Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Sam Worthington, And Director David Mackenzie
“Fuze” is a 2025 British crime thriller heist film directed by David Mackenzie and written by Ben Hopkins, starring Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Theo James, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, and Sam Worthington. Set in London, there is a citywide evacuation when an unexploded World War II bomb is unearthed at a busy construction site. Amid the escalating tension and…
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The 2025 Peabody Award Winners
34 Peabody winners have been announced this year, including “Heated Rivalry” (despite not being eligible for this year’s Emmys), joining other distinguished titles like last year’s Emmy winners “The Pitt” and “Adolescence.” The annual awards span a wide range of categories, including entertainment, documentary, news, podcast/radio, arts, children’s and youth programming, immersive media, and public…
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The Gotham Television Awards Will Honor The Duffer Brothers And “Stranger Things” With The Visionary Tribute
The Gotham Film & Media Institute (The Gotham) announced today that creators, writers, executive producers, and directors Matt and Ross Duffer will receive the Visionary Tribute for Netflix’s global phenomenon “Stranger Things” at the Third Annual Gotham Television Awards, taking place live and in person on Monday, June 1st at Cipriani Wall Street in New York…
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Some Music Biopics Are Embraced By The Academy While Others Aren’t – What Does This Mean For “Michael?”
The likes of “Bohemian Rhapsody” and “Elvis,” along with the likes of “Ray” and “Walk the Line,” have taught us to believe musical biopics and films about famous musicians in general will be big Oscar players no matter what – even if most viewers, other than Academy voters, outright hate them. As such, no matter…
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“TWO SEASONS, TWO STRANGERS”
THE STORY – In summer, Nagisa and Natsuo meet seaside exchanging distant looks and clumsy words in the rainy ocean. In winter, screenwriter Li arrives at a snowy village meeting Benzo at his guesthouse. Despite disconnected talks they embark together. THE CAST – Shim Eun-kyung, Yuumi Kawai, Mansaku Takada, Shiro Sano & Shinichi Tsutsumi THE TEAM…
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Maggie Gyllenhaal To Lead The 2026 Venice Film Festival Jury
Cannes and Tribeca may be coming first, but announcements for the 2026 Venice Film Festival have already begun. It was announced earlier this morning that Maggie Gyllenhaal has been selected to serve as jury president for the upcoming Venice Film Festival. The Oscar-nominated actor, director, producer, and writer previously appeared at Venice in 2021 with…
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