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  • A Recap Of The 2024 SXSW Film Festival

    A Recap Of The 2024 SXSW Film Festival

    SXSW always features an exciting combination of buzzy Hollywood blockbusters and creative, low-budget independent projects. This year was no exception, as evidenced by Universal Pictures’ big-budget action-comedy extravaganza “The Fall Guy” premiering in Austin’s Paramount Theatre mere hours after the premiere of the completely off-the-radar (and completely off-the-wall) bowling comedy “The Gutter” from sitcom writers…


  • “DESERT ROAD”

    “DESERT ROAD”

    THE STORY – A woman crashes her car and walks down the road for help – only to find no matter which way she walks she ends up back at her crashed car again. THE CAST – Beau Bridges, Frances Fisher, Kristine Froseth, Edwin Garcia II, Ryan Hurst, Max Mattern, & D.B. Woodside THE TEAM –…


  • Trailer – “Rebel Moon – Part Two: The Scargiver”

    Trailer – “Rebel Moon – Part Two: The Scargiver”

    Netflix has released the trailer for Zack Snyder’s “Rebel Moon – Part Two: The Scargiver” starring Sofia Boutella, Djimon Hounsou, Ed Skrein, Michiel Huisman, Doona Bae, Anthony Hopkins, Staz Nair, Fra Fee, Cleopatra Coleman, Stuart Martin, Ingvar Sigurðsson, Alfonso Herrera, Cary Elwes, Rhian Rees, Elise Duffy, Sky Yang, Charlotte Maggi & Ray Fisher. The film will…


  • “THE QUEEN OF MY DREAMS”

    “THE QUEEN OF MY DREAMS”

    THE STORY – Pakistani Muslim Mariam and her Canadian-born daughter Azra come of age in two different eras against the backdrop of a shared obsession with Bollywood fantasy. THE CAST – Amrit Kaur, Nimra Bucha & Hamza Haq THE TEAM – Fawzia Mirza (Director/Writer) ​ THE RUNNING TIME – 97 Minutes Mothers and daughters have always…


  • The 2023 NAACP Image Award Winners

    The 2023 NAACP Image Award Winners

    The 55th NAACP Image Award winners have been announced. Here are this year’s winners representing the best in film and television for 2023. ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR NOMINEES Colman Domingo Fantasia Barrino Halle Bailey Keke Palmer Usher MOTION PICTURE CATEGORIES Outstanding Motion Picture American Fiction Origin Rustin The Color Purple They Cloned Tyrone Outstanding Actor in…


  • The Next Best Picture Podcast: Episode 384 – 2024 Oscars Fallout, SXSW Recap, “The Crow,” “Poolman” & “The Greatest Hits” Trailers

    The Next Best Picture Podcast: Episode 384 – 2024 Oscars Fallout, SXSW Recap, “The Crow,” “Poolman” & “The Greatest Hits” Trailers

    For Episode 384, I am joined by Lauren LaMagna, Dan Bayer, Nadia Dalimonte & Danilo Castro. For this week’s episode, we’re discussing the fallout of the 96th Academy Awards after one week to reflect on the winners and the ceremony. We also listen to Bayer recap his experience from the 2024 South By Southwest (SXSW) Film Festival so you can place more…


  • The Next Best Picture Podcast – “Love Lies Bleeding”

    The Next Best Picture Podcast – “Love Lies Bleeding”

    I am joined by Josh Parham & Giovanni Lago for this week’s main podcast review. Today, we are reviewing the latest film from director Rose Glass, “Love Lies Bleeding,” starring Kristen Stewart, Katy O’Brian, Ed Harris, Dave Franco, Jena Malone & Anna Baryshnikov. Following the success of her directorial debut, “Saint Maud,” Glass’s latest premiered at the 2024 Sundance…


  • “BABES”

    “BABES”

    THE STORY – Pregnant from a one-night stand, Eden leans on her best friend and mother of two, Dawn, to guide her through gestation and beyond. THE CAST – Ilana Glazer, Michelle Buteau, John Carroll Lynch & Hasan Minhaj THE TEAM – Pamela Adlon (Director), Ilana Glazer & Josh Rabinowitz (Writers) ​ THE RUNNING TIME –…