The Magician’s Elephant Director, Producer, and Novelist Discuss Their New Netflix Film
"Animation is cinema. Animation is not a genre," said filmmaker Guillermo del Toro during his Oscar acceptance speech for Pinocchio. And now, coming to Netflix on March 17 is a new animated offering. The Magician's Elephant is based on Newbery…
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Jessie Mei Li Talks ‘Shadow and Bone’ Season 2 Finale and Season 3
[Editor’s note: The following contains major spoilers for Season 2 of Shadow and Bone.]In Season 2 of the Netflix series Shadow and Bone, which is based on the best-selling Grishaverse novels from Leigh Bardugo, Alina Starkov (Jessie Mei Li) knows…
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Jimmy Kimmel Makes Joe, Hunter Biden Reference at the 2023 Oscars – The Hollywood Reporter
Political comments were not off-limits during the 2023 Oscars on Sunday night, including a Joe and Hunter Biden reference and award dedications to political prisoners. During the opening monologue of Hollywood’s biggest night, host Jimmy Kimmel called Steven Spielberg and…
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Some Pieces Are Missing In Well-Made But Standard Dramedy
Video game adaptations have a troubled history, from the downright bad (Assassin's Creed or Alone in the Dark) to the mostly tolerable (the wildly off-book but still somehow enjoyable Resident Evil franchise). This year, though, the format was taken to…
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Bachelor Nation’s Andi Dorfman Shares Details on Her Upcoming Wedding
Bachelor Nation first met Andi on Juan Pablo Galavis' season of The Bachelor in 2014 before watching her hand out roses as the Bachelorette later that year. While Andi got engaged to Josh Murray at the end of her season, they announced…
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SXSW 2023: Robert Rodriguez Brings Hypnotic to The Festival
Hypnotic Synopsis: A detective becomes entangled in a mystery involving his missing daughter and a secret government program while investigating a string of reality-bending crimes.The GoodThrow away everything you think you know about Hypnotic. Seriously, put it in the trash…
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A Professional Killer’s Family And Professional Lives Collide In New South Korean Actioner On Netflix March 31
In “Kill Boksoon,” a female hitman finds out that killing is simpler than raising a kid. Fresh off its world premieres at the Berlinale last month, South Korean director Byun Sung-hyun‘s new film stars “Secret Sunshine” actress Jeon Do-yeon as an assassin that sees her…
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Martin Scorsese-Led Concert Doc About New York Dolls Frontman David Johansen Hits Showtime On April 14
What’s a good way for Martin Scorsese fans to wait out the release of the director’s next narrative feature, “Killers Of The Flower Moon“? How about Scorsese’s latest musical doc, “Personality Crisis: One Night Only“? Scorsese co-directs with David Tedeschi for a movie that’s…
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Inside Director Vasilis Katsoupis on His Artful Willem Dafoe Thriller
Inside is an enigmatic little film that toes the line between art film and survivalist thriller. Willem Dafoe is incredible as an art thief named Nemo, essentially the only character in the film, who gets trapped in a swanky penthouse…
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32 Days with Willem Defoe on a Virtual Volume Set: Vasilis Katsoupis on Inside
Willem Dafoe in Inside A thief breaks into a Manhattan penthouse filled with priceless art. Trapped by a high-tech security system, unable to communicate with the outside world, he must figure out a way to survive. At the same time,…
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Maverick, Elvis And House of Dragon Top 2023 ASC Nominees
The ADG had its say and now the American Society of Cinematographers is the latest artisan organization to announce its year-end honors. The 37th ASC Awards will find Roger Deakins (“Empire of Light”), Greig Fraser (“The Batman”), Darius Khondji (“Bardo”),…
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The Woods, and the Show, Get Even Wilder
The second season of any TV series might have even more heavy lifting to do than the first. In the case of Showtime's Yellowjackets, which hails from co-creators and EPs Ashley Lyle and Bart Nickerson, the buzz around the show…
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