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At the 2021 Comedy Central Roast of Bruce Willis, host Joseph Gordon-Levitt delivered this classic joke: "I loved 'The Sixth Sense.' It's a great movie. And the ending, I did not see that twist coming ... At the end of 'The Sixth Sense,' Bruce goes back to making sh***y movies."

It's funny because, well, it's sort of true: "The Sixth Sense" is widely considered one of the last truly good Bruce Willis movies. Sure, he gave some fun performances in "Lucky Number Slevin" and "Moonrise Kingdom," but the spooky 1999 M. Night Shyamalan drama was pretty much the last time Willis was the leading man in a massive critical and commercial hit. 

On IMDb, "The Sixth Sense" has an 8.2 rating, ranking it 144th among the site's top 250 list of best-ranked movies. It's not a surprising placement, given how influential it became in pop culture. People were quoting "I...

For many moviegoers, there is pre- and post-Tarantino cinema. Before "Reservoir Dogs," movies couldn't be so brazenly self-referential up to the point that characters discussed pop culture like they were all the savviest kid in your friend circle. For those of us who wolfed down movies, music, books and the rest of it like a large deluxe pizza, early Tarantino validated our fixation; his successes made it seem possible for us to tell stories via our own referential patois. It sounds absurd now, but no one outside of scenarists like Daniel Waters and Shane Black dared to write like this.

Somewhere in between "Kill Bill" chapters, Hollywood types began wondering if Tarantino's style of filmmaking had pigeonholed him to the point of self-parody. Factor in the countless Tarantino wannabes that began sprouting up in the mid-1990s, and it felt like the most daring thing the filmmaker could do...

The upcoming Zoe Saldaña-starring and Martin Scorsese-exec produced thriller “The Absence of Eden” has been snapped up by Signature Entertainment in a multi-territory deal.

Signature bought U.K. and Irish, Australian and New Zealand and African rights to the feature, being sold by The Exchange.

“The Absence of Eden” — also starring Garrett Hedlund (“Tron,” “Mudbound”) and Adria Arjona (“Hitman,” “Father of the Bride”) —.is directed by first-time feature director Marco Perego from a script he co-wrote with Rick Rapoza (“Cactuses”). The screenplay was recently acquired by the AMPAS Library as part of their permanent core inclusion.

The thriller pivots around the dueling narratives of an Ice Agent (Hedlund) struggling with the moral dilemmas of border security and an undocumented woman (Saldaña) fighting to escape a ruthless cartel.

Producers include Oscar nominee Julie Yorn (“Hell or High Water”), Perego, Robert Kravis (“Lucky Number Slevin”), and Karl Herrmann (“Dinner in America...

Exclusive: Veteran actor Mykelti Williamson has signed with More Medavoy Management for representation.

Known for his iconic role as Bubba in the Oscar-winning Forrest Gump, Williamson will next be seen in the Amazon feature Unstoppable, alongside Jharrel Jerome and Jennifer Lopez, produced by Ben Affleck and Matt Damon. He most recently wrapped director Jon Avnet’s feature The Last Rodeo in the lead role of Charlie Williams – a former bull rider and bullfighter who steps back in the ring one more time. He’ll also appear in the Apple TV+ series Bonneville, opposite David Oyelowo.

His recent film credits include Mark Amin-directed Emperor, Butter with Mira Sorvino and The 24th, based on the historic Houston Riot of 1917, directed by Oscar winner Kevin Willimott.

Williamson also appeared in Blumhouse’s Don’t Let Go, directed by Jacob Estes and opposite David Oyelowo, Alfred Molina, and Brian Tyree Henry, as well as Saint Judy with Michelle Monaghan,...

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One of the more surprising aspects of "Trap," M. Night Shyamalan's absurd new thriller, is how much of the movie is still left after Josh Hartnett's character (Cooper) escapes the titular trap. Even after he escapes the concert, after his serial killer identity is revealed to his family, after his attempt to capture Lady Raven fails, the movie keeps going. His last hurrah before the feds catch him for real is a quiet conversation with his wife Rachel (Alison Pill), in which they talk about how Rachel secretly sort of knew he was a serial killer the whole movie, and how Cooper is heartbroken by how his relationship with his kids has been permanently broken. Oh and also, Cooper takes off his shirt.

It's a sequence that's already gotten plenty of buzz online, mainly because Hartnett's been a decades-long Hollywood heartthrob. You might've thought...

Warning: Major Spoilers ahead for Trap.

Saleka shines as Lady Raven in Trap with original music and a major role, adding to the film's unique atmosphere. Josh Hartnett's Cooper pulls off daring escapes and deception, adding suspense to Trap's thrilling storyline. Trap's mixed reviews haven't stopped it from meeting box office expectations, setting the stage for potential success.

Cooper has plenty of tricks up his sleeve in M. Night Shyamalan's latest horror thriller movie Trap. Josh Hartnett stars as a serial killer disguised as a supportive father in Trap, which also features the feature film debut of Shyamalan's daughter Saleka as pop singer Lady Raven, who plays a major role in the cast of Trap. Saleka's Lady Raven sings and performs throughout Trap at a concert venue where Hartnett's Cooper is being set up. Most of the original music in Trap was made specifically by Saleka...

Trap may not be Hartnett's best movie but it could still be profitable with its low production costs. Shyamalan's films tend to make money despite mixed reviews, with Split being a recent standout. Saleka Shyamalan debuts as Lady Raven in Trap, showcasing her real-life musical talent in the film.

Josh Hartnett stars in M. Night Shyamalan's new psychological horror thriller Trap, which was released in theaters on August 2, 2024. Hartnett has made a major comeback over the last few years after he appeared in Black Mirror season 6 and Christopher Nolan's Best Picture winner Oppenheimer and has shown no signs of slowing down since. He made a surprise guest appearance in The Bear season 3, becoming an official member of the series' coveted expansive universe, and is now playing a serial killer in disguise in Trap, which also features the feature film debut of Shyamalan's daughter Saleka as pop singer Lady Raven.

Josh Hartnett was positioned as a leading man early in his career, but while he was capable of playing a traditional hero, the roles did not always leave room for nuance in character or performance. During this rise to stardom and the years following it, Hartnett has shown more complexity,...

Being a superhero is probably a dream role for a lot of actors. After all, with huge universes like Marvel and DC, landing a part in one of their movies or shows can seriously boost an actor’s career. In other words, it’s kind of like hitting the jackpot.

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But not everyone is on the same page. Take Josh Hartnett, for example. He’s so set on his stance that he actually turned down one of DC’s biggest roles — not once, but twice.

Josh Hartnett Could Have Been Superman Josh Hartnett in The Bear (Hulu)

A successful actor in the 2000s, Josh Hartnett starred in films like Pearl Harbor, Lucky Number Slevin, and 30 Days of Night. However, he decided to take a break from acting for a while. Recently, he’s been busy with new projects, including the Oscar-winning Oppenheimer, season three of The Bear,...

Josh Hartnett’s career has surprised some in the last ten years. The star burst onto the scene in the late ’90s, starring in “Halloween H2O” and “The Faculty.” Through most of the aughts, he soared in the Hollywood limelight with movies like “Black Hawk Down,” “40 Days and 40 Nights,” and “Lucky Number Slevin.” And then, roughly ten years ago, he seemingly disappeared.

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For years, Josh Hartnett was trapped in the dreamboat status of Hollywood. He tried to break free of it by taking on darker roles in films like “The Faculty” and “Black Hawk Down,” but his chiseled features made it hard for audiences to see past his good looks. In a recent interview with Variety, Hartnett addressed this challenge, saying his role in Michael Bay’s “Pearl Harbor” was the straw that finally broke the camel’s back.

“I was still trying to figure out who I was,” Hartnett said. “Something of that magnitude that everybody knew about and sort of thought of me as the character, had an effect on me that I kicked back against. It was always something that I had to contend with at that age, and I was still trying to figure out what I meant to myself and to people around me.”

After his experience on the epic war film,...

The cast of Black Hawk Down featured famous actors at different points in their careers, with stars like Josh Hartnett and Ewan McGregor. Many actors played real people in the movie, with even the most famous stars receiving limited screen time due to the large cast. Black Hawk Down jump-started the careers of young and international cast members, leading to future success in the American film industry.

The cast of Black Hawk Down featured famous actors at both the beginning and peak of their careers. Black Hawk Down tells the story of Task Force Ranger on the disastrous 1993 mission that spiraled into the Battle of Mogadishu. During a raid against the Somali National Alliance, a Somali militia shot down two Black Hawk helicopters and left members of Task Force Ranger stranded in hostile territory. Ridley Scotts 2001 urban war movie boasted recognizable stars like Josh Hartnett, Ewan McGregor, and William Fichtner,...

Dellums served in Congress for nearly three decades, transitioning between different districts and influential committee roles. Before his political career, Dellums was a social worker and activist who supported George McGovern at the 1972 Democratic National Convention. Dellums concluded his political career as the Mayor of Oakland, winning the election in 2006 and passing away in 2018 due to prostate cancer.

Ron Dellums was a key figure in the new Netflix political biopic Shirley. The new Netflix historical biopic follows the true story of Chisholm's historic rise from becoming the first black American woman in the U.S. Congress to the first black American woman to ever run for President of the United States. Dellums is portrayed by actor Dorian Missick, who is best known for his roles in Southland (2012-2013), Lucky Number Slevin (2006), Big Words (2013), and For Life (2020-2021).

Shirley has an outstanding cast led by Regina King, Lucas Hedges, Terrence Howard,...

Great movies shouldn't overlook the importance of a great title, as it acts as the introduction to the film and sets the tone for the audience. Some movie titles can confuse and complicate viewers' expectations, misleading them about the actual content and tone of the film. A good title should draw the audience in, hint at the movie's theme or tone, and give viewers a clear idea of what to expect without being awkward or difficult to pronounce.

Making a great movie requires just the right combination of elements, but unfortunately, finding a great title is often left out of the equation. The story needs to be interesting, the script needs to properly convey that story, and the actors need to bring that story to life. The wardrobe needs to fit, the lighting needs to work, and the score needs to complement the action on screen. The list goes on and on,...

Exclusive: It was described by U.S. authorities as the “biggest military computer hack of all time,” and now the BBC is making a feature-length drama about the man behind the keyboard.

The BBC has greenlit The People v Gary McKinnon, which will tell the story of a Scottish computer hacker who broke into NASA and Pentagon military systems but avoided being extradited to the U.S.

The 90-minute single will be produced by Wall to Wall and is based on a script by Peter Harness, a writer who has worked on Doctor Who and Wallander. Lucky Number Slevin director Paul McGuigan is expected to be attached to direct.

The Guardian reported that the project was a feature film, but Deadline understands the BBC has commissioned the single drama for television. Production will begin next spring, with casting set to take place over the coming months. The BBC declined to comment.

Ben Kingsley has had a versatile career spanning almost 60 years, with 144 acting credits to his name, showcasing his ability to tackle any genre and deliver emotional performances. While Ben Kingsley's role in Maurice was minor, his performance in other projects like Gandhi and House of Sand and Fog earned him critical acclaim and awards recognition. Kingsley's range and talent are evident in his performances in Without A Clue, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, Hugo, Sneakers, Shutter Island, Lucky Number Slevin, and Schindler's List, where he portrays a diverse range of characters with conviction and depth.

Ben Kingsley has had a career spanning almost 60 years on screen. Ben Kingsley is a notable British actor and Oscar winner with over a hundred acting credits to his name. He developed an interest in acting at a young age and began performing in stage plays before moving on to acting...

Kicking October to the curb and bringing in some November goodness is a fresh slate of new content headed to Paramount Global’s streamer Paramount+, including the sequel to the hit 1997 film “Good Burger.”

Paramount+ started off November by adding more than 30 titles to its library, some of which include “Above the Rim,” Season 15 of “Ink Master,” “Gladiator” and “The Color Purple.”

And if you’re looking for some holiday movies to watch with the family, you can deck the halls with “Happy Christmas,” “Mistletoe Ranch” or “Christmas Eve.” When the kids go to sleep, adult-friendly treats like “Bad Santa” and “Bad Santa 2” are also available.

The highly-anticipated “Good Burger 2,” which stars Kel Mitchell, Keenan Thompson, Shar Jackson, Carmen Electra, Josh Server, Alex R. Hibbert, Lori Beth Denberg and Lil Rel Howery, hits the platform on Nov. 22

Here’s everything coming to Paramount+ this November, from “The Truman Show” to “Paw Patrol.

Josh Hartnett's big return to Hollywood in 2023 is prefaced by his notable disappearance from the entertainment industry. Once referred to as the next Tom Cruise in the early 2000s, Hartnett walked away from his remarkable potential to become one of Hollywood's biggest stars throughout the 2010s. While Hartentt has kept his finger on the pulse and maintained relevancy in the acting world over the last two decades, 2023 brings him back to the spotlight in a major and nostalgic way.

Hartnett rose to fame as Jamie Lee Curtis's fictional son in Halloween H20: 20 Years Later in 1998. Hartnett became a Hollywood heartthrob from his performance as Trip Fontaine in The Virgin Suicides before appearing in blockbusters Pearl Harbor and Black Hawk Down. Hartnett's fast-paced acting career came to a halt in the mid-2000s after starring in Lucky Number Slevin with Morgan Freeman and Bruce Willis, raising the question...

The third episode of Black Mirror season 6, "Beyond the Sea," features a stellar cast of recognizable names in nearly every role. Written by showrunner Charlie Brooker and directed by BAFTA-winner John Crowley (Brooklyn), "Beyond the Sea" is set in an alternate version of 1969 and follows two men on a dangerous mission who must face an unimaginable disaster. Perhaps the most star-studded episode of Black Mirror season 6, "Beyond the Sea" is a perfect example of what makes the show so popular. From its ensemble to its retro-futuristic approach to storytelling, few episodes of the anthology series have so perfectly summed up the Black Mirror experience.

Debuting in 2011, Black Mirror immediately made a splash as a modern-day Twilight Zone, complete with anthology-style episodes all about the dangers of technology and its effect on society. With several of Black Mirror's predictions coming true, the series has proved to be more and more...

In 2022, Netflix released a serial killer drama starring Stanley Tucci called Inside Man, and critics had a lot to say about the series. Tucci stars in Inside Man as Jefferson Grieff, an ex-criminology professor on death row in an Arizona prison for murdering his wife. David Tennant co-stars as British vicar Harry Watling, who accepts an incriminating Usb drive from a troubled parishioner and ends up locking a woman in his basement to keep her from reporting it to the police. Grieff and the woman in Watling’s basement – Janice Fife (played by Dolly Wells) – cross paths in the most unexpected way.

Inside Man was created and written by Steven Moffat, best known as the showrunner of Doctor Who and Sherlock. All four episodes were directed by Paul McGuigan, who helmed the feature films Lucky Number Slevin, Victor Frankenstein and Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool. He also previously...

A new video shows Bruce Willis in good spirits as his family members sing him a touching rendition of Happy Birthday. Best known for hit movies like Die Hard, Unbreakable, The Sixth Sense, and a host of others, Willis announced his retirement from movies last March. While it was initially revealed that the actor was retiring due to aphasia, his family has since shared that Willis' condition has progressed and that he has a form of dementia called frontotemporal dementia (Ftd).

Now, several weeks following Willis' post-retirement health update, Demi Moore, Willis' ex-wife, has shared a new video of the star celebrating his 68th birthday surrounded by his family.

Happy birthday, Bw! So glad we could celebrate you today. Love you and love our family. Thank you to everyone for the love and warm wishes - we all feel them. pic.twitter.com/vcb50QP9hr — Demi Moore (@justdemi) March...

Lionsgate announced on Thursday that its Kingdom Story Company drama Ordinary Angels, starring 2x Oscar winner Hilary Swank (Alaska Daily) and Alan Ritchson (Reacher), will open wide on October 13th.

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The film is now set to debut against the continuation of horror classic The Exorcist from Universal, Peacock, Blumhouse and Morgan Creek.

Based on a remarkable true story, and directed by Jon Gunn (The Unbreakable Boy), Ordinary Angels centers on Sharon Steves (Swank), a fierce but struggling hairdresser in small-town Kentucky who discovers a renewed sense of purpose when she meets Ed Schmitt (Ritchson), a widower working hard to make ends meet for his two daughters.

Josh Hartnett is an American actor who made his feature film debut in 1998 with the movie “Halloween H20: 20 Years Later”. Since then, he has gone on to star in numerous other Hollywood films including Pearl Harbor, Black Hawk Down, Lucky Number Slevin and 30 Days of Night. He also starred alongside Bruce Willis and Samuel L. Jackson in the 2006 hit movie, The Black Dahlia.

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Hartnett began his career as a child actor, appearing in several television commercials before getting his big break in 1998 with Halloween H20. From there he continued to gain recognition for his roles as both a leading man and supporting character in a variety of genres including romantic comedies, dramas and thrillers. His breakout role came when he portrayed the lead character in 2001’s Pearl Harbor.

Hartnett has been nominated for several awards throughout his career, including an MTV Movie Award for Best...

Sir Ben Kingsley is one of the most acclaimed actors of his time. He's received countless accolades throughout his career and has graced both the silver screen and the stage with a wide variety of roles. It's pretty amazing how eclectic his selection of parts is. Here's someone who can play both the titular role in "Gandhi" and pop up as the silly bad guy in the Sacha Baron Cohen comedy "The Dictator."

Kingsley's most famous roles in films like "Bugsy," "House of Sand and Fog," and "Death and the Maiden" are often cited among his best, but his career is more complex than simply a list of accolades. While his early work distinguished him as someone who would leave behind a grand legacy, Kingsley is still a working actor that continues to pop up in new projects. Between his recurring role as Trevor Slattery in the Marvel Cinematic Universe...

Despite huge acclaim from critics, The Banshees of Inisherin may puzzle some fans with its odd title. Of course, this is not the first great movie that is somewhat challenged with a title that either confuses or fails to draw audiences.

Beloved classics like The Shawshank Redemption and underseen gems like Lucky Number Slevin are just some of the movies fans on Reddit have loved but that they admit could have chosen a better name. Whether it doesn't fit the story it tells or it is too strange to entice fans, these are some great movies with bad titles.

The Nice Guys (2016)

Shane Black is a master of the buddy-cop genre and he returned to this kind of story in The Nice Guys. Set in the 1970s, it follows an enforcer and a private eye who reluctantly team up to solve a missing person case.

The Nice Guys may not...

The food-loving actor and author on playing an evil genius in Inside Man, the brilliance of Whitney Houston and running out of space for booze

The actor Stanley Tucci, 61, was born in Westchester, New York, to parents of Italian descent. His debut film role was in John Huston’s Prizzi’s Honor (1985). He later starred in The Devil Wears Prada, The Lovely Bones, Spotlight and The Hunger Games and has directed five films, including cult comedy Big Night. Tucci has also written two cookbooks and food memoir Taste and hosted the Emmy-winning culinary travel series Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy. He now stars in new BBC One drama Inside Man, written by Steven Moffat.

Were you a fan of Steven Moffat’s writing before signing up for Inside Man?

Very much. I adored Sherlock. Steven has a very dark sense of humour, as do I, so I was excited to read the Inside Man scripts.

If your summer holiday entertainment menu is in need of a colourful kick up the arse, Bullet Train comes barrelling into cinemas this week. The Japan-based comical caper – weaned on a diet of liquidised Guy Ritchie mockney monologues and lesser Statham Transporter fights – might be as woefully Westernised as its influences sound but there are worse ways to kill two hours.

Returning to his deadly day job after a period of self-reflection, Ladybug (Brad Pitt) is feeling ambivalent about the whole gun-for-hire biz. To the extent that he’s reluctant to pack a piece at all. But his honey-voiced handler Maria (Sandra Bullock) persuades him to step into the shoes of a colleague from the assassin community who is off sick with a dicky tummy. Board an iconic train, grab a case, deliver the case, and pocket the fee. How hard can the assignment be?

Double hard bastard hard, as it transpires.

May 2022 represents the calm before the storm for Amazon Prime Video. Early June will see the arrival of the much-hyped third season of The Boys. Before all that, however, Prime has some other streaming goodies to tide you over.

This month is highlighted by a handful of intriguing original series. Season two of Amazon’s sleeper hit The Wilds premieres on May 6. This pulpy mystery series about a group of teenage girls marooned on an island is Prime Video’s version of Lost or Yellowjackets so give it a watch if that kind of thing sounds up your alley. Also arriving on May 6 is the true crime docuseries The Unsolved Murder of Beverly Lynn Smith.

Canada’s finest comedy goobers The Kids in the Hall return in a rebooted version of their sketch series on May 13. The week after that J.K. Simmons will try his hand at sci-fi once again...

An original sci-fi series starring two Oscar winners, the second season of a buzzworthy teen show and the return of a beloved cult comedy series are just some of the new additions to Amazon Prime Video in May.

Below, you can peruse a full list of the movies and TV shows that are being added to Amazon Prime Video in May 2022. The second season of the Prime Video original series “The Wilds” debuts on May 6, telling the story of a group of girls who have been stranded on an island as part of an experiment.

And on May 13, the iconic Canadian sketch comedy troupe “The Kids in the Hall” return for a slew of new episodes, reunited for the first time in years.

If it’s original sci-fi you’re into, J.K. Simmons and Sissy Spacek play a couple who have a portal in their backyard in the new series “Night Sky,...

The month of May is setting up to have a solid slate of programming on Prime Video and Amazon Freevee as the streamers unveil their lineups. From returning favorites like The Wilds, new titles such as Night Sky and the spinoff Bosch: Legacy to a highly-anticipated reboot of The Kids in the Hall and plenty of familiar movie titles, there’s something for everyone. Below, we’re unveiling the full month’s slate of what’s coming to Prime Video and Amazon Freevee in May 2022. Scroll for the list, below. Available for Streaming on Prime Video: May 1 Blue’s Clues: Season 1 A Quiet Place Part II Rumble Clifford the Big Red Dog Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins Wrath of Man Independence Day Tombstone Open Range Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story The Guardian Office Space Enemy of the State Pearl Harbor Fat Albert Lucky Number Slevin The Angriest Man in Brooklyn...

Nehemiah Persoff, who appeared as Barbra Streisand’s rabbi father in “Yentl” and had roles in hundreds of films and TV series including “Some Like It Hot” and “Twins,” died Tuesday in San Luis Obispo, Calif. He was 102.

His death was confirmed by his daughter, Dahlia Reano. Beyond prolific, Persoff racked up almost 200 credits in film and TV in a career that began in the very earliest days of television.

Persoff broke through in the 1959 movie “Some Like It Hot,” in which he played mobster boss Little Bonaparte. (The actor had been the last surviving member of the cast.) Early in his career, he was known for playing villainous tough guys, such as in Alfred Hitchcock’s “The Wrong Man,” starring Henry Fonda, and “Al Capone,” starring Rod Steiger, in which he had a substantial role as Johnny Torrio, the mobster who mentored Capone only to be replaced by him.

This celebrated dysfunctional family story won four Oscars, the most deserved easily being Alvin Sargent’s superb adapted screenplay. The viewer buzz initially centered on the surprise of Mary Tyler Moore’s unexpected casting against type, but even more alarming was author Judith Guest’s scary message that ‘perfect’ families are an illusion. We found the drama absorbing and bought the performances 100 — Sutherland, Hirsch, Hutton, McGovern. It’s clearly Robert Redford’s best job of direction.

Ordinary People

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1980 / Color / 1:85 widescreen / 124 min. / Street Date March 29, 2022 / Available from Amazon and listed at Paramount / 25.99

Starring: Donald Sutherland, Mary Tyler Moore, Judd Hirsch, Timothy Hutton, M. Emmet Walsh, Elizabeth McGovern, Dinah Manoff, Adam Baldwin, Frederic Lehne, James B. Sikking.

Cinematography: John Bailey

Art Directors: Phillip Bennett, J. Michael Riva

Film Editor: Jeff Kanew

Original Music: Marvin Hamlisch

Written by Alvin Sargent from the novel by Judith Guest

Produced by Ronald L. Schwary...

Exclusive: Dorian Missick (Shirley), Pamela Reed (Outside In), Amanda Warren and Jim Klock (The Underground Railroad) will round out the cast of Prime Video’s The Burial, which is currently in production.

They’re set to star alongside previously announced cast members including Jamie Foxx, Tommy Lee Jones, Jurnee Smollett, Mamoudou Athie and Bill Camp.

Based on the New Yorker article by Jonathan Harr, The Burial follows a charismatic personal injury lawyer famous for his impressive track record and loudly unconventional approach who decides to help a funeral home owner save his family business from a predatory corporate behemoth. In a move to bring emotional resonance to a dry contract law case, the lawyer digs up an unexpected and complex web of race, power and oppression that forces everyone to examine long-buried prejudices they didn’t know they had.

Maggie Betts is directing from a script by Doug Wright.

Czech showrunner and screenwriter Štěpán Hulík (“Burning Bush”) and Slovak director Michal Blaško have landed their new drama miniseries “Suspicion” in this year’s Berlin Series sidebar, making history as the first series from the region to do so.

The series follows callous and bitter nurse Hana Kučerová (Klára Melíšková) as she is accused of euthanasia following rumors of her violations and poor treatment of patients. When she is jailed, her frayed relationship with her daughter Tereza (Denisa Barešová) is put to the test as she is left with very few options to prove her innocence.

Hulík’s screenplay is foundationally built on the character of Hana, whose icy disposition challenges the assumed innocence of a protagonist. Melíšková’s portrayal brings a chill to every scene, whether one questions her guilt or not. “Suspicion” is a snapshot of social conspiracy, and points as much at presupposition as it does at justice.

A man wrongly accused and on the run. A beautiful blonde woman with secrets. A cross-country suspense-filled adventure that brought the two together in a way that just barely escaped the censorship board of '50s America. These were the ingredients of a classic Hitchcock film. And in 1959, they were perfected. Shortly after the release of more psychologically intense films like 1956's "The Wrong Man" and 1958's "Vertigo," Hitchcock longed for something lighter. While collaborating with writer Ernest Lehman on a different project, the two realized they could create "the Hitchcock picture to end all Hitchcock pictures."Hitchcock and Lehman brainstormed possible setpieces before anything else: a...

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After a slew of hit films in the early 2000s, including Lucky Number Slevin, Black Hawk Down, 30 Days of Night, and Pearl Harbor, Josh Hartnett put a pause on his relationship with Hollywood. Now, he's explaining why.  On Wednesday, Dec. 8, the Penny Dreadful actor made an appearance on Australia's Channel Seven morning program Sunrise and shared that his decision to keep "Hollywood at bay" in the mid-2000s was "the best thing for my mental health and my career."  According to Hartnett, his decision to step away from the leading man limelight in favor of taking on more artistic roles came after he discovered what mattered most to him...

Exclusive: Story Syndicate, the New York-based film and television production company founded by Oscar- and Emmy-winning filmmaking couple Dan Cogan and Liz Garbus, has added four executives to its growing ranks.

Joining Story Syndicate in the newly-created role of COO is Mala Chapple, a Peabody-winning and Emmy nominated executive producer and production executive who previously held the title of SVP of Content Strategy, Operations, and Media Partnerships at Viacom. Chapple will be tasked with overseeing “the company’s growing production slate as well as its business operations,” according to a release.

Nell Constantinople and Jack Youngelson will take on the roles of SVP of Current, while Shane Tilston joins in the position of VP of Production, reporting to Chapple. All the new hires will “work directly with Cogan and Garbus to continue to expand and build out the company’s production and development content slate.”

Story Syndicate, which describes itself...

Gotta love that title! Producer Walter Mirisch’s small-scale Monogram noir was once assumed lost, but now it’s making its home video debut on Blu-ray. A luckless young entertainer finds himself neck deep in murder trouble, when an unbreakable string of circumstantial evidence points directly at him. As the date of his execution nears, the only way his desperate wife can help him is to encourage the detective on the case to think he has a chance with her. Taken from a Cornell Woolrich story, the show tries hard despite its low budget — we can almost feel Mirisch behind the scenes, making sure the picture has heart and sincerity.

I Wouldn’t Be in Your Shoes

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1948 / B&w Color / 1:37 Academy / 71 min. / Available at Amazon.com / Street Date July 20, 2021 / 21.99

Starring: Don Castle, Elyse Knox, Regis Toomey, Charles D. Brown, Rory Mallinson, Robert Lowell, Dorothy Vaughan, Steve Darrell,...

Though Marvel has decided to consolidate all of its cinematic universe offerings onto Disney+, some outliers still live on for other streaming services. In May 2021, Hulu is set to premiere the latest non-canon Marvel series.

The animated comedy Marvel’s M.O.D.O.K. is set to premiere on May 21 and stars Patton Oswalt as the titular Marvel villain. Oswalt’s Modok is every bit the devious floating head that he’s depicted as in the comics. He’s also your every day family man and the show will take on the format of a workplace sitcom. Sounds kinda fun! It’s no wonder that M.O.D.O.K. is the last Hulu Marvel show standing.

In non-Marvel offerings this month, Shrill will debut its third and final season on May 7. This comedy based on Lindy West’s memoir and starring SNL‘s Aidy Bryant has been a consistently bright presence on the streaming scene since...

Lucy Liu has joined the cast of New Line/DC’s “Shazam! Fury of the Gods,” the company announced on Monday.

Liu will play the villainous Kalypso, a second daughter of Atlas and sister to Hespera, played by Helen Mirren. Liu is the latest addition to the cast, which includes “West Side Story” breakout Rachel Zegler, who the wrap exclusively reported will appear in an as-yet-undisclosed role that will be key to the story.

The sequel to New Line and DC Comics’ acclaimed 2019 film “Shazam!,” “Shazam: Fury of the Gods” will continue the story of teenage Billy Batson who, upon reciting the magic word “Shazam!” is struck by the Living Lightning of the gods and transformed into his adult superhero alter ego, Shazam.

Asher Angel returns as Billy, with Zachary Levi once again playing the kid-at-heart superhero alter ego Shazam, bestowed with the powers of six gods: the wisdom of Solomon,...

Exclusive: Condor TV series creators and showrunners Jason Smilovic and Todd Katzberg are adapting Isabella Maldonado’s novel The Cipher, a movie which we told you Jennifer Lopez was attached to star in.

In The Cipher, FBI agent Nina Guerrero (Lopez) finds herself drawn into a serial killer’s case after he strategically posts complex codes and riddles online corresponding to recent murders in order to lure her into a cat and mouse chase.

Lopez is producing with her partners Elaine Goldsmith Thomas and Benny Medina. EPs are Liza Fleissig, Ginger Harris-Dontzin, Maldonado, Catherine Hagedorn. Courtney Baxter is assoicate producer.

Condor ran for two seasons on the Audience Channel, the series an adaptation the 1975 feature Three Days of the Condor. The series starred William Hurt, Bob Balaban, Mira Sorvino, and Max Irons.

Smilovic and Katzberg most recently adapted the Robert Littell’s cold war era novel The Sisters for Pioneer Pictures...

We’ve learned who will play Black Mask in the CW’s Batwoman. Nikita alum Peter Outerbridge is set to recur as the DC villain for the remainder of Season 2.

Outerbridge’s Roman Sionis, aka Black Mask, will be a major part of the storyline through the rest of the season. By day, Roman is a pragmatic and charismatic CEO who plays the “white knight” against Gotham’s corrupt systems. As Black Mask, an evil mastermind with a deep hatred of The Crows and masked vigilantes, he is willing to tear down Gotham to enact his revenge.

In Sunday’s episode, we learned that Kate Kane survived the plane crash shown in the Season 2 premiere, with the introduction of Wallis Day as an altered version of Kate. At the end of Sunday’s episode we find Kate Kane alive, but unrecognizable due to injuries she sustained in the crash. She...

Anthony Rhulen, the founder and CEO of FilmEngine Entertainment, died January 15 at age 51.

He died in Pasadena after losing a battle with addiction, according to the Times Herald-Record, the newspaper in upstate New York where Rhulen grew up in Monticello, NY, and where his family still resides.

Rhulen launched FilmEngine, an indie financing/producing company, which made 13 films that included the big genre hit The Butterfly Effect and its sequel, Lucky Number Slevin, Rum Diary, O, The Cleaner, Sleepwalking, Evidence, Killing Season and Hunter’s Prayer.

Rhulen is survived by his mother, Judy Rhulen; siblings, Erik Rhulen, Harry Rhulen and his wife, Jennifer, and Suzy Loughlin and her husband, Joseph; as well as nieces and nephew, Juliette Loughlin, and her husband, Rob Crawford, Zoe Rhulen and Max Rhulen.

After graduating from Syracuse University, Rhulen came to Hollywood by way of the insurance agency Film Bond Inc., and soon he acquired...

Rhonda Fleming died last Wednesday in Santa Monica, California. The 97-year-old actress, who had left a successful 15-year career as a leading lady in studio films 60 years ago, was correctly noted in her obituaries as “the Queen of Technicolor” because of her flaming red hair, as well as her significant presence as a film noir actress, particularly in Jacques Tourneur’s masterpiece “Out of the Past” (1947).

Her films included a number of now-acclaimed auteurist titles like Budd Boetticher’s “The Killer Is Loose,” Allan Dwan’s “Slightly Scarlet” and “Tennessee’s Partner,” and Fritz Lang’s “While the City Sleeps,” to go along with more mainstream titles like “The Spiral Staircase” and “The Gunfight at O.K. Corral.”

Unlike actresses like Ingrid Bergman, Grace Kelly, Tippi Hedren, and others who made multiple films with Alfred Hitchcock, Fleming is less identified with the master. But he provided her with her breakout role in 1945’s “Spellbound.

Special Bonus Episode – Author/filmmaker/Hitchcock Laurent Bouzereau expert discusses five Hitchcock movies he wishes got more love.

Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode

Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind (2020)

Rear Window (1954)

Psycho (1960)

Vertigo (1958)

The Birds (1963)

Matinee (1993)

Marnie (1964)

The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)

Rope (1948)

Dial M For Murder (1954)

Dr. No (1962)

Family Plot (1976)

Explorers (1985)

Body Double (1984)

Stage Fright (1950)

Scrooge (1951)

The Wrong Man (1956)

Citizen Kane (1941)

The Trouble With Harry (1955)

Suspicion (1941)

Torn Curtain (1966)

North By Northwest (1959)

Topaz (1969)

Foreign Correspondent (1940)

Young And Innocent (1937)

Waltzes from Vienna (1934)

Under Capricorn (1949)

Jamaica Inn (1939)

Dr. Strangelove (1964)

Other Notable Items

Laurent’s book Alma Hitchcock: The Woman Behind The Man (2004)

The Alfred Hitchcock Classics Collection Blu-ray collection (2020)

Thomas Narcejac

James Stewart

Laurent’s Five Came Back TV series (2014)

Kim Novak

Vera Miles

Grace Kelly

Tippi Hedren

Cary Grant

Alain Resnais

Ray Milland

Anthony Dawson

The Tower Theater in Philadelphia

Bruce Dern

Rod Taylor

Jessica Tandy

Craig Wasson

Suzanne Pleshette...

Milan Peter Sova, who was the cinematographer on such revered films as Diner and Donnie Brasco during his long career, has died. He passed Aug. 27 at his home in South Kortight, New York. No cause of death was given. Born in Czechoslovakia, Sova emigrated to the US in the mid-1960s. Early in his career, he shot the award-winning Short Eyes,” a 1977 film directed by Robert M. Young and starring Bruce Davison. The film was shot in a Manhattan prison and featured real inmates in the cast.

From there, Sova went on to shoot many of Barry Levinson’s early films, including Diner, Good Morning Vietnam, and Tin Man. He also was the director of photography on Mike Newell’s Donnie Brasco and worked with director Paul McGuigan on the films Gangster #1, The Reckoning, and Lucky Number Slevin.

His most recent work was on the documentary Driven to Abstraction.

He is survived by his son,...

Peter Sova, the Czechoslovakian-born cinematographer who shot Diner and three other films for Barry Levinson and Lucky Number Slevin and four other movies for Paul McGuigan, has died. He was 75.

Sova died Aug. 27 at his home in South Kortight, New York, his family announced.

Sova’s Dp credits also included Mike Newell’s Donnie Brasco (1997) and Jonathan Lynn’s Sgt. Bilko (1996), starring Steve Martin, and he served as a photographer for famed documentarian Errol Morris on The Thin Blue Line (1988), Fast, Cheap & Out of Control (1997) and Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter Jr. (1999).

As ...

Peter Sova, the Czechoslovakian-born cinematographer who shot Diner and three other films for Barry Levinson and Lucky Number Slevin and four other movies for Paul McGuigan, has died. He was 75.

Sova died Aug. 27 at his home in South Kortight, New York, his family announced.

Sova’s Dp credits also included Mike Newell’s Donnie Brasco (1997) and Jonathan Lynn’s Sgt. Bilko (1996), starring Steve Martin, and he served as a photographer for famed documentarian Errol Morris on The Thin Blue Line (1988), Fast, Cheap & Out of Control (1997) and Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter Jr. (1999).

As ...

When Sherlock debuted a decade ago on the BBC, it was unlike anything else on television. For one, the format was a bit odd: one season of three 90-minute episodes. For another, it didn’t look like anything else on TV: Text messages that appear as part of the mise-en-scène. Edits and scene transitions that move us elegantly and efficiently through space and time. All part of a visual language that brings us into the mind of one of the cleverest characters in all of pop culture as he does what he does best: solves mysteries.

While TV is famously more of a writer’s than a director’s medium, the filmmaker behind the camera for a series pilot has an immense impact on the tone of the show. They are the creator who crafts the visual language for the series, the one whose style all subsequent series directors will...

“Hamilton” director Thomas Kail and Jennifer Todd have signed an overall deal with 20th Century Fox Television, a division of Disney Television Studios.

As part of the multi-year pact, which began in February, Kail and Todd have formed a new television company that will develop for all platforms under Kail’s Old 320 Sycamore banner.

Per 20th Century Fox TV, “The deal covers the pairs’ development of television projects only; Kail will separately produce films under his Old 320 Sycamore Pictures banner and Kate Sullivan will continue to serve as head of development for both companies with Kelly Applegate serving as creative executive. Todd will continue producing films under her own banner, Jennifer Todd Pictures, which has a first-look feature deal with MGM. Brittany Hapner will continue to oversee projects for Jennifer Todd Pictures, and will work for both entities.”

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