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‘Die Hart 2: Die Harter’ Trailer: Kevin Hart, John Cena, & Nathalie Emmanuel Team For Season 2 Of Roku’s Action-Comedy
Kevin Hart’s action-comedy series Die Hart was one of many projects to emerge from the failed Quibi experiment. The first season repackaged into a movie and shipped over to The Roku Channel and, most recently, Prime Video, the series is already back for season two with the appropriately-titled Die Hart 2: Die Harter. Hart returns…
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‘Die Hart’ Trailer: Kevin Hart Gets Schooled By John Travolta In How To Be An Action Star
Remember Quibi? It’s okay if you don’t. The short-lived streaming service offered bite-sized episodes of its programming for easier viewing on mobile platforms. While the service went belly-up, much of its content found its way elsewhere. Such is the case with the Kevin Hart comedy series, Die Hart, which was scooped up by Amazon. Amazon…
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Review: ‘Swimming With Sharks’
Diane Kruger And Kiernan Shipka Bring ‘Wild Things’ Vibe Emboldened By The Power, Chaos, And Struggle of Hollywood
Swimming With Sharks is a psychological thriller and gender swapped remake of George Huang’s 1994 dark comedy film of the same title name. The original film featured Kevin Spacey as a media mogul who’s reputation of douchebaggery and torment of his assistant leads to devastating circumstances that are madley driven by male dominated ego, obsession,…
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‘Code 8’ Sequel In The Works With Stephen And Robbie Amell Returning
One of the great crowd-funding success stories, the sci-fi film Code 8 starred brothers Stephen and Robbie Amell. It became something of a cult favorite back in 2019, and launched a Quibi spinoff series that died along with the streaming service. But fans can take heart, because where one project goes away, a sequel has…
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2021 Critics Choice Awards: ‘Nomadland’ Takes Best Picture, Wins Four Total Awards
Tonight, me and my colleagues held the 26th annual Critics Choice Awards, hosted once again by Taye Diggs in a virtual/in-person hybrid ceremony. Going in, Mank led the way with twelve nominations, but David Fincher’s Citizen Kane drama only came away with one victory for Production Design. The big winner of the night on the…
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Hugh Grant And Josh Hartnett Join Jason Statham In Guy Ritchie’s Upcoming Action Film
Here’s a fun bit of casting news for a film that I’m starting to get really pumped for. Guy Ritchie’s Five Eyes, an action flick that will reunite him with old pal Jason Statham, is starting to come together quite nicely. Deadline reports that latest additions are Hugh Grant, who is currently in talks, and…
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The Punch Drunk Critics ‘Best and Worst of 2020’
It’s that time of year, dear reader. We join forces to give you insight into our top picks in a very strange year for cinema. Each of our staff writers and contributors (with the exception of Travis, he’s got his own gamut of lists you can check out here) have come up with their favorite…
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‘Let Them All Talk’ Trailer: Meryl Streep Goes For A Cruise In Steven Soderbergh’s HBO Max Film
Given his experimental roots, that Steven Soderbergh would take advantage of the many distribution opportunities streaming affords isn’t a surprise. He’s worked with Netflix on both High Flying Bird and The Laundromat, one of those shot on an Iphone; and even headed to Quibi where he produced the thriller series Wireless. And now with Let…
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Adam Driver To Star in Mysterious Film ’65’ From Sam Raimi And ‘A Quiet Place’ Writers
Look at the list of directors Adam Driver has already had to work with: Steven Spielberg, Clint Eastwood, Spike Lee, Rian Johnson, Noah Baumbach, Terry Gilliam, Jim Jarmusch, Ridley Scott, Jeff Nichols, JJ Abrams, and that’s just the start. That’s a list any actor would kill for, and now Driver can boast that Sam Raimi…
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Ryan Reynolds To Co-Write And Star In Netflix Comedy ‘Upstate’
Netflix and Ryan Reynolds are staying in business together for the long haul. The 6 Underground star already has the star-studded flick Red Notice on the way, and now Reynolds has decided to do what he does best, comedy, in the upcoming film Upstate. Deadline reports Reynolds will star in Upstate, a Netflix comedy he’ll…