On the heels of an Academy Awards ceremony that found South Korea breaking into the Oscars for the first time with the history-making “Parasite,” and at a critical moment for diversity in the entertainment community, the… 366 more words

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HBO has released the official teaser trailer for “Run,” its upcoming romantic-comedy thriller, executive-produced by jack-of-all-trades Phoebe Waller-Bridge (the Emmy-winning force behind “Fleabag,” “Killing Eve,” and “Crashing”). 402 more words

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With “Farmageddon,” the stop-motion sequel to the Oscar-nominated “Shaun the Sheep Movie” (now streaming on Netflix), Aardman couldn’t resist embracing sci-fi for the first time. 710 more words

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The week that “Locke & Key” made its global debut on Netflix, there was a set of massive signs at L.A. Live outside the Staples Center. 1,047 more words

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In the early days of smartphone video, shooting something vertically amounted to sacrilege to many purists who believed only in landscape orientation. Snapchat and TikTok eroded that sentiment enough that the upcoming… 373 more words

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Back in August, when Universal released the first trailer for Paul Feig’s rom-com “Last Christmas,” internet sleuths were quick to read between the lines and come to a conclusion much to the filmmakers chagrin: Henry Golding’s holiday knight-in-shining armor to Emilia Clarke’s disillusioned Christmas-store elf is actually a ghost. 582 more words

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As Neon basked in the afterglow of four Oscar wins including Best Picture for “Parasite,” the movie doubled its gross on its 19th weekend, by far its best showing. 1,801 more words

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Two holidays, four new releases, and a few Oscar boosts made for a strong weekend. Though it fell behind last month’s stellar three days around Martin Luther King Day (which featured “Bad Boys for Life”), we saw an improvement of 25%, or $30 million, over the same dates last year. 1,181 more words

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Matthew Toffolo: What is your screenplay about? Zach Kalinyak: The screenplay is about Larry Trenton’s success of turning had-been enemies into a close-knit family striving to unravel a galactic conspiracy that all of these aliens have unwittingly stumbled upon, earning them places on a hit-list. 2. What genres does your screenplay fall under? Comedy, Action, […]

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Matthew Toffolo: What is your screenplay about? Kim Renner: The screenplay is about Liv, a young American girl who travels to India in search of ways to better herself. She wants to heal the emotional pain she experiences from the lack of a father figure she has had in her life until now. Niraj, one […]

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