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Rebecca Hall is one of our great, underrated actresses. She holds the screen like few others and is unafraid to play seriously flawed characters. Is anyone better at showcasing stubbornness, [...]

It’s hard to imagine just how the talented B.J. Novak pitched VENGEANCE to the money guys. The project he wrote and directed is a neo-noir thriller about a dead girl, but that’s where the [...]

When it comes to translating DC Comics superheroes from the page to the screen, the true masters are those working in the Warner Bros animation department. (Sorry, Christopher Nolan.) Ever since [...]

Writer/director Jordan Peele has set out in his film career to truly elevate the genre of horror, make it more intelligent, and use it to comment on society’s ills. He did so successfully in both [...]

It has been said that Bond movies are only as good as their villains. Generally, that’s accurate as the better ones (GOLDFINGER, CASINO ROYALE) had distinctive baddies. The same could be said [...]

It’s high time that Juliette Binoche is acknowledged as one of cinema’s all-time greatest actresses, an equal peer to Hepburn, Davis, Streep, or Blanchett. She may not don wigs and accents, but [...]

Actress Daisy Edgar-Jones made a big name for herself with her brilliant performance in the Hulu miniseries NORMAL PEOPLE two years ago and since then, Hollywood has been beckoning. She was very [...]

It’s a hoary cliché to say, “They don’t make ‘em like they used to,” but there may be no better way to describe the new comedy MRS. HARRIS GOES TO PARIS. It feels like the kind of adorable period [...]

The first THOR film in 2011 brilliantly straddled the line between goofy and gallant. It was a clever adventure, not to mention a star-making turn for Chris Hemsworth, with just the right amount [...]