TV Reviews

Smoke TV Review: Taron Egerton and Jurnee Smollett lead Dennis Lehane’s true crime-inspired thriller

Posted 1 month ago

A darkly funny procedural that pits cops against dual arsonists co-starring Greg Kinnear, Rafe Spall, Anna Chlumsky, and John Leguizamo.

TV Interviews

Black Bird Interview: Dennis Lehane talks about bringing the incredible true story to AppleTV+

Posted 3 years ago

Dennis Lehane is best known as the novelist behind the books Shutter Island, Mystic River, Gone Baby Gone, and Live By Night. While a successful writer, Lehane has also worked on TV projects like The Wire, The Outsider, and Mr....

TV Interviews

Black Bird Interview: Taron Egerton discusses his new AppleTV+ series

Posted 3 years ago

Taron Egerton has been quickly building one hell of a career, and I got a chance to talk with him about it during a new interview for the series Black Bird. From starring in action movies like Kingsman and Robin...

TV Trailers

Black Bird trailer features one of Ray Liotta’s final roles

Posted 3 years ago

Apple TV has released the first trailer for Black Bird. The new limited series stars Taron Egerton as Jimmy Keene, a convicted drug dealer given the choice of a lifetime — befriend a suspected serial killer in a maximum-security prison...

Russell Crowe to run the mob in A Prophet remake American Son

Posted 5 years ago

Paramount Pictures has set Russell Crowe to lead the mob thriller, AMERICAN SON, based on Jacques Audiard’s French movie A PROPHET. The project was originally set up Sony Pictures but Paramount is now going full steam ahead on the film. AMERICAN...

Sam Raimi may direct remake of French crime thriller A Prophet

Posted 9 years ago

Sam Raimi hasn't directed a feature film since 2013's OZ THE GREAT AND POWERFUL, but according to Variety, he is currently in talks with Sony to helm a remake of Jacques Audiard's Oscar-nominated French thriller A PROPHET. The script was...

Ben Affleck to begin production on Live By Night this November

Posted 10 years ago

With the recent news that Ben Affleck would co-write and direct a solo Batman movie tentatively set for a 2018 release, Warner Bros has finally given a formal greenlight to his long gestating project LIVE BY NIGHT. Previously set for...

Rosamund Pike to star alongside Christian Bale in The Deep Blue Good-by

Posted 10 years ago

Director James Mangold (THE WOLVERINE, 3:10 TO YUMA), aside from being attached to the next solo Wolverine flick, has also had his sights set on directing the first in a mystery series featuring sleuth Travis McGee.  THE DEEP BLUE GOOD-BY...

Review: The Drop (TIFF 2014)

Posted 11 years ago

PLOT: Bob Saginowsk (Tom Hardy) works at his cousin Marv’s (James Gandolfini) bar, which doubles as a “drop” for mob money. When the two are robbed for a relatively small amount, they realize how vulnerable they are to robberies, which...

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