‘The Fear of 13’ Theater Review: Adrien Brody Brings Unquestionable Commitment to a Death Row Drama Dulled by Pedestrian Writing

‘The Fear of 13’ Theater Review: Adrien Brody Brings Unquestionable Commitment to a Death Row Drama Dulled by Pedestrian Writing

Righteous indignation over the travesty of the American justice system and staunch advocacy against wrongful incarceration make it natural to want to applaud The Fear of 13. The same goes for Adrien Brody’s intensely wrought performance as Nick Yarris, who spent 22 years on death row in Pennsylvania for a murder and rape he did not…

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#David Cronenberg Thinks ‘The Brutalist’ AI Backlash Was a Smear Campaign by Other Oscar Nominees: “A Harvey Weinstein Kind of Thing”

#David Cronenberg Thinks ‘The Brutalist’ AI Backlash Was a Smear Campaign by Other Oscar Nominees: “A Harvey Weinstein Kind of Thing”

David Cronenberg has offered up his thoughts on the backlash that the Oscar-winning film The Brutalist was on the receiving end of throughout awards season. The Canadian filmmaker was at a London Soundtrack Festival talk with career-long collaborator Howard Shore to discuss some of the films they’ve partnered on over the years. The two visionaries…

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#Director Brady Corbet Gets Emotional Discussing Staggeringly Ambitious Post-War Epic ‘The Brutalist’

#Director Brady Corbet Gets Emotional Discussing Staggeringly Ambitious Post-War Epic ‘The Brutalist’

The Venice Film Festival is buzzing over director Brady Corbet’s monumental historical drama The Brutalist, starring Adrien Brody, Felicity Jones and Guy Pearce. The film won’t officially premiere until Sunday night, but the thunderous applause and rapt excitement that followed the film out of its first press screenings on the Lido has many festival-goers speculating that it’s the…

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#Magic Johnson’s Rivalry With Larry Bird Heats Up in HBO’s ‘Winning Time’ Season 2 Trailer

#Magic Johnson’s Rivalry With Larry Bird Heats Up in HBO’s ‘Winning Time’ Season 2 Trailer

The escalating rivalry between the Los Angeles Lakers’ Magic Johnson (Quincy Isaiah) and the Boston Celtics’ Larry Bird (Sean Patrick Small) takes center stage in the trailer for the second season of HBO’s Winning Time. In the footage released Monday from the basketball-centric series created by Max Borenstein and Jim Hecht, the Lakers are looking…

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#‘Ghosted’ Review: Chris Evans and Ana de Armas Mix Romance with Secret Agent Antics in Apple TV+’s Frothy Action-Adventure

#‘Ghosted’ Review: Chris Evans and Ana de Armas Mix Romance with Secret Agent Antics in Apple TV+’s Frothy Action-Adventure

If you found yourself craving a full meal of Ana de Armas as a butt-kicking CIA agent after the appetizer serving in No Time to Die, Apple TV+ has got you covered. The Oscar-nominated Blonde survivor plays another unflappable American intelligence agent, as handy with her fists as her guns, in Ghosted, rekindling her Knives…

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#‘Manodrome’ Review: Jesse Eisenberg and Adrien Brody in Overwrought Toxic Masculinity Thriller

#‘Manodrome’ Review: Jesse Eisenberg and Adrien Brody in Overwrought Toxic Masculinity Thriller

‘Manodrome’ Review: Jesse Eisenberg and Adrien Brody in Overwrought Toxic Masculinity Thriller John Trengove’s searing 2017 debut, The Wound, explored the complex world of Xhosa masculinity via adolescent initiation rites that exposed thorny conflicts of sexuality and personal identity. The protagonist of the South African writer-director’s first English-language feature, Manodrome — played by a febrile…

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#Berlin: Toxic Masculinity Themes in Jesse Eisenberg Thriller ‘Manodrome’ Precede Andrew Tate, Says Director

#Berlin: Toxic Masculinity Themes in Jesse Eisenberg Thriller ‘Manodrome’ Precede Andrew Tate, Says Director

Berlin: Toxic Masculinity Themes in Jesse Eisenberg Thriller ‘Manodrome’ Precede Andrew Tate, Says Director Given recent news about self-described misogynist and TikTok star Andrew Tate — currently being detained in Romania and being investigated over allegations of human trafficking, rape and organized crime offenses — many might assume that Manodrome, the Berlinale competition entry starring…

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