Category: Movie

“Lenny Bruce would be impossible today.” So says Svetlana Mintcheva, the director of programs at the National Coalition Against Censorship. Mintcheva shares that observation in a compelling new docu-short called “Crossing the Line in Comedy.” The video hails from the Free to Choose Network, a group established “to build popular support for personal, economic and …

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"I am not afraid." Sony Pictures Classics has debuted a new US trailer for the outstanding film Shayda, marking the feature directorial debut of filmmaker Noora Niasari. It first premiered at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year, winning the Audience Award in the World Cinema Dramatic section. I saw it at Sundance and it's fantastic - one of the best feature debuts of this year. A young Iranian mother named Shayda and her six-year-old daughter find refuge in an Australian women's shelter during the two weeks of the Iranian New Year. When the girl's father shows up, it takes all of her courage to fight back and stop him from taking over. The extremely talented Zahra Amir Ebrahimi (also from last year's Holy Spider) stars, with Osamah Sami, Leah Purcell, Jillian Nguyen, Mojean Aria, Selina Zahednia, Rina Mousavi. Australia has submitted Shayda as their entry for the Academy Awards this year - a great pick. Even if it's the same trailer as the one from before, happy to bring attention to this terrific film that deserves to be seen. Here's ...

"We have laws for these things!" "Until they fail, then you have me..." MGM Studios has also revealed the first official trailer for The Beekeeper, an action thriller movie from filmmaker David Ayer (of Street Kings, End of Watch, Fury, Suicide Squad, Bright, The Tax Collector). They're saving this until January, right after the New Year, which is always a sign it's not going to be good. The story of a man seeking vengeance against scammers whose mission becomes more complicated as the stakes become national when he is revealed to be a former operative of an organization known as "The Beekeepers." It's also "steeped in the mythology" of beekeeping, which this trailer opens with. 🐝 Jason Statham stars with Emmy Raver-Lampman, Josh Hutcherson, Bobby Naderi, Minnie Driver, plus Phylicia Rashad and Jeremy Irons. This looks ridiculous. So extremely cheesy & dumb, but it's also satisfying to watch him take out all the scammer bros. Here's the official trailer (+ poster) for David Ayer's The Beekeeper, direct from MGM's YouTube: Expose the corruption. Protect the hive. In The Beekeeper, one man’s brutal ...

What really makes “The Blackening” 4K and Blu-ray special is the wide array of special features that are just as funny as the feature film.

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Tom Holland’s “Child’s Play” (1988) starts like a genuinely bad movie, the kind of cop movie you’ve seen dozens of times, then becomes something special. It opens with Mike Norris, a handsome cop (Chris Sarandon), chasing a long-haired villain named Charles Lee Ray (Brad Dourif). Ray is a serial killer and exchanging gunfire with Mike, …

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"He's not a one hit wonder. He's the real deal." That's what they all say! Netflix has unveiled the full trailer for the series Neon set in music scene in Miami. From exec producer Daddy Yankee, with original songs produced by Tainy, Neon is a new series about three friends' quest to find fame in the world of reggaeton. Or at least play one paying gig. While this isn't the first film or TV show with reggaeton, definitely one of the first to focus specifically on this scene and this music. Three friends move from a small town in Florida with the hope of making it big. This stars Tyler Dean Flores as Santi, Emma Ferreira as Ness, Jordan Mendoza as Felix, Courtney Taylor as Mia, along with Michelle Cortés, Jessie Camacho, Ana Sofia Pomales, and Cecille Colón. The eight-episode comedy captures not only the three besties' larger-than-life dreams, but also the harsh realities & funny mishaps of surviving the music industry. Out for streaming in October. This looks much better than the teaser, showing off the fun personalities of ...