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Léa Seydoux Set to Play Lady Margot One of our most prolific actresses, Léa Seydoux, has just been selected to play Lady Margot in the eagerly awaited sequel, Dune: Part Two. When it comes down to it, let’s face it, Léa Seydoux doesn’t get enough credit. She was Owen Wilson’s hopeful love interest in her small part back in 2011’s gem, Midnight in Paris, but more recently, she’s been in some real heavy-hitters....

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Table of Contents 2020 Emmy Awards Winners List2020 Emmy Awards Winners List 2020 Emmy Awards Winners List Schitt’s Creek, Watchmen, Succession, and the other winners for the 2020 Primetime Emmy Awards have been announced. The 72th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards “often referred to simply as the Emmy, is a television production award, similar in nature to the Peabody Awards but more focused on entertainment, and is considered the television equivalent to the Academy Awards (for film), Grammy Awards (for music) and Tony Awards (for stage)....

Crimes of the Future Review Crimes of the Future (2022) Film Review, a movie written and directed by David Cronenberg and starring Viggo Mortensen, Lea Seydoux, Kristen Stewart, Scott Speedman, Tanaya Beatty, Lihi Kornowski, Denise Capezza, Don McKellar, Nadia Litz, Yorgos Pirpassopoulos, Welket Bungue, Ephie Kantza, Jason Bitter and Sozos Sotiris. David Cronenberg is a legendary filmmaker. His 1988 film, Dead Ringers, was simply a masterpiece and remains one of the most interesting, daring pieces of dramatic cinema of all-time....

The Who once sang about a “teenage wasteland”, encapsulating a pure sense of adolescent restlessness and veracity that would then be ironically usurped in both the trailer for a shallow Oscar-winning movie about a pedophilic man-child as well as the theme song to a network copaganda show. And yet, despite those corporate co-optations, over 50 years later that song still taps into those essences of limitless potential and righteous aggravation that come to define so many of our teenage years....

Linoleum Review Linoleum (2022): Film Review, from the 29th Annual South by Southwest Film Festival, a movie written and directed by Colin West, and starring Jim Gaffigan, Rhea Seehorn, Katelyn Nacon, Gabriel Rush, Amy Hargreaves, West Duchovny, Michael Ian Black, Tony Shalhoub, Elisabeth Henry, and Roger Hendricks Simon. This film may accurately be described as a three-ring quantum circus of overlapping timelines in the life of a family through the eyes of one man, a kaleidoscope of symbolic melancholy....

Luck Review Luck (2022) Film Review, a movie directed by Peggy Holmes, written by Kiel Murray and starring Eva Noblezada, Simon Pegg, Jane Fonda, Whoopi Goldberg, Colin O’Donoghue, Lil Rel Howery, Flula Borg, John Ratzenberger, Adelynn Spoon, Grey Griffin, Suzy Nakamura, Kari Wahlgren, Kwaku Fortune, Chris Edgerly, Maurice J. Irvin, Nick Thurston and Fred Tatasciore. Luck is a kind-hearted animated movie that will satisfy children and adults looking for family friendly entertainment....

One of the better films I’ve seen this year and a great performance by Kevin Costner. In a rare dark performance, Costner raises what might have been a normal crime movie with a twist involving his id into a superior human horror film. Where this movie succeeds is that you care about the film’s sociopathic anti-hero, Earl Brooks, much in the same way we care about Richard B. Riddick in Pitch Black....

Mr. Harrigan’s Phone Review Mr. Harrigan’s Phone (2022) Film Review, a movie directed by John Lee Hancock, written by John Lee Hancock and Stephen King and starring Donald Sutherland, Jaeden Martell, Joe Tippett, Colin O’Brien, Kirby-Howell Baptiste, Frank Ridley, Peggy J. Scott, Thomas Francis Murphy, Randy Kovitz, Cyrus Arnold, Thalia Torio, Conor William Wright, Alexa Niziak, Bennett Saltzman, Daniel Reece, Dale Duko, Gregory Jensen and Andrew O’Shanick. John Lee Hancock has crafted a story from Stephen King’s horror anthology book, If it Bleeds, into a full-length movie....

On the Line Review On the Line (2022) Film Review, a movie written and directed by Romuald Boulanger and starring Mel Gibson, William Moseley, Alia Seror-O’Neill, Paul Spera, Enrique Arce, Yann Bean, Agathe Bokja, Kevin Dillon, Nadia Fares, Yoli Fuller, Robbie Nock, John Robinson, Avant Strangel and Carole Weyers. On the Line, written and directed by Romuald Boulanger, would have made an excellent companion piece to the recent Netflix Jake Gyllenhaal vehicle, The Guilty, if it stayed on course throughout the duration of the entire movie....

Sharper Review Sharper (2023) Film Review, a movie directed by Benjamin Caron, written by Brian Gatewood and Alessandro Tanaka and starring Julianne Moore, John Lithgow, Sebastian Stan, Justice Smith, Briana Middleton, Hannah Dunne, Giullian Yao Gioiello, Phillip Johnson Richardson, Quincy Dunn-Baker, Tom White, Patrick Cooley, Blaise Corrigan, Samara Joy and Doris McCarthy. Director Benjamin Caron has crafted a winner with the new con artist thriller, Sharper. The film’s advertising campaign cons the audience before any character in the film does, though....

Studio 666 Review Studio 666 (2022) Film Review, a movie directed by BJ McDonnell and starring Dave Grohl, Whitney Cummings, Will Forte, Jeff Garlin, Leslie Grossman, Taylor Hawkins, Kerry King, Marti Matulis, Jenna Ortega, Pat Smear and Jason Trost. When Michael Jackson made Thriller into a 13-minute short film, he was definitely on to something. It’s super cool to see your favorite musical artists in a movie and Thriller was a horror show that was just the perfect length....

The Prank Review The Prank (2022) Film Review from the 29th Annual South By Southwest Film Festival, a movie directed by Maureen Bharoocha, starring Rita Moreno, Connor Kalopsis, Ramona Young, Keith David, Kate Flannery, Meredith Salenger, Jonathan Kimmel, Nathan Janak, Betsy Sodaro, Ahmed Bharoocha, Talia Jackson, Armani Jackson, Romel De Silva, Roni Akurati, Frank Scozzari, Lauren Knutti, and Pablo Ramos. My fellow millennials: can any of you remember back to your ‘90s-era elementary school classrooms with the bookshelves in their reading corners and seeing them adorned with a bunch of kid-friendly “scary” books like the Bailey School Kids or Goosebumps or Louis Sachar’s Wayside series – all of which you might never actually read because, like me, you were a bit of a wuss, but the covers had enough weird detail to creep you out and haunt your overactive imagination but in, like, a kind of fun way?...

Usually we champion a film director when they return to their indie/small-budget roots after a less-than-perfect blockbuster left them rather maligned, hoping that it’ll be the chance for them to get out of their creative rut. Unfortunately, it seems David Ayer is still stuck in that trench. The Tax Collector, the new Los Angeles crime drama starring Bobby Soto and Shia LaBeouf, sees Ayer treading ground that isn’t just familiar but worn down to dirt....

Table of Contents FilmBookCast Ep. 123ShownotesCredits and contactFilmBookCast Ep. 123 FilmBookCast Ep. 123 FilmBookCast is an entertainment industry news podcast about the latest movie and television show news. During each episode, FilmBook contributor Chris Banks also reviews a new movie that has recently been released. During this episode, Chris is reviewing Darius Marder‘s Sound of Metal. Sound of Metal‘s plot synopsis: “A heavy-metal drummer’s life is thrown into freefall when he begins to lose his hearing....

Table of Contents FilmBookCast Ep. 125ShownotesCredits and contactFilmBookCast Ep. 125 FilmBookCast Ep. 125 FilmBookCast is an entertainment industry podcast on the latest movie and television news. Advertisement Each week, Chris Banks discusses entertainment news, including TV and film trailers. In FilmBookCast Ep. 125, Chris looks at movie previews including I Care a Lot starring Rosamund Pike, and Brothers By Blood starring Matthias Schoenaerts. TV trailers include a preview of a new series about The Rock Young Rock on NBC, as well as For All Mankind starring Joel Kinnaman....

Table of Contents FilmBookCast Ep. 127ShownotesCredits and contactFilmBookCast Ep. 127 FilmBookCast Ep. 127 FilmBookCast is the official podcast of FilmBook. FilmBookCast is an entertainment news podcast on the latest movie and television show news. Each week, FilmBook contributor Chris Banks discusses that breaking Hollywood news. In FilmBookCast Ep. 127, Chris looks at movie previews including: The Affair, starring Clarice van Houten and Hanna Alstrom and TV trailers of Mr. Mercedes: Season 3 and Genius: Season 3....

Table of Contents FilmBookCast Ep. 136Credits and contactFilmBookCast Ep. 136 FilmBookCast Ep. 136 FilmBookCast is the official podcast of FilmBook. FilmBookCast is an entertainment news podcast on the latest movie and television show news. Each week, FilmBook contributor Chris Banks discusses that breaking Hollywood news. In FilmBookCast Ep. 136, Chris looks at movie previews including: New Order, as well as the long awaited remake of legendary musical West Side Story from Steven Spielberg....

Table of Contents FilmBookCast Ep. 204ShownotesCredits and contactFilmBookCast Ep. 204 on YouTubeFilmBookCast Ep. 204 via Podcast Stream FilmBookCast Ep. 204 FilmBookCast is the official podcast of FilmBook. FilmBookCast is an entertainment news podcast on the latest movie and television show news. Each week, FilmBook contributor Chris Banks discusses that breaking Hollywood news. Shownotes Movie News (0:53) Advertisement TV Show News (3:21) International News (5:13) Home Release News (5:47) Movie Trailers (7:22) TV Show Trailers (8:50) Movie Review (10:09)...