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February 28, 2021CINEMA TOP, CULTURE TOP, FEATURES, FEATURES CINEMA, FEATURES CULTURE, FEATURES TV, most-featured, TV TOP, #metoo, comedian, Comedy, disney, diversity, Elizabeth Olsen, Entertainment Industry, Francis Ford Coppola, hollywood, jake gyllenhaal, john david washington, Kate Hudson, Luke Wilson, marvel, Maya Rudolph, MCU, minnie riperton, nepotism, nepotism in hollywood, Owen Wilson, racism, Sofia Coppola, stan accounts, superhero film, the bling ring, the scarlet witch, the virgin suicides, Twitter, WandaVision, Jordyn McEvoy
Nepotism Is Hollywood’s Killer Problem: The Age of Casting Your Own Children Is Plaguing the Entertainment Sector
We’ll be taking a look back at some of the times where nepotism greatly failed a creative project and why we must return to the art of discovering new talent. ...
February 26, 2021AWARDS, CINEMA TOP, FEATURES, FEATURES CINEMA, most-featured, TV TOP, 'Arresting Gena, 2019 Vanity Fair Oscars Party, Adrian Grenier, Ally Damian Walker, American Crime Story, Anger Management, Awareness of Actors with Disabilities, Bailey Chase, cruel intentions, Daniel Hugh Kelly, disabilities, Disabilities in Film, Far More, Friends, Heathers, Hellboy, Hellboy II: The Golden Army, Impact, Legally Blonde, multiple sclerosis, Non-Disabled Actors Portraying Disabled Characters, Portlandia, Rare Illnesses, Reese Witherspoon, Ryan Phillippe, Sarah Michelle Gellar, selma blair, selma blair tribute, Social Media Influencers, Spasmodic Dysphonia, Stonestreet Studios, The Adventures of Pete & Pete, The Stella Adler Conservatory, Truth, women's history, women's history month, Isabella Brownlee
A Tribute to Selma Blair: The Invincible Iron Lady And Her Powerful Journey
Here we pay tribute to Selma Blair and this winner's journey, as she continues to be a valiant woman and an inspirational human. ...
February 26, 2021AWARDS, CINEMA TOP, FEATURES, FEATURES CINEMA, LATEST REVIEWS, most-featured, Bo Burnham, Boyhood, Boyz n the Hood, City of God, Coming of Age films, Coming of age movies, coming-of-age, Connection, Cuba Gooding Jr., Dirty Dancing, Eighth Grade, Emotional Growth, Ethan Hawke, Film, greta gerwig, growing up, Harold and Maude, Ice Cube, John Singleton, lady bird, Laurence Fishburne, movies, Pariah, patrick swayze, river phoenix, saoirse ronan, Shared Experiences, Spirited Away, stand by me, Stephen King, Timothée Chalamet, Transitions, Drew Alexander Ross
Unconventional Coming of Age Movies: ‘Stand By Me’, ‘Lady Bird’, ‘Dirty Dancing’ & More
Unconventional coming of age movies - many movies can be pigeonholed into the coming of age genre, but some outliers don’t always make it on traditional lists....
February 26, 2021CINEMA TOP, FEATURES, FEATURES CINEMA, LATEST REVIEWS, most-featured, 3:10 to Yuma, Andrew Dominik, brad pitt, Casey Affleck, Chris Pine, Christoph Waltz, django unchained, Guy Pearce, Hell Or High Water, Jamie Foxx, javier bardem, Jeff Bridges, Josh Brolin, Kodi Smit-McPhee, leonardo dicaprio, michael fassbender, Murder Ballads, News of the World, Nick Cave, No Country for Old Men, Peaky Blinders, quentin tarantino, Ray Winstone, Roger Deakins, Slow West, The Assassination Of Jesse James, The Proposition, The Revenant, Tommy Lee Jones, True Grit, Amhara Chamberlayne
The Magnificent Seven: A List Of 7 Essential and Amazing Modern Westerns
‘News of the World’ recently came out to revive the genre. But what are the best modern westerns?...
February 26, 2021AWARDS, CINEMA TOP, FEATURES, FEATURES CINEMA, LATEST REVIEWS, most-featured, #Creativity, #improv, #Malcolmandmarie, a woman under the influence, a woman under the influence review, a woman under the influence tribute, anxiety, Blue Collar Workers, Cassavetes, Charlie Kaufman, criterion, Darren Aronofsky, Domestic Violence Victims, electroshock, empowerment, Filmmakers, Gena Rowlands, Gillian Jacobs, HBOMAX, I’m Thinking of Ending Things, Independent Film, John Cassavetes, judd apatow, Le Tigre, martin scorsese, Mental Health, Mental Illness, Mike Birbiglia, Nick Cassavetes, nicolas cage, Pauline Kael, Peter Falk, Ratched, The Hold Steady, The Princess Bride, theatre, Xan Cassavetes, Zoe Cassavetes, Trent Kinnucan
Anchored by a Landmark Performance from Gena Rowlands, ‘A Woman Under the Influence’ Changed Cinema Forever
The John Cassavetes classic 'A Woman Under the Influence' is a touchstone for modern independent film, and an absolute must-see for film lovers....
February 25, 2021CINEMA TOP, FEATURES, FEATURES CINEMA, most-featured, 12 Years a Slave, Aaron Sorkin, Adaptations, alan turing, Apollo 13, Awakenings, based on true story, benedict cumberbatch, Books, Che, David Fincher, Ernesto Guevera, Facebook, films, Gene Hackman, Goodfellas, Lion, Mark Zuckerberg, martin scorsese, movie adaptations, movies, non-fiction adaptations, Nonfiction, oscars, robert de niro, robin williams, Screenplay, Steve McQueen, The French Connection, The Imitation Game, The Motorcycle Diaries, the social network, Tom Hanks, Drew Alexander Ross
Non-Fiction Adaptations: Books About Real Life Stories Turned into Films
Non-fiction adaptations - these films depict how stories rooted in our everyday world can be just as engaging and inspiring as fiction....
February 25, 2021AWARDS, CINEMA TOP, FEATURES, FEATURES CINEMA, FEATURES TV, most-featured, Black Widow, Black Widow movie, Fighting with My Family, Florence Pugh, Florence Pugh acting, Florence Pugh biography, Florence Pugh career, Florence Pugh filmography, Florence Pugh films, Florence Pugh Game of Thrones, florence pugh journey, Florence Pugh life, Florence Pugh Oscar, Florence Pugh tribute, Hawkeye, Hawkeye series, Hereditary, King Lear, Lady Macbeth, little women, Malevolent, Marcella, marvel cinematic universe, Midsommar, Outlaw King, The Commuter, The Falling, The Little Drummer Girl, women's history, women's history month, Yelena Belova, Cat Sole
Florence Pugh: The Journey of Hollywood’s Next Superstar
Florence Pugh has risen through the ranks of the industry by taking on complex and engaging roles in both film and television, from Oscar nods to MCU fandoms....
February 25, 2021AWARDS, CINEMA TOP, FEATURES, FEATURES CINEMA, GLOBAL, LATEST REVIEWS, LGBTQ, LGBTQ CINEMA, most-featured, Cho Jin-woong, con, Count Fujiwara, Crime, drama, erotica, feature analysis, Fingersmith, Ha Jung-woo, Hideko, Jo Yeong-wook, Kim Min-hee, Kim Tae-ri, Korean cinema, Korean Film, Lady Hideko, lgbtq, long con, Park Chan-wook, psychological thriller, Romance, Sarah Waters, Sook-Hee, Sook-Hee and Hideko, Sookee, Sookee and Hideko, the Count, The Handmaiden, The Handmaiden 2016, The Handmaiden analysis, the handmaiden review, Uncle Kouzuki, Claire L. Wong
The Power of Perspective in ‘The Handmaiden’, A Masterclass in Storytelling Technique
Park Chan-wook’s ‘The Handmaiden’, the South Korean erotic psychological thriller, a beautiful portrayal of female pleasure and freedom....
February 23, 2021AWARDS, CINEMA TOP, FASHION TOP, FEATURES, FEATURES CINEMA, GLOBAL, LATEST REVIEWS, most-featured, androgynous clothing, Anne Fontaine, anne fontaine interview, anne fontaine review, Audrey Tatou, avant-garde, biopics, Chanel, Coco Avant Chanel, Coco Before Chanel, coco before chanel review, Coco Chanel, Fashion, fashion biopics, foreign films, france, french, French Cinema, french movies, Hidden Gems, high fashion, hollywood insider, women's history, women's history month, Women’s Fashion, Jordyn McEvoy, Kaliray Arison
Must-Watch: ‘Coco Before Chanel’ – The Woman Who Built A Fashion Empire By Destroying Fashion | An Exclusive Interview With Director Anne Fontaine
A biopic on Coco Chanel, 'Coco Before Chanel' with Audrey Tatou is highly deserving of this inclusion in the Hidden Gems archives....
February 23, 2021CINEMA TOP, FEATURES, FEATURES CINEMA, LATEST REVIEWS, most-featured, 50 First Dates, A24, academy awards, Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences, Adam Sandler, Anger Management, Benny Safdie, Big Daddy, Billy Madison, Blended, Boogie Nights, Carl Weathers, Chris Farley, Chris Rock, David Spade, Don Cheadle, Funny People, Golden Globes, golf, Grown Ups, happy gilmore, Happy Gilmore 25th Anniversary, hockey, hollywood, Hollywood Foreign Press, hollywood insider, Howard Ratner, Hubie Halloween, jack and jill, Josh Safdie, judd apatow, LaKeith Stanfield, Magnolia, netflix, oscars, paul thomas anderson, punch drunk love, Reign Over Me, safdie brothers, Saturday Night Live, seth rogen, SNL, snub, Spanglish, sports, The Ridiculous 6, The Wedding Singer, The Weeknd, UNCUT GEMS, Patrick Nash
‘Happy Gilmore’ Turns 25: This Sports Movie Is The Blueprint of Adam Sandler’s Career
'Happy Gilmore' isn't just one of the best comedies from the 1990's or one of the best sports movies ever made - it's a blueprint of Adam Sandler....
February 23, 2021AWARDS, CINEMA TOP, FEATURES, FEATURES CINEMA, GLOBAL, LATEST REVIEWS, most-featured, academy awards, All Quiet on the Western Front, authentic movies, based on true story, Battle of the Atlantic, christopher nolan, cinema, Das Boot, diversity, Dunkirk, Filmmakers, German film, Grave of the Fireflies, hollywood, Idris Elba, Isao Takahata, Jonathan Nolan, Letters from Iwo Jima, non-usa war movies, oscars, Raoul Peck, Roger Ebert, Rwandan genocide, short story, Sometimes in April, Studio Ghibli, Tom Cruise, Valkyrie, War, war films, war movies, war movies not from usa, Wolfgang Peterson, World War I, World War II, Drew Alexander Ross
War Movies Not From USA: A Perspective Outside of Hollywood
War movies not from USA that exemplify a tale told from the perspective of people with connections to the history they depict....
February 22, 2021AWARDS, CINEMA TOP, CULTURE TOP, FEATURES CINEMA, FEATURES CULTURE, FEATURES TV, most-featured, TV TOP, A24, academy awards, AMC, American Dream, Andrew Lincoln, Asian, Asian-American, best actor, Boots Riley, Burning, diversity, Foreign Film, Glenn Rhee, Korean, Korean American, Lee Chang-Dong, Lee Isaac Chung, Legend of Korra, Minari, minari awards, oscars, representation, sag awards, SORRY TO BOTHER YOU, Stereotype, Steven Yeun, The Walking Dead, Tokenism, TWD, Zombies, Lana Nguyen
How Steven Yeun is Creating a More Authentic, Representation of Asian Americans in HollywoodÂ
The Korean-American actor Steven Yeun struggled with Asian American representation in Hollywood. Now, he’s finally in a position to dictate its rules....
