Chicago – You’ll never hear a better speech about the actor’s gratitude for his hometown than John C. Reilly’s proclamation at the 60th Chicago International Film Festival’s Summer Gala on June 1st, 2024. He brought the house down with emotional and passionate words about his journey that began in the Windy City.
With an astonishing range of roles already under his belt, John C. Reilly has played an eclectic host of rich characters to great effect over the years, from seedy ne’er-do-wells to lovable and good-natured schlepps. The fifth of six children, John Christopher Reilly was born in Chicago, and was brought up on Chicago’s Southwest Side. On the amateur stage from age eight, Reilly trained at the Goodman School of Drama and eventually became a member of Chicago’s renowned Steppenwolf Theatre.
John C. Reilly at the 2024 60th Ciff Summer Gala
Photo credit: Joe Arce of Starstruck Foto for HollywoodChicago.
With an astonishing range of roles already under his belt, John C. Reilly has played an eclectic host of rich characters to great effect over the years, from seedy ne’er-do-wells to lovable and good-natured schlepps. The fifth of six children, John Christopher Reilly was born in Chicago, and was brought up on Chicago’s Southwest Side. On the amateur stage from age eight, Reilly trained at the Goodman School of Drama and eventually became a member of Chicago’s renowned Steppenwolf Theatre.
John C. Reilly at the 2024 60th Ciff Summer Gala
Photo credit: Joe Arce of Starstruck Foto for HollywoodChicago.
- 6/7/2024
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
When it was released in January of 2001, Richard Kelly's bleak time-travel psychological drama "Donnie Darko" caused a notable stir. The title character, played by Jake Gyllenhaal, is a teen struggling with schizophrenia in 1988, a time when Reagan's great Conservative revolution was drawing to a close and adults clung to suburban conformity as it crumbled under them. Donnie is obsessed with time-travel and regularly hallucinates a vicious, strange anthropomorphic rabbit monster named Frank (all while attempting to socialize at school and foster a romance with a classmate played by Jena Malone). Patrick Swayze appears as a cheesy self-self guru, Drew Barrymore plays one of Donnie's teachers, and Maggie Gyllenhaal plays Donnie's sister.
By turns psychedelic and weirdly moving (in a Goth sort of way), "Donnie Darko" quickly became a cult hit and rotated directly into the local midnight movie circuit, attracting a wide swath of misfits and night people.
By turns psychedelic and weirdly moving (in a Goth sort of way), "Donnie Darko" quickly became a cult hit and rotated directly into the local midnight movie circuit, attracting a wide swath of misfits and night people.
- 5/19/2024
- by Witney Seibold
- Slash Film
Charlie Cox and Zooey Deschanel know what the audience wants – more dogs!
Dogs are always the best part of a movie and they will have you smiling at your screen throughout. The cuteness is just too much to handle! Whether it’s a comedy like A Dog’s Journey or a heart-wrenching tale like Hachi: A Dog’s Tale, these four-legged animals know just how to grab our attention.
Hachi: A Dog’s Tale (2009)
Now, Charlie Cox and Zooey Deschanel are all set to star in a film in which their dog plays a huge part. Merv is a romantic comedy directed by Jessica Swale who has also worked on projects like Summerland and Ten Percent as a director. According to the premise of the film, Merv will focus on a broken-up couple who come together for the sake of their dog and fans couldn’t be more excited.
Zooey Deschanel and Charlie...
Dogs are always the best part of a movie and they will have you smiling at your screen throughout. The cuteness is just too much to handle! Whether it’s a comedy like A Dog’s Journey or a heart-wrenching tale like Hachi: A Dog’s Tale, these four-legged animals know just how to grab our attention.
Hachi: A Dog’s Tale (2009)
Now, Charlie Cox and Zooey Deschanel are all set to star in a film in which their dog plays a huge part. Merv is a romantic comedy directed by Jessica Swale who has also worked on projects like Summerland and Ten Percent as a director. According to the premise of the film, Merv will focus on a broken-up couple who come together for the sake of their dog and fans couldn’t be more excited.
Zooey Deschanel and Charlie...
- 5/8/2024
- by Mishkaat Khan
- FandomWire
Sydney Sweeney‘s rep is speaking out in response to some comments made about the actress.
Hollywood producer Carol Baum recently shared some not so pleasant thoughts about the 26-year-old actress’ looks and her acting skills at a screening of her movie Dead Ringers.
“She’s not pretty, she can’t act,” she said. “I don’t get Sydney Sweeney.”
Keep reading to find out more…
Carol also commented how she watched Anyone But You on a plane.
“I was watching on the plane Sydney Sweeney‘s movie because I wanted to watch it,” she said. “I wanted to know who she is and why everybody’s talking about her. I watched this unwatchable movie- sorry to people who love this movie – [this] romantic comedy where they hate each other.”
The producer, who has worked on such movies like Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Father of the Bride and The Good Girl,...
Hollywood producer Carol Baum recently shared some not so pleasant thoughts about the 26-year-old actress’ looks and her acting skills at a screening of her movie Dead Ringers.
“She’s not pretty, she can’t act,” she said. “I don’t get Sydney Sweeney.”
Keep reading to find out more…
Carol also commented how she watched Anyone But You on a plane.
“I was watching on the plane Sydney Sweeney‘s movie because I wanted to watch it,” she said. “I wanted to know who she is and why everybody’s talking about her. I watched this unwatchable movie- sorry to people who love this movie – [this] romantic comedy where they hate each other.”
The producer, who has worked on such movies like Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Father of the Bride and The Good Girl,...
- 4/17/2024
- by Just Jared
- Just Jared
Mike White’s acclaimed comedy drama The White Lotus will soon commence production on season three, the cast has now been confirmed.
Mike White has one of the most eclectic filmographies in Hollywood. From his days as an indie darling in the late 1990s when he penned films like the terrific Chuck and Buck, The Good Girl and Orange County, to big budget blockbusters like Richard Linklater’s School Of Rock, before returning to smaller fare like Year Of The Dog and Brad’s Staus. He then turned to television, scripting two seasons of Enlightened starring Laura Dern.
In 2021, White created what has become his most acclaimed work, The White Lotus, which has amassed a plethora of Emmys across its run so far, both for White’s writing and Jennifer Coolidge’s performance as Tanya McQuoid.
It is a dark drama which follows the employees and guests at the titular high class resort,...
Mike White has one of the most eclectic filmographies in Hollywood. From his days as an indie darling in the late 1990s when he penned films like the terrific Chuck and Buck, The Good Girl and Orange County, to big budget blockbusters like Richard Linklater’s School Of Rock, before returning to smaller fare like Year Of The Dog and Brad’s Staus. He then turned to television, scripting two seasons of Enlightened starring Laura Dern.
In 2021, White created what has become his most acclaimed work, The White Lotus, which has amassed a plethora of Emmys across its run so far, both for White’s writing and Jennifer Coolidge’s performance as Tanya McQuoid.
It is a dark drama which follows the employees and guests at the titular high class resort,...
- 1/7/2024
- by Jake Godfrey
- Film Stories
Jennifer Aniston To Matt Le Blanc, Check Out Net Worth Of Your Favorite Friends In 2023 (Photo Credit –IMDb)
Friends is one of the most iconic sitcoms in the history of the Television. Starring Jennifer Aniston, Lisa Kudrow, David Schwimmer, Courteney Cox, Matt Le Blanc, and the late Matthew Perry, the show ran across ten seasons from 1994-2004. Scroll below for details as we unveil the net worth of the leading cast in 2023.
The ‘Friends’ have been facing personal turmoil due to the sudden death of Matthew Perry, who played the role of Chandler Bing. He was only 54 and was found dead inside the hot tub of his LA home. The late actor was laid to rest on Saturday afternoon at Forest Lawn Cemetery in Los Angeles, a mile away from the Warner Brother studios, where Friends was filmed.
From Matthew Perry and Lisa Kudrow to Jennifer Aniston, check out the...
Friends is one of the most iconic sitcoms in the history of the Television. Starring Jennifer Aniston, Lisa Kudrow, David Schwimmer, Courteney Cox, Matt Le Blanc, and the late Matthew Perry, the show ran across ten seasons from 1994-2004. Scroll below for details as we unveil the net worth of the leading cast in 2023.
The ‘Friends’ have been facing personal turmoil due to the sudden death of Matthew Perry, who played the role of Chandler Bing. He was only 54 and was found dead inside the hot tub of his LA home. The late actor was laid to rest on Saturday afternoon at Forest Lawn Cemetery in Los Angeles, a mile away from the Warner Brother studios, where Friends was filmed.
From Matthew Perry and Lisa Kudrow to Jennifer Aniston, check out the...
- 12/13/2023
- by Jishika Madaan
- KoiMoi
This Monday at 10:00 Pm on Investigation Discovery, “Seduced to Slay” unravels a chilling mystery in Season 1 Episode 5, titled “The Good Girl.” The episode thrusts viewers into the investigation of the brutal murder of recently widowed Janie Ballard, initially believed to be a tragic outcome of a home invasion.
As the plot thickens, detectives discover a crucial detail: Janie’s husband left her with a substantial estate, turning the investigation deeply personal. The case takes unexpected turns as the detectives navigate through a web of potential motives, deceit, and hidden secrets, unveiling the darker side of Janie’s seemingly idyllic life.
Tune in at 10:00 Pm this Monday for an episode that promises a gripping journey into the complexities of a murder investigation on “Seduced to Slay” on Investigation Discovery. With its true crime narrative and suspenseful storytelling, the episode offers viewers a front-row seat to the pursuit of justice...
As the plot thickens, detectives discover a crucial detail: Janie’s husband left her with a substantial estate, turning the investigation deeply personal. The case takes unexpected turns as the detectives navigate through a web of potential motives, deceit, and hidden secrets, unveiling the darker side of Janie’s seemingly idyllic life.
Tune in at 10:00 Pm this Monday for an episode that promises a gripping journey into the complexities of a murder investigation on “Seduced to Slay” on Investigation Discovery. With its true crime narrative and suspenseful storytelling, the episode offers viewers a front-row seat to the pursuit of justice...
- 12/11/2023
- by Jules Byrd
- TV Everyday
Zooey Deschanel is revealing what role convinced her to return to scripted television after taking a break once New Girl ended.
During a recently published interview with Vanity Fair, conducted before the SAG-AFTRA strike, the actress said she decided to step away from acting temporarily to spend time with her two children. But she admitted that she also got so burned out from playing quirky Jess Day for seven seasons on the Fox comedy that she needed a break and even considered never returning to TV.
“It was a huge undertaking,” Deschanel added. “I couldn’t picture myself getting back into the game like that, especially not right away.”
Before New Girl, the actress was known for her roles in several movies, including 500 Days of Summer, Elf, Almost Famous, The Good Girl and Our Idiot Brother. So as she eased back into the industry, years after the Fox...
During a recently published interview with Vanity Fair, conducted before the SAG-AFTRA strike, the actress said she decided to step away from acting temporarily to spend time with her two children. But she admitted that she also got so burned out from playing quirky Jess Day for seven seasons on the Fox comedy that she needed a break and even considered never returning to TV.
“It was a huge undertaking,” Deschanel added. “I couldn’t picture myself getting back into the game like that, especially not right away.”
Before New Girl, the actress was known for her roles in several movies, including 500 Days of Summer, Elf, Almost Famous, The Good Girl and Our Idiot Brother. So as she eased back into the industry, years after the Fox...
- 9/8/2023
- by Carly Thomas
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
"Crash" winning Best Picture over "Brokeback Mountain" is easily one of the biggest upsets in modern Oscar history. The Academy's decision was already highly contentious and has only aged like sour milk in the decades since. Ang Lee's tragic romance, on the other hand, remains a touchstone for positive queer representation in mainstream cinema. To dismiss it as the embodiment of the "Bury Your Gays" trope is to approach the film in a vacuum. At a time when homophobic humor intended to assuage the insecurities of straight audiences was commonplace in Hollywood, Lee and his "Brokeback" actors dared to take the story of two men falling in love seriously.
According to Deadline, the tale of cowboys Ennis Del Mar and Jack Twist is getting a new lease on life thanks to a London stage production based on Annie Proulx's original 1997 short story (not Lee's movie). Mike Faist and...
According to Deadline, the tale of cowboys Ennis Del Mar and Jack Twist is getting a new lease on life thanks to a London stage production based on Annie Proulx's original 1997 short story (not Lee's movie). Mike Faist and...
- 3/20/2023
- by Sandy Schaefer
- Slash Film
Erstwhile Good Girl Retta will channel her inner Jessica Fletcher in Murder by the Book, a new crime drama that just snagged a formal pilot order at NBC.
The potential series, which was put into development last fall, stars Retta as a woman who reviews murder mystery books for a living and puts her expertise to work as she “becomes an unlikely detective to uncover the shocking truths about an eccentric seaside town,” per the official description.
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The potential series, which was put into development last fall, stars Retta as a woman who reviews murder mystery books for a living and puts her expertise to work as she “becomes an unlikely detective to uncover the shocking truths about an eccentric seaside town,” per the official description.
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- 1/17/2023
- by Michael Ausiello
- TVLine.com
Dynamic mother-daughter and best friend duo Ginny (Antonia Gentry) and Georgia Miller (Brianne Howey) return in “Ginny & Georgia” Season 2, which gets even more chaotic than the already very complex first season of the Netflix show. Another of Georgia’s past loves enters the mix, she commits some more questionable actions and many other twists and turns develop within the 10 hour-long episodes.
Ginny and her friends are no strangers to the TikTok scene, so some song choices reflect Gen Z’s poppy preferences. The show is also not afraid to explore both the high, happy feelings of life as well as the deeper, darker, lower ones, and it does so sonically with some beautiful choices. Felix Mallard chose a song for an important scene of his, and actress Brianne Howey easily chose a song to embody her character Georgia.
Here are all the songs in “Ginny & Georgia” Season 2:...
Ginny and her friends are no strangers to the TikTok scene, so some song choices reflect Gen Z’s poppy preferences. The show is also not afraid to explore both the high, happy feelings of life as well as the deeper, darker, lower ones, and it does so sonically with some beautiful choices. Felix Mallard chose a song for an important scene of his, and actress Brianne Howey easily chose a song to embody her character Georgia.
Here are all the songs in “Ginny & Georgia” Season 2:...
- 1/6/2023
- by Dessi Gomez
- The Wrap
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Before we even get to check-in, it’s clear that the characters in HBO’s second season of The White Lotus might not have the vacation they’d signed up for. And now with the Season Two finale airing tonight, fans of Mike White’s award-winning series will find out who dies in the last episode.
“Whenever I stay at a White Lotus, I always have a memorable time,...
Before we even get to check-in, it’s clear that the characters in HBO’s second season of The White Lotus might not have the vacation they’d signed up for. And now with the Season Two finale airing tonight, fans of Mike White’s award-winning series will find out who dies in the last episode.
“Whenever I stay at a White Lotus, I always have a memorable time,...
- 12/11/2022
- by John Lonsdale
- Rollingstone.com
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I first met Michael (that’s what he went by in college, so that’s what I still call him) White in an acting class during our freshman year at Wesleyan. There were two acting classes, and we were in the bad one — the B group, so to speak. Michael was already a little bit famous on campus, having done a scene that made a big splash in No Doze Theater, an all-night theater production that ran during finals. But what stuck out to me was that he wasn’t wearing socks — it was January in Connecticut. He still doesn’t really know how to dress for the winter.
We remained close friends for years before ever working together. When I was just starting out and would travel to Los Angeles for work, I would stay with him, frequently overstaying my welcome. I...
I first met Michael (that’s what he went by in college, so that’s what I still call him) White in an acting class during our freshman year at Wesleyan. There were two acting classes, and we were in the bad one — the B group, so to speak. Michael was already a little bit famous on campus, having done a scene that made a big splash in No Doze Theater, an all-night theater production that ran during finals. But what stuck out to me was that he wasn’t wearing socks — it was January in Connecticut. He still doesn’t really know how to dress for the winter.
We remained close friends for years before ever working together. When I was just starting out and would travel to Los Angeles for work, I would stay with him, frequently overstaying my welcome. I...
- 8/2/2022
- by Meredith Tucker, as told to Tyler Coates
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
And that's how the magic happens! Jake Gyllenhaal is putting a spotlight on the not-so-sexy side of filming love scenes. On Tuesday, Oct. 5, the Guilty actor candidly shared the anticlimactic details about his sex scenes with Jennifer Aniston on the 2002 romantic drama The Good Girl. During an interview on The Howard Stern Show, Howard Stern told Jake that it must have been "torture" for him to film intimate scenes with the Friends alum. The actor's response? "Oh, yeah," he facetiously replied. "It was torture. Yes, yes it was." Jokes aside, the Nightcrawler star explained that filming some of those intimate moments...
- 10/5/2021
- E! Online
Dustin Lynch offered up a pair of new songs on Friday. The surprise releases “Pasadena” and “Not Every Cowboy” are the country singer’s first new music to appear since his fourth album, Tullahoma, was released in early 2020.
In comparison to the Tullahoma singles “Good Girl” and “Ridin’ Roads,” both of Lynch’s new songs feel like back-to-basics, fiddle-friendly productions from collaborator Zach Crowell. “Pasadena” plays on the musicality of the California town’s name, its four syllables mirroring an ascending guitar and banjo run while Lynch, who co-wrote the...
In comparison to the Tullahoma singles “Good Girl” and “Ridin’ Roads,” both of Lynch’s new songs feel like back-to-basics, fiddle-friendly productions from collaborator Zach Crowell. “Pasadena” plays on the musicality of the California town’s name, its four syllables mirroring an ascending guitar and banjo run while Lynch, who co-wrote the...
- 7/16/2021
- by Jon Freeman
- Rollingstone.com
Hey,"Good Girls" fans. We are back on here to give you guys one, last spoiler session for your favorite Good Girls show. That's right, guys. This will be the very last spoiler session because Good Girls is going to wrap up it's current and last season 4 next Thursday night, July 22, 2021. They're going to be airing episodes 15 and 16, back-to-back with the 16th episode being the season/series finale episode. We were able to collect a couple of new, official teaser descriptions for episodes 15 and 16 via NBC's official episodes 15 and 16 press releases. So, we're going to blast those at you right now. Let's get it done. To start, NBC revealed that the official title for the next, new episode 15 of Good Girl's current season 4 is called, "We're Even." It sounds like episode 15 will feature some very intense, dramatic, emotional, interesting and possible action-filled scenes as the girls are forced to participate in a heist!
- 7/15/2021
- by Andre Braddox
- OnTheFlix
Hey, "Good Girls" fans. We totally hope you guys enjoyed watching episode 13. Now that it's officially come and gone, it's time for us to get on here and tell you what is going down when the next, new episode 14 of Good Girl's current season 4 rolls around next Thursday night, July 15, 2021. The wonderful folks over at NBC gave us a couple of new, official teaser descriptions for the new episode 14 via their official episode 14 press release. So, we're going to go over it ,right now, and tell you all about it. Let's go. First thing's first. NBC's new episode 14 press release let us know that episode 14 is officially titled, "Thank You For Your Support." It sounds like episode 14 will feature some very intense, dramatic, interesting and possible emotional scenes as Beth makes her run for City Hall. Nick and Rio experience some friction. Nancy serves up relationship advice. Stan sparks...
- 7/8/2021
- by Derek Smith
- OnTheFlix
Hey, "Good Girls" fans. We hope you guys enjoyed episode 12 tonight. Now that it's officially all wrapped up, we are back with another Good Girls spoiler session. In this one, we've got new teaser scoops for the next, new episode 13 of Good Girl's current season 4, which is due out next Thursday night, July 8, 2021. The wonderful people over at NBC were kind enough to serve up a couple of new, official teaser descriptions for the new episode 13 via their episode 13 press release. So, we're going to take a look at those and tell you all about them right now. Let's do it. First thing's first. NBC revealed that this new episode 13 does have an official title. It's called,"You." It sounds like episode 13 will feature some very intense, dramatic, interesting and possible emotional scenes as Rio gets all up in the girls' new business. Phoebe makes a shocking discovery and more!
- 7/1/2021
- by Andre Braddox
- OnTheFlix
Hey "Good Girls" fans. We hope you guys totally enjoyed the back-to-back episodes 10 and 11 tonight. Now that they're all wrapped up, we are on here to give you guys a couple of new spoiler scoops for the next, new episode 12 of Good Girl's current season 4, which is due out next Thursday night, July 1, 2021. We were able to gather up a couple of new, official teaser descriptions for the new episode 12 from NBC's official episode 12 press release. So, that's what we'll be diving into for this spoiler session. Let's get to it. To start, NBC's official press release for episode 12 let us know that episode 12 is officially titled, "Family First." It sounds like episode 12 will feature some very interesting, intense, dramatic and interesting scenes as Rio gets so frustrated that he decides to handle things on his own. Trouble goes down at the strip club. A surprising alliance is formed and more.
- 6/24/2021
- by Andre Braddox
- OnTheFlix
Even with new titles on VOD and streaming charts, the Oscar nominations may shake things up. Netflix received 35 total nominations among 14 titles, providing an unprecedented chance to see how many titles return to charts. The two top performers to date have been “Hillbilly Elegy” and “The Midnight Sky.” Nomination leader (with 10) “Mank” barely caused a wrinkle on the charts, placing tenth for a single day when it was released.
Currently, the dominant VOD titles are Sony’s standard-price ”Monster Hunter” and PVOD “The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run.” However, the other #1 is Nicholas Jarecki’s “Crisis” (Quiver) in its second week. The tripych of opiate-crisis stories starring Gary Oldman and Armie Hammer showed initial response last week and is now tops at Apple TV (which often foretells success later at other sites). For some reason (possibly a listed price of $9.99?), it doesn’t show up on the top 500 titles at Google Play.
Currently, the dominant VOD titles are Sony’s standard-price ”Monster Hunter” and PVOD “The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run.” However, the other #1 is Nicholas Jarecki’s “Crisis” (Quiver) in its second week. The tripych of opiate-crisis stories starring Gary Oldman and Armie Hammer showed initial response last week and is now tops at Apple TV (which often foretells success later at other sites). For some reason (possibly a listed price of $9.99?), it doesn’t show up on the top 500 titles at Google Play.
- 3/15/2021
- by Tom Brueggemann
- Indiewire
Filmmaking pair Addison Heath and Jasmine Jakupi are set to unleash another blood-spattered adventure in the form of crime/horror mash-up My Cherry Pie.
Billed as Chopper meets Friday the 13th V, the film stars Sotiris Tzelios, Dylan Heath and Tim Jason Wicks as three Melbourne criminals whose car breaks down as they attempt to flee the city, leading to an encounter with the ominous Crow Family.
What begins as a seemingly well-intentioned invite from the leader of the family (Glenn Maynard) soon unravels as the trio realise they face an evil beyond anything they have encountered in the underworld.
My Cherry Pie was written by Heath, who is producing alongside Jakupi, and Dylan Heath with support from Black Forest Films.
The micro-budget film, which was shot across two weeks between Melbourne and Stawell last November, is the sixth film Heath and Jakupi have collaborated on.
It comes after they...
Billed as Chopper meets Friday the 13th V, the film stars Sotiris Tzelios, Dylan Heath and Tim Jason Wicks as three Melbourne criminals whose car breaks down as they attempt to flee the city, leading to an encounter with the ominous Crow Family.
What begins as a seemingly well-intentioned invite from the leader of the family (Glenn Maynard) soon unravels as the trio realise they face an evil beyond anything they have encountered in the underworld.
My Cherry Pie was written by Heath, who is producing alongside Jakupi, and Dylan Heath with support from Black Forest Films.
The micro-budget film, which was shot across two weeks between Melbourne and Stawell last November, is the sixth film Heath and Jakupi have collaborated on.
It comes after they...
- 3/9/2021
- by Sean Slatter
- IF.com.au
Black Bear Television has nabbed the rights to Mary Kubica’s “Local Woman Missing,” an upcoming mystery novel about a series of strange disappearances.
The deal come in advance of “Local Woman Missing’s” release in May 2021. The story is told through different perspectives and timelines, and revolves around three missing women from the same town whose disappearances have remained unsolved. One day, over a decade after the women go missing, one of the victims shockingly returns home. That raises a number of questions. Where has she been? What happened to the other women? And who is responsible?
Park Row will publish the novel. Kubica’s previous best-selling works include “The Good Girl,” “The Other Mrs.” and “Pretty Baby.” Black Bear Television is the TV studio division of Black Bear Pictures, the production and financing company behind “The Imitation Game,” “Mudbound,” “Suburbicon” and the upcoming “I Care a Lot.” The...
The deal come in advance of “Local Woman Missing’s” release in May 2021. The story is told through different perspectives and timelines, and revolves around three missing women from the same town whose disappearances have remained unsolved. One day, over a decade after the women go missing, one of the victims shockingly returns home. That raises a number of questions. Where has she been? What happened to the other women? And who is responsible?
Park Row will publish the novel. Kubica’s previous best-selling works include “The Good Girl,” “The Other Mrs.” and “Pretty Baby.” Black Bear Television is the TV studio division of Black Bear Pictures, the production and financing company behind “The Imitation Game,” “Mudbound,” “Suburbicon” and the upcoming “I Care a Lot.” The...
- 11/11/2020
- by Brent Lang
- Variety Film + TV
Completing the trio of performing-rights organizations’ country-music events leading into the 2020 CMA Awards, ASCAP has announced its country winners. Like the Sesac and BMI country awards in recent days, the event honoring the year’s most-played country songs is being presented digitally but will be spaced out from November 9th to 12th.
Old Dominion were presented with the Song of the Year honor for “One Man Band,” a hit ballad that appears on the group’s self-titled third album. The song was written by members Matt Ramsey, Trevor Rosen, and Brad Tursi with Josh Osborne.
Old Dominion were presented with the Song of the Year honor for “One Man Band,” a hit ballad that appears on the group’s self-titled third album. The song was written by members Matt Ramsey, Trevor Rosen, and Brad Tursi with Josh Osborne.
- 11/9/2020
- by Jon Freeman
- Rollingstone.com
Courtney Barnett, Alice Bag, Kathleen Hanna, and more artists have contributed to Hands Off!, a new limited-edition cassette compilation that was created as a response to the sexual misconduct allegations surrounding Burger Records. The label shut down earlier this year after label staff and affiliated artists were accused of sexual misconduct.
The compilation was curated and produced by Miss Alex White of White Mystery, May McDonough of Psychedelic Cherry, LG from Thelma & the Sleaze, and Charlie Kaplan of Tapehead City. Along with Barnett, Bag, and Hanna, Hands Off! features tracks by L7,...
The compilation was curated and produced by Miss Alex White of White Mystery, May McDonough of Psychedelic Cherry, LG from Thelma & the Sleaze, and Charlie Kaplan of Tapehead City. Along with Barnett, Bag, and Hanna, Hands Off! features tracks by L7,...
- 10/19/2020
- by Claire Shaffer
- Rollingstone.com
When the Cmt Music Award nominations were announced in September, there were a whopping 14 contenders for Video of the Year. But on October 12 that list was cut down by more than half, so update your forecasts here in our predictions center before the winners are announced on October 21.
The final six nominees are Kelsea Ballerini (“Homecoming Queen?”), Luke Combs (“Beer Never Broke My Heart”), Miranda Lambert (“Bluebird’), Tanya Tucker (“Bring My Flowers Now”), Carrie Underwood (“Drinking Alone”) and Keith Urban (“Polaroid”).
SEE2020 Cmt Awards performers list: Who is performing at the Country Music Television Awards on October 21?
Alas, that means the other eight initial nominees are out of contention, though they’re still in the running for other awards: Blanco Brown (“The Git Up”), The Chicks (“Gaslighter“), Dan and Shay (“I Should Probably Go to Bed”), Sam Hunt (“Hard to Forget”), Little Big Town (“Sugar Coat”), Ashley McBryde (“One Night...
The final six nominees are Kelsea Ballerini (“Homecoming Queen?”), Luke Combs (“Beer Never Broke My Heart”), Miranda Lambert (“Bluebird’), Tanya Tucker (“Bring My Flowers Now”), Carrie Underwood (“Drinking Alone”) and Keith Urban (“Polaroid”).
SEE2020 Cmt Awards performers list: Who is performing at the Country Music Television Awards on October 21?
Alas, that means the other eight initial nominees are out of contention, though they’re still in the running for other awards: Blanco Brown (“The Git Up”), The Chicks (“Gaslighter“), Dan and Shay (“I Should Probably Go to Bed”), Sam Hunt (“Hard to Forget”), Little Big Town (“Sugar Coat”), Ashley McBryde (“One Night...
- 10/16/2020
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
Carrie Underwood has an amazing track record on Country Music Television. She has collected 20 trophies from the Cmt Music Awards, including seven for Video of the Year, more than any other artist in the awards’ history. Can she do it again? This time she’s nominated for “Drinking Alone,” which she certainly won’t be doing if she extends her record. Watch her video above, and visit our predictions center to place your bets.
Underwood previously won for “Before He Cheats” (2007), “Cowboy Casanova” (2010), “Good Girl” (2012), “Blown Away” (2013), “See You Again” (2014), “Something in the Water” (2015) and “Cry Pretty” (2019). That makes her the defending champion in the category, but that doesn’t mean she’s unbeatable. She has also lost the award seven times, though a couple of those times she actually lost to herself.
Seecmt Awards nominations 2020: Full list including Luke Combs, Thomas Rhett, Kelsea Ballerini
Before she returned to...
Underwood previously won for “Before He Cheats” (2007), “Cowboy Casanova” (2010), “Good Girl” (2012), “Blown Away” (2013), “See You Again” (2014), “Something in the Water” (2015) and “Cry Pretty” (2019). That makes her the defending champion in the category, but that doesn’t mean she’s unbeatable. She has also lost the award seven times, though a couple of those times she actually lost to herself.
Seecmt Awards nominations 2020: Full list including Luke Combs, Thomas Rhett, Kelsea Ballerini
Before she returned to...
- 10/4/2020
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
Sneak Peek "Friends" actress Jennifer Aniston posing for "Interview" magazine, wearing boots by Celine, a pencil skirt from Givenchy and a whole lot more:
"I've gone for each type," said Aniston.
"The rough guy, the nerdy, sweet, lovable guy and the slick guy. I don't really have a type. But men in general are a good thing.
"I always say don't make plans, make options.
"In a man, I look for a friend, someone who's equal, with whom I'm comfortable.
"I love that feeling of being in love, the effect of having butterflies when you wake up in the morning. That is special."
Aniston's most critically acclaimed and commercially successful films are "Office Space" (1999), "The Good Girl" (2002), "Bruce Almighty" (2003), "Friends with Money" (2006), "The Break-Up" (2006), "Marley & Me" (2008), "Just Go with It" (2011), "Horrible Bosses" (2011), "We're the Millers" (2013) and "Dumplin'" (2018).
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"I've gone for each type," said Aniston.
"The rough guy, the nerdy, sweet, lovable guy and the slick guy. I don't really have a type. But men in general are a good thing.
"I always say don't make plans, make options.
"In a man, I look for a friend, someone who's equal, with whom I'm comfortable.
"I love that feeling of being in love, the effect of having butterflies when you wake up in the morning. That is special."
Aniston's most critically acclaimed and commercially successful films are "Office Space" (1999), "The Good Girl" (2002), "Bruce Almighty" (2003), "Friends with Money" (2006), "The Break-Up" (2006), "Marley & Me" (2008), "Just Go with It" (2011), "Horrible Bosses" (2011), "We're the Millers" (2013) and "Dumplin'" (2018).
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- 8/25/2020
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
Mike White has made his name as a renaissance man of modern entertainment. He’s written beloved family movies (School of Rock), blockbuster sequels (Pitch Perfect 3), and critically acclaimed dramas (The Good Girl). He wrote for a television show that ranks among the finest one season wonders of all time (Freaks and Geeks) and created […]
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- 8/18/2020
- by Jacob Hall
- Slash Film
A version of this story about Tim Blake Nelson and “Watchmen” first appeared in the Limited Series & Movies issue of TheWrap’s Emmy magazine.
The world of Damon Lindelof’s limited series “Watchmen” is the present-day United States, but it’s a United States that diverged from the country we live in about 35 years ago and has run on an alternate path ever since. Veteran character actor Tim Blake Nelson plays Wade Tillman, a.k.a. Looking Glass, a mysterious detective who, like all police officers in the series’ world, wears a mask — but his is a mirrored head covering that reveals nothing.
“Watchmen” presents an alternative version of our world, but it’s one in which the police are brutal and act with impunity, and a group of white supremacists fights a racist war against the government. It’s sci-fi but it feels pretty current.
I credit Damon with...
The world of Damon Lindelof’s limited series “Watchmen” is the present-day United States, but it’s a United States that diverged from the country we live in about 35 years ago and has run on an alternate path ever since. Veteran character actor Tim Blake Nelson plays Wade Tillman, a.k.a. Looking Glass, a mysterious detective who, like all police officers in the series’ world, wears a mask — but his is a mirrored head covering that reveals nothing.
“Watchmen” presents an alternative version of our world, but it’s one in which the police are brutal and act with impunity, and a group of white supremacists fights a racist war against the government. It’s sci-fi but it feels pretty current.
I credit Damon with...
- 6/25/2020
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
Jennifer Aniston knows a thing or two about perception in Hollywood. The Morning Show star opened up about her experiences trying to break out of a certain mold during The Hollywood Reporter's annual drama actress roundtable discussion with Reese Witherspoon, Rose Byrne, Zendaya, Helena Bonham Carter and Janelle Monáe. "You just exhaust yourself. I mean, I could not get Rachel Green off of my back for the life of me. I could not escape 'Rachel from Friends,' and it's on all the time and you're like, 'Stop playing that f--king show!' (Laughter.) The Good Girl was the first time I got to really shed whatever the Rachel character was, and to be able to disappear into someone who...
- 6/24/2020
- E! Online
Helping you stay sane while staying safe… featuring Leonard Maltin, Dave Anthony, Miguel Arteta, John Landis, and Blaire Bercy from the Hollywood Food Coalition.
Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode
Plague (1979)
Target Earth (1954)
The Left Hand of God (1955)
A Lost Lady (1934)
Enough Said (2013)
Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941)
Mr. Smith Goes To Washington (1939)
Heaven Can Wait (1978)
Down to Earth (2001)
Down To Earth (1947)
The Commitments (1991)
Once (2007)
Election (1999)
About Schmidt (2002)
Sideways (2004)
Nebraska (2013)
The Man in the Moon (1991)
The 39 Steps (1935)
Casablanca (1942)
The Lady Vanishes (1938)
The Night Walker (1964)
Chuck and Buck (2000)
Cedar Rapids (2011)
Beatriz at Dinner (2017)
Duck Butter (2018)
The Good Girl (2002)
The Big Heat (1953)
Human Desire (1954)
Slightly French (1949)
Week-End with Father (1951)
Experiment In Terror (1962)
They Shoot Horses Don’t They? (1969)
Ray’s Male Heterosexual Dance Hall (1987)
Airport (1970)
Earthquake (1974)
Drive a Crooked Road (1954)
Pushover (1954)
Waves (2019)
Krisha (2015)
The Oblong Box (1969)
80,000 Suspects (1963)
Panic In The Streets (1950)
It Comes At Night (2017)
Children of Men (2006)
The Road (2009)
You Were Never Really Here...
Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode
Plague (1979)
Target Earth (1954)
The Left Hand of God (1955)
A Lost Lady (1934)
Enough Said (2013)
Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941)
Mr. Smith Goes To Washington (1939)
Heaven Can Wait (1978)
Down to Earth (2001)
Down To Earth (1947)
The Commitments (1991)
Once (2007)
Election (1999)
About Schmidt (2002)
Sideways (2004)
Nebraska (2013)
The Man in the Moon (1991)
The 39 Steps (1935)
Casablanca (1942)
The Lady Vanishes (1938)
The Night Walker (1964)
Chuck and Buck (2000)
Cedar Rapids (2011)
Beatriz at Dinner (2017)
Duck Butter (2018)
The Good Girl (2002)
The Big Heat (1953)
Human Desire (1954)
Slightly French (1949)
Week-End with Father (1951)
Experiment In Terror (1962)
They Shoot Horses Don’t They? (1969)
Ray’s Male Heterosexual Dance Hall (1987)
Airport (1970)
Earthquake (1974)
Drive a Crooked Road (1954)
Pushover (1954)
Waves (2019)
Krisha (2015)
The Oblong Box (1969)
80,000 Suspects (1963)
Panic In The Streets (1950)
It Comes At Night (2017)
Children of Men (2006)
The Road (2009)
You Were Never Really Here...
- 5/1/2020
- by Kris Millsap
- Trailers from Hell
For Jennifer Aniston, the Emmys are serious business. At least, they are now. She’s one of the top contenders for Best Drama Actress for her leading role on Apple TV+’s “The Morning Show.” This comes 18 years after she won Best Comedy Actress for “Friends” in 2002. It would be a rare feat for a leading lady to win Emmys for both a drama and comedy series. In fact, the only actress who has ever done it before is Edie Falco. Will Aniston be the second?
Falco won her Emmys in the opposite order. She claimed three Best Drama Actress prizes for “The Sopranos” before claiming Best Comedy Actress for the hospital dramedy “Nurse Jackie” (2010). But even that comedy victory, for playing the title health care worker with an addiction to pain medication, was tinged with drama like a lot of other seriocomic acting winners in recent years like Toni Collette...
Falco won her Emmys in the opposite order. She claimed three Best Drama Actress prizes for “The Sopranos” before claiming Best Comedy Actress for the hospital dramedy “Nurse Jackie” (2010). But even that comedy victory, for playing the title health care worker with an addiction to pain medication, was tinged with drama like a lot of other seriocomic acting winners in recent years like Toni Collette...
- 4/13/2020
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
Remember the name Gabby Barrett! It's been less than two years since American Idol viewers were first introduced to the Pittsburgh resident. While standing in front of Lionel Richie, Katy Perry and Luke Bryan, the country singer impressed us all with her versions of Carrie Underwood's "Good Girl" and Mickey Newbury's "His Eye Is on the Sparrow." While she may have come in third place during her season, Gabby is proving that you don't have to come in first to win big. Her single "I Hope" has become a country music radio favorite and continues to climb the charts. And spoiler alert: She's just getting started. "To see how far the song has come in a year...
- 2/16/2020
- E! Online
When Dustin Lynch first signed a record deal in the early 2010s and started releasing music, he did his best to play nice and not ruffle any feathers. Like many fresh-faced entertainment-industry aspirants, he was supposed to feel grateful to be in such an enviable position, and also be willing to do whatever was asked of him. But he couldn’t help feeling like he didn’t have agency over his music. As a result, he ended up recording some songs, like “She Cranks My Tractor,” that didn’t feel representative of who he was.
- 1/17/2020
- by Jon Freeman
- Rollingstone.com
The trick to creating successful screen farce is to make sure audiences don’t see you sweat. So it’s not a good sign that the actors are spritzing up a storm in Like a Boss. But what actors! The comic tornado known as Tiffany Haddish seizes the role of Mia Carter, the creative wiz behind a Diy cosmetics company she runs with her numbers-minded best friend, Mel Paige, played by her up-for-anything costar Rose Byrne. The duo work their butts off for laughs that the putatively femcentric script by two first-time screenwriters,...
- 1/9/2020
- by Peter Travers
- Rollingstone.com
Going into business with your best friend can seem like an amazing opportunity, essentially helping each other move up life’s ladder. But in “Like A Boss,” a best friend relationship is about to be put to the test when money talks.
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Directed by Miguel Arteta (“The Good Girl”), will see best friends Mia and Mel, Rose Byrne (“Bridesmaids”) and Tiffany Haddish (“Night School”), running their cosmetics company.
Continue reading ‘Like A Boss’ Nsfw Trailer: Salma Hayek Looks To Destroy Rose Byrne & Tiffany Haddish’s Cosmetic Company at The Playlist.
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Directed by Miguel Arteta (“The Good Girl”), will see best friends Mia and Mel, Rose Byrne (“Bridesmaids”) and Tiffany Haddish (“Night School”), running their cosmetics company.
Continue reading ‘Like A Boss’ Nsfw Trailer: Salma Hayek Looks To Destroy Rose Byrne & Tiffany Haddish’s Cosmetic Company at The Playlist.
- 12/10/2019
- by Harry Frazer
- The Playlist
By Imran Fridaus
Introduction
Bangladesh cinema industry activities are situated in the capital city of Dhaka. This industry generally produced Bengali language films of different styles such as melodrama, social drama, political action film, formula film as well as independent films. Bangladesh Film Development Corporation (Bfdc) has played a center point of supporting and supplying raw materials in filmmaking. In 1898, people of this land first experienced moving images on the screen by the arrangement of a company named Bradford Bioscope Company; though it was limited to elite class audience. This region started producing movies with the short film “The Good Girl” in silent era (Hayat 1987). Within three years, Bangladesh experienced “The Last Kiss” (1931), its first feature length film. Both films were patronized by the royal family the Nawab Family (Hayat 1987). They formed a production company eventually in the 1930s titled as Dhaka East Bengal Cinematograph Society to produce films regularly.
Introduction
Bangladesh cinema industry activities are situated in the capital city of Dhaka. This industry generally produced Bengali language films of different styles such as melodrama, social drama, political action film, formula film as well as independent films. Bangladesh Film Development Corporation (Bfdc) has played a center point of supporting and supplying raw materials in filmmaking. In 1898, people of this land first experienced moving images on the screen by the arrangement of a company named Bradford Bioscope Company; though it was limited to elite class audience. This region started producing movies with the short film “The Good Girl” in silent era (Hayat 1987). Within three years, Bangladesh experienced “The Last Kiss” (1931), its first feature length film. Both films were patronized by the royal family the Nawab Family (Hayat 1987). They formed a production company eventually in the 1930s titled as Dhaka East Bengal Cinematograph Society to produce films regularly.
- 11/29/2019
- by Guest Writer
- AsianMoviePulse
Topic Studios is developing a scripted TV series based on Benito Cereno, the 1855 Herman Melville novella about the fictionalized revolt of a Spanish slave ship. The series, which will be adapted to take place in deep space, is created by The Knick scribe/co-executive producer Steven Katz, who will write and executive produced project.
Topic Studios will also executive produce alongside Manage-ment’s Dan Halsted and Corinne Hayoun.
Inspired by the novella — considered one of Melville’s finest works as a commentary on slavery, the nature of man and good versus evil — the series will be a science fiction thriller centered on an accidental encounter between a human commercial ship and an alien slave freighter, where the human captain navigates a world of inter-species slavery in a distant future with frightening parallels to our past.
“Benito Cereno is one of Melville’s most thought-provoking short stories, and Steven has been able to retain its essence,...
Topic Studios will also executive produce alongside Manage-ment’s Dan Halsted and Corinne Hayoun.
Inspired by the novella — considered one of Melville’s finest works as a commentary on slavery, the nature of man and good versus evil — the series will be a science fiction thriller centered on an accidental encounter between a human commercial ship and an alien slave freighter, where the human captain navigates a world of inter-species slavery in a distant future with frightening parallels to our past.
“Benito Cereno is one of Melville’s most thought-provoking short stories, and Steven has been able to retain its essence,...
- 11/28/2018
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
Tim Blake Nelson first heard about “The Ballad of Buster Scruggs” in 2002, when Joel and Ethan Coen handed him a short script about a cheerful, singing cowboy who often finds himself in violent situations. The filmmaking siblings told him it was one of several western stories that “would be written over the years.” But it wasn’t until 2016 that the final five vignettes were completed and assembled into a feature-length script. Watch our exclusive video interview with Nelson above.
See Zoe Kazan on co-writing ‘Wildlife’ and co-starring in ‘The Ballad of Buster Scruggs’: ‘I felt so protective of her’ [Exclusive Video Interview]
As the titular Buster, Nelson gets to sing, dance and kill on his journeys through the Wild West. But he doesn’t see the character as a villain. “As an actor, you learn early on that you’ve got to advocate for your character,” he explains. “Mostly that means figuring...
See Zoe Kazan on co-writing ‘Wildlife’ and co-starring in ‘The Ballad of Buster Scruggs’: ‘I felt so protective of her’ [Exclusive Video Interview]
As the titular Buster, Nelson gets to sing, dance and kill on his journeys through the Wild West. But he doesn’t see the character as a villain. “As an actor, you learn early on that you’ve got to advocate for your character,” he explains. “Mostly that means figuring...
- 11/20/2018
- by Zach Laws
- Gold Derby
Topic Studios has acquired film and TV rights to Cory Doctorow’s upcoming science-fiction novella, “Unauthorized Bread,” the first in a four-part short story series that will debut next year.
“Unauthorized Bread” is set in a near future America where the usage of everyday technology falls under the control of corporations — including all the appliances being designed to extract as much cash as possible, from the toasters that only accept “authorized bread” to the refrigerators permitting only authorized groceries.
“We’re in the grips of a long-overdue debate over whether technology will improve our lives or destroy us, but that debate has been oversimplified to the point of uselessness,” said Doctorow. “The question isn’t ‘which technology is best?’ but rather, ‘How do we make technology that serves us, rather than exploiting us?’ The answer always starts with control: if you can’t control your technology, there’s a good...
“Unauthorized Bread” is set in a near future America where the usage of everyday technology falls under the control of corporations — including all the appliances being designed to extract as much cash as possible, from the toasters that only accept “authorized bread” to the refrigerators permitting only authorized groceries.
“We’re in the grips of a long-overdue debate over whether technology will improve our lives or destroy us, but that debate has been oversimplified to the point of uselessness,” said Doctorow. “The question isn’t ‘which technology is best?’ but rather, ‘How do we make technology that serves us, rather than exploiting us?’ The answer always starts with control: if you can’t control your technology, there’s a good...
- 10/8/2018
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
Topic Studios has acquired film and TV rights to sci-fi author Cory Doctorow’s upcoming novella Unauthorized Bread, the first in a four-part short story series Radicalized that will debut in early 2019.
A cautionary tale about the impact of continued technological advancement and class divisions, Unauthorized Bread takes place in a near future America where the usage of everyday technology falls under the control of corporations. Refugee Salima is thrilled to be accepted into subsidized housing in Boston but it comes at a real price: every system, including all the appliances, are locked and designed to extract as much cash as possible, from the toasters that only accept “authorized bread” to the fridges that will only permit authorized groceries. When the situation proves uninhabitable, Salima leads a rebellion to jailbreak all the locked appliances in her building — a golden age until they are put at risk of being caught, charged,...
A cautionary tale about the impact of continued technological advancement and class divisions, Unauthorized Bread takes place in a near future America where the usage of everyday technology falls under the control of corporations. Refugee Salima is thrilled to be accepted into subsidized housing in Boston but it comes at a real price: every system, including all the appliances, are locked and designed to extract as much cash as possible, from the toasters that only accept “authorized bread” to the fridges that will only permit authorized groceries. When the situation proves uninhabitable, Salima leads a rebellion to jailbreak all the locked appliances in her building — a golden age until they are put at risk of being caught, charged,...
- 10/8/2018
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
Grey Matter Productions and Topic Studios have set writer-director Oren Moverman to adapt The Good Girl, the debut novel from Mary Kubica, into a thriller drama series. Topic’s Adam Pincus and Lisa Leingang, along with Grey Matter’s Lawrence Grey and Ben Everard, will executive produce.
The Good Girl is a twisting and suspenseful thriller about the kidnapping-gone-wrong of Mia Dennett, the perfect daughter of a prominent Chicago judge. When she is abducted as part of a wild extortion plot, her kidnapper unexpectedly decides to hide her in a remote cabin for months, evading both the police and the criminals who want to use her to get to her father. Alternating timelines and the shifting points of view of Mia’s mother, her kidnapper, and the detective tasked with finding her, constantly circle the question of what really happened to Mia and how, even in the perfect family, nothing is as it seems.
The Good Girl is a twisting and suspenseful thriller about the kidnapping-gone-wrong of Mia Dennett, the perfect daughter of a prominent Chicago judge. When she is abducted as part of a wild extortion plot, her kidnapper unexpectedly decides to hide her in a remote cabin for months, evading both the police and the criminals who want to use her to get to her father. Alternating timelines and the shifting points of view of Mia’s mother, her kidnapper, and the detective tasked with finding her, constantly circle the question of what really happened to Mia and how, even in the perfect family, nothing is as it seems.
- 9/13/2018
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
Grey Matter Productions and Topic Studios are set to produce a new television drama series based on Mary Kubica’s novel “The Good Girl,” with Oren Moverman adapting. Topic Studios’ Adam Pincus and Lisa Leingang will executive produce with Grey Matter’s Lawrence Grey and Ben Everard. Grey Matter’s Seana Diemer Iwanyk sourced the project.
“The Good Girl” tells the story of the kidnapping-gone-wrong of Mia Dennett, the perfect daughter of a prominent Chicago judge. When she is abducted as part of a wild extortion plot, her kidnapper unexpectedly decides to hide her in a remote cabin for months, evading both the police and the criminals who want to use her to get to her father. Alternating timelines and the shifting points of view of Mia’s mother, her kidnapper, and the detective tasked with finding her, constantly circle the question of what really happened to Mia and how,...
“The Good Girl” tells the story of the kidnapping-gone-wrong of Mia Dennett, the perfect daughter of a prominent Chicago judge. When she is abducted as part of a wild extortion plot, her kidnapper unexpectedly decides to hide her in a remote cabin for months, evading both the police and the criminals who want to use her to get to her father. Alternating timelines and the shifting points of view of Mia’s mother, her kidnapper, and the detective tasked with finding her, constantly circle the question of what really happened to Mia and how,...
- 9/13/2018
- by Daniel Holloway
- Variety Film + TV
Mary Kubica’s source material centres on botched abduction.
Oren Moverman will adapt and direct the TV series The Good Girl for Topic Studios and Grey Matter Productions.
Based on Mary Kubica’s debut novel, the story tells of the botched kidnapping of a prominent Chicago judge.
Topic Studios’ Adam Pincus and Lisa Leingang, along with Grey Matter’s Lawrence Grey and Ben Everard, will serve as executive producers. Grey Matter’s Seana Diemer Iwanyk sourced the material.
Moverman earned a 2019 best original screenplay nod for The Messenger. His directing credits include Rampart and The Dinner.
“Oren Moverman is one...
Oren Moverman will adapt and direct the TV series The Good Girl for Topic Studios and Grey Matter Productions.
Based on Mary Kubica’s debut novel, the story tells of the botched kidnapping of a prominent Chicago judge.
Topic Studios’ Adam Pincus and Lisa Leingang, along with Grey Matter’s Lawrence Grey and Ben Everard, will serve as executive producers. Grey Matter’s Seana Diemer Iwanyk sourced the material.
Moverman earned a 2019 best original screenplay nod for The Messenger. His directing credits include Rampart and The Dinner.
“Oren Moverman is one...
- 9/13/2018
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Zooey Deschanel has signed with CAA, The Hollywood Reporter has exclusively learned. She was previously with UTA.
She is coming off the seven-season run of Fox's New Girl, where she won a Critics' Choice Award, and earned Emmy and Golden Globe nominations for her role as the titular girl. In film, she has starred in All the Real Girls and The Good Girl, as well as non-Girl features Almost Famous, Yes Man, Elf and Trolls, among others.
Deschanel also is the "She" in indie pop/folk act She & Him, her duo with singer-songwriter M. Ward. The two earned a Grammy nomination for "So Long,"...
She is coming off the seven-season run of Fox's New Girl, where she won a Critics' Choice Award, and earned Emmy and Golden Globe nominations for her role as the titular girl. In film, she has starred in All the Real Girls and The Good Girl, as well as non-Girl features Almost Famous, Yes Man, Elf and Trolls, among others.
Deschanel also is the "She" in indie pop/folk act She & Him, her duo with singer-songwriter M. Ward. The two earned a Grammy nomination for "So Long,"...
- 9/10/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Zooey Deschanel has signed with CAA, The Hollywood Reporter has exclusively learned. She was previously with UTA.
She is coming off the seven-season run of Fox's New Girl, where she won a Critics' Choice Award, and earned Emmy and Golden Globe nominations for her role as the titular girl. In film, she has starred in All the Real Girls and The Good Girl, as well as non-Girl features Almost Famous, Yes Man, Elf and Trolls, among others.
Deschanel also is the "She" in indie pop/folk act She & Him, her duo with singer-songwriter M. Ward. The two earned a Grammy nomination for "So Long,"...
She is coming off the seven-season run of Fox's New Girl, where she won a Critics' Choice Award, and earned Emmy and Golden Globe nominations for her role as the titular girl. In film, she has starred in All the Real Girls and The Good Girl, as well as non-Girl features Almost Famous, Yes Man, Elf and Trolls, among others.
Deschanel also is the "She" in indie pop/folk act She & Him, her duo with singer-songwriter M. Ward. The two earned a Grammy nomination for "So Long,"...
- 9/10/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Paramount has tapped Miguel Arteta to direct the upcoming Tiffany Haddish comedy “Limited Partners.”
The studio announced in May that it had pulled “Transformers 7” from its June 28, 2019, release date, and slotted Haddish’s comedy “Limited Partners” in its place. Paramount set up the project last fall with writers Sam Pitman and Adam Cole-Kelly. The story centers on two female friends who build a successful company, then find their relationship tested following a buyout offer.
Peter Principato, Itay Reiss, and Joel Zadak are producing through Artists First, the re-named Principato-Young. Haddish is an executive producer and helped develop the script.
Haddish broke out in last year’s “Girls Trip” and will star in two comedies this fall: Universal’s “Night School” with Kevin Hart on Sept. 28 and Paramount’s Tyler Perry comedy “Nobody’s Fool,” opening Nov. 2. She’s also joining Hart in the voice cast of Universal’s “Secret...
The studio announced in May that it had pulled “Transformers 7” from its June 28, 2019, release date, and slotted Haddish’s comedy “Limited Partners” in its place. Paramount set up the project last fall with writers Sam Pitman and Adam Cole-Kelly. The story centers on two female friends who build a successful company, then find their relationship tested following a buyout offer.
Peter Principato, Itay Reiss, and Joel Zadak are producing through Artists First, the re-named Principato-Young. Haddish is an executive producer and helped develop the script.
Haddish broke out in last year’s “Girls Trip” and will star in two comedies this fall: Universal’s “Night School” with Kevin Hart on Sept. 28 and Paramount’s Tyler Perry comedy “Nobody’s Fool,” opening Nov. 2. She’s also joining Hart in the voice cast of Universal’s “Secret...
- 7/9/2018
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
Updated (May 23): Cineplex Australia has dropped “Show Dogs” from its theaters, and the Ncose is calling on America’s two largest theater chains, AMC and Regal, to pull the film as well. In a second statement, the group’s executive director said the movie contains “essentially a sextortion scenario” and “a textbook sexual abuser move — it would be impossible to calculate the number of times sexual abusers coerce minors into various sexual activities (everything from sending nude pictures to sex trafficking them) by using the threat of something bad happening to someone else if they don’t comply.”
The National Center on Sexual Exploitation has scolded Will Arnett’s latest film, the PG-rated “Show Dogs,” as potentially dangerous viewing for kids. While the May 18 release sounds innocent, if a bit perplexing — a police dog (voiced by Chris “Ludacris” Bridges) infiltrates a Vegas canine competition to save a stolen panda...
The National Center on Sexual Exploitation has scolded Will Arnett’s latest film, the PG-rated “Show Dogs,” as potentially dangerous viewing for kids. While the May 18 release sounds innocent, if a bit perplexing — a police dog (voiced by Chris “Ludacris” Bridges) infiltrates a Vegas canine competition to save a stolen panda...
- 5/22/2018
- by Jenna Marotta
- Indiewire
Search Party’s Alia Shawkat falls for a Manic Pixie Dream Girl in this occasionally daring but ultimately exhausting 24-hour love story
Writer Mike White and director Miguel Arteta have quietly become one of the most effective yet underrated double acts working in independent film. They’ve created a string of nuanced, darkly funny, usually female-centric films and even one TV show, starting in 2000 with uncomfortable stalker comedy Chuck & Buck. Since then they’ve given Jennifer Aniston her best role to date in The Good Girl, gifted us with the criminally short-lived Laura Dern HBO show Enlightened, and most recently delivered Beatriz at Dinner, one of the sharpest films to tackle the current fractured state of the Us.
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Writer Mike White and director Miguel Arteta have quietly become one of the most effective yet underrated double acts working in independent film. They’ve created a string of nuanced, darkly funny, usually female-centric films and even one TV show, starting in 2000 with uncomfortable stalker comedy Chuck & Buck. Since then they’ve given Jennifer Aniston her best role to date in The Good Girl, gifted us with the criminally short-lived Laura Dern HBO show Enlightened, and most recently delivered Beatriz at Dinner, one of the sharpest films to tackle the current fractured state of the Us.
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- 4/21/2018
- by Benjamin Lee
- The Guardian - Film News
The comic drama “Krystal,” marking William H. Macy’s third time out as a feature director, is so baffling that it must be appreciated at least for its ability to defy all logic. Written by Will Aldis — as though he had gobbled up “Fried Green Tomatoes,” “The Good Girl,” and “Rushmore,” then gargled with bleach and regurgitated the mess on the page — the film tells the story of an 18-year-old boy with a heart that beats too fast (literally), who falls in love with a former junkie prostitute who’s trying to clean up her life.
Taylor Ogburn (Nick Robinson, “Love, Simon”) is a fanciful guy who’s been known to cross signals and get lost in his daydreams, as evidenced in a flashback where he reads one of his dad’s porno mags and imagines the devil walking out of its pages, attempting to chase Taylor down. The animation of the devil here must be singled out for its vision. It had me hoping “Krystal” might become a surrealist tale. But it didn’t.
Yes, the appearance of the devil and Taylor’s horrified reaction to him signals the guilt is strong in this one. And despite his father Wyatt (Macy) informing Taylor when he was a child that God, the devil, and Santa Claus do not exist, Taylor insists on believing in fictions and fairy tales as a young adult, which further fuels his anxiety, as he’s incessantly striving to do what’s “right.”
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When Taylor sees Krystal (Rosario Dawson) walk in from the ocean — in just a wet white t-shirt (no bra) and panties — he’s so struck by her beauty that he nearly dies. Literally. That Taylor develops an unshakeable crush on Krystal for saving his life and taking him to the hospital seems natural. She’s beautiful, a blank slate, a savior in his naïve eyes. But everything that follows this improbable meeting grows so absurd that I had to pause the screener I was watching, go back, and make sure I’d seen what I thought I’d seen, which is, in some ways, admirable that this narrative could keep me guessing so much.
Taylor goes to extreme lengths to woo Krystal immediately, and with every attempt, hijinks ensue: He pretends he’s an alcoholic to infiltrate an AA meeting, and his boss (Kathy Bates) asks to be his sponsor. He sees a biker guy, Bo (Rick Fox), in a leather jacket at the AA meeting deliver a speech about being down and out and rising above it all, and Taylor becomes him, even buying a motorcycle and using Bo’s speech word-for-word to impress Krystal, like he’s Wally Brando or something. (Shout-out to “Twin Peaks: The Return” fans.)
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Macy’s strengths with this film lay in the scenes that play out like a stage production of a classic farce, generally when Taylor, his mom (Felicity Huffman) and dad, and his brother Campbell (Grant Gustin, “The Flash”) trade banter in their quaint, suburban home. Characters speak over one another, jostling for their own screen time, while Macy blocks the scene with each family member moving round the room, creating some much-needed dynamic action.
And the only time we get a hint that director Macy understands that Taylor’s newfound identities are truly dumbfounding is when this family razzes him endlessly about his puppy love. It had me wishing the whole film were just a single-location encounter of the family meeting Krystal and her 16-year-old son Bobby (Jacob Latimore) for dinner.
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We do get that scene later on, and it’s appropriately bonkers, with some big reveals and a chance for Huffman to yelp curse words and quickly apologize for the language, but Macy leaves that drama too quickly, focusing for some reason on auxiliary characters, like William Fichtner’s Dr. Farley, a pot-smoking incompetent physician who always seems to be available to treat Taylor — for both his heart condition and a stab wound inflicted by Krystal’s ex Willie (T.I.).
And while Krystal is the title character, she’s also the least understood of them all, which could potentially have made the film funnier if Macy called more attention to the fact that all of these people are projecting their own thoughts, feelings, and fantasies upon one of the few non-white women in this Southern town. But instead, Macy has Krystal giving in to Taylor’s unfounded affections, with a moment so bizarre that my jaw dropped in a mix of surprise and nausea. “If you don’t kiss me right now,” begins Krystal’s sudden sexual declaration to Taylor as she’s peeking out the window, keeping watch for her violent, controlling ex.
Not to oversell this film or endorse it, but I can imagine John Waters watching “Krystal,” vacillating between boredom and banal amusement, remarking, “Oh well, that’s something.” Because Krystal is definitely… something.
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Taylor Ogburn (Nick Robinson, “Love, Simon”) is a fanciful guy who’s been known to cross signals and get lost in his daydreams, as evidenced in a flashback where he reads one of his dad’s porno mags and imagines the devil walking out of its pages, attempting to chase Taylor down. The animation of the devil here must be singled out for its vision. It had me hoping “Krystal” might become a surrealist tale. But it didn’t.
Yes, the appearance of the devil and Taylor’s horrified reaction to him signals the guilt is strong in this one. And despite his father Wyatt (Macy) informing Taylor when he was a child that God, the devil, and Santa Claus do not exist, Taylor insists on believing in fictions and fairy tales as a young adult, which further fuels his anxiety, as he’s incessantly striving to do what’s “right.”
Also Read: 'New Mutants' Shakeup: Alice Braga to Replace Rosario Dawson
When Taylor sees Krystal (Rosario Dawson) walk in from the ocean — in just a wet white t-shirt (no bra) and panties — he’s so struck by her beauty that he nearly dies. Literally. That Taylor develops an unshakeable crush on Krystal for saving his life and taking him to the hospital seems natural. She’s beautiful, a blank slate, a savior in his naïve eyes. But everything that follows this improbable meeting grows so absurd that I had to pause the screener I was watching, go back, and make sure I’d seen what I thought I’d seen, which is, in some ways, admirable that this narrative could keep me guessing so much.
Taylor goes to extreme lengths to woo Krystal immediately, and with every attempt, hijinks ensue: He pretends he’s an alcoholic to infiltrate an AA meeting, and his boss (Kathy Bates) asks to be his sponsor. He sees a biker guy, Bo (Rick Fox), in a leather jacket at the AA meeting deliver a speech about being down and out and rising above it all, and Taylor becomes him, even buying a motorcycle and using Bo’s speech word-for-word to impress Krystal, like he’s Wally Brando or something. (Shout-out to “Twin Peaks: The Return” fans.)
Watch Video: How William H. Macy Tells Felicity Huffman He Doesn't Like Her Acting (Exclusive)
Macy’s strengths with this film lay in the scenes that play out like a stage production of a classic farce, generally when Taylor, his mom (Felicity Huffman) and dad, and his brother Campbell (Grant Gustin, “The Flash”) trade banter in their quaint, suburban home. Characters speak over one another, jostling for their own screen time, while Macy blocks the scene with each family member moving round the room, creating some much-needed dynamic action.
And the only time we get a hint that director Macy understands that Taylor’s newfound identities are truly dumbfounding is when this family razzes him endlessly about his puppy love. It had me wishing the whole film were just a single-location encounter of the family meeting Krystal and her 16-year-old son Bobby (Jacob Latimore) for dinner.
Watch Video: Watch Kumail Nanjiani Ask William H. Macy a Really Good Question
We do get that scene later on, and it’s appropriately bonkers, with some big reveals and a chance for Huffman to yelp curse words and quickly apologize for the language, but Macy leaves that drama too quickly, focusing for some reason on auxiliary characters, like William Fichtner’s Dr. Farley, a pot-smoking incompetent physician who always seems to be available to treat Taylor — for both his heart condition and a stab wound inflicted by Krystal’s ex Willie (T.I.).
And while Krystal is the title character, she’s also the least understood of them all, which could potentially have made the film funnier if Macy called more attention to the fact that all of these people are projecting their own thoughts, feelings, and fantasies upon one of the few non-white women in this Southern town. But instead, Macy has Krystal giving in to Taylor’s unfounded affections, with a moment so bizarre that my jaw dropped in a mix of surprise and nausea. “If you don’t kiss me right now,” begins Krystal’s sudden sexual declaration to Taylor as she’s peeking out the window, keeping watch for her violent, controlling ex.
Not to oversell this film or endorse it, but I can imagine John Waters watching “Krystal,” vacillating between boredom and banal amusement, remarking, “Oh well, that’s something.” Because Krystal is definitely… something.
Read original story ‘Krystal’ Film Review: Rosario Dawson Bewitches in Baffling Farce At TheWrap...
- 4/13/2018
- by April Wolfe
- The Wrap
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