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Jude Law has come a long way in his career, from playing the gorgeous leading man in films from Talented Mr. Ripley, Gattaca and The Holiday, to playing Firebrand‘s King Henry VIII as a decaying corpse of a man hanging on just long enough to emotionally torture his final wife Katherine Parr (Alicia…

Jeff Nichols today launches The Bikeriders, a drama he wrote from a book of photographs by Danny Lyon. Inspired by the emotions that a generation of motorcycle riders found in the ’60s, Nichols created a narrative around that and a three-character struggle among Austin Butler, Tom Hardy and Jodie Comer…

From the moment he exploded onscreen mano a mano against Eminem in 8 Mile, Anthony Mackie has been on a steady course to a career peak where he will carry his first major Marvel film playing the title character in Captain America: Brave New World. He is also getting some awards buzz as star and executive…

Has it really been 25 years since Franka Potente burst onto the scene as the flame-haired heroine in Run Lola Run? Sony Pictures Classics christened the quarter century anniversary today re-released in theaters the Tom Tykwer-directed thriller, remastered in 4K. For Potente, the film started a run…

Joachim Rønning is back in the water, directing Star Wars heroine Daisy Ridley in Young Woman and the Sea, the harrowing story of Trudy Ederle and the Olympic gold medalist’s determination to be the first woman to swim across the English Channel. It shouldn’t be a surprise that Rønning would be attracted…

The son of a famous actor dad who swore he didn’t want to go into acting, Josh Brolin found his anti-thesp resolve get chipped away for the best possible reasons: film performances by the likes of Steve McQueen, John Travolta, Marlon Brando, Montgomery Clift and Daniel Day-Lewis. Cut to now. As he debuts…

On a mostly male dais for the Netflix live Roast of gridiron GOAT Tom Brady, the post Roast question wasn’t whether Nikki Glaser outperformed her counterparts to deliver one of the most ruthlessly funny segments of a roast in years, but rather which dais member she most heartlessly eviscerated. Was it her…

You’d think that Wes Ball traveled a charmed road when, three weeks after showing his animated short film Ruin, he made a Fox deal to develop that feature and was also set to direct Maze Runner, which turned into a blockbuster trilogy. You would be wrong. Ball, who helmed the fourth iteration of the…

There’s a new sheriff in town for Season Two of the Amazon Prime series Outer Range. Charles Murray has taken the reins of this quirky drama that might be a close cousin to Yellowstone if the Dutton clan also battled such sci-fi elements like the mysterious black void that shows up in the pasture of a…

The Writers Guild on Sunday will present its 2024 Laurel Award for Screenwriting Achievement to Walter Hill. It seemed a fortuitous time for The Film That Lit My Fuse to tap the iconic writer-turned-director for his formative influences, but mainly to dish on some of the great movies he was part…

After 93 years on this planet — and ten minutes off it when he became the oldest human to head into outer space on the Blue Origin New Shepard rocket — William Shatner retains the wide-eyed wonder and appreciation for adventure evident in his most iconic role. He played USS Enterprise captain James T…

Adam Wingard is about to bring to screens his second film featuring the largest screen stars you’ll find. That would be Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire, his follow-up to 2021’s Godzilla vs. Kong for Legendary. This is far from his origins in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, and his early work making small budget…