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Jessie Buckley, Paul Mescal, Joe Alwyn, Emily Watson, Jacobi Jupe, Noah Jupe and Chloé Zhao – A Re-imagined William Shakespeare is Brought to Life by Coping with Son Hamnet’s Death
Paul Mescal, Chloe Zhao and Jessie Buckley on the set of Hamnet. Jessie Buckley, Paul Mescal, Joe Alwyn, Emily Watson, Jacobi Jupe, Noah Jupe and Chloé Zhao A Re-imagined William Shakespeare is Brought to Life by Coping with Son Hamnet's Death by Brad Balfour Ever since director Chloé Zhao's Hamnet was screened, there's been lots of hype over the film. This has been happening particularly because of the performances by Irish-born Paul Mescal and Jessie Buckley who are just

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Mar 1214 min read


Ethan Hawke and Richard Linklater – Blue Moon Documents The Night Lyricist Lorenz Hart Realizes His Partnership with Richard Rodgers is Over
Richard Linklater and Ethan Hawke at a screening of "Blue Moon" at the Museum of Modern Art in New York Ethan Hawke and Richard Linklater Blue Moon Documents The Night Lyricist Lorenz Hart Realizes His Partnership with Richard Rodgers is Over By Brad Balfour Inspired by the letters of legendary lyricist Lorenz Hart and Elizabeth Weiland, director Richard Linklater developed the biographical drama Blue Moon with a script written by Robert Kaplow. It stars veteran actor Ethan

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Mar 1113 min read


Rose Byrne Gives a Career-Elevating Performance, Gaining Awards and an Oscar Nomination As A Troubled Therapist Dealing with Trauma
Rose Byrne in "If I Had Legs, I'd Kick You." Rose Byrne Gives a Career-Elevating Performance, Gaining Awards and an Oscar Nomination As A Troubled Therapist Dealing with Increasing Trauma by Brad Balfour In If I had Legs, I'd Kick You , Australian actor Rose Byrne's presence is extraordinary. The 46-year-old possesses energy that drives a performance traversing between the real and the surreal, full of physicality and emotion. This career-defining role has been garnering her

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Mar 1011 min read


Renate Reinsve, Stellan Skarsgård, Elle Fanning, Inga Ibsdotter Lilleas & Joachim Trier – The Norwegian Feature Sentimental Value Offers A Deep Exploration into Family, Creativity and Reconciliation
Renate Reinsve, Stellan Skarsgård, Joachim Trier, I nga Ibsdotter Lilleas & Elle Fanning at the New York screening of "Sentimental Value." Renate Reinsve, Stellan Skarsgård, Elle Fanning, Inga Ibsdotter Lilleas & Joachim Trier The Norwegian Feature Sentimental Value Offers A Deep Exploration into Family, Creativity and Reconciliation Through Art by Brad Balfour Now that award season is in full swing, certain films have unexpectedly bubbled up as the attention- grabbers. On

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Mar 913 min read


Crime 101 (Another PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
Crime 101 CRIME 101 (2026) Starring Chris Hemsworth, Mark Ruffalo, Barry Keoghan, Monica Barbaro, Corey Hawkins, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Nick Nolte, Halle Berry, Tate Donovan, Devon Bostick, Payman Maadi, Babak Tafti, Deborah Hedwall, Paul Adelstein, Drew Powell, Matthew Del Negro, John Douglas, Payam Banifaz, Crosby Fitzgerald, Patrick Mulvey and Hossein Mardani. Written by Bart Layton. Directed by Bart Layton. Distributed by Amazon MGM Studios. 140 minutes. Rated R. Stylish a

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Feb 133 min read


Looking Forward to 2026's Award Season from The Golden Globes to the Oscars – Who Should Win and Will Win
Jessie Buckley in Hamnet , Leonardo DiCaprio in One Battle After Another , Michael B. Jordan in Sinners Looking Forward to 2026's Award Season from The Golden Globes to the Oscars – Who Should Win and Will Win With this weekend's broadcast Sunday, January 11, 2026, on CBS, the 83rd Golden Globes set up the award season finale to come – The Oscars. The 98th Academy Awards will take place on Sunday, March 15, 2026, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, televised on ABC. It recog

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Jan 106 min read


Bruce Springsteen, Jon Landau & Scott Cooper – Rocker Joins Producer and Director At a Screening of Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere in MoMA
Bruce Springsteen at the screening of "Deliver Me From Nowhere" at MOMA New York. Bruce Springsteen, Jon Landau & Scott Cooper Rocker Joins Producer and Director At a Screening of Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere in MoMA by Brad Balfour Through his film, Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere , veteran director Scott Cooper chronicled rock superstar Bruce Springsteen's personal and professional struggles during the conception of his 1982 album Nebraska . With that album, S

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Jan 311 min read


Candace Bushnell Tells True Tales of Sex, Success, and Sex and the City at Her Upcoming One-Person Show This Friday
Candace Bushnell Candace Bushnell Tells True Tales of Sex, Success, and Sex and the City at Her Upcoming One-Person Show This Friday by Brad Balfour When scribe Candace Bushnell created Carrie Bradshaw as her alter-ego while writing her “Sex and the City” column, she didn’t want her parents to know that she’d just been to a sex club. She had often appeared on TV, starting back in 1996, when she had her own reality show, Sex, Lies and Video Clips on VH1, where – sure enough

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Dec 3, 202512 min read


Josh Brolin Goes from Angry Man To Hero In Weapons
Josh Brolin at New York Comic-Con Josh Brolin Goes from Angry Man To Hero In Weapons – Making Such a Turn is a Skill He's Demonstrated in...

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Aug 10, 202521 min read


Beatrice Minger – Swiss Filmmaker Grapples with the Legacy of Irish Designer Eileen Gray
Beatrice Minger Beatrice Minger Swiss Filmmaker Grapples with the Legacy of Irish Designer Eileen Gray by Brad Balfour Irish designer...

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Aug 5, 20256 min read


Star Wars Creator George Lucas Debuts at San Diego Comic-Con to Announce His Museum and Raises Questions of “What’s it All About Anyhow…”
George Lucas Star Wars Creator George Lucas Debuts at San Diego Comic-Con to Announce His Museum and Raises Questions of “What’s it All...

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Jul 31, 20257 min read


Filmmaker Beth Lane Celebrates her Family As Holocaust Survivors in the Documentary “UnBroken”
New York, New York - March 28, 2019. Portrait of Beth Lane photographed in Manhattan. CREDIT: Chad Batka Filmmaker Beth Lane Celebrates...

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Jun 8, 20259 min read


Rima Te Wiata – In We Were Dangerous, Maori Actress is a Commanding Presence
Rima Te Wiata at the New York Press Day for "We Were Dangerous." Rima Te Wiata In We Were Dangerous, Māori Actress is a Commanding...

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May 21, 202513 min read


Classic Rocker John Cafferty Returns with a New Album After 37 Years
John Cafferty John Cafferty Classic Rocker Returns with a New Album after 37 Years – Sound of Waves by Brad Balfour For many bands having...

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May 10, 202521 min read


Larry Kirwan – Rocker-turned-Writer Debuts His Latest Novel, Rockin’ the Bronx and Spurs ’80s Recollections
Larry Kirwan Larry Kirwan Rocker-turned-Writer Debuts His Latest Novel, Rockin’ the Bronx and Spurs ’80s Recollections by Brad Balfour...

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Apr 21, 20259 min read


Ryan Coogler, Michael B. Jordan, Hailee Steinfeld and Cast Talk About Sinners
LONDON, ENGLAND – APRIL 14: (L-R) Jack O’Connell, Omar Benson Miller, Wunmi Mosaku, Michael B. Jordan, Hailee Steinfeld, Jayme Lawson, Miles Caton, Li Jun Li and Delroy Lindo attend attends the “Sinners” European Premiere at the Cineworld Leicester Square on April 14, 2025 in London, England. (Photo by Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images for Warner Bros. Pictures) Michael B. Jordan, Hailee Steinfeld, Miles Caton, Jack O’Connell, Delroy Lindo, Li Jun Li, Wunmi Mosaku, Omar Benson M

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Apr 18, 202515 min read


Matt Dillon – In the French Film Being Maria, Veteran Actor Brings the Legendary Marlon Brando Alive
Matt Dillon at the New York screening of Being Maria Matt Dillon In the French Film Being Maria , Veteran Actor Brings the Legendary...

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Apr 4, 20258 min read


Daisy Ridley of Star Wars Fame is the Heroine in a Brand-New Action Thriller Cleaner
Daisy Ridley at the New York screening of CLEANER Daisy Ridley of Star Wars Fame is the Heroine in a Brand-New Action Thriller Cleaner by...

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Feb 27, 202519 min read


Kieran Culkin – A Real Pain Brings Holocaust Remembrance Day into Focus and Gives Star an Oscar Advantage
Kieran Culkin Kieran Culkin Through Jesse Eisenberg’s Uncanny Lens, A Real Pain Brings Holocaust Remembrance Day into Focus and Gives...

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Feb 26, 202516 min read


Olatunde Osunsanmi – Director Takes Star Trek Into New Directions With a Film Based on Section 31
Rob Kazinsky as Zeph and Director Olatunde Osunsanmi, in Star Trek: Section 31 , streaming on Paramount+, 2025. Photo Credit: Jan...

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Feb 8, 202517 min read
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