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As the Cannes International Film Festival draws to a close in 2019, prizes for top honors in the various categories of best directing, acting, screenplay and more across feature-length and short entrants were given out, and there was a surprising outcome. Quinten Tarantino’s 9th film, Once Upon A Time…In Hollywood, was not awarded a single […]

With film premieres comes red carpets and fancy dresses but Thandie Newton’s Star Wars gown for the Cannes Film Festival premiere of Solo: A Star Wars Story is out of this world. Zoomed out, it looks like a silk print gown with reds, yellows, and blues.  In fact it’s Vivienne Westwood Couture, one of their “Absence of Rose” […]

Monty Python member Terry Gilliam has reportedly suffered a stroke, but is currently at home after being released from the hospital.  The report comes from a French newspaper (which google translate hasn’t done the best job of). Filmmaker Gilliam has been waiting to complete his 20 year plus film odyssey The Man Who Killed Don Quixote for…..well, 20+ […]

With Cannes Film Festival happening in France for the next two weeks, expect a wash of information to come in about upcoming films, picture deals, and news. One of the most nostalgically awesome (and long-rumored) tidbits happened this morning, with word coming that both Alex Winter and Keanu Reeves are indeed reprising their roles as Ted “Theodore” Logan and […]

Remember how excited we all were when the team-up of Ryan Reynolds and Samuel L. Jackson in The Hitman’s Bodyguard was announced? Just me? Okay, fine then, maybe you won’t care so much about this tidbit of information coming from Millennium Films at Cannes. The Hollywood Reporter says there are posters for The Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard are up around the famous […]

I honestly didn’t realize that Lock, Stock, And Two Smoking Barrels was 20 years old, but the Guy Ritchie heist film really holds up.  Saying this, I will stand by my theory that his live-action Aladdin remake for Disney will be at the very least entertaining if not outright awesome. There’s been some question as to what the […]

According to a recent report, Netflix almost purchased the Landmark Theaters chain in order to (theoretically) screen their original content and (possibly) get around some film festival and award show rules about digital content being included. The report in question is from the Los Angeles Times, claiming a source informed them the deal didn’t happen […]

According to a recent report, Netflix almost purchased the Landmark Theaters chain in order to (theoretically) screen their original content and (possibly) get around some film festival and award show rules about digital content being included. The report in question is from the Los Angeles Times, claiming a source informed them the deal didn’t happen […]

Streaming service and studio giant Netflix has said “au revoir” to Cannes Film Festival following a rule change the famed cinematic event announced in 2017. Specifically, films without theatrical releases in France are banned from being included in competition at the festival. The rule was bent in 2017 for Netflix’s films Ojka and The Meyerowitz Stories, even […]