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Robert Towne, Oscar-Winning ‘Chinatown’ Screenwriter, Dies at 89
Robert Towne, the screenwriter as superstar whose Oscar-winning work on the 1974 classic Chinatown is widely recognized as the gold standard for movie scripts, has died. He was 89. Towne died Monday at his home in Los Angeles, publicist Carri McClure announced. He also received Academy Award nominations for The Last Detail (1973) and Shampoo […]
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Mark Wahlberg Plays Psychotic Mob Hitman in Mel Gibson’s ‘Flight Risk’ Trailer
Mark Wahlberg becomes a wilderness pilot-turned-psychotic hitman in the official trailer for Mel Gibson’s latest directorial effort, Flight Risk, which dropped on Thursday. With an echo of Con Air, Wahlberg in the role of Daryl is at the controls of a plane transporting air marshal Madolyn, played by Michelle Dockery, and a fugitive (Topher Grace) […]
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‘Mad Max’ Franchise Movies, Ranked
Welcome to George Miller’s Wasteland. It’s a post-apocalyptic world not too far removed from our own. A hellscape where resources have run dry, pushing humanity to barbarism, tribalism and a twisted sense of justice. The scarcity of supplies has made gasoline one of Earth’s most precious resources, as the only thing left to do for […]
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Mark Wahlberg’s ‘Flight Risk’ Movie From Director Mel Gibson Lands Fall 2024 Release
Lionsgate announced theatrical release dates for upcoming titles starring Mark Wahlberg, Dave Bautista and Gerard Butler. Marking Mel Gibson’s first feature as a director since 2016’s Hacksaw Ridge, Flight Risk hits theaters Oct. 18. The film has a script from Jared Rosenberg and counts Gibson as a producer alongside John Davis and John Fox for […]
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‘Red Right Hand’ Review: Orlando Bloom and Andie MacDowell in a Routine Southern-Fried Crime Film
The pair star in Eshom and Ian Helms' actioner about a reformed criminal desperately trying to protect his family from a local mob kingpin.
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Benedict Fitzgerald, Co-writer of ‘The Passion of the Christ,’ Dies at 74
Benedict Fitzgerald, the co-writer of Mel Gibson’s The Passion of the Christ, has died. He was 74. Fitzgerald died Jan. 17 after a long illness at his home in Marsala, Sicily, his cousin Nancy Morgan Ritter told The Hollywood Reporter. Best known for his work on Gibson’s 2004 Biblical epic, the highest-grossing Christian film, as […]
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‘The Continental’ EPs on “Terrifying” Undertaking of a ‘John Wick’ Spinoff Without Keanu Reeves
While promoting Peacock’s John Wick spinoff series The Continental: From the World of John Wick, executive producer Basil Iwanyk acknowledges the elephant in the room: How does one explore the John Wick universe without the eponymous star — played by Keanu Reeves — himself? “It’s hard to look at: OK, why does a movie or […]
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‘The Continental: From the World of John Wick’ Review: Mel Gibson Sours an Otherwise Serviceable Spinoff
The star plays the villain in a prequel spinoff chronicling the rise of Winston Scott (Colin Woodell), future hotelier to elite assassins, through the criminal underground of 1970s New York.
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Scrappy Shark Movie ‘The Black Demon’ Beats Out ‘The Summer I Turned Pretty,’ ‘Red, White & Royal Blue’ on Amazon’s Top 10
Call it Montezuma’s revenge. Or more precisely in this case, Tlaloc’s revenge. Amid the hype for the second season of the The Summer I Turned Pretty or feature Red, White & Royal Blue, another Amazon title has quietly been reigning over the streaming service’s top 10. The Black Demon, a shark movie with a supernatural […]
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John Wick ‘Continental’ Trailer Reveals Mel Gibson’s Mysterious Villain
Below is the official trailer for the upcoming John Wick spinoff series from from director and executive producer Albert Hughes. The Continental: From the World of John Wick is Peacock’s three-part limited series, set roughly 40 years before the events in the John Wick feature film saga. Continental focuses on events surrounding a hotel for […]
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‘Sound of Freedom’ Box Office: Movie Opens No. 1 in Texas, Arizona and Florida Theaters
On any given weekend, AMC Century City 16 in Los Angeles and AMC Empire 13 in New York City are generally high up on the list of a movie’s top-grossing theaters. Such wasn’t the case for Sound of Freedom, a new movie from Angel Studios, the Utah-based production and distribution venture that previously backed faith-based […]
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Mel Gibson, Helen Mirren, John Malkovich and More: “Czech” Out the Big Stars of Karlovy Vary Fest Trailers
What do Mel Gibson, Helen Mirren, John Malkovich, Casey Affleck, Jude Law, Harvey Keitel, Andy Garcia and Danny DeVito have in common beyond their stardom? They have all received honors from the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in the Czech Republic and starred in its popular festival trailers. Johnny Depp is the latest big Hollywood […]
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