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Joaquin Phoenix called on the film industry to dismantle a “system of oppression” during his BAFTAs 2020 acceptance speech.Read more: They’ve snubbed the brilliant Blue Story – what is the actual point of the BAFTAs?The star won Leading Actor for his role in Joker at the awards ceremony, which took place in London tonight (February 2).
During his speech, Phoenix said that while he was “honoured and privileged” to be in attendance and had received a lot of

The BAFTAs took place in London tonight (February 2), recognising the best in British and international film over the last 12 months.Read more: They’ve snubbed the brilliant Blue Story – what is the actual point of the BAFTAs?Going into the evening, Joaquin Phoenix’s Joker led the nominations with 11 nods at the ceremony. However, it turned out to be the night of 1917, with the war movie picking up seven awards, including Best Film, Outstanding British Film, and Best

"The only thing missing is… Gary!!" Paramount has debuted their 30-second TV spot that's airing during the Super Bowl broadcast for The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run, the latest epic live-action hybrid SpongeBob movie from Nickelodeon, arriving in theaters at the start of this summer. This is a follow-up to his other theatrically-released movies, most recently Sponge Out of Water from 2015, and the original SpongeBob movie back in 2004. SpongeBob and Patrick embark on a hilarious ad

The BAFTAs takes place in London tonight (February 2) with the nominations led by Joaquin Phoenix’s Joker.Read more: They’ve snubbed the brilliant Blue Story – what is the actual point of the BAFTAs?The comic book movie is up for 11 awards at this year’s awards ceremony, with The Irishman, Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood and 1917 among the other leading films.
Elsewhere, Marriage Story‘s Scarlett Johansson and Adam Driver are up for Leading Actress a

Bill Murray has reprised his role as weatherman Phil Connors from the 1993 classic Groundhog Day for a new Super Bowl commercial.
Read more: Should I watch Groundhog Day today?
In the commercial for Jeep, Murray is joined by his brother Brian Doyle Murray, who reprises his role as mayor of Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, and Stephen Tobolowsky, who plays the role of Ned Ryerson in the 1993 movie.
Beginning just as every repetitive day in the Groundhog Day movie did, the commercial see

Find your own voice! This is one of the films that deserves to break out of the Sundance Film Festival this year – a refreshingly original, totally badass, uncompromising directorial debut. One year ago at Sundance, New York native playwright Radha Blank was sitting in the audience at a screening and was encouraged by her friend Lena Waithe to stop worrying and make her damn film (Waithe went on to produce it). She also encouraged her to make it exactly the way she wanted, to tell her sto

Martin Scorsese has revealed that he turned down the opportunity to direct two pretty big movies in the 80s.
Read more: The Irishman: discover the real life stories behind Scorsese’s latest mob epic
Speaking to Deadline, the legendary director, whose most recent movie was The Irishman, explained that after the disappointing reception to 1982’s The King of Comedy he was sent an array of other scripts.
Scorsese said he considered “working in a studio situation where everything ha

Seven Studio Ghibli films are now streaming on Netflix as part of the streaming service’s new rollout with the iconic Japanese studio.
It was announced last month that 21 Studio Ghibli films will come to Netflix across the first half of 2020.Read more: Every Studio Ghibli film ranked in order of greatnessYesterday (February 1) saw the first batch of films, including Castle in the Sky, My Neighbour Totoro and Kiki’s Delivery Service, land on Netflix.
The likes of Spirited Aw

The official awards for the 2020 Sundance Film Festival were announced this weekend at a ceremony in Park City, Utah. We've all been curious to see who's taking home awards at Sundance this year, and now we know - it's one of the most talked about of the fest. Finally, a real winner this year! The big Audience Award winners are: Minari, about a Korean-American family that movies to rural Arkansas to try and start a farm; Crip Camp, a documentary about a summer camp started in the 70s for disabl

"Collecting is about the hunt." Greenwich Ent. has released the official US trailer for The Booksellers, a documentary made by D.W. Young that first premiered at the New York Film Festival last year. The film is a behind-the-scenes look at New York City's rare book world. "Antiquarian booksellers are part scholar, part detective and part businessperson, and their personalities and knowledge are as broad as the material they handle. They also play an underappreciated yet essential role in preser

Henry Czerny returning for Mission: Impossible 7 and 8!
The Mission: Impossible franchise has seen many cast members come and go over the years. While Ving Rhames has stuck with the series since its 1996 starter, Christopher McQuarrie has announced that another original star is set to return in the form of Henry Czerny (Ready or Not) as former IMF director Eugene Kittridge for the next two installments!
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