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"We just gotta focus!" Decal Releasing has debuted an official trailer for an indie road trip comedy titled Stop and Go - which is the update release title for the film that initially premiered at the 2021 SXSW Film Festival under the name Recovery. This coronavirus pandemic road trip comedy is about two directionless sisters who break out of lockdown and decide to brave a cross-country road trip to rescue their grandmother from a COVID outbreak at her nursing home. Described as a "raucous road

"We just gotta focus!" Decal Releasing has debuted an official trailer for an indie road trip comedy titled Stop and Go - which is the update release title for the film that initially premiered at the 2021 SXSW Film Festival under the name Recovery. This coronavirus pandemic road trip comedy is about two directionless sisters who break out of lockdown and decide to brave a cross-country road trip to rescue their grandmother from a COVID outbreak at her nursing home. Described as a "raucous road

French New Wave icon Jean-Paul Belmondo has died, his lawyer Michel Godest has confirmed.
The beloved French actor, best known for his leading role in Jean-Luc Godard’s 1960 crime drama Breathless, played a key part in developing French arthouse cinema.
His death was confirmed today (September 6) by the office of Godest, while no cause of death was disclosed according to the Los Angeles Times.
“All of France is sad, I am sad,” Godest said in a statement on BFMTV.
“It

"How important are these animals to us?" Very important! Don't let them disappear forever! IndieCan Ent. and HitPlay Productions have revealed an early promo trailer for a documentary film called Last of the Right Whales, made by award-winning filmmaker Nadine Pequeneza. I keep confusing the title as "The Last Rights" but it's actually about the endangered species of whale known as the North Atlantic right whales - which are dying faster than they can reproduce. With less than 400 remaining, th

Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist star Skylar Astin has confirmed a forthcoming Christmas-themed spin-off movie.
Following the comedy series’ cancellation back in June, Astin – who played Max in the show – recently told NME about plans on Roku to revive the story for a two-hour film.READ MORE: Skylar Astin: “Rebel Wilson told me I was going to be a heartthrob”“Oh, we’re doing it – I’m booked, boo,” Astin said. “I know there was

Jamie Dornan leads the cast for Kenneth Branagh’s Ireland-bound film Belfast – check out the trailer below.
The new film was written and directed by Branagh, and is partly based on his own upbringing in the titular city. Dornan stars alongside newcomer Jude Hill as well as Judi Dench, Ciaran Hinds and more.
An official synopsis for Belfast reads: “Belfast is a personal and joyful story about the power of memory, set in late 1960s Northern Ireland. At the centre o

I missed out on She’s All That when it was released way back in 1999 — 22 years ago! — but was very much aware of the film and the impact it had on my close group of high school friends. And while its Cinderella-inspired plot device — a “jock” falls for a “nerdy-because-she-wears-glasses” girl from another click — remains just as cheesy today as it did in the late ’90s, after watching the flick earlier this week, I get the appeal and un

Sony’s highly-anticipated sequel Venom: Let There Be Carnage is releasing two weeks earlier than its previous date, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The film will now debut on October 1 instead of October 15, opening against Warner Bros.’ Sopranos prequel The Many Saints of Newark and United Artists’ The Addams Family 2.
RELATED: Venom: Let There Be Carnage Receives PG-13 Rating, Gets New Poster
Venom: Let There Be Carnage sees the return of Tom Hardy “as the let

Benedict Cumberbatch has opened up about playing a gay character in new Netflix film The Power of the Dog, admitting it “wasn’t done without thought”.
The Jane Campion movie, which has just premiered at the Venice International Film Festival, sees the Doctor Strange actor take on the role of “sadistic” cattle rancher Phil Burbank, who forms a relationship with Peter Gordon (Kodi Smit-McPhee).READ MORE: Should straight actors play queer roles? Refocusing Hollywood&rs

Nearly a year after it originally was due to be released, Edgar Wright's Last Night in Soho finally makes its bow playing in the Out of Competition section at the 2021 Venice Film Festival. Thomasin Mackenzie stars as Eloise, a budding modern-day fashion student who moves from Cornwall to London; there, she is quickly ostracized by her chic "gap yaaah" London College of Fashion peers who cruelly label her "code beige". Fleeing student housing and finding a bedsit rented to her by the kind-but-n

During a recently resurfaced 2014 interview with Charlie Rose, Golden Globe winner Michael Keaton has opened up about Tim Burton’s classic horror comedy Beetlejuice, confirming that he was the one who came up with the classic character’s iconic and memorable look.
In the interview shared by The Hollywood Reporter, Keaton revealed that before signing on to the project, he had previously turned down Burton’s leading role offer twice because he wasn’t able to understand the

More than a week since the first death anniversary of Chadwick Boseman, Howard University is continuing to honor his legacy by officially renaming its College of Fine Arts after their late alumnus. The beloved Black Panther star graduated from Howard in 2000, with a bachelor of arts degree in directing. While in college, he was notably mentored by acclaimed actress Phylicia Rashad, who is currently the dean of the Howard University’s College of Fine Arts which has now been renamed as

"I wanna be still, the way I want to get still." 1091 Pictures has released an official trailer for an indie, very dark comedy titled Killing Eleanor, which premiered at the SCAD Savannah Film Festival and St. Louis Film Festival last year. A new film from director Rich Newey, this off-beat dramedy involves two women who strike up a friendship and a deal to help each other get through, or get out of, life. A terminally-ill old lady convinces a self-destructive pain killer addict to help kill he

As production continues on Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom in London, director James Wan, and titular star Jason Momoa took to Instagram to reveal a brand new photo from Warner Bros. Pictures’ upcoming DC sequel.
The new Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom photo provides us our first look at the King of Atlantis in his newest costume, which Wan described as a stealth suit. It is inspired by the hero’s blue suit which first appeared in the four-part 1986 limited comic book series by Neal P

Nathalie Emmanuel has shared her past experience with casual racism in the workplace.
The Game of Thrones and Fast & Furious actress opened up about her ordeal in the wake of Uncle Ben’s rebranding to Ben’s Original after criticism for perpetuating racist stereotypes.
Taking to her Twitter page, Emmanuel revealed: “I keep seeing that Uncle Ben rebrand advert… now called Ben’s Original …. And it’s reminded me how many years ago someone I worked with

I really want to talk about this film, there's so much to discuss, but I also can't really say anything about it. I haven't been able to get this film out of my head since I first watching it a few days before at the 2021 Venice Film Festival. Sundown is the latest feature written & directed by acclaimed Mexican filmmaker Michel Franco, who shocked audiences in Venice last year with his revolutionary Mexican thriller New Order (aka Nuevo Orden - watch the trailer). This year he is back in V

Phoebe Waller-Bridge is no longer set to star in Amazon’s Mr. & Mrs. Smith series alongside Donald Glover, who is the co-creator of the series and will executive produce as well as star in the show.
RELATED: Amazon’s Mr. & Mrs. Smith Lands Glover & Waller-Bridge To Lead/Create
The departure of Waller-Bridge from the upcoming streaming series comes after differences in “creative vision for the series” with Glover, per THR. The decision for t

Marvel boss Kevin Feige has weighed in on Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings‘ post-credits scenes.
The latest MCU outing introduces Simu Liu’s Shang-Chi to the big screen franchise, with two additional scenes providing a taste of things to come.READ MORE: ‘Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings’ review: martial arts blockbuster kickstarts Marvel’s next phaseIn the first one, the superhero and friend Katy (Awkwafina) speak with Wong (Benedict Wong), Carol D

"You can't operate at that level forever." 1091 Pics has released a trailer for a documentary film called The River Runner, another thrilling adventure doc profiling an expert kayaker named Scott Lindgren. This premiered at the Mountainfilm Festival recently, and is arriving on VOD in October to watch. The film follows expedition kayaker Scott Lindgren's 23 year quest to become the first person to paddle the four great rivers that flow from Tibet's sacred Mt. Kailash. This story of resilience f

"It's important that I tell her as she was, not as [what] people want to remember her." Searchlight Pictures has debuted a good behind-the-scenes featurette for The Eyes of Tammy Faye, discussing "The Soul of Tammy Faye" and Jessica Chastain's process of developing this feature. It's premiering at TIFF this month, and we already posted the first full trailer previously. The movie depicts the history of the televangelists Tammy Faye Bakker and Jim Bakker. During her career Tammy was noted for he

An expletive-laden voicemail accidentally left by a member of staff at a New Zealand cinema has gone viral on social media.
As the region went into a level-3 lockdown amid the COVID-19 pandemic, an employee at Movie Max Cinemas in the South Island city of Timaru attempted to record a voicemail message for the cinema’s temporary closure.
However, instead of a clean message, his numerous failed attempts at recording the message were accidentally uploaded.
In the first, he can be heard saying

A rare copy of Top Gun: Maverick was reportedly stolen alongside a BMW belonging to Tom Cruise‘s bodyguard.
Last month, it emerged that the vehicle had been stolen outside the Grand Hotel in Birmingham as the actor filmed scenes for Mission: Impossible 7, with the car containing “thousands of pounds worth” of Cruise’s luggage.
However, The Sun reports that a rare copy of the Top Gun sequel was among the belongings inside the car. The car and the copy have since been recov

Jason Momoa has shared a photo of his new costume in Aquaman 2.READ MORE: Aquaman – stars Jason Momoa and Patrick Wilson and director James Wan on the Superman of the seaIn an Instagram post, the Game Of Thrones actor revealed his two looks for Aquaman And The Lost Kingdom, including a darker, metallic “stealth suit” in addition to the gold and green costume he donned in the 2018 film.
“Second round. New suit. More action. #aquaman Aloha j,” he wrote