“Elizabethtown. ““Dean.” “August: Osage County.” All somewhat recent cinematic efforts of the past several decades revolving around a person or two dealing with the passing of a family member, more often than not, accompanied by a return to their childhood home or small town that will itself become far more inevitably meaningful by film’s end. Directed by renaissance man Robert Schwartzman, having helmed such efforts as “Dreamland,” “The Unicorn,” and “The Argument” in addition to fronting indie group Rooney and appearing onscreen as the dreamboat love interest in “The Princess Diaries,” there’s a smattering of ambition present throughout his latest project “The Good Half, “one that can easily find itself in line with the contemporaries above but can’t help but repeatedly trip over its storytelling shoelaces in the process.

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It’s been a minute since we’ve heard from musician turned filmmaker Robert Schwartzman, the younger brother of Jason Schwartzman and part of the larger Coppola-related film dynasty. Schwartzman began his career as lead vocalist of the rock/pop band Rooney. But circa 2014, he shifted towards writing and directing and directed “Dreamland” (2016), “The Unicorn” (2018), and “The Argument” (2020).

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It’s pretty much impossible to keep up with every single series and film coming to Netflix. And it’s almost a chore to sift through all the new releases in the app to find something that might be interesting. But sometimes, there are projects that rise above the clutter and intrigue us quite a bit, such as the upcoming series “On the Verge,” starring Julie Delpy.

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Television has proved itself to be fertile ground for comic book adaptations; the serialized format better emulates the storytelling style of comics than movies do, and as such, several popular comics have found their way to the small screen and established themselves as some of the most popular shows on TV. From “The Walking Dead” and “The Flash” to “Daredevil” and “Preacher,” the established comic book fan base has proven itself force

One of these shows, “Preacher,” is one of AMC’s biggest hits.

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Eli Roth is not the first name that comes to mind when you think of modern-day cinematic satirists. Given his background of grindhouse throwbacks of the ’70s and ’80s, you would expect his version of “Death Wish” — a remake of the 1974 Michael Winner film starring Charles Bronson — to be a straightforward exploitation film shot on 16mm, blown up to 35mm, and grimy as all hell.

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Originally slated to open in November, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures decided to push the “Death Wish” remake to spring. Frankly, no one particularly noticed or cared, because whatever time of year this movie arrives, it looks like trash. And not the kind that’s enjoyably brain numbing.

Bruce Willis is your new Charles Bronson, in this story of a man who takes the law into his own hands after his wife and daughter are viciously attacked.

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Fresh off her recent Oscar win, Emma Stone is starring in another possible Oscar contender, “Battle Of The Sexes” alongside Steve Carell, with the trailer just dropping today. The Jonathan Dayton– and Valerie Faris-directed film follows the famous tennis match between Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs. The official synopsis is below:

The 1973 tennis match between Billie Jean King (Emma Stone) and Bobby Riggs (Steve Carell) became the most watched televised sports event of all time.

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New Images Of Jennifer Lawrence In Thriller 'House At The End Of The Street'

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Jennifer Lawrence Draws A Gun In New Pics From 'House At The End Of The Street' Plus Novelization Artwork

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Directed by Alexandre Aja, the Weinstein Brothers-produced film stars Elisabeth Shue, Eli Roth, Kelly Brook, Adam Scott, Christopher Lloyd, Ving Rhames , Richard Dreyfuss and it centers on an unlikely group of strangers who must band together to stop themselves from becoming fish food for the area’s new razor-toothed residents.

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The film “centers on a teen girl (Lawrence) who moves with her mom (Shue) to a new town and learns that their home is across the street from a house where a double murder took place. Complications ensue when the teen befriends the massacre’s sole surviving son (Thieriot).” Filmmakers are hoping the project will inspire comparisons to “Psycho” similar to those made between “Disturbia” and “Rear Window.” So, they’re aiming for a watered down, modern take on Hitchcock?

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It kind of sounds a little “Somewhere”-esque (the recent Sofia Coppola film), a drama about a young girl (Abigail Breslin) who informs a fading rock star (Alessandro Nivola) that she is his daughter.

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While we all were sleeping, the “Hamlet 2” Soundtrack came out on June 29 and mostly digital it seems, which is odd (not the digital part) because the movie doesn’t come out until August 22.

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Who wasn’t obsessed with Elisabeth Shue when they were younger? Sundance 2008’s biggest hit (or at least it’s most expensively sold, it was bought for $10 million by Focus Features) stars Steve Coogan as a a failed actor-turned inept drama teacher trying to motivate his students who develops a fawning and obsessive crush on the real Elisabeth Shue (as played by Elisabeth Shue in a kind of ‘Being John Malkovich’ style meta self-parody).

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