“I’ve had a change of heart based on a personal experience,” said Senator Rob Portman in 2013 when announcing that his own son coming out inspired a shift in his stance towards marriage equality. For the previous Congress, the Senator received a 0 from the Human Rights Campaign’s scorecard for supporting LGBTQ rights in Congress. Perhaps this is an extreme example, but it points to a larger issue. Personal exposure to marginalized communities can help humanize them, but this acceptance is not sufficient to dismantle the systems of oppression and discrimination holding them down.

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Though “Palmer” might not be the most surprising film you’ll see, there is a lot going on. And that’s perfectly evident in the newly released trailer for the upcoming Apple TV+ original film.

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First, you have Justin Timberlake in the lead role, which is not the most common occurrence.

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The exquisitely
and extremely curated life of filmmaker Wes Anderson has always
resembled a mosaic of high-browed great taste, be it music, sartorial style, costumes,
food, fashionable friends, literary discrimination, culture and the various
arts. Maybe not unlike an eclectic and well-curated edition of the New Yorker,
a magazine Anderson has been vocally fond of and enthusiastic about for years.
So, for his latest film, “The French Dispatch,” Anderson is using the venerable
New York cultural magazine as a jumping point to explore what seems to be a potpourri
of disparate vignettes and stories.

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In addition to being one of the biggest names in Hollywood, actor Leonardo DiCaprio is also one of the foremost authorities (at least in public perception) on the issues affecting our environment. So, when he’s not on screen dazzling audiences, like in the upcoming “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood,” he’s likely traveling around the world promoting conservation and being his environmentalist self.

And at this year’s Cannes, it was just announced that DiCaprio is bringing a brand-new documentary to the festival for a special screening, titled “And We Go Green.” But this isn’t the same type of doc that the actor produced in 2016, titled “Before the Flood.” No, the new doc takes a look at the climate change issue by focusing on electric race cars that are part of Formula E.

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If you want to know how strong the goodwill that Wes Anderson carries around is, all you have to do is look at the absolutely great and kinda bonkers cast for his new movie, “Isle Of Dogs.” In no particular order, F. Murray Abraham, Bob Balaban, Bryan Cranston, Greta Gerwig, Jeff Goldblum, Akira Ito, Scarlett Johansson, Harvey Keitel, Bill Murray, Kunichi Nomura, Edward Norton, Yoko Ono, Koyu Rankin, Liev Schreiber, Tilda Swinton, Akira Takayama and Frank Wood, all lend their voices to what is hopefully another winning picture from the filmmaker.

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It’s a familiar trope: the celebrity with a conscience who takes it upon his or her self to bear witness to the tragedies of the world and report back to us via an earnest, overtly sentimental documentary and call to action. And while some manage to transcend this stigma, more often than not the final product is factually lopsided, marred by vanity, or simply not vital. Basically, such films have made this writer a skeptic of celebrity-fronted activism-oriented films.

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Casting: Patrick Stewart Plays White Supremacist In 'Green Room,' Natalie Dormer Goest To 'The Forest' And More

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Bob Balaban, Fisher Stevens & More: Meet The Hotel Concierges Of Wes Anderson’s 'The Grand Budapest Hotel'

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Review: 'Stand Up Guys' Strands A Handful Of Legends In A Lame Up-All-Night Comedy

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Another hard fact of life we should know well by now: Keanu Reeves is a truly unremarkable actor and should just stick to his action-based instincts that don’t call on the actor to deliver anything outside his extremely limited range.

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Anywhoo, apparently No.5 is indeed still alive and not disassembled. Today, Variety writes that Dimension films has hired “Robot Chicken” writer, Dan Milano to pen the script.

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