It’s interesting how the Venice Film Festival has gone from one of the festivals of the fall festival season to arguably the best film festival in the world now, even overshadowing Cannes in recent years thanks to the fact that Netflix now avoids the Croisette for the most part because of France’s theatrical laws and save their Oscar contenders for the Lido. Venice has had an amazing run, arguably since 2017 when Guillermo del Toro’s “The Shape Of Water” won the top prize and then went on to win the Oscar for Best Picture, which has happened one more time since with “Nomadland” and several key Oscar contenders since).

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With most Christmas blockbusters being pushed to 2021 and “Wonder Woman 1984” going to HBO Max at the same time as theaters, there’s a void in the holiday film lineup that “Pinocchio” is hoping to fill.

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As seen in the trailer for “Pinocchio,” the recent Italian live-action adaptation of the classic tale is coming to the US this holiday season.

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If the last few years have proven anything, it’s that people sure do love a live-action remake of a classic animated fairy tale. Disney has been making a mint off of this idea, combining state-of-the-art CGI with the tried and true nostalgia. We’ve seen “Beauty and the Beast,” “Aladdin,” “Cinderella,” “Alice in Wonderland,” and “Maleficent” prove this time after time.

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We are just over a month before the 2019 Cannes Film Festival kicks off in France. But even a year after last year’s fest, some of the best films that debuted are still finding their way into theaters in the US. One of those standout films is filmmaker Matteo Garrone’s “Dogman.”

READ MORE: ‘Dogman’: Matteo Garrone’s Back With Ferocious Bite [Cannes Review]

In honor of the film arriving in theaters this week, courtesy of Magnolia Pictures, we are thrilled to have an exclusive clip from the thriller.

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It seems like some of the biggest names in filmmaking are all tackling the story of “Pinocchio” at the same time. There’s the Netflix film that is being overseen by Guillermo del Toro. Disney has been attempting a live-action version of their classic animated tale for years. And in Italy, acclaimed filmmaker Matteo Garrone is in production on his live-action version. While the Disney and Netflix films seem very far off, Garrone is already deep into production and we have a first look at his version of the iconic tale of a wooden puppet that just wants to be a real boy.

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“Dogman” debuted at last year’s Cannes Film Festival to great acclaim, but very little fanfare. While the thriller would go on to win the Best Actor award, the Italian film wasn’t able to capture the headlines of some of the festival’s other high-profile projects.

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And in the first trailer for the film, we learn that film fans should definitely not sleep on “Dogman.” The film follows the titular man, Marcello, who runs a dog grooming salon.

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Following two Cannes efforts both met politely, but a little meso meso by critics, the comedy “Reality” and the dark fantasy of “Tale Of Tales,” Italian filmmaker Matteo Garrone returns to the crime genre that launched his career in 2008 (“Gomorrah“) with the equally disturbing “Dogman.” Yet, instead of simply returning to the comfortable well that yielded his best notices, Garrone looks at the seed of violence through another lens; not the pervasive malignancy of mafia corruption, but a rather an unsettling, malevolent individual perpetrating his own brand of terror.

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It should come as no surprise that the latest film from Italian filmmaker Matteo Garrone has been announced as one of the films to premiere at the upcoming Cannes Film Festival. After winning the Grand Prix in 2012 for his film, “Reality,” and his 2015 film “Tale of Tales” was entered in the festival, everyone assumed that his upcoming “Dogman” would be at Cannes.

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Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it. But don’t worry, we got you. Here’s a quick round-up of the week’s highlights in case you possibly missed them.

“20 Great Actors & The Roles They Probably Just Did For The Money”
There comes a time in an actor’s career when one has to swallow their pride to get the dough for their second summer house or their child’s tuition.

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Hollywood has spent years trying to figure out a way to mount a live action “Pinocchio” movie. Guillermo del Toro, Stanley Kubrick, and Tim Burton have tried at various points to bring the fairy tale to life, while most recently, Paul Thomas Anderson penned a script for a movie Robert Downey Jr. has been shepherding for years (and at one time Ben Stiller was attached to direct).

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Watch: New U.S. Trailer For 'Tale Of Tales' With Salma Hayek, John C. Reilly, Vincent Cassel, Stacy Martin, And More

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However, there are some good picks and they are as follow.

Michael Ritchie’s 1969 Olympic skier film, “Downhill Racer” starring a young Robert Redford and Gene Hackman. It hits on November 17.

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As we noted yesterday, this is nothing new.

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While “Gomorrah” isn’t Oscar material the way “Life is Beautiful” was, Procacci says, “I know it’s a long shot, but I think the film deserves it.” You know who else agrees with him?

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“Gomorrah” is based off Roberto Saviano’s non-fiction novel of the same name, which caused enough trouble that Saviano has been forced into hiding with an armed guard escort due to the fact that the Cammora family wants him dead for the attention the movie has brought to them.

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