While 2023 is coming to a close, one of the last major (largely) unseen and still super anticipated movies of the year is “The Iron Claw.” From filmmaker Sean Durkin, known for “Martha Marcy May Marlene,” the U.K. TV drama “Southcliffe,” and “The Nest,” his latest is a wrestling drama about the Von Erich Brothers.

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As Zac Efron, who stars in the movie, says, the Von Erich brothers were the first rock star family of wrestlers out of Texas.

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Can a family overcome a painful past? The Von Erich brothers became legends in the wrestling world, but heartbreak soon overshadowed their triumphs. A24’s “The Iron Claw” traces the path of this famous family’s rise to stardom and the tragedies that would define their legacy. “Martha Marcy May Marlene” filmmaker Sean Durkin writes and directs ‘Claw.’ Durkin — along with casting director Susan Shopmaker — enlists a talented cast worthy of this incredible and painful true story about wrestling dynasties and family curses.

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Prestige television heads back to the heartland of the country with Showtime’s “American Rust,” based on the 2009 novel by Philipp Meyer. Given it’s a program about a Pennsylvania cop facing personal and professional conflicts in a small town, comparisons will be made to HBO’s superior “Mare of Easttown,” even if there’s less mystery to this drama, despite violence again being central to the storytelling.

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Is it ‘Man Of Easttown,’ ‘True Maretective’? Showtime really looks like it loves the Pennsylvania Rust Belt and troubled cops, the same milieu of HBO’s recently acclaimed “Mare Of Easttown.” But coming off the wake of that series, is it going to look like some rehash of a very similar story? Their latest series is “American Rust,” a family drama starring Jeff Daniels.

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Timothée Chalamet isn’t about to let all the career momentum accumulated from last year’s “Call Me by Your Name” and “Lady Bird” go to waste. Though the early consensus has been positive for the Oscar nominee’s upcoming coming-of-age film “Hot Summer Nights,” it’s the biographical addiction drama “Beautiful Boy” that’s been entrusted with an awards season release date in the fall.

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Most cross-country jaunts telegraph their every move, the on-the-nose map archs have been predetermined and the destination is as predictable as the archetype, so its gratifying to find a vibrant version that’s pulsing with discovery and possibility.

Martin Hynes‘ – where did this revelatory filmmaker come from?

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So, “Semi-Pro,” Will Ferrell’s ’70s basketball comedy didn’t do so well, right? Only $15 million at the box-office (sound the alarms of course, what in baby jesus’ name happened to Will Ferrell’s career, right?

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