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Former James Bond Pierce Brosnan says the next 007 must be British as Amazon MGM Studios take control over the historic franchise. Brosnan spoke to The Telegraph, saying that it’s “a given” that a British actor should take up the 007 mantle. An American actor has never played the role. Brosnan, who is Irish, and […]

In “Forge,” writer-director Jing Ai Ng never reveals the secret recipe for the lacquer that has made it possible for Raymond (Brandon Soo Hoo) and Coco Zhang (Andie Ju) to pass off their replicas of fine art as the real thing. But the scientific elements involved are beside the point, for the second-generation Chinese American […]

Ramy Youseff’s “#1 Happy Family USA,” which follows a Muslim-American family in post-9/11 America (the premiere takes place on Sept. 10, 2001) should not be a representation of the community, the creator told audiences ahead of the premiere at the SXSW TV and Film Festival on March 9. “There’s a representation warning in the beginning […]

If only Warner Bros. could reprint money in the way that scientists reprint Robert Pattinson’s body in “Mickey 17.” The goofy sci-fi comedy ignited to $24 million overseas and more than $50 million globally, a decent start for an original film in the current theatrical landscape. It just cost way too much to ever turn […]

While “Peaky Blinders” had its heyday on the small screen, series creator and writer Steven Knight says his feature adaptation belongs in movie theaters. “I really want the ‘Peaky’ fans who have been a big part of this to be watching it all together in one building,” Knight told The Playlist. “The communication has all […]

Nadya Suleman, the California woman who famously gave birth to octuplets in 2009, is back in the headlines with a new documentary series that finds her speaking out for the first time in over a decade. “Confessions of Octomom,” is a six-part docuseries that premieres Monday, March 10 at 10 p.m. on Lifetime. Hour-long episodes […]

“Mickey 17,” a dystopian sci-fi comedy starring a dozen Robert Pattinsons, was No. 1 at the domestic box office with $19.1 million from 3,807 theaters. But the Warner Bros. film cost $118 million, a staggering price for an original, offbeat space odyssey — and the kind of swing for the fence that could require a […]

“The Threesome” starts at a wedding where there’s more than one marriage going on. On stage, Matthew (Tommy Do) and Greg (a scene-stealing Jaboukie Young-White) say their vows and the latter is toasted by his best friend Connor (Jonah Hauer-King), who had a hand in introducing them, while off-screen, there is a union of sensibilities […]

You would have been hard-pressed to find a timelier film at this year’s Sundance Film Festival than “Free Leonard Peltier,” directors Jesse Short Bull and David France’s documentary about the Native American activist who spent nearly 50 years in prison for the murder of two federal agents, a crime he insists he didn’t commit.  Just […]

French filmmaker Nicolas Philibert is one of the world’s leading documentary directors, but he remains “humble,” he told an audience Saturday at Thessaloniki Documentary Film Festival, which had presented him with its honorary Golden Alexander award the previous evening. Among other honors, Philibert won the European Film Award and was BAFTA nominated for “To Be […]