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Movie Review – Tesla (2020)

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Tesla, 2020. Written and Directed by Michael Almereyda. Starring Ethan Hawke, Kyle MacLachlan, Hannah Gross, Josh Hamilton, Eve Hewson, Jim Gaffigan, Lois Smith, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Lucy Walters, James Urbaniak, Ian Lithgow, Donnie Keshawarz, Rebecca Dayan, John Palladino, and David Kallaway. SYNOPSIS: A freewheeling take on visionary inventor Nikola Tesla, his interactions with Thomas Edison and […]

Ethan Hawke is John Brown in trailer for Showtime’s The Good Lord Bird

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Showtime has released a new teaser trailer for The Good Lord Bird which introduces us to Ethan Hawke’s abolitionist John Brown. Based on James McBride’s 2013 award-winning novel of the same name, the limited drama series features a cast that also includes Joshua Caleb Johnson, Daveed Diggs, Wyatt Russell, McKinley Belcher III, and Rafael Casal; […]

Ethan Hawke’s Nikola Tesla biopic gets a poster

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Following the release of the first trailer for Tesla, IFC Films has unveiled an electrifying poster for its Nikola Tesla biopic featuring Ethan Hawke as the titular inventor; take a look here… Brilliant, visionary Nikola Tesla (Ethan Hawke) fights an uphill battle to bring his revolutionary electrical system to fruition, then faces thornier challenges with […]

Ethan Hawke is Nikola Tesla in new trailer for IFC Films’ Tesla

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In celebration of the 164th birthday of Nikola Tesla, IFC Films has released a trailer for writer-director Michael Almereyda’s biographical drama Tesla which stars Ethan Hawke as the inventor alongside a cast that includes Kyle MacLachlan, Eve Hewson, Jim Gaffigan, Hannah Gross, and Ebon Moss-Bachrach; watch it here.. Brilliant, visionary Nikola Tesla (Ethan Hawke) fights […]

First trailer for Showtime’s The Good Lord Bird starring Ethan Hawke

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Showtime has released the first trailer and a poster for its upcoming limited drama series The Good Lord Bird. Based on James McBride’s 2013 award-winning novel of the same name, it stars Ethan Hawke as abolitionist John Brown alongside a cast that includes Joshua Caleb Johnson, Daveed Diggs, Wyatt Russell, McKinley Belcher III, and Rafael […]

Ethan Hawke to direct adaptation of Tennessee Williams’ Camino Real

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Variety is reporting that actor and filmmaker Ethan Hawke is set to write and direct an adaptation of Camino Real, the experimental stage-play from Hawke’s great-uncle, the legendary American playwright Tennessee Williams. “I’ve been obsessed with the piece for years,” said Hawke, who will not act in the film. “I kept turning it over and […]

Ethan Hawke is returning to The Purge for the show’s season 2 finale

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The Purge franchise originally started back in 2013 as a home invasion thriller starring Ethan Hawke who played James Sandin, a security system salesmen whose family home is invaded by a man trying to escape a murderous group. However, despite his fate in the first film, USA Network (via Bloody Disgusting) has recently revealed that Hawke’s […]

Trailer for Logan Marshall-Green’s directorial debut Adopt a Highway starring Ethan Hawke

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With just two weeks to go until its release, a trailer and poster have arrived online for the upcoming drama Adopt a Highway. The film marks the directorial debut for Logan Marshall-Green and stars Ethan Hawke as an ex-convict who realises he has a chance for redemption when he find a baby abandoned in a […]

55th Chicago International Film Festival Capsule Review – The Truth (2019)

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The Truth. 2019 Directed by Hirokazu Koreeda Starring Catherine Deneuve, Juliette Binoche, Ethan Hawke, Ludivine Sagnier, Roger Van Hool, Jackie Berroyer, Laurent Capelluto, Manon Clavel, Christian Crahay, Clementine Grenier, Alain Libolt, and Maya Sansa SYNOPSIS: About a stormy reunion between a daughter and her actress mother, Catherine, against the backdrop of Catherine’s latest role in […]

Movie Review – The Captor (2018)

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The Captor, 2018. Directed by Robert Budreau. Starring Ethan Hawke, Noomi Rapace, Mark Strong, Christopher Heyerdahl, Bea Santos, Mark Rendall and Thorbjørn Harr. SYNOPSIS: A slightly bumbling bank robber forms an intimate bond with one of his hostages. The term ‘Stockholm syndrome’ is a famous one, referring to the phenomenon in which a hostage or […]