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Movie Review – Over the Moon (2020)

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Over the Moon, 2020. Directed by Glen Keane and John Kahrs. Featuring the voice talents of Cathy Ang, Phillipa Soo, Ken Jeong, John Cho, Ruthie Ann Miles, Margaret Cho, and Sandra Oh. SYNOPSIS: An adventurous girl builds a rocket ship to meet a mythical goddess on the moon. In many ways, Over the Moon is […]

David Fincher’s Mank gets a new trailer and poster

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Ahead of its arrival on Netflix this December, the streaming service has released a new trailer and poster for David Fincher’s biographical drama Mank which sees Gary Oldman lead the cast as Hollywood screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz; take a look here… 1930s Hollywood is re-evaluated through the eyes of scathing social critic and alcoholic screenwriter […]

Netflix to campaign for the late Chadwick Boseman as Best Actor in Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

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While the award season heats up, one thing seems set in stone, and that is a nomination for Chadwick Boseman in either of his two films this year for Netflix. Before his passing, Boseman completed Da 5 Bloods and Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, both awards contenders in their own right. It seems now like Netflix […]

Hilary Swank reacts to Netflix cancelling Away after one season

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Hilary Swank, the star of Netflix’s Away, has reacted to the news of its cancellation after just one season. A Netflix original series starring Oscar winner Hilary Swank all about a mission to Mars should have been a slam-dunk but just months after Away‘s first season premiere, the platform decided to cancel the show. What […]

Netflix cancels Away after a single season

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Another day, another Netflix series cancellation. Six weeks after the release of the show’s ten-episode first season, the streaming service has confirmed they will not be renewing the Hilary Swank-starring science fiction drama series Away for a second season. Created by Andrew Hinderaker, Away follows astronaut Emma Green, who leads the first crewed expedition to Mars […]

Viola Davis and Chadwick Boseman star in trailer for Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

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Netflix has released the first trailer for the upcoming film Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom. Starring Viola Davis and the late Chadwick Boseman in his final role, this first look at the biopic of Ma Rainey looks to be as powerful as expected. Check out the trailer below along with the poster and official synopsis… Tensions […]

Netflix releases trailer for The Christmas Chronicles 2

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Netflix has released a new trailer and a poster for writer-director Chris Columbus’ festive sequel The Christmas Chronicles 2 which sees Kate (Darby Camp) unexpectedly pulled into a new adventure along with her mom’s new boyfriend’s son Jack (Jahzir Bruno), when Belsnickel (Julian Dennison) threatens to destroy the North Pole and the pair must work […]

Hitchcock’s Strangers on a Train is getting a teen reimagining at Netflix

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Variety is reporting that Someone Great director Jennifer Kaytin Robinson is reuniting with Netflix for a dark comedy thriller inspired by Alfred Hitchcock’s 1951 classic Strangers on a Train. Titled Strangers, the film will follow Drew, an alpha ‘It’ girl and Eleanor, a beta ‘alt’ girl, who agree to go after each other’s bullies, with […]

Emma Roberts teams with Netflix for vampire series First Kill

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American Horror Story and Scream Queens star Emma Roberts is teaming with Netflix to produce a YA vampire series entitled First Kill, which is based upon a short story from bestselling author Victoria “V. E.” Schwab. First Kill has received an eight-episode series order from Netflix, and the logline reads: “When it’s time for teenage […]