Based on the Pulitzer Prize winning novel by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, The Yearling (1946) stars Gregory Peck and Jane Wyman as Penny and Ora, married pioneer farmers who live and work deep in the Florida backwoods. Their son Jody (Claude Jarman Jr.) is their sole surviving child. Fearing that her
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It Takes a Village Thirteen Lives, Ron Howard’s dramatic retelling of the 2018 Tham Luang cave rescue, takes an understatement approach to heroics, swerving away from the dramatic fanfare and teary-eyed grace notes of a typical Hollywood feature and relying instead on something more workmanlike, cut-and-dry, and almost minimalist. The true story that inspires Thirteen…
Dope Encounters Of The NOPE Kind
Now playing at a multiplex near everybody: NOPE (Dir. Jordan Peele, 2022) Jordan Peele is on a roll. While his second feature, US (2019), didn’t reach the heights of his 2017 directorial debut, GET OUT (a modern masterpiece in my book or on this blog), it was still an
Watch The First Teaser Trailer For Upcoming ‘Teen Wolf’ Film
‘Teen Wolf’ ran for a pretty successful six seasons on MTV from 2011 to 2017. The series was loosely based on the 1985 film of the same name, where a young werewolf defends his California town from supernatural creatures. Now, the tv series is getting a film follow up. Most
Eddie Murphy Set To Star In Holiday Comedy Film ‘Candy Cane Lane’ For Prime Video
Eddie Murphy in a Christmas flick? Yeah, I can dig it. The comedy legend is set to produce/star in the upcoming holiday comedy film, Candy Cane Lane. The deal is with Amazon Studios. It’s actually part of his 3-picture deal with the streaming giant. It looks like Eddie Murphy’s production