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Scorsese's True Story Inspired 'Killer Of The Flower Moon' Premieres This Fall

First Look: Leonardo DiCaprio Stars In Martin Scorsese’s ‘Killers Of The Flower Moon”

Leonardo DiCaprio sits down for dinner in the first image from the thriller Killers of the Flower Moon from director Martin Scorsese. The film’s cast features some of Hollywood’s biggest names, including Robert De Niro, Jesse Plemons, Martin Scorsese, Brendan Fraser, Eric Roth, John Lithgow, Tatanka Means, and Joshua Close. The film, based on the book “Killers of the Flower Moon: An American Crime and the Birth of the FBI” by David Grann, sees the serial murder of members of the oil-wealthy Osage Nation and a string of brutal crimes that came to be known as the “Reign of Terror.” The Apple Original film is set to premiere in 2023 from Paramount Pictures.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Dec 20, 2022
A Woman's American Dream Becomes A Nightmare In 'Nanny' - Out Now

A Woman’s American Dream Becomes A Nightmare In ‘Nanny’ – Out Now

A woman’s “American Dream” is threatened in Prime Video’s soon-to-be-released horror film, Nanny, written and directed by Nikyatu Jusu. “In this psychological horror fable of displacement, Aisha (Anna Diop), a woman who recently immigrated from Senegal, is hired to care for the daughter of an affluent couple (Michelle Monaghan and Morgan Spector) living in New York City. Haunted by the absence of the young son she left behind, Aisha hopes her new job will afford her the chance to bring him to the U.S., but she becomes increasingly unsettled by the family’s volatile home life. As his arrival approaches, a violent presence begins to invade both her dreams and her reality, threatening the “American Dream” she is painstakingly piecing together.” Starring Anna Diop, Michelle Monaghan, Sinqua Walls, Morgan Spector, Rose Decker, and Leslie Uggams, the film is produced By Nikkia Moultrie and Daniela Taplin Lundberg and Executive produced by Maria Zuckerman, Ryan Heller, Michael Bloom, Jason Blum, Rebecca Cammarata, Bill

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Dec 19, 2022
Movie Review: 'The Pale Blue Eye' Is A Dark Love Letter To Edgar Allan Poe

See The Horror-Thriller ‘The Pale Blue Eye’ In Theaters This Week

From filmmaker Scott Cooper, the director of Antlers, comes the feature adaptation of Louis Bayard’s 2006 novel, The Pale Blue Eye starring Christian Bale (American Psycho) with Harry Melling (Harry Potter) playing the role of Edgar Allan Poe. Bale stars as retired detective Augustus Landor, tasked with investigating a rash of murders. Set at “West Point, 1830. In the early hours of a gray winter morning, a cadet is found dead. But after the body arrives at the morgue, tragedy becomes savagery when it’s discovered that the young man’s heart has been skillfully removed. Fearing irreparable damage to the fledgling military academy, its leaders turn to a local detective, Augustus Landor (Christian Bale), to solve the murder. Stymied by the cadets’ code of silence, Landor enlists the help of one of their own to pursue the case, an eccentric cadet with a disdain for the rigors of the military and a penchant for poetry—a young man named Edgar Allan Poe

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Dec 19, 2022
Hugh Jackman & Jake Gyllenhaal Hunt For Two Missing Girls In 'Prisoners' - Now On Netflix

Hugh Jackman & Jake Gyllenhaal Hunt For Two Missing Girls In ‘Prisoners’ – Now On Netflix

When two young girls go missing, a father sets out to solve the mystery in Prisoners, starring Hugh Jackman, Jake Gyllenhaal, Viola Davis, Maria Bello, Terrence Howard, and Melissa Leo. In the film, directed by Denis Villeneuve (Dune, Arrival) and written by Aaron Guzikowski (Contraband), “When Keller Dover’s (Jackman) daughter and her friend go missing, he takes matters into his own hands as the police (Gyllenhaal) pursue multiple leads and the pressure mounts.” Part edge-of-your-seat crime thriller, part mystery, Prisoners has just premiered on Netflix.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Dec 17, 2022
'Mindcage' Director Mauro Borrelli Discusses The Horror-Thriller Ahead Of Its Release

‘Mindcage’ Director Mauro Borrelli Discusses The Horror-Thriller Ahead Of Its Release

Mauro Borrelli, director of The Recall, Star Wars: VIII: The Last Jedi, and who has worked on films such as The Hateful Eight, Captain America: First Avenger, and The Wolfman, sat down with us to talk about his upcoming horror-thriller Mind Cage, Starring John Malkovich (In the Line of Fire), Martin Lawrence (“Martin”), and Melissa Roxburgh (Star Trek Beyond), the film centers on detectives Jake Doyle (Martin Lawrence) and Mary Kelly (Melissa Roxburgh), who seek help from an incarcerated serial killer known as “The Artist” (John Malkovich) when a copycat killer strikes. While Mary searches for clues in “The Artist’s” brilliant but twisted psyche, she and Jake are lured into a sinister game of cat and mouse, racing against time to stay one step ahead of “The Artist” and his copycat. Kelli: “You have a fantastic portfolio of films you’ve worked on. How did you go from the art department working on things like Sleepy Hollow and Captain America to

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Dec 15, 2022
Upcoming Western Crime-Thriller 'Man in the Long Black Coat' Features An All-Star Cast

Upcoming Western Crime-Thriller ‘Man in the Long Black Coat’ Features An All-Star Cast

The dark crime-thriller Man in the Long Black Coat is on its way, featuring an all-star cast and centers on a teen accused of a vicious murder. The film tells the story of a troubled teen accused of a shocking murder and the unlikely detective who seeks to prove his innocence and expose a far more sinister truth. Mark Feuerstein (Royal Pains, Defiance), Neal McDonough (Yellowstone, Captain America: The First Avenger, pictured), Dermot Mulroney (Scream 6, My Best Friend’s Wedding), and Christopher Lloyd (Nobody, Back to the Future), have been cast in western crime-thriller Man in the Long Black Coat, from director Salvador Litvak. Lee Broda of LB Entertainment (A Private War) is producing. LB is known for the critically acclaimed films Call Jane, The Card Counter, and breakout hit Lansky. Aimee Schoof and Isen Robbins of Intrinsic Value Films The Last Thing Mary Saw, Experimenter, and Blue Caprice will produce alongside. Natalie Marciano, also of LB Entertainment, will co-produce.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Dec 15, 2022
Movie Review: Does '65' Crash And Burn?

Adam Driver Fights Dinosaurs In The New Trailer For ’65’

From the producers of A Quiet Place and producer Sam Raimi comes the most epic sci-fi film of 2023, 65, starring Adam Driver of the Star Wars franchise. Written and directed by Scott Beck and Bryan Woods, the movie finds a ship crash-landing on an alien planet. An astronaut (Driver) fights to save himself and another survivor from dinosaurs. Ariana Greenblatt and Chloe Coleman also star in this big-budget action-packed movie. 65 lands in theaters on March 10, 2023, from Sony Pictures. Check out the first trailer, which looks damn good to us.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Dec 14, 2022
'Firenado' Leaves A Path Of Destruction In Its Wake This January (Trailer)

‘Firenado’ Is Heading Your Way From The Director Of ‘Winnie the Pooh: Blood & Honey’

Move over Twister, from the maker of Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey comes Firenado, leaving a trail of destruction in its wake this January. In the film, “one to rival Geostorm and The Day After Tomorrow tells of four scientists that uncover a ground-breaking technology capable of controlling the weather. On the first use of the device, it malfunctions and creates a Fire Tornado. As the Firenado leaves a wake of destruction, the group assists in evacuating nearby residents but stumbles upon an organized crime home invasion. Stuck between a rock and a hard place, the group struggles to survive the two threats.” Rhys Frake-Waterfield and Scott Jeffrey direct from the script penned by Tom Jolliffe. The action-packed film stars Sian Alman, Nicola Wright, and Stephen Staley. Firenado blazes onto Digital on January 3, 2023 from Uncork’d Entertainment, with a DVD release to follow in February.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Dec 14, 2022
A Mother Fights To Protect Her Daughter In The Trailer For 'Twisted'

A Mother Fights To Protect Her Daughter In The Trailer For ‘Twisted’

Now playing in select theaters and available on Demand is writer-director Vibeke Muasya’s unnerving Danish horror-thriller Twisted. In the film, “When Hannah’s Andy is found shot to death, her mom Silvia, steps in to defend Hannah until she finds her gory, sexually violent drawings. What is Hannah hiding? Silvia decides to protect her daughter at all costs.” Starring Madeleine Masson and Karen Leigh Sharp, Twisted’s Rotten Tomatoes audience score is skyrocketing, with the film’s current score at over 90 percent. “I wanted to make a female-driven thriller about the unspeakable – the destruction of a human being. Destroyed by misplaced love and mother protection. Having grown up with a paranoid mother who often suffered from psychosis, it has mattered to me to create a story evoking the claustrophobic feeling of being in a bond with a person whom you both love and hate. A person who will ultimately destroy you if you do not destroy the relationship. We produced this

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Dec 9, 2022
This December Witness The Psychological Thriller 'Alice, Darling,' Starring Anna Kendrick (Trailer)

This December Witness The Psychological Thriller ‘Alice, Darling,’ Starring Anna Kendrick (Trailer)

This December, Lionsgate will release the psychological thriller Alice, Darling, starring Oscar® nominee Anna Kendrick (Up In The Air). In the taut thriller,Kendrick stars as a woman pushed to the breaking point by her psychologically abusive boyfriend, Simon. While on vacation with two close girlfriends, Alice rediscovers the essence of herself and gains some much-needed perspective. Slowly, she starts to fray the cords of codependency that bind her. But Simon’s vengeance is as inevitable as it is shattering – and, once unleashed, it tests Alice’s strength, her courage, and the bonds of her deep-rooted friendships. The ensemble cast also includes Kaniehtiio Horn (Possessor), Charlie Carrick (“Departure”) and Wunmi Mosaku (Call Jane). The film is the feature directorial debut by Mary Nighy and was written by Alanna Francis (The Rest of Us). With a female-led team, both in front of the camera and behind the lens, Kendrick also served as an Executive Producer on the film. The psychological thriller Alice, Darling

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Dec 8, 2022

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Scorsese's True Story Inspired 'Killer Of The Flower Moon' Premieres This Fall

First Look: Leonardo DiCaprio Stars In Martin Scorsese’s ‘Killers Of The Flower Moon”

Leonardo DiCaprio sits down for dinner in the first image from the thriller Killers of the Flower Moon from director Martin Scorsese. The film’s cast features some of Hollywood’s biggest names, including Robert De Niro, Jesse Plemons, Martin Scorsese, Brendan Fraser, Eric Roth, John Lithgow, Tatanka Means, and Joshua Close. The film, based on the book “Killers of the Flower Moon: An American Crime and the Birth of the FBI” by David Grann, sees the serial murder of members of the oil-wealthy Osage Nation and a string of brutal crimes that came to be known as the “Reign of Terror.” The Apple Original film is set to premiere in 2023 from Paramount Pictures.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Dec 20, 2022
A Woman's American Dream Becomes A Nightmare In 'Nanny' - Out Now

A Woman’s American Dream Becomes A Nightmare In ‘Nanny’ – Out Now

A woman’s “American Dream” is threatened in Prime Video’s soon-to-be-released horror film, Nanny, written and directed by Nikyatu Jusu. “In this psychological horror fable of displacement, Aisha (Anna Diop), a woman who recently immigrated from Senegal, is hired to care for the daughter of an affluent couple (Michelle Monaghan and Morgan Spector) living in New York City. Haunted by the absence of the young son she left behind, Aisha hopes her new job will afford her the chance to bring him to the U.S., but she becomes increasingly unsettled by the family’s volatile home life. As his arrival approaches, a violent presence begins to invade both her dreams and her reality, threatening the “American Dream” she is painstakingly piecing together.” Starring Anna Diop, Michelle Monaghan, Sinqua Walls, Morgan Spector, Rose Decker, and Leslie Uggams, the film is produced By Nikkia Moultrie and Daniela Taplin Lundberg and Executive produced by Maria Zuckerman, Ryan Heller, Michael Bloom, Jason Blum, Rebecca Cammarata, Bill

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Dec 19, 2022
Movie Review: 'The Pale Blue Eye' Is A Dark Love Letter To Edgar Allan Poe

See The Horror-Thriller ‘The Pale Blue Eye’ In Theaters This Week

From filmmaker Scott Cooper, the director of Antlers, comes the feature adaptation of Louis Bayard’s 2006 novel, The Pale Blue Eye starring Christian Bale (American Psycho) with Harry Melling (Harry Potter) playing the role of Edgar Allan Poe. Bale stars as retired detective Augustus Landor, tasked with investigating a rash of murders. Set at “West Point, 1830. In the early hours of a gray winter morning, a cadet is found dead. But after the body arrives at the morgue, tragedy becomes savagery when it’s discovered that the young man’s heart has been skillfully removed. Fearing irreparable damage to the fledgling military academy, its leaders turn to a local detective, Augustus Landor (Christian Bale), to solve the murder. Stymied by the cadets’ code of silence, Landor enlists the help of one of their own to pursue the case, an eccentric cadet with a disdain for the rigors of the military and a penchant for poetry—a young man named Edgar Allan Poe

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Dec 19, 2022
Hugh Jackman & Jake Gyllenhaal Hunt For Two Missing Girls In 'Prisoners' - Now On Netflix

Hugh Jackman & Jake Gyllenhaal Hunt For Two Missing Girls In ‘Prisoners’ – Now On Netflix

When two young girls go missing, a father sets out to solve the mystery in Prisoners, starring Hugh Jackman, Jake Gyllenhaal, Viola Davis, Maria Bello, Terrence Howard, and Melissa Leo. In the film, directed by Denis Villeneuve (Dune, Arrival) and written by Aaron Guzikowski (Contraband), “When Keller Dover’s (Jackman) daughter and her friend go missing, he takes matters into his own hands as the police (Gyllenhaal) pursue multiple leads and the pressure mounts.” Part edge-of-your-seat crime thriller, part mystery, Prisoners has just premiered on Netflix.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Dec 17, 2022
'Mindcage' Director Mauro Borrelli Discusses The Horror-Thriller Ahead Of Its Release

‘Mindcage’ Director Mauro Borrelli Discusses The Horror-Thriller Ahead Of Its Release

Mauro Borrelli, director of The Recall, Star Wars: VIII: The Last Jedi, and who has worked on films such as The Hateful Eight, Captain America: First Avenger, and The Wolfman, sat down with us to talk about his upcoming horror-thriller Mind Cage, Starring John Malkovich (In the Line of Fire), Martin Lawrence (“Martin”), and Melissa Roxburgh (Star Trek Beyond), the film centers on detectives Jake Doyle (Martin Lawrence) and Mary Kelly (Melissa Roxburgh), who seek help from an incarcerated serial killer known as “The Artist” (John Malkovich) when a copycat killer strikes. While Mary searches for clues in “The Artist’s” brilliant but twisted psyche, she and Jake are lured into a sinister game of cat and mouse, racing against time to stay one step ahead of “The Artist” and his copycat. Kelli: “You have a fantastic portfolio of films you’ve worked on. How did you go from the art department working on things like Sleepy Hollow and Captain America to

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Dec 15, 2022
Upcoming Western Crime-Thriller 'Man in the Long Black Coat' Features An All-Star Cast

Upcoming Western Crime-Thriller ‘Man in the Long Black Coat’ Features An All-Star Cast

The dark crime-thriller Man in the Long Black Coat is on its way, featuring an all-star cast and centers on a teen accused of a vicious murder. The film tells the story of a troubled teen accused of a shocking murder and the unlikely detective who seeks to prove his innocence and expose a far more sinister truth. Mark Feuerstein (Royal Pains, Defiance), Neal McDonough (Yellowstone, Captain America: The First Avenger, pictured), Dermot Mulroney (Scream 6, My Best Friend’s Wedding), and Christopher Lloyd (Nobody, Back to the Future), have been cast in western crime-thriller Man in the Long Black Coat, from director Salvador Litvak. Lee Broda of LB Entertainment (A Private War) is producing. LB is known for the critically acclaimed films Call Jane, The Card Counter, and breakout hit Lansky. Aimee Schoof and Isen Robbins of Intrinsic Value Films The Last Thing Mary Saw, Experimenter, and Blue Caprice will produce alongside. Natalie Marciano, also of LB Entertainment, will co-produce.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Dec 15, 2022
Movie Review: Does '65' Crash And Burn?

Adam Driver Fights Dinosaurs In The New Trailer For ’65’

From the producers of A Quiet Place and producer Sam Raimi comes the most epic sci-fi film of 2023, 65, starring Adam Driver of the Star Wars franchise. Written and directed by Scott Beck and Bryan Woods, the movie finds a ship crash-landing on an alien planet. An astronaut (Driver) fights to save himself and another survivor from dinosaurs. Ariana Greenblatt and Chloe Coleman also star in this big-budget action-packed movie. 65 lands in theaters on March 10, 2023, from Sony Pictures. Check out the first trailer, which looks damn good to us.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Dec 14, 2022
'Firenado' Leaves A Path Of Destruction In Its Wake This January (Trailer)

‘Firenado’ Is Heading Your Way From The Director Of ‘Winnie the Pooh: Blood & Honey’

Move over Twister, from the maker of Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey comes Firenado, leaving a trail of destruction in its wake this January. In the film, “one to rival Geostorm and The Day After Tomorrow tells of four scientists that uncover a ground-breaking technology capable of controlling the weather. On the first use of the device, it malfunctions and creates a Fire Tornado. As the Firenado leaves a wake of destruction, the group assists in evacuating nearby residents but stumbles upon an organized crime home invasion. Stuck between a rock and a hard place, the group struggles to survive the two threats.” Rhys Frake-Waterfield and Scott Jeffrey direct from the script penned by Tom Jolliffe. The action-packed film stars Sian Alman, Nicola Wright, and Stephen Staley. Firenado blazes onto Digital on January 3, 2023 from Uncork’d Entertainment, with a DVD release to follow in February.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Dec 14, 2022
A Mother Fights To Protect Her Daughter In The Trailer For 'Twisted'

A Mother Fights To Protect Her Daughter In The Trailer For ‘Twisted’

Now playing in select theaters and available on Demand is writer-director Vibeke Muasya’s unnerving Danish horror-thriller Twisted. In the film, “When Hannah’s Andy is found shot to death, her mom Silvia, steps in to defend Hannah until she finds her gory, sexually violent drawings. What is Hannah hiding? Silvia decides to protect her daughter at all costs.” Starring Madeleine Masson and Karen Leigh Sharp, Twisted’s Rotten Tomatoes audience score is skyrocketing, with the film’s current score at over 90 percent. “I wanted to make a female-driven thriller about the unspeakable – the destruction of a human being. Destroyed by misplaced love and mother protection. Having grown up with a paranoid mother who often suffered from psychosis, it has mattered to me to create a story evoking the claustrophobic feeling of being in a bond with a person whom you both love and hate. A person who will ultimately destroy you if you do not destroy the relationship. We produced this

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Dec 9, 2022
This December Witness The Psychological Thriller 'Alice, Darling,' Starring Anna Kendrick (Trailer)

This December Witness The Psychological Thriller ‘Alice, Darling,’ Starring Anna Kendrick (Trailer)

This December, Lionsgate will release the psychological thriller Alice, Darling, starring Oscar® nominee Anna Kendrick (Up In The Air). In the taut thriller,Kendrick stars as a woman pushed to the breaking point by her psychologically abusive boyfriend, Simon. While on vacation with two close girlfriends, Alice rediscovers the essence of herself and gains some much-needed perspective. Slowly, she starts to fray the cords of codependency that bind her. But Simon’s vengeance is as inevitable as it is shattering – and, once unleashed, it tests Alice’s strength, her courage, and the bonds of her deep-rooted friendships. The ensemble cast also includes Kaniehtiio Horn (Possessor), Charlie Carrick (“Departure”) and Wunmi Mosaku (Call Jane). The film is the feature directorial debut by Mary Nighy and was written by Alanna Francis (The Rest of Us). With a female-led team, both in front of the camera and behind the lens, Kendrick also served as an Executive Producer on the film. The psychological thriller Alice, Darling

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Dec 8, 2022
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