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ODYSSEY Casting Call & Top 10 Kismet Co-Stars
by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent Last night on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon,” Zendaya just recounted how Tom Holland got the call for The Odyssey casting. Naturally it came from director Christopher Nolan himself. “I’m also a Chris Nolan fan,” she said, and “didn’t even put myself in that equation at all, I…
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The Undergarments of Chris Nolan’s ODYSSEY?
by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent Say clickbait on that headline if you want, but guess who has the underwear update on July’s huge box office banger The Odyssey from Warner Bros? These are the side-chats that have opened up in the controversial wake of this massive Summer Blockbuster from iconic Director Christopher Nolan. What’s…
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Top 10 Narcissistic Tango Movies
by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent If you’ve never heard of Sam Vaknin or his pioneering work on the topic of Malignant Narcissism? Welcome to our Top 10 Narcissistic Tango Movies that homages this widely recognized leader in the field of mixed-up couples; below you’ll find the list of films, three of which are recommended…
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Arts & Faith: Top 25 Spiritually Significant Films Directed by Women
CHAPEL HILL, NC: The Arts & Faith Community has announced their Top 25 list of spiritually significant films directed by women. Project leader Lindsey Dunn explains, “After releasing the most recent edition of the Top 100 list in 2025 and realizing that only eight films had female directors, our next priority became clear: shine the…
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Why Men may not vibe Emerald Fennell’s WUTHERING HEIGHTS?
Ever since Writer/Director Emerald Fennell’s Best Original Screenplay win for Promising Young Woman starring Carey Mulligan in let’s say the revenge-date epic, Fennell has been a puzzle to some… meaning men. This is said in a nice way, because her recent release Wuthering Heights, “sort of a sister, not a twin,” to the classic Emily…
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The Academy names new Nicholl Fellows & Finalists
LOS ANGELES, CA: Three individuals and two writing teams have been selected as the recipients of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ 2025-2026 Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting, an international talent development program that supports non-professional screenwriters. This year, to identify potential fellows, the Nicholl program exclusively partnered with 40 global universities, screenwriting labs,…
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Sequel city for KPop DH, plus 2 Oscars & it’s amazing
by Chad Aiggia, Screenmancer Film Critic If KPop Demon Hunters from SONY Animation had never won the Oscar? We never would’ve seen it, that’s a fact. But it did on Sunday March 15th, actually two Oscars for Best Animated Feature as well as Best Song for “Golden.” Then we had to watch it on Monday…
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Reid’s Art of Adventure doc goes wide in Canada
Toronto, ON: Game Theory Films announced today that the award-winning feature documentary THE ART OF ADVENTURE from director Alison Reid (The Woman Who Loves Giraffes) will launch in select theatres across Canada beginning April 10th, 2026 in celebration of Earth Month. The acclaimed film will screen for audiences in Vancouver (VIFF Centre), Victoria (The Vic, Cinecenta),…
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What will we remember from the 98th Oscars?
Op-Ed by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent You couldn’t make up the backstory to the 98th Oscars, the black cloud of the Reiner murders with a night-before party at comedian Conan O’Brien’s house where Rob and Michelle Reiner’s now-jailed son had a run-in, then the actual Ides of March (March 15) show date, complete with…
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Why SINNERS is the only unicorn Oscar nom this year?
by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent What if SINNERS, a vampire movie boasting a record 16 Best Picture nominations, actual bites down hard this 98th Oscar ceremony and sweeps on Sunday, March 15th, on ABC – not because of the critical acclaim only, but because it has one quality all the other noms do not?…
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Ryan Gosling’s big move is PROJECT HAIL MARY
by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent Opening March 20, from MGM Amazon Studios, Ryan Gosling is taking UFO disclosure to a whole other level with his new movie PROJECT HAIL MARY. Gosling plays a middle school teacher who is tasked with saving the Earth from solar implosion after a virus has infected our life-giving star.…
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WGAW Cancels LA Awards Show, WGAE on for 2026
LOS ANGELES, CA: The Writers Guild of America West (WGAW) Board of Directors has cancelled the 2026 Writers Guild Awards Los Angeles ceremony, as the WGAW staff union’s strike continues. The show was scheduled to take place at the JW Marriott Los Angeles L.A. LIVE on Sunday, March 8. Non-supervisory staff of the WGAW, organized…
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Turns out The Academy Gov Ball has a Wnning Puck too
LOS ANGELES, CA: The Governors Ball, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ official post-Oscars® celebration, which will immediately follow the 98th Oscars ceremony on Sunday, March 15, returns for its 67th year. Celebrated mega-chef Wolfgang Puck is back with his gold-standard winning culinary ways, keeping it fresh for more than three decades for…
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Mile 11 is where Oscars meet LA Marathon March 8
LOS ANGELES, CA: The ASICS Los Angeles Marathon, produced by The McCourt Foundation, partners with the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to bring the magic of the Oscars® directly to the course on race day, Sunday, March 8. At Mile 11, on the famed Hollywood Boulevard, the marathon route will be transformed into a…
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DISCLOSURE DAY, June 12: Your Alien 101 Primer?
by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent Emily Blunt and Josh O’Connor have been cast with the task to shoulder Steven Spielberg’s return to his alien obsession in DISCLOSURE DAY, from Universal Pictures, set for Summer Blockbuster season on June 12, 2026. Most people probably have a few Star Trek and Star Wars ideas about the…
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