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Fans lose their mind for F9, seriously
by Screenmancer Staff Nobody needs to say anything, except? Just WTF9 to the diehard F9 stans. Tell you what, CityWalk, nice parking job. Show Vin Diesel with crew, and the fans lose their mind. Wait till this comes out June 25 from Universal. 😉 You know the story, here’s the Official Fandomania F9 – In…
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BANFF’s Rockie Awards decided by 150 pros, 142 noms from 37 countries
by Screenmancer Staff Toronto, Canada:The Banff World Media Festival (BANFF) just announced the winners of the 2021 Rockie Awards International Program Competition. Hosted by one of Canada’s most popular comedic talents and YouTube personality Jasmeet Raina, the virtual edition of the Rockie Awards was streamed live celebrating excellence in television and digital media content from…
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Aaron Eckhart stars in RUMBLE THROUGH THE DARK from Foresight Unlimited & Cassian Elwes
by Screenmancer Staff Los Angeles, CA: Foresight Unlimited (Nasdaq: CSSE) has announced Aaron Eckhart (Thank You for Smoking, The Dark Knight) as the star in Rumble Through the Dark, which will be directed by Graham & Parker Phillips (The Bygone). Elevated’s Cassian Elwes is producing alongside Cleta Ellington for the Crooked Letter Picture Company. Foresight’s Mark…
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“SOMEBODY” picked up a National Magazine Award for podcasting
by Screenmancer Staff UPDATE: ”Somebody,” the seven-part podcast series produced by The Intercept, Chicago-based journalism nonprofit Invisible Institute, and the award-winning Topic Studios, has won a National Magazine (Ellie) Award in the Podcasting category. In breaking news, “Somebody” is also a finalist for this year’s Pulitzer Prize for Audio Reporting. This award-winning series documents Chicago…
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Some FIRST DATE, car plus loot plus killer kismet, June 23
by Screenmancer Staff Who doesn’t like a good bad rendezvous? FIRST DATE, from filmmakers Manuel Crosby and Darren Knapp stars Tyson Brown, Shelby Duclos and Jesse Janzen in a dangerous liaison where cops and criminals play for the same team… almost. Watch for this bumpy upbeat who-stole-it romp from Magnolia Pictures. Shelby probably wants to…
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Jesus, THE EYES OF TAMMY FAYE looks amazing
by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent Not since the song Bette Davis Eyes, by Kim Carnes, has heavy mascara had such a treatment as with upcoming release THE EYES OF TAMMY FAYE from Searchlight Pictures. The real Tammy Faye Bakker (then remarried as Messner) died on July 20, 2007, but her legacy lives on as…
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The Secret IRS Files: Trove of Never-Before-Seen Records from ProPublica
by Jesse Eisinger, Jeff Ernsthausen and Paul Kiel In 2007, Jeff Bezos, then a multibillionaire and now the world’s richest man, did not pay a penny in federal income taxes. He achieved the feat again in 2011. In 2018, Tesla founder Elon Musk, the second-richest person in the world, also paid no federal income taxes.…
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Rita Moreno lived #MeToo before it erupted
by Screenmancer Staff Who doesn’t love Rita Moreno? Over the span of seventy-plus years, Hollywood legend Rita Moreno defied both her humble upbringing – in the face of relentless racism – to become a celebrated and beloved actor, one of the rare EGOT (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, Tony) Award Winners in performance history. Saddled with…
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KANSAS extends Point of Know Return Tour, thought they wouldn’t?
by Screenmancer Staff ATLANTA, GA: America’s preeminent progressive rock band, KANSAS, will extend their hit Point of Know Return Anniversary Tour during the winter of 2021. Originally launched as a celebration of the 40th Anniversary of massive hit album Point of Know Return, Kansas will be performing the album in its entirety. The tour showcases classic KANSAS music…
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#Anonymous gender-bias gaffe in #ElonMusk mad mini-movie
by OG Screenmancer Okay, who goes after Anonymous when they are such a powerful collective? With all due respect to the white hats with black mad-hatter h4ck3r skills? Please direct your attention to the use of label “fanboys” in the Matrix green Guy Fawkes faced hoodie fronted recent little mean movie for Tesla and SpaceX…
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Pandemic-related YEAR OF THE EVERLASTING STORM is coming
Curated by Screenmancer Staff NEON has revealed the internationally acclaimed roster for its upcoming portmanteau feature The Year of the Everlasting Storm, helmed by filmmakers Jafar Panâhi, Anthony Chen, Malik Vitthal, Laura Poitras, Dominga Sotomayor, David Lowery and Apichatpong Weerasethakul. Featuring seven stories from seven auteurs from around the world, the film chronicles this unprecedented moment in…
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Rogue Chef Bourdain nod ROADRUNNER is main dish at Tribeca
by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent If “Parts Unknown” Chef Anthony Bourdain, a seductive world-traveler, hadn’t killed himself three years ago in France’s Alsace region in a 5 star hotel we would have killed him ourself for making us worried he might become a suicide. Such are the charged emotions Mr. Bourdain, who would have…
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Why Amy Adams’ THE WOMAN IN THE WINDOW is very watch-worthy
by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent THE WOMAN IN THE WINDOW starring Amy Adams, Gary Oldman, and Anthony Mackie is in some ways the Perfect Pandemic Panacea. Even though this movie was delayed a full year because of COVID-19, it has finally arrived this month from 20th Century Fox on Netflix. And this film is…
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M. Night Shyamalan wants you to get OLD at the movies
by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent Freakish filmmaker M. Night Shyamalan has been cooking up some summer BBQ ideas during the lockdown, or so it seems with his new release OLD from Universal Pictures. As with all of his movies, you will see the inevitable stunned cluster of people staring into the camera wondering what…
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Opening Night: John Krasinski & JJ Abrams talk A QUIET PLACE 2
by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent After the runaway success of A QUIET PLACE from husband and wife team Emily Blunt and John Krasinski, about a post-Apocalyptic family known as the Abbotts who are plagued by arachnid-style monsters, who’d have guessed the next surprise? That would be the critical acclaim for sequel A QUIET PLACE…
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