Category: Movie News
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Melissa London Hilfers Set To Write Sony ‘Jagged Edge’ Remake For Halle Berry
Exclusive: Sony Pictures is moving forward with Jagged Edge, the thriller being crafted for Halle Berry to play the heroine lawyer role originated by Glenn Close in the 1985 hit. The studio has hired Melissa London Hilfers to write the script, and Doug Belgrad’s 2.0 Entertainment banner has been set to co-finance the film. Belgrad…
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‘Suits’: As Katherine Heigl Joins the Season 8 Cast, This USA Drama Still Features Some of TV’s Strongest Women
When “Suits” returns for its eighth season this Wednesday, a lot has changed: Gina Torres, Patrick J. Adams, and Meghan Markle are gone, and returning actors Dulé Hill (“Psych”) and Amanda Schull (“12 Monkeys”) have been upped to series regulars. But the biggest evolution may be the arrival of Katherine Heigl (“Grey’s Anatomy”) as Samantha…
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‘The Equalizer 2’ Review: A Dark Fantasy for Dark Times
I’m not a big fan of the term “guilty pleasure”, for it implies that people should feel shame for the simple act of liking a work of art. However, I must begrudgingly admit that term applies, at least for me, to Antoine Fuqua’s The Equalizer movies. They work as a kind of reverse Death Wish…
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The Equalizer 2 review – Denzel Washington can’t save dull sequel
An uninteresting follow-up to the 80s TV reboot wastes a star turn from the Oscar-winning actor on a plot that reads like middle-aged male fantasyIn the Us, there’s an adage among a certain political sect that the only thing capable of stopping a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun.…
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Film Review: Denzel Washington in ‘The Equalizer 2’
It’s a credit to Denzel Washington’s career choices that he’s gone four decades without making a single sequel. That’s not to say that breaking the pattern with “The Equalizer 2” means he’s finally sold out (plenty of stars rely on franchises to balance out riskier one-off ventures), but nor does this particular project demonstrate much…
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‘The Equalizer 2’ Review: Denzel Washington’s First Sequel Is Hopefully Also His Last
Why did it have to be “The Equalizer”? Of all the films that Denzel Washington has made over the years, it’s the first to get a sequel. Of all the indelible characters that Denzel Washington has brought to life on camera, widowed vigilante Robert McCall is the first he’s ever reprised. In this day and…
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Film Review: ‘King Cohen’
One of the loopier careers in and on the fringes of mainstream Hollywood is paid loving tribute in Steve Mitchell’s documentary “King Cohen.” There’s nothing particularly inspired about Mitchell’s treatment here — he’s directed a lot of DVD extras, and this first feature feels like a plus-sized version of one — but there’s considerable entertainment…
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/Filmcast Ep. 476 – Skyscraper
David, Devindra, and Jeff discuss Moviepass’s surge pricing, try to figure out what’s up with Three Identical Strangers, and get ambivalent about Who Is America. Be sure to read Aja Romano’s review of Who Is America, Jen Chaney’s review of Who Is America, Kristen Lopez’s piece on disability in Skyscraper, and Katy Sullivan’s perspective on…
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Daily Podcast: The Making of ‘Die Hard’, and How It Impacted a Generation of Filmmakers
On the July 17, 2018 episode of /Film Daily, /Film senior writer Ben Pearson presents a special episode of the podcast looking back on the making of John McTiernan‘s 1988 classic Die Hard, featuring snippets of interviews with people who made it and filmmakers who were inspired by it. You can subscribe to /Film Daily…
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Film News Roundup: Halle Berry’s ‘Jagged Edge’ Remake Finds Writer
In today’s film news roundup, Sony hires a former attorney to write the “Jagged Edge” script, “Anderson Falls” rounds out its cast, and “Dr. Brinks & Dr. Brinks” is sold.DevelopmentSony is moving ahead with its remake of “Jagged Edge,” hiring attorney-turned-screenwriter Melissa London Hilfers to pen the script for the Halle Berry-starrer.Doug Belgrad’s 2.0 Entertainment…