An all-star team is behind FX’s upcoming drama pilot “Kindred,” the network’s adaptation of Octavia E. Butler’s acclaimed 1979 novel.FX announced on Wednesday that Janicza Bravo, who recently directed the heralded 2020 film “Zola,” will direct the FX show’s pilot episode. “Kindred” will be executive produced by Joe Weisberg and Joel Fields (showrunners on “The […]
Continue readingBarry Pepper does his best as an amnesiac ex-operative in a film whose inventive locations do not cover up its pedestrian plotThe “intelligence community” proves to be a misnomer on both counts in this dud round of a thriller. With a head-scratching heap of betrayals and double-crossings, and none of the operatives smart enough to […]
Continue readingHorror film Kindred finds a pregnant young woman battling sinister in-laws – not a position its star plans to find herself in. She explains why she’s drawn to strong, resilient charactersTamara Lawrance says she has “very little desire to be pregnant” and, given the subject matter of her latest film, who can blame her? She […]
Continue readingI’m always relieved, if not excited, to encounter a horror film that isn’t about anything supernatural. A lot of today’s audiences wouldn’t even consider that a horror film; if it doesn’t goose you with effects or try for some version of the uncanny, it’s just a drama. But horror doesn’t need to be fantasy, and […]
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