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Neon has released the first trailer forChinonye Chukwu’s acclaimed death row dramaClemency, which won the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance earlier this year, making her the first black woman to win top honors at that festival. Alfre Woodardhas earned rave reviews for her turn as prison warden Bernadine Williams. Years of carrying out death row executions have taken a toll on Bernadine and as she prepares to execute another inmate, she must confront the psychological and emotional demons her job creates, ultimately connecting her to the man she is sanctioned to kill....

Before we can even begin thinking aboutThe Falcon and the Winter Soldier, the nextMarvel Disney+ seriesarriving this year, we should probably clear up a particular plot point. Well, we should let series co-leadAnthony Mackieclear up the plot point since it’s about his character, Sam Wilson, a.k.a. Falcon. Mackie co-stars onFalcon and the Winter SoldieralongsideSebastian Stan, who’s back as Bucky Barnes, a.k.a. The Winter Soldier. The two supes became a pair earlier in the MCU’s run through their mutual friend, Steve Rogers....

Quentin Tarantinois one of a few directors who stand out in the movie industry for owning their own brand of filmmaking. Well-known for his unique directorial style (which often combines humor and violence), the award-winning director has provided some of the most highly regarded features in history, includingPulp Fiction,Inglourious Basterds,The Hateful Eight, and more. This year, four of Tarantino’s films are receiving the 4K UHD treatment for the first time: the twoKill Billmovies, the 1997Jackie Brown, and the re-print version of his debut movieReservoir Dogs....

Last weekend started with a vague level of uncertainty about whetherPirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No TalesorBaywatchwould lead the pack at the box office, though almost all prognosticators rightly pegged the former as the alpha. In contrast, there’s no such fretting over who will be taking the lead this weekend.Patty Jenkins’Wonder Womanwill own the weekend wholesale and the take, which could get up north of $100 million when all is said and done, will likely point to a fact that most well-adjusted people on this planet have known for years: movies directed by women and anchored by women can make lots of money and aren’t especially “risky....

The HBO drama seriesHis Dark Materialsis back for Season 2, with a new world and higher stakes as Lyra (Dafne Keen) has followed Lord Asriel (James McAvoy) across a bridge into the unknown and on a dangerous path. Once in this mysterious abandoned city and alongside her new friend Will (Amir Wilson), Lyra tries to stay far enough out of the reach of Mrs. Coulter (Ruth Wilson) to fulfill her destiny....

With theOscar nominationsfor the 92d Academy Awards announced this morning, you may be wondering how, exactly, do these Oscar nominations work? Who decides who gets nominated? Well, it’s a complicated process involving lots of math, but here’s what you need to know. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is made up of around 7,000 filmmakers and film professionals, and these are the people that vote for the Oscars. You have to either go through a rigorous application process or be invited to join The Academy (almost every nominee gets an invite), and the organization itself is divided up into 17 specific branches....

The 10-part thrillerRiviera, available at Sundance Now (AMC Networks’ premium video streaming service), follows Georgina (Julia Stiles), a high-end art curator who’s newly married to billionaire Constantine Clios (Anthony LaPaglia) and living in the south of France when he’s killed in a yacht explosion. After his death, Georgina discovers that the man she thought she knew and the fortune that he maintained were tainted by dishonesty and criminal activity, and that Constantine’s ex-wife (Lena Olin) and three children (Dimitri Leonidas,Iwan RheonandRoxane Duran) are more aware about his questionable dealings and their enemies than she is....

Created and executive produced byPaul RustandLesley Arfin, along withJudd Apatow, the Netflix seriesLove(which has already been picked up for a third season) follows nice guy Gus (Paul Rust) and wild child Mickey (Gillian Jacobs) as they navigate what it means to be in a relationship, with all of the exciting and awkward aspects of love and commitment. It’s an unflinching, hilarious and excruciatingly honest take on modern relationships that makes you wonder whether Gus and Mickey are perfect or entirely wrong for each other....

The Marvel movies are beloved the world over, and they are consistent box office and critical hits. But if there’s an Achilles heel to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, it’s its villains. They’re not particular good or even interesting. And given how many films they’ve made now, it’s become a bit of a running joke that Marvel’s villains are lackluster. Of course, they make up for it in the protagonist department, but that doesn’t mean creating a fascinating Marvel movie villain is impossible....

With writer-directorAndrea Berloff’sThe Kitchenopening in theaters this weekend, I recently sat down withMelissa McCarthyandElisabeth Mossto talk about the film. Based on the DC Vertigo comic book series of the same name,The Kitchenis set in 1978 Hell’s Kitchen and revolves around three housewives (Melissa McCarthy, Elisabeth Moss andTiffany Haddish) whose mobster husbands are sent to prison by the FBI. They’re then forced to take matters into their own hands by assuming control of the Irish mafia....

The 1947 novelty tune “I’m My Own Grandpa” has become shorthand for Jerry Springer-style family intrigue, but I mean to evoke the exact opposite when I say thatRuth Wilsonis her own grandmother in the fascinatingMrs. Wilson. The 3-part series, airing in the U.S. on PBS, is a lightly fictionalized account of a scandal within Wilson’s own family that only became known after her grandfather’s death in the mid-1960s. It was then that his wife, Alison (portrayed by Ruth Wilson) began to unexpectedly unravel her husband’s mysteries when another woman claiming to also be his wife shows up at the door....

They may be getting down to business to defeat the Northern invaders, but they will not be breaking out into song. Disney’s live-actionMulanwill focus on telling the titular character’s epic story with stunning fight scenes. Unlike previous live-action remakes such asBeauty and the BeastandAladdin, the cast of the newMulanwill not be performing songs from the beloved animated original. When directorNiki Carofirst mentioned in an interview in 2017 that there will not be singing inMulan, the fans were not pleased....

Hardly anyone thinks about John Adams when talking about memorable or historical presidencies. The second United States president isn’t as revered as his predecessor, George Washington, or his successor, Thomas Jefferson, but still played an important role in securing and consolidating the country’s independence. This unsung legacy is the subject ofJohn Adams, one of HBO’s most successful miniseries, one that boasts a star-studded cast led byPaul GiamattiandLaura Linneyas John and Abigail Adams, and thatswept the Emmys and Golden Globesin 2008, but one that you probably don’t remember asit’s been more than a decade since then....