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AMERICAN FICTION Review: Jeffrey Wright Elevates Publishing Satire Into Must-See Filmmaking

In American Fiction, writer-director Cord Jefferson’s (Station Eleven, Succession, Watchmen) adaptation of Percival Everett’s 2001 novel, Erasure, a brilliant, blistering satire of commercial publishing, mainstream media, and Hollywood studio system, Thelonious “Monk” Ellison (Jeffrey Wright), a literature professor and under-read novelist, finds himself face-to-face with a seemingly...

SHAZAM! FURY OF THE GODS Review: Superhero Action First, Family Dynamics Last

Zachary Levi, Grace Caroline Currey, and Helen Mirren star in the latest from D.C., directed by David F. Sandberg.

Now in Theaters: READY OR NOT, Samara Weaving Is a Star

Samara Weaving stars with some other people; Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett directed.

ISABELLE Clip: Someone is in The House

Well. We had a lot of clever prose here about this early look at Rob Heydon's psychological thriller Isabelle. Damn clever stuff that also included a very reaching reference to a sketch from Monty Python. Yes. It was THAT clever....

Johnny Depp Joins Kevin Smith's YOGA HOSERS

Johnny Depp is teaming with Kevin Smith? Yup. Smith had this to say about Yoga Hosers in July: "There are two characters in a convenience store in Tusk that you see for five minutes, very much Ronsencrantz and Guildenstern. I've...

Kevin Smith Planning TUSK Spin Off YOGA HOSERS

It would appear that Kevin Smith and Steven Soderbergh are locked into a duel to the death to see which of them can direct the most stuff after announcing a retirement from directing. Not, of course, that we're complaining about...

TIFF 09: JENNIFER'S BODY Review

[This review originally appeared in one of my regular columns at Showcase.  Thanks to the powers that be there for allowing us to reprint here.]Adjust expectations accordingly:On the Megan Fox front, Jennifer's Body contains no nudity, moderate cleavage, and one...