BUFFALO BOYS, the directorial debut from Mike Wiluan, a producer on this year's highly successful cultural phenomenon CRAZY RICH ASIANS, as well as other hit films including HITMAN: AGENT 47 and HEADSHOT makes its U.S. debut. After premiering at the 2018 Fantasia Film Festival and 2018 New York Asian Film Festival, the film will be ...
AFI FEST 2018 is Impacted by California Fires
AFI Fest (presented by Audi) is underway in Los Angeles. But this year, the American Film Institute's 32nd annual celebration of international cinema from modern masters and emerging filmmakers was impacted by the continuing tragedy and loss of the fires in Ventura and LA counties. Eagerly awaited films like the long-delayed Aretha Franklin documentary "Amazing Grace" ...
Alex Pettyfer Directs: BACK ROADS Film Trailer Intrigues
Last week, an intriguing, new film trailer arrived, receiving immediate online buzz. It caught our attention here at Brave New Hollywood too; especially when we recognized the familiar name and face we have not heard from in a while. Now, we know why. The man behind the project has been busy venturing into new, creative ...
BETTER ANGELS Documentary Examines US-China Relations | Trailer
A brand new documentary film BETTER ANGELS, examining the US-China relationship is doing its festival circuit before its limited theatrical release in November. As the producer of the film, and author William Mundel points out, Lee Kuan Yew, the founding prime minister of Singapore, often said that competition between the US and China is inevitable, but ...
Rotten Tomatoes: Like a Bad Ketchup Stain on Studio Plans
When a movie studio has a flop on their hands, they don’t screen the movie for the critics. Why bother sinking a movie’s opening weekend with savage shade? But in this day and age, more and more people look for the simple “review aggregator” rating from Rotten Tomatoes. In general, most people assume that Rotten Tomatoes is some ...
Noah Centineo: a Rising Star & the Internet’s Boyfriend?
At the ripe old age of 22, Noah Centineo ruled the Internet this summer, earning the nickname “The Internet’s boyfriend.” For those of you unfamiliar with the tall dark and handsome 6’1” work, he played the brooding, complicated twin brother in the long-running Freeform family drama, The Fosters. That show, a ground-breaking youth drama that began ...
Inclusion Rider: Diversity, Power & Practice in Hollywood
Back in March, when Frances McDormand won her Oscar for her role in “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri,” she took the opportunity to talk about the need for diversity and inclusion in Hollywood. She finished her acceptance speech with: "I have two words to leave with you tonight, ladies and gentlemen: inclusion rider." It was both ...
Man on a Mission: ‘FBI’ Star Zeeko Zaki Represents
Zeeko Zaki, the strikingly handsome 6’5" square-jawed star of the CBS TV series “FBI” is on a mission, proud of his Egyptian roots and touting the importance of representation in popular culture. Before his breakout role on “FBI” he was playing plenty of terrorists and military types. Eager to break the typecasting for Muslim American ...
‘Making Montgomery Clift’ Documentary Rescues the Actor’s Legacy | LA Film Festival
A new documentary about the life and career of Hollywood legend, Montgomery Clift, aims to reframe the man from decades of common lore. If there was a Mount Rushmore of Hollywood, Clift deserves a spot alongside the likes of James Dean and Marlon Brando as Clift was one of the pioneers of method acting in ...
Armie Hammer 2.0: Shifting Gears and Getting Noticed
A lot of people make assumptions about Armie Hammer. With Golden Hollywood classic good looks, a strapping 6'5" frame, and a pedigree from one of America's most famous families, it would be easy to assume that things come easy to Hammer. Not so. His is a career of near misses and hard work. Anyone remember ...
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