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Unlike the Oscars, the SAG Awards have categories which recognize outstanding ensemble performances in television and motion pictures in drama, comedy, and stuntwork. Although a relatively new award since its debut in 1995, the SAG Awards are revered as the acting community recognizes successful chemistry is more than just one lead, one performance. Additionally, in this ...
If you can sit through a film tackling “gay conversion therapy,” also known by its other given names “ex-gay” or “repetitive therapy,” a practice rejected by every major medical organization then you are in for a long, grueling, and heartbreaking look into the bizarre and abusive process that has tricked many gay men into believing ...
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 (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" ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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