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The 96th Academy Awards nominations are out
Oppenheimer, Poor Things, and Killers Of The Flower Moon nab the most nominations for the 96th Oscars. The Academy Awards will be held on Sunday, March 10, 2024, at the Dolby® Theatre at Ovation Hollywood.
House Of The Dragon makes HBO history
After the finale of Game Of Thrones season 8, the GOT fandom has returned to Westeros in droves for the premiere of HBO’s latest prequel, House Of The Dragon.
Interrogating: Batman
“All it takes is fear and a little focused violence,” says the Riddler in the 2022 Batman action film. But what is focused violence and when is it a good time to acknowledge its power? Certainly, without blowing any thing or any one up, it’s fair to interrogate the place for violence in the face of corruption.
Interrogating: i am ALL GIRLS
In 2021, Netflix premiered Donavan Marsh’s chilling film about a global sex trafficking syndicate, ' Am All Girls'. South African actresses, Hlubi Mboya and Erica Wessels lead this thrilling crime mystery. While parts of i am ALL GIRLS is fictitious, the relationship between Apartheid regime sex trafficking is true. While democracy for all was achieved in 1994, by 2021, South Africa had been named gender-based violence capital of the world. In recent weeks, the news of a gang rape in Krugersdorp, South Africa topped every local news cycle and sparked national discourse.
BBC shines light on SA musical export, amapiano
South Africa’s newest lucrative cultural export, amapiano is getting a BBC documentary treatment. Shining a light on the genre, THIS IS AMAPIANO recently aired on BBC in the UK and is currently available on YouTube.
The Black Panther returns this November
The second instalment of the Black Panther franchise debuts in November 2022! Ryan Coogler returns as the the director of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever alongside Angela Bassett, Letitia Wright, Winston Duke, and Lupita Nyong'o returning to reprise their roles as well.
Kerry Washington & Audible present ‘The Prophecy’
Audible has announced three scripted multi-cast Audible Original productions in collaboration with Kerry Washington’s Emmy award winning Simpson Street Productions. The first of the three Audible Original podcasts is The Prophecy.
Blonde, the re-imagination of Marilyn Monroe
Filmmaker, Andrew Dominik is the next Hollywood buff to re-imagine the life and times of Marilyn Monroe with Blonde, starring Ana de Armas. Based on the 2000 bestselling novel by Joyce Carol Oates, this biopic debuts this September.
The Idol, The Weeknd’s dark and twisted series
The Idol is the creation of The Weeknd, Euphoria’s Sam Levinson, and Reza Fahim, following the story of a self-help guru, LA club owning, cult leader and his relationship with a pop star on the rise. The Weeknd stars in this series as the male lead acting alongside Lily Rose-Depp who plays Jocelyn.
Netflix’s best single set films
Over the years, Netflix has steadily prioritized single set films and brought them further into the collective consciousness of the film community; all while tackling themes of police brutality, institutionalized racism, and romantic resentment.