Gregory Ellwood

The first trailer for Fox Searchlight’s “Me and Earl and the Dying Girl” is here and you can feel the tears coming. Also, ever sit next to a sitting U.S. Senator during a movie and bawl your eyes out?

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Tom Hiddleston enters the awards season race as Sony Classics takes 'I Saw The Light'

Posted by Gregory Ellwood · 2:15 pm · April 2nd, 2015

Tom Hiddleston’s “I Saw The Light” finds a home with Sony Classics.

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Amy Winehouse returns in the teaser trailer for the new documentary 'Amy'

Posted by Gregory Ellwood · 4:00 am · April 2nd, 2015

Unseen footage in the new documentary “Amy” is expected to shine new details on the life of British diva Amy Winehouse who passed away at the age of 27 in 2011. A24 is releasing the doc in the U.S. and released a brand new teaser trailer today.

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Mark Wahlberg may star in Boston Bombings film for CBS Films

Posted by Gregory Ellwood · 4:11 pm · March 31st, 2015

Boston’s own Mark Wahlberg is set to star in “Patriot’s Day,” one of two films in the works about the 2013 Bostom bombings.

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Review: Helen Mirren's 'Woman in Gold' paints by numbers and it could've been worse

Posted by Gregory Ellwood · 2:35 pm · March 31st, 2015

Helen Mirren and Tatiana Maslany are the main reasons to see Simon Curtis’ “Woman in Gold.”

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Jake Gyllenhaal gets cut to save his daughter in new trailer for 'Southpaw'

Posted by Gregory Ellwood · 10:50 am · March 27th, 2015

Jake Gyllenhaal is another boxer looking for a melodramatic comeback in Antoine Fuqua’s “Southpaw” and it looks like a hit.

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Don't worry, Naomi Watts is a much better dancer in real life than in 'While We're Young'

Posted by Gregory Ellwood · 12:31 am · March 27th, 2015

Naomi Watts caps off an incredible eight months with the release of Noah Baumbach’s “While We’re Young.”

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Oscars move on as Craig Zadan and Neil Meron insist departure was their decision

Posted by Gregory Ellwood · 2:01 pm · March 26th, 2015

Craig Zadan and Neil Meron are not returning to produce the 88th Academy Awards next year.

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90's hip hop meets social media in first teaser trailer for Sundance hit 'Dope'

Posted by Gregory Ellwood · 9:36 am · March 26th, 2015

The first teaser for the Sundance hit “Dope” has hit the web and it’s a mix mash of 90’s hip hop songs and styles and modern day social media.

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Roland Emmerich's 'Stonewall' is arriving just in time for awards season

Posted by Gregory Ellwood · 10:14 am · March 25th, 2015

Roland Emmerich’s “Stonewall” with Jeremy Irvine, Caleb Landry Jones and Jonathan Rhys Meyers will get a fall release just in time for awards season.

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'Mad Max: Fury Road' will set the 2015 Cannes Film Festival on fire

Posted by Gregory Ellwood · 9:19 am · March 25th, 2015

George Miller’s “Mad Max: Fury Road” will screen on May 14 at the 68th Festival du Cannes, the same day it’s effectively opening world wide.

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Vin Diesel makes a silly comment about how 'Fast 7' should win best picture

Posted by Gregory Ellwood · 12:24 am · March 25th, 2015

Vin Diesel makes some startling predictions about “Fast 7” and the 2016 Academy Awards.

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No joke: Bradley Cooper may direct Beyonce in remake of 'A Star is Born'

Posted by Gregory Ellwood · 4:18 pm · March 24th, 2015

Reports indicate that Bradley Cooper will direct and co-star with Beyonce in a remake of “A Star is Born.”

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Salma Hayek's passion project is finally coming to theaters in August

Posted by Gregory Ellwood · 2:27 pm · March 24th, 2015

“Kahlil Gilbran’s The Prophet” is heading to theaters in August and that means U.S. distributor GKids is hoping to land their seventh Best Animated Feature nomination.

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