24 November
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SUPERINTELLIGENCE Director: Ben FalconeStarring: Melissa McCarthy, Bobby Cannavale, Jean Smart, Bryan Tyree Henry, Ben Falcone, Jock McKissic, Michael Beach Melissa McCarthy and her husband Ben Falcone have teamed up multiple times before with movies like Life of the Party and The Boss. In their latest, SuperIntelligence, McCarthy plays Carol Peters who considers herself a fairly average woman. She used to work for a tech company but left her position to do more philanthropic work in her community. One morning a techno superintelligence starts talking to from every one of her devices. It’s always the voice of James Corden as Carol thinks his voice is soothing.Read More →

24 November
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“SUPERINTELLIGENCE” Interviews – Melissa McCarthy, Bobby Cannavale, Ben Falcone Melissa McCarthy and Bobby Cannavale star in the new rom-com SuperIntelligence coming to HBO Max on November 26. I sat down with the pair along with director Ben Falcone to talk about getting star struck, their 20 Days of Kindness initiative, and more. **click SUBSCRIBE for more reviews and interviews** Here’s the interviewRead More →

21 November
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THE IRISHMAN Director: Martin ScorseseStarring: Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, Joe Pesci, Anna Paquin, Ray Romano, Harvey Keitel, Jesse Plemons, Bobby Cannavale Frank “The Irishman” Sheeran (De Niro) was a teamster who was taken under by the Bufalino crime family out of Pennsylvania. He could do their dirty work, which led to his working relationship with Jimmy Hoffa (Pacino) and this film charts the rise and unexpected fall between the two of them. The robust script by Steven Zaillian is based on the book “I Heard You Paint Houses” by Charles Brandt who interviewed Frank Sheeran and wrote this as his confessional to killing JimmyRead More →

30 October
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Director: Edward NortonStarring: Edward Norton, Bruce Willis, Alec Baldwin, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Willem Dafoe, Bobby Cannavale, Cherry Jones, Dallas Roberts Edward Norton wrote, directed, and stars in the new film, Motherless Brooklyn. He plays Lionel, a man who suffers from Tourette’s Syndrome while working as a private investigator. One day on the job, he witnesses to the death of his mentor (Willis) then has to use his incredible memory from that tragic day to find out who was behind the murder. Here’s my reviewRead More →

29 August
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NETFLIX ANNOUNCES RUN TIMES AND RELEASE DATES FOR “THE IRISHMAN” Netflix alerted audiences this week that Martin Scorsese’s new epic, The Irishman, will run 210 minutes. That’s 3.5 hours. And you thought Avengers: Endgame was long. Scorsese is no stranger to making long movies, so this should come as no surprise. It marks his longest film to date, but does it really even matter? When you have one of the greatest living directors reteaming with his trusted company of actors including: Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, Joe Pesci, and Harvey Keitel, you let the master do his thing. It’s not just his cast that shouldRead More →

31 July
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THE IRISHMAN Director: Martin ScorseseStarring: Robert DeNiro, Al Pacino, Harvey Keitel, Joe Pesci, Anna Paquin, Bobby Cannavale, Jesse Plemons Martin Scorsese became synonymous with gangster movies with films like Goodfellas and Casino under his belt. He returns to that environment with The Irishman, named after Frank “The Irishman” Sheeran. Steven Zaillian’s script is adapted from the book “I Heard You Paint Houses” by Charles Brandt. Brandt’s work is an epic look at Sheeran’s rise to power under Jimmy Hoffa and his eventual involvement in Hoffa’s death. It’s a FASCINATING story, which will no doubt be accurately brought to life by Scorsese and his trusted partnershipsRead More →

04 July
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ANT-MAN AND THE WASP Director: Peyton Reed Starring: Paul Rudd, Evangeline Lilly, Michael Peña, Hannah John-Kamen, Michael Douglas, Michelle Pfeiffer, David Dastmalchian, T.I., Walton Goggins, Bobby Cannavale, Judy Greer If you’re up to date on your Marvel Cinematic Universe, you may remember the topical and powerful nature of Black Panther and the serious, and somewhat depressing, nature of Avengers: Infinity War. We still don’t know who lived and died in that film. Marvel head honcho Kevin Feige has lightened things up for their third film in 2018. One of the notable heroes missing from Infinity War was Paul Rudd’s Ant-Man. We last saw him inRead More →

05 January
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I, TONYA Director: Craig Gillespie Starring: Margot Robbie, Allison Janney, Sebastian Stan, Julianne Nicholson, Paul Walter Hauser, Bobby Cannavale If you thought you knew the story of Tonya Harding then think again. I, Tonya takes unique approach at telling her side of the story. The film is structured around on-camera interviews with key players in Harding’s life and those involved in the infamous battle between her and Nancy Kerrigan. It starts off going back to Tonya’s early skating days as she grew up to become one of the greatest skaters to hit the ice. Yes, you read that correctly. She was the first American femaleRead More →

17 July
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ANT-MAN Director: Peyton Reed Starring: Paul Rudd, Michael Douglas, Corey Stoll, Evangeline Lilly, Bobby Cannavale, Judy Greer, Michael Peña, David Dastmalchian, Tip “T.I.” Harris It’s time for another Marvel movie, thus concluding Phase 2 of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. You may have thought that Avengers: Age of Ultron would have been the conclusion, but they’ve snuck this little guy in there and tied him into the story lines of what came before in terms of the Avengers, S.H.I.E.L.D, and Hydra. Scott Lang (Rudd) is seen enjoying his last few hours in prison by getting a goodbye ritual. He is looking forward to getting his lifeRead More →

04 June
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SPY Writer/Director: Paul Feig Starring: Melissa McCarthy, Jude Law, Jason Statham, Rose Byrne, Bobby Cannavale, Miranda Hart, Allison Janney Let’s cut to the chase. Melissa McCarthy is one of the funniest actresses working today and is starring in one of the funniest movies of the year. In Spy, she plays CIA agent Susan Cooper who is quite content sitting behind her desk monitoring dangerous situations for field agent Bradley Fine (Law). She has a severe crush on him, as he is completely dashing and debonair like any spy should be. He has been working on a mission to track down the location of some nuclearRead More →