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Sundance 2022: ‘Call Jane’ is a Solid Yet Unspectacular Film About the ’60s Jane Collective

JenJanuary 23, 2022January 23, 2022

by JenJanuary 23, 2022January 23, 2022017

Sundance Film Festival 2022 featured the premiere of Call Jane. The film is about a married woman with an unwanted pregnancy, she lives in a time in America where she can’t get a legal abortion...

Movie Reviews

Sundance 2022: John Boyega Stars as Veteran in ‘892’

JenJanuary 21, 2022January 21, 2022

by JenJanuary 21, 2022January 21, 2022039

Sundance feature film 892 sees a Marine war veteran face mental and emotional challenges when he tries to reintegrate back into civilian life. Living in a cheap motel in Atlanta and separated from his wife...

Movie Reviews

Sundance 2022: Eisenberg’s Debut ‘When You Finish Saving the World’ Disappoints

JenJanuary 21, 2022January 21, 2022

by JenJanuary 21, 2022January 21, 2022029

When You Finish Saving the World was one of the films to premiere on opening day of the Sundance Film Festival 2022. It marks the feature length debut for writer and director Jesse Eisenberg, the...

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2022 Sundance Film Festival: “Beyond Film” Line-Up Announced

JenJanuary 13, 2022January 13, 2022

by JenJanuary 13, 2022January 13, 2022055

Park City, UT — The nonprofit Sundance Institute announced today the 2022 Sundance Film Festival Beyond Film lineup produced by the Festival, all of which are free to the public. These thought provoking and entertaining talks and...

Movie Reviews

Netflix Thriller, Hypnotic, May Put You to Sleep

JenOctober 27, 2021October 26, 2021

by JenOctober 27, 2021October 26, 20210193

Netflix is releasing Hypnotic today, a new psychological thriller. Check out the trailer and synopsis below: Feeling stuck both personally and professionally, Jenn (Kate Siegel), a young woman reeling from a series of traumatic events,...

TV Recaps/Reviews

New Netflix Animated Series, Maya and the Three, is a Hit

JenOctober 22, 2021October 21, 2021

by JenOctober 22, 2021October 21, 20210402

Today Netflix releases a new animated series, Maya and the Three. Check out the trailer and logline below: In a fantastical world filled with magic, a Mesoamerican-inspired warrior princess embarks on an epic quest to...

Movies

The Sundance Institute Launches Trans Possibilities Intensive

JenOctober 20, 2021October 20, 2021

by JenOctober 20, 2021October 20, 20210204

Six artists selected for inaugural program focused on advancement of transgender storytellers of color Los Angeles, CA – The nonprofit Sundance Institute launched today the inaugural Trans Possibilities Intensive, a three-day virtual program focused on...

Television

Apple TV+’s New Show Foundation is Beautiful to Look at but a Little Slow

JenSeptember 23, 2021September 23, 2021

by JenSeptember 23, 2021September 23, 20210709

This is a review of the first two episodes of the Apple TV+ sci-fi series, Foundation. View the trailer for the show below: Based on the award-winning novels by Isaac Asimov, Foundation chronicles a band...

Book News

COWBOY BEBOP Companion Books and Comic Books from Titan Publishing

JenAugust 27, 2021August 27, 2021

by JenAugust 27, 2021August 27, 20210800

TITAN PUBLISHING TO PUBLISH COMPANION BOOKS AND COMIC BOOKS TO COWBOY BEBOP London, August 2021 Titan Publishing is delighted to announce a new collaboration with Netflix to publish the official fiction, non-fiction & comics for...

TV News/Previews

WHAT IF…CAPTAIN CARTER WERE THE FIRST AVENGER? ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK

JenAugust 13, 2021August 13, 2021

by JenAugust 13, 2021August 13, 202101144

WHAT IF…CAPTAIN CARTER WERE THE FIRST AVENGER? ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK AVAILABLE TODAY MUSIC FROM THE DISNEY+ ORIGINAL SERIES WHAT IF…? FEATURES SCORE BY EMMY®-WINNING COMPOSER LAURA KARPMAN WHAT IF…?: EPISODE 2 DIGITAL SOUNDTRACK AVAILABLE AUGUST 27...

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