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“Peter Five Eight” Trailer, Clips, Poster and Images

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Michael Zaiko Hall wrote and directed Peter Five Eight. The story follows a charismatic man in black, played by Kevin Spacey, an assassin with no conscience.

At the behest of his shadowy boss, played by Jake Weber, Peter uncovers the truth about the seemingly glamorous real estate agent, played by Jet Jandreau.

Taking place in a small mountain community, Peter focuses on Brenda, played by Rebecca de Mornay, for information that reveals the real estate agent is an unhinged alcoholic with a dark secret.

Apple TV “Manhunt” Trailer and Poster

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Based on The New York Times bestselling and Edgar Award-winning nonfiction book Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln’s Killer by author James L. Swanson, Manhunt is a conspiracy thriller about one of the best-known but least-understood crimes in history.

The series tells the astonishing story of the hunt for John Wilkes Booth after Abraham Lincoln’s assassination, alongside Tobias Menzies, Anthony Boyle, Lovie Simone, Will Harrison, Brandon Flynn, Damian O’Hare, Glenn Morshower, Patton Oswalt, Matt Walsh, and Hamish Linklater star.

“Back to Black” Trailer, Images and Poster

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We know the end of this story, which is sad, but the film Back to Black is a pseudo-celebration of a talented artist, Amy Winehouse, played by Marisa Abela.

Marisa Abela as Amy Winehouse and Jack O’Connell as Blake Fielder-Civil in BACK TO BLACK, a Focus Features release. Credit: Courtesy of Dean Rogers/Focus Features.

Directed by Sam-Taylor Johnson, the movie portrays her turbulent relationship with Blake Fielder-Civil, played by Jack O’Connell, which motivates her to write and record the groundbreaking album Back to Black.

Marisa Abela and director Sam Taylor-Johnson on the set of BACK TO BLACK, a Focus Features release. Credit: Courtesy of Dean Rogers/Focus Features.

Sam-Taylor Johnson films include:

Fifty Shades of Grey

Nowhere Boy

A Million Little Pieces

“Constellation” Nothing Comes Back the Same

Apple TV, drama, episodic, science fiction, thriller,

A Dark Journey Beyond Earth

Created and written by Peter Harness, Michelle MacLaren directs the first episode, Constellation, which stars Noomi Rapace as Jo, an astronaut who returns to Earth after a disaster in space.

She discovers that critical pieces of her life seem to be missing.

Two Worlds. One truth

This action-packed space adventure explores the dark edges of human psychology and one woman’s desperate quest to expose the truth about the hidden history of space travel and recover all that she has lost.

“Scrambled”Hilarious and Heartfelt Journey

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Overview of Scrambled

Written and directed by Leah McKendrick, Scrambled is about a quintessential eternal bridesmaid, Nellie Robinson, played by Leah McKendrick. She constantly finds herself between weddings, baby showers, and bad dates. 

When she feels like the clock is ticking and faces bleak romantic prospects, Nellie freezes her eggs — setting her on an empowering journey to a brave new world where she ultimately discovers “the one” she’s looking for might be herself.  

Characters and Cast

The supporting cast includes Ego Nwodim, André Santini, Adam Rodríguez, Laura Cerón, and Clancy Brown.

Singer, actress and filmmaker, McKendrick’s films include:

Bad Moms

M.F.A.

Baby Steps

A Nice Girl Like You

Organize Chaos

“Housekeeping for Beginners” A Quietly Political Film

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Filmmaker Goran Stolevski delivers a story exploring the universal truths of family, both the ones we’re born into and the ones we find for ourselves.

Visual Style and Realism

Gradually, we learn in Housekeeping for Beginners that Dita never wanted to be a mother. Yet circumstances force her to raise her girlfriend’s two daughters, tiny troublemaker Mia and rebellious teen Vanesa.

Samson Selim stars as Ali, Vladimir Tintor as Toni, Anamaria Marinca as Dita and Sara Klimoska as Elena in director Goran Stolevski’s HOUSEKEEPING FOR BEGINNERS, a Focus Features release. Credit: Viktor Irvin Ivanov / © 2023 FOCUS FEATURES LLC.

Complex Relationships That Drive the Narrative

The story turns into a heartfelt drama. A battle of wills ensues as the three continue to butt heads and become an unlikely family that must fight to stay together.

The foreign language film with subtitles features Anamaria Marinca, Alina Serban, Samson Selim, Vladimir Tintor, Mia Mustafa, Dzada Selim, Sara Klimoska, Rozafë Çelaj, and Ajse Useini.

Director Goran Stolevski on the set of his film HOUSEKEEPING FOR BEGINNERS, a Focus Features release. Credit: Viktor Irvin Ivanov / © 2023 FOCUS FEATURES LLC.

Goran Stolevski’s Intimate Filmmaking Approach

“I’ve always been drawn to moments that feel ‘found’ or ‘discovered’ as opposed to ‘staged.’ A lot of my filmmaking background has, from necessity, been built around shoestring budgets and skeleton crews. I’ve embraced this reality, developing a ‘verité’ style that has now become an important element of my work. I am a big believer in working with what’s there, rather than against it — assessing the means at my disposal and shaping the most exciting imaginable story around them,” explains Stolevski.

Films by Goran Stolevski:
Of an Age
You Won’t Be Alone
Would You Look at Her

“Ferrari” Love, Loss, and Legacy Behind the Wheel

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It is the summer of 1957. Behind the spectacle of Formula 1, ex-racer Enzo Ferrari is in crisis. Bankruptcy threatens the factory he and his wife, Laura, built from nothing ten years earlier.

Chemistry, Conflict, and Character Depth

Cruz and Driver play the husband and wife drama brilliantly. Showing how volatile their marriage suffered because of the loss of their son, Dino, a year earlier. Ferrari struggles to acknowledge his son, Piero, with Lina Lardi.

Meanwhile, his drivers’ passion to win pushes them to the edge as they launch into the treacherous 1,000-mile Mille Miglia race across Italy.

The True Story Behind Ferrari’s 1957 Crisis

Based on Brock Yates’ 1991 book Enzo Ferrari: The Man, The Car, The Races, The Machine, with a screenplay by Troy Kennedy Martin, Michael Mann directed Ferrari as a character study unlike anything else the director has done on the big screen.

Michael Mann’s Vision: Precision Meets Emotion

Discovering what the director of the movie helps understand the carmaker’s life, “… Enzo Ferrari, one of the most famous yet inscrutable and complex men of the 20th century. For Mann, that was a perfect hook. “There is no equilibrium in his life, and that’s the whole point of Enzo Ferrari,” says Mann. “That fascinated me because that’s more like the way life actually is,” Mann continues. “Life is asymmetrical. Life is messy. Life is filled with chaos. Ferrari was precise and logical, rational in everything to do with his factory and race team. In the rest of his life, he was impulsive, defensive, libidinous and chaotic. This asymmetry and wonderful contradiction are what made him and the other characters in this unique story so human to me.”

“Kingdom Of The Planet Of The Apes” Trailers, Featurettes and Clip

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Wes Ball directs the latest Kingdom Of The Planet Of The Apes. Many generations passed after Caesar’s reign, and that’s when the story begins. The apes are the dominant species, hoping to live harmoniously. The humans are now reduced to living in the shadows.

“Wildfire: The Legend of the Cherokee Ghost Horse” Based on a Hit Song

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The # 1 worldwide hit song by Michael Martin Murphey inspired Wildfire: The Legend of the Cherokee Ghost Horse. It’s that tale of the Cherokee ghost horse and a young girl coming to terms with a guilty conscience.

Directed by Eric Parkinson, Wildfire: The Legend of the Cherokee Ghost Horse tells a story of redemption and forgiveness as a young girl deals with her guilt following the tragic death of her parents.

With the family facing financial ruin, the survivors move from Texas to Oklahoma to live with Grandma Bette on her horse farm outside Tahlequah. Emotionally lost and distraught, young Samantha finds peace from the attention she receives from a mysterious wild horse that seems to follow her as she walks home from school each day.

The late Anne Heche plays Diana Jones, and this could be her last acting role.

Eventually, Samantha can contact and ride the horse, and with training help from a champion rodeo cowgirl, she enters competitive rodeo barrel racing and accepts her new situation.

But her guilt remains, as Samantha hides the dark secret that she feels responsible for her parent’s death. She cannot forgive herself.

With the help of a local Cherokee spiritual leader and the town’s local pastor’s wisdom, Samantha realizes a greater truth and a solace to her worries.

Was the horse real? Or was it a spiritual messenger to help guide Samantha? Wildfire combines a tale of native spirituality with Christian doctrine and values to create an enchanting film for all audiences.

“American Fiction” Trailers, Poster, Featurettes, and Images

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Jeffrey Wright stars as Thelonious “Monk” Ellison in writer/director Cord Jefferson’s AMERICAN FICTION An Orion Pictures Release Photo credit: Claire Folger © 2023 Orion Releasing LLC. All Rights Reserved.

Written for the screen and directed by Cord Jefferson, American Fiction is a hilarious twist on the obsession with reducing people to outrageous stereotypes.

Sterling K. Brown stars as Cliff an Orion Pictures Release Photo credit: Claire Folger © 2023 Orion Releasing LLC. All Rights Reserved.


Based upon the novel Erasure by Percival Everett, Jeffrey Wright stars as Monk, a frustrated novelist fed up with the establishment profiting from “Black” entertainment that relies on tired and offensive tropes.