Olivia Colman and Benedict Cumberbatch star in The Roses, a reimagining of the 1989 film The War of the Roses, based on the 1981 novel by Warren Adler. Jaap Buitendijk/Searchlight Pictures hide caption toggle caption Jaap Buitendijk/Searchlight Pictures The decision to call the new adaptation of the Warren Adler novel The War of the Roses simply The Roses is fitting. …
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George Clooney‘s Netflix comedy Jay Kelly launched at the Venice Film Festival on Thursday evening and critics are starting to weigh in. Noah Baumbach‘s new film follows a famous movie actor named Jay Kelly (Clooney) and his devoted manager Ron (Adam Sandler) as they embark on a whirlwind and unexpectedly profound journey through Europe. Along the way, both men are forced …
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Oscar nominee Anna Kendrick and The Studio star Seth Rogen are in negotiations to star in comedy Babies, which will be directed by Lauren Miller Rogen (Like Father) from her original screenplay. The synopsis reads: Struggling with the decision of whether or not to bring a child into the world, Annie (Kendrick) and her husband Aaron (Rogen) become instant co-parents …
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Searchlight Pictures has released the first trailer for Is This Thing On? directed by Bradley Cooper. The official logline for the comedy is as follows: “As their marriage quietly unravels, Alex (Will Arnett) faces middle age and an impending divorce, seeking new purpose in the New York comedy scene while Tess (Laura Dern) confronts the sacrifices she made for their …
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Street performers entertain passersby on the Royal Mile as crowds of entertainers and festival-goers gather for the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and Edinburgh International Festival in Edinburgh, Scotland, on Aug. 1, 2025. The Fringe, one of the world’s largest performing arts festivals, features over 3,800 shows across 265 venues and draws an audience of roughly 3 million visitors. Ewan Bootman/Anadolu via …
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One doesn’t have to think too hard to come up with the elevator pitch for Netflix’s winning comedy The Thursday Murder Club. It’s Only Murders In The Building at an upscale British retirement community, rather than an Upper West Side apartment building; it stars a quartet of classically trained thespians instead of two American comedy legends. And while, yes, The …
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So far, the new Skydance-owned Paramount has made a wrestling deal, a talent deal, and a filmmaker deal, all of them splashy. Now comes the splashy spec script deal. Paramount has aggressively picked up Bald Eagles, a comedy spec by rising scribe Brandon Cohen, that sources say is in the seven figures. Details on the deal and script are being …
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The four corners of a love rhombus. Photo: NEON The best way I can come up with to get at the fizzy-drink delights of Splitsville is to describe a scene that takes place maybe a quarter of the way through the movie, after one of the two marriages at its center has imploded. Ashley (Adria Arjona) has recently informed her …
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Glen Powell can do it all. He acts, he writes, he endlessly charms — but the man could not take a shotgun snap. Not well enough for Peyton and Eli Manning, at least. “They sent Eli and me the videos of his throwing sessions …” Peyton explains. “You watch [a pro QB] take a snap … his fingers are pointing …
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If you have spent any time on a dating app in hetero-world, you’ve probably encountered the type: enthusiastic, communicative, “partnered” with someone but “open” and very eager to talk about it. Or, rather, explain it – how it works, what the rules are, why it’s right for them. There is, of course, nothing inherently wrong with ethical non-monogamy – actually, …
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