SAG Awards: James Gandolfini Scores Third Ever Posthumous Film Acting Nomination
James Gandolfini‘s surprise Screen Actors Guild Award nomination Wednesday for his supporting work in “Enough Said” marks only the third time that an actor has been recognized posthumously for a film...
View Article‘Captain Phillips’ Director Paul Greengrass Explains Why the Closing Scene...
This story appeared in OscarWrap: Director/Best Picture/Screenplay/Animation. “Captain Phillips,” the true story of Richard Phillips’ abduction by pirates off the coast of East Africa, turned into the...
View Article‘Captain Phillips’ Oscar Nominee Barkhad Abdi Is Broke
Barkhad Abdi is in the running for Oscar gold Sunday, but actual wealth eludes him. Abdi has been widely praised for his role in “Captain Phillips” as the desperate pirate Muse, and even ad-libbed the...
View ArticleOscars: Barkhad Abdi Dishes With Ryan Seacrest How Jay-Z Helped His English...
E! host Ryan Seacrest spoke with “Captain Phillips” star Barkhad Abdi about how the Somalian-born actor mastered the English-language from watching television and listening to music. Seacrest began the...
View ArticleWhat Does the Academy’s Flurry of Changes Mean for the Oscars?
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has had a busy week. On Wednesday morning, it announced new campaign rules for the 87th Academy Awards. On Thursday, it revealed the names of 271 artists...
View ArticleCelebrate ‘Talk Like a Pirate Day’ With Innovative Doc ‘Last Hijack’ (Exclusive)
Last year, Barkhad Abdi earned an Oscar nomination for playing a Somali pirate in “Captain Phillips.” Now, Mohamed Nura shows audiences the real thing in “Last Hijack.” A new documentary from directors...
View Article‘Captain Phillips’ Star Barkhad Abdi Lands on ‘Hawaii Five-0’
Barkhad Abdi is heading to the beach. The “Captain Phillips” star will guest star on an episode of CBS’s “Hawaii 5-0” airing in the new year, a show representative told TheWrap. Abdi will play a...
View Article‘Beasts of the Southern Wild’ Star Joins Barkhad Abdi in Drama ‘Wolf Who...
Dwight Henry, who parlayed a riveting turn in “Beasts of the Southern Wild” into an appearance in Steve McQueen‘s Oscar-winning “12 Years a Slave,” has signed on to join Barkhad Abdi in the indie drama...
View ArticleDrone Warfare Returns to Toronto With Helen Mirren, Aaron Paul Thriller ‘Eye...
One year after the Ethan Hawke movie “Good Kill” failed to strike a chord with TIFF audiences, drone warfare returns to Toronto in the form of Gavin Hood‘s timely thriller “Eye in the Sky,” starring...
View Article‘Captain Phillips’ Early Reviews: Is Tom Hanks’ Thriller Oscar Bound?
Paul Greengrass‘ “Captain Phillips” promises to plunge viewers into a tense hostage situation, and based on the early reviews, it delivers. The film stars Tom Hanks as an American captain captured by a...
View ArticleWrap Screening Series: ‘Captain Phillips’ Director on Authenticity, Casting...
The real commander of “Captain Phillips” and one of his first mates have been thrilling audiences with their 134-minute cinematic adventure and off-screen personal stories since the film debuted in...
View ArticleHelen Mirren, Aaron Paul Face the Fog of Drone Warfare in New ‘Eye in the...
In the new trailer for “Eye in the Sky,” Helen Mirren must decide whether to “capture” or “kill” suicide bombers once a top-secret drone operation captures terrorists in Kenya. Mirren stars as...
View Article‘Eye in the Sky’ Review: Helen Mirren Is Watching You in This Drone Thriller
“Eye in the Sky” is burdened with two unavoidable bummers: First, camouflage turns out to be the one pattern on earth that’s unflattering to Helen Mirren. And second, it’s the late Alan Rickman‘s...
View Article‘Blade Runner’ Sequel Adds Barkhad Abdi to Cast
Oscar-nominated actor Barkhad Abdi (“Captain Phillips”) has been added to the cast of Denis Villeneuve‘s “Blade Runner” sequel, producers announced Tuesday. The Somali-born actor joins a cast that...
View Article‘Blade Runner’ Sequel Adds ‘Walking Dead’ Star Lennie James
British actor Lennie James, of “The Walking Dead” fame, has been cast in the “Blade Runner” sequel, Alcon Entertainment co-founders and co-CEOs Broderick Johnson and Andrew Kosove announced Tuesday....
View Article‘Blade Runner 2049’ Will Be Rated R, Director Confirms
“Blade Runner 2049” will follow in the steps of the original film, with director Denis Villeneuve stating that the sequel will be R-rated just like the original. “My producers are finding it fun to...
View Article‘Dabka’ Tribeca Review: A Scraggly Evan Peters Teams Up With Barkhad Abdi in...
The pleasingly self-aware and fast-paced “Dabka” begins with narration by journalist Jay Bahadur (Evan Peters) telling us that he hates movies where the main character narrates because that means that...
View Article‘Blade Runner 2049': Deckard Returns From the Shadows in New Trailer (Video)
Get ready, sci-fi fans. Harrison Ford is back as Deckard, and he’s teaming up with Ryan Gosling in “Blade Runner 2049,” which got a new trailer on Monday morning that premiered on ABC during “Good...
View ArticleJared Leto’s Villain Is Front and Center in New ‘Blade Runner 2049’ Trailer...
Jared Leto’s villain is front and center in the new “Blade Runner 2049” international trailer, as his villainous plot is revealed. “Humanity cannot survive. Replicants are the future of the species,...
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