Kelvin Harrison Jr.: From Christian in ‘Cyrano’ to BB King in ‘Elvis’ biopic
His name may not immediately ring a bell to film buffs, but that may change in no time. In fact, Kelvin Harrison Jr. has been creating ripples on his own since 2019, when he started getting noticed by...
View ArticleRyan Reynolds’ deadly adversary in ‘The Adam Project’ is actually a...
Filipino Canadian actor Alex Mallari Jr. may look tough and deadly as Christos, Ryan Reynold’s nemesis in Netflix’s star-studded sci-fi actioner “The Adam Project.” But all that menace, we quickly...
View Article‘Turning Red’ as seen from its animators’ perspective
We’ve spoken to the actors who lent their voices for the characters in Disney and Pixar’s “Turning Red.” Then, we interviewed director Domee Shi and producer Lindsey Collins. This time around, we...
View ArticleHaley Bennett on beauty: I don’t believe in perfection
You can’t be in the business of show and take physical beauty out of the equation. But Haley Bennett, who played Roxanne in both the stage and movie versions of the musical “Cyrano,” directed by Joe...
View Article‘Surreal, bittersweet’: Norman Reedus on saying goodbye to ‘The Walking Dead’...
For Norman Reedus, who plays Daryl Dixon in AMC’s “The Walking Dead,” the idea of saying goodbye to the show is “kind of bittersweet.” After all, how do you leave behind a TV series that has been a...
View ArticleSarah Lancashire on playing role that won awards for Meryl Streep
How do you play a character that has given Meryl Streep best actress awards from the New York Film Critics Circle and the Golden Globes? For breathing life into TV host, culinary icon and America’s...
View Article‘Ainbo’: Timely themes in 13-year-old girl’s do-or-die mission
The animated adventure film “Ainbo: Spirit of the Amazon,” set to open in Philippine theaters today, may seem like the usual coming-of-age tale about a girl coming into her own as she embarks on a...
View ArticleThe ‘fantastic beasts’ in Jude Law, Eddie Redmayne and Mads Mikkelsen
You don’t have to be a fan of the Wizarding World to appreciate the merits of “Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore” as a stand-alone film. The third and most cogently limned installment in the...
View ArticleKaley Cuoco on meeting Sharon Stone and playing 17 versions of herself in...
Is the HBO Go miniseries “The Flight Attendant” more flash than substance, opting to put a premium on mere madcappery over meaning? Well, not if you ask Rotten Tomatoes. The review aggregator has given...
View ArticleElla Purnell on life-or-death adventures and lessons from ‘Star Trek: Prodigy’
Beam me up, Scotty! With the upcoming launch of the eagerly anticipated and gorgeously realized animated series “Star Trek: Prodigy,” young viewers and sci-fi geeks alike have another reason to boldly...
View ArticleAwkwafina, other cast members on ‘The Bad Guys’ going from zero to hero
Appearances can be deceiving. The same cautionary message permeates the fun and breezy tale that fuels debuting French director Pierre Perifel’s star-studded heist caper “The Bad Guys,” which opens in...
View ArticleBill Hader, coactors on 2nd chances and doing the right thing
It’s been almost three years since we last saw the characters of HBO’s Emmy-winning dark comedy series “Barry” on the boob-tube. So it felt like a happy reunion of sorts to see its main cast and...
View Article‘Rules don’t apply to you’: Why Craig Robinson and Marc Maron prefer playing...
The release of DreamWorks Animation’s stylish and fast-paced movie “The Bad Guys” is off to a good start. It isn’t just winning critics over—it has an 86-percent fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes—it’s...
View ArticleRolling the dice in their quest for truth
The latest installment in the “Fantastic Beasts” film franchise, “The Secrets of Dumbledore,” may be anchored on the tricky situations Albus Dumbledore (Jude Law), Gellert Grindelwald (Mads Mikkelsen)...
View Article‘We Own This City’: Cops behaving badly
The gripping six-part series “We Own This City” takes viewers into the underbelly of police brutality, criminality and corruption. But while we see this true-to-life tale taking place in Baltimore,...
View ArticleHow Vince Rillon prepared for his Rome fest-winning role
If you watch Vince Rillon play a motorcycle thief in the movie “Resbak,” for which he won a best actor award at the 19th Asian Film Festival in Rome last month, the role seems to fit like second skin...
View ArticleSuranne Jones and Sophie Rundle on deciphering the true story of the ‘first...
The journals of globe-trotting British diarist Anne Lister included frank depictions of lesbianism. Some of the entries were so graphic that they were initially thought to be a hoax until their...
View ArticleThe sorcerer and the witch: Why Benedict Cumberbatch and Elizabeth Olsen love...
The Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) has cleverly unlocked the Multiverse and, as proven by the crowd-pleasing pluck of “Spider-Man: No Way Home,” it’s pushing the boundaries of storytelling further...
View ArticleWhat Alden, Bea and other Kapuso stars learned from their moms
We sometimes forget how unconditional our mothers’ love for us is because they’re always behind us regardless of our triumphs and trials. This Mother’s Day, we pay special tribute to the role that...
View ArticleSharon vs Kaley: ‘Flight Attendant’ showrunners weigh in on the shocking slap
One of the highlights of the second season of the eight-part HBO Go series “The Flight Attendant,” which is on its sixth episode this week, is the confrontation scene between Cassie (Kaley Cuoco) and...
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