When asked about the experience of working with Tom Hanks in the frontier film “News of the World,” director/co-writer Paul Greengrass says “we tend to take Tom Hanks for granted” because… Click video to find out his answer plus see the fantastic Helena Zengel admitting that she didn’t know who Hanks or Paul Greengrass were […]
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I’ve been a fan of Anya Taylor-Joy since 2015’s “The Witch” and she now wonderfully and perfectly embodies the role of Beth Harmon in Netflix’s “The Queen’s Gambit” from director Scott Frank. Based on the 1983 book by Walter Tevis, the series is an intelligent coming-of-age story and an honest look at addiction while paying […]
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Based on the 1983 novel of the same name by Walter Tevis, “The Queen’s Gambit” tells the story of Beth Harmon, played by Anya Taylor-Joy, an orphan chess prodigy who also struggles with addiction. Harry Melling and Thomas Brodie-Sangster star as Beth’s chess counterparts while Moses Ingram is Jolene, Beth’s friend. I sat down with […]
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Bob Woodward’s “Fear” is spreading quickly. Woodward’s account of a dysfunctional Trump White House has already sold more than 750,000 copies, Simon & Schuster announced Wednesday, the day after the book arrived in stores. “Fear” has dominated political headlines since reports about it emerged last week. The book portrays Trump as an ill-informed and dishonest […]
