“The True American” will star the British Tom Hardy and be directed by Chilean Pablo Lorrain.
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Disney’s latest animated hit Moana has continued its run at the top of the US box office despite a slow post-Thanksgiving through the chart. Directed by Jon Musker and Ron Clements and featuring the vocal talents of Dwayne Johnson and Auli’i Cravalho, the film took around $28.3million, down 50% from its opening the previous weekend. With its international total rising all the time, the film has now taken $177million worldwide. (via Box Office Mojo)

Just behind it is Harry Potter spin-off…
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Fox Searchlight has today unveiled the new trailer for the upcoming biopic Jackie.
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Here’s our first look at Natalie Portman as the iconic Jacqueline Kennedy from the upcoming biopic Jackie.
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It’s with some surprise that this is the first time on screen that we have seen any kind of portrayal of the life of Jackie Kennedy Onassis, the wife of legendary President John F. Kennedy. Her life was as fascinating as any of the first ladies seen in US history (perhaps one the most popular) but until now Hollywood hasn’t “come calling”. Now, under the direction of acclaimed director Pablo Larrain and anchored by a stunning Natalie Portman, Jackie is that film but rather than a…
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Pablo Larraín has rather made a name for himself. He hasn’t even hit his forties yet, and the Chilean filmmaker has already made four features which resonated with audiences globally, their tales of powers large and small and the struggle to overcome them, felt by anyone in any country. His latest, The Club, is smaller in scale than the nation-sweeping ambition of No, but trust Larraín to keep the ideological scope huge.

Beginning innocently enough, we’re introduced to a small group of…
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Manchester by the Sea

A really good drama should move and compel the viewer in equal measure and it’s something that Kenneth Lonergen’s Manchester by the Sea offers in abundance. Bringing out a career best performance from Casey Affleck, this intelligent, harrowing affair is one of the best in recent years, never mind this year.

Jackie

Transcending the biopic formula, Pablo Larrain’s take on the aftermath of the JFK assassination is a chilling endeavour that…
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Larraín’s films typically make certain that the medium is the message – but here, it’s an ethos that gets tangled in the telling.
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Fox Searchlight has today unveiled the new trailer for the upcoming biopic Jackie.
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Following the assassination of her husband, First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy fights through grief and trauma to regain her faith, console her children, and define her husband’s historic legacy.

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