Oscar nominee Amanda Seyfried is back in the Thriller THINGS HEARD & SEEN. See this gripping new Trailer!

Synopsis:

Catherine Clare (Academy Award®-nominee Amanda Seyfried) reluctantly trades life in 1980s Manhattan for a remote home in the tiny hamlet of Chosen, New York, after her husband George (James Norton) lands a job teaching art history at a small Hudson Valley college. Even as she does her best to transform the old dairy farm into a place where young daughter Franny will be happy, Catherine increasingly finds herself isolated and alone. She soon comes to sense a sinister darkness lurking both in the walls of the ramshackle property—and in her marriage to George. Based on the acclaimed novel by Elizabeth Brundage, THINGS HEARD & SEEN is written and directed by Academy Award®-nominated filmmakers Robert Pulcini and Shari Springer Berman (American Splendor). Also starring Natalia Dyer (Stranger Things), Rhea Seehorn (Better Call Saul), Karen Allen (Raiders of the Lost Ark) and Academy Award®-winner F. Murray Abraham (Amadeus).

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THINGS HEARD & SEEN arrives on Netflix April 29, 2021.

(Photo/video credit: Netflix)

Lionsgate x Mr. Will want to give Readers a chance to win a BARB & STAR GO TO VISTA DEL MAR Prize Pack including a copy of the hilarious Comedy on Blu-ray™! Critics are calling this a future Cult Classic!

Prize packs will include:

•              1 copy of the Blu-ray Combo Pack

                •              Candies

                •              Wine Charms

                •              Colour by Numbers Kit

•              Rolling Papers

Synopsis:

Take a trip and break out of your shell with Barb and Star. From the gals who brought you Bridesmaids (co-stars and co-writers Kristen Wiig and Annie Mumolo) comes BARB & STAR GO TO VISTA DEL MAR. Lifelong friends Barb and Star embark on the adventure of a lifetime when they decide to leave their small Midwestern town for the first time…ever. Romance, friendship and a villain’s evil plot…hold onto your culottes!

Cast: Kristen Wiig, Annie Mumolo, Jamie Dornan, Damon Wayans Jr., Vanessa Bayer, Fortune Feimster, Phyllis Smith, Ian Gomez, Michael Hitchcock, Wendi McLendon-Covey, Kwame Patterson, Rose Abdoo.

Trailer:

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BARB & STAR GO TO VISTA DEL MAR arrives on Blu-ray™ Combo Pack and DVD April 6, 2021.

(Photo/video credit: Lionsgate)

Hollywood Suite has announced it will be the home of the 36th edition of the Film Independent Spirit Awards this year!

The star-studded event will honour films like FIRST COW, NEVER RARELY SOMETIMES ALWAYS, MINARI, MA RAINEY’S BLACK BOTTOM and NOMADLAND.

Among those nominated include: Julia Garner (THE ASSISTANT), Riz Ahmed (THE SOUND OF METAL), Carey Mulligan (PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN), Nicole Beharie (MISS JUNETEENTH) and Benedict Wong (NINE DAYS).

Regina King and the Cast of ONE NIGHT IN MIAMI will receive the Robert Altman Award.

Don’t forget you can catch previous Best Picture winners like:

MOONLIGHT

12 YEARS A SLAVE

BIRDMAN (OR THE UNEXPECTED VIRTUE OF IGNORANCE)

LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE

BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN

THE WRESTLER

LOST IN TRANSLATION

RIVER’S EDGE

THE PLAYER

STAND AND DELIVER

CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON

… all on Hollywood Suite!

Hosted by Saturday Night Live’s Melissa Villaseñor, the ceremony will air live April 22, 2021 at 10pm ET on Hollywood Suite. 

A story so wild you’d never believe it! See the new Trailer for ZOLA!

Synopsis:

From writer/director Janicza Bravo and based on #TheStory​ by A’Ziah “Zola” King. Starring Taylour Paige, Riley Keough, Nicholas Braun, and Colman Domingo.

ZOLA is out this Summer via VVS Films.

(Photo/video credit: VVS Films)

The Mitchells vs. The Machines arrives next month on Netflix and features an all-star Voice Cast. See the brand-new Trailer!

Synopsis:

From the humans who brought you the Academy Award-winning Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse and The LEGO Movie comes The Mitchells vs. The Machines, an animated action-comedy about an ordinary family who find themselves in the middle of their biggest family challenge yet…saving the world from the robot apocalypse. No big deal, right? It all starts when creative outsider Katie Mitchell is accepted into the film school of her dreams and is eager to leave home and find “her people,” when her nature-loving dad insists on having the whole family drive her to school and bond during one last totally-not-awkward-or-forced road trip. But just when the trip can’t get any worse, the family suddenly finds itself in the middle of the robot uprising! Everything from smart phones, to roombas, to evil Furbys are employed to capture every human on the planet. Now it’s up to the Mitchells, including upbeat mom Linda, quirky little brother Aaron, their squishy pug, Monchi, and two friendly, but simple-minded robots to save humanity.

Cast: Abbi Jacobson, Danny McBride, Maya Rudolph, Mike Rianda, Eric Andre, Olivia Colman, Fred Armisen, Beck Bennett, Chrissy Teigen, John Legend, Charlyne Yi, Blake Griffin, Conan O’Brien, Doug the Pug, Sasheer Zamata, Elle Mills, Alex Hirsch, Jay Pharoah

See the Trailer:

THE MITCHELLS vs. THE MACHINES is out April 30, 2021.

(Photo/video credit: Netflix)

Well Go USA Entertainment x Mr. Will want to give Readers a chance to win a copy of Oscar-nominated BETTER DAYS on Blu-ray™. The Film makes a powerful statement about the impacts of bullying and is sure to touch your heart.

Synopsis:

In Oscar-nominated dramatic Chinese crime thriller BETTER DAYS (SHAO NIAN DE NI), starring Jackson Yee and Zhou Dongyu, Nian finds her life at a standstill when faced by relentless bullying from her peers as she prepares for her college entrance exam. Fate brings her together with small-time criminal Bei, but before they can retreat into a world of their own, both are dragged into the middle of a murder investigation that will change their lives forever.

Trailer:

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BETTER DAYS is available now for rent and purchase on YouTube and also on Blu-ray™.

(Photo/video credit: Well Go USA Entertainment)

IFC present new additions to their April 2021 lineup of programming via rental and on their subscription service IFC FILMS UNLIMITED.

IFC FILMS VOD releases
*Available to rent on Apple TV

MOFFIE (2021) – April 9, 2021 (Drama, War)
*Will be available on IFC FIlms Unlimited Summer 2021
Director: Oliver Hermanus
Starring: Kai Luke Brümmer, Ryan de Villiers, Matthew Vey, Stefan Vermaak, Hilton Pelser, Wynand Ferreira
Synopsis: South Africa, 1981: a white boy is called into military service to defend the apartheid regime, but that’s not the only danger he faces.

MONDAY (2021) – April 16, 2021 (Romance, Drama)
*Will be available on IFC FIlms Unlimited Summer 2021
Director: Argyris Papadimitropoulos
Starring: Sebastian Stan, Denise Gough, Yorgos Pirpassopoulos, Dominique Tipper
Synopsis: Two thrill-seeking Americans trying to find themselves in Greece become entangled in a passionate love affair after an unexpected encounter one Friday night.

IFC FILMS UNLIMITED
*Available on Amazon Prime Video Channels and Apple TV

FAREWELL AMOR (2020) – April 7, 2021 (Drama)
Director: Ekwa Msangi
Starring: Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine, Zainab Jah, Jayme Lawson, Joie Lee, Marcus Scribner, Nana Mensah
Synopsis: Reunited after 17 years apart, an Angolan immigrant welcomes his wife and daughter into his tiny Brooklyn apartment. Now strangers, they find common ground in their shared love of dance.

EATING ANIMALS (2018) – April 14, 2021 (Documentary)
Director: Christopher Quinn
Starring: Natalie Portman (narrator)
Synopsis: Filmmaker Christopher Quinn examines the environmental, economic and public health consequences of factory farming. Topics include animal rights, pollution and the use of antibiotics and hormones.

MLK/FBI (2021) – April 21, 2021 (Documentary)
Director: Sam Pollard
Synopsis: Based on recently declassified files, Oscar-nominated filmmaker Sam Pollard explores the US government’s surveillance and harassment of Martin Luther King, Jr.

68 KILL (2017) – April 21, 2021 (Thriller)
Director: Trent Haaga
Starring: Matthew Gray Gubler, AnnaLynne McCord, Alisha Boe
Synopsis: It started with a couple dead bodies and $68,000 in stolen cash. Chip Taylor’s girlfriend Liza had the perfect plan to rip off her rich sugar daddy. But things started going wrong.

BLACK 47 (2018) – April 28, 2021 (Drama)
Director: Lance Daly
Starring: Hugo Weaving, James Frecheville, Stephen Rea
Synopsis: Set in Ireland during the Great Famine, the drama follows an Irish Ranger who has been fighting for the British Army abroad, as he abandons his post to reunite with his family.

(Photo credit: IFC)

Joining the Star Wars universe is upcoming Animated Series STAR WARS: THE BAD BATCH! Here’s your first look.

Synopsis:

“Star Wars: The Bad Batch” follows the elite and experimental clones of the Bad Batch (first introduced in “The Clone Wars”) as they find their way in a rapidly changing galaxy in the immediate aftermath of the Clone War. Members of Bad Batch—a unique squad of clones who vary genetically from their brothers in the Clone Army—each possess a singular exceptional skill that makes them extraordinarily effective soldiers and a formidable crew.

See the Trailer:

STAR WARS: THE BAD BATCH arrives May 4, 2021 on Disney+.

In case you missed yesterday’s announcement, the Cast has been unveiled for Disney+‘s new OBI-WAN KENOBI Series, set 10 years after “Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith“!

(Photo/video credit: Disney)

Fans got the first glimpse at this new Fantasy series coming to Netflix at the IGN Fan Fest! Now here’s your first look at the Teaser for SHADOW AND BONE.

Synopsis: 

Based on Leigh Bardugo‘s worldwide bestselling Grishaverse novels, Shadow and Bone finds us in a war-torn world where lowly soldier and orphan Alina Starkov has just unleashed an extraordinary power that could be the key to setting her country free. With the monstrous threat of the Shadow Fold looming, Alina is torn from everything she knows to train as part of an elite army of magical soldiers known as Grisha. But as she struggles to hone her power, she finds that allies and enemies can be one and the same and that nothing in this lavish world is what it seems. There are dangerous forces at play, including a crew of charismatic criminals, and it will take more than magic to survive. Shadow and Bone is a Netflix production from 21 Laps Entertainment, starring Jessie Mei Li (Alina Starkov), Archie Renaux (Malyen Oretsev), Freddy Carter (Kaz Brekker), Amita Suman (Inej), Kit Young (Jesper Fahey), and Ben Barnes (General Kirigan).

See the Teaser:

SHADOW AND BONE arrives on Netflix April 23, 2021.

(Photo/video credit: Netflix)

Nominees were announced today for the 2021 Canadian Screen Awards. The Screen Awards will take place this year virtually between Monday, May 17, 2021 through Thursday, May 20, 2021.

Up for Best Picture this year are Nadia, Butterfly, Beans, Funny Boy, Underground | Souterrain and The Nest.

Best Drama Series nominees include: Burden of Truth, Cardinal: Until The Night, Departure, Transplant and Vikings. Up for Best Comedy Series are Schitt’s Creek, Baroness Von Sketch Show, Workin’ Moms, Letterkenny and Kim’s Convenience.

The schedule for the 2021 Canadian Screen Awards is as follows:

Monday, May 17

7:00 PM ET – Canadian Screen Awards – News & Documentary, Presented by CBC

8:00 PM ET – CTV presents the Canadian Screen Awards – Lifestyle & Reality

Tuesday, May 18

7:00 PM ET – Canadian Screen Awards – Children’s & Animation, Presented by Shaw Rocket Fund

8:00 PM ET – Canadian Screen Awards – Digital & Immersive, Presented with the participation of the Independent Production Fund 

Wednesday, May 19

7:00 PM ET – CTV presents the Canadian Screen Awards – Creative Arts & Performance

Thursday, May 20

7:00 PM ET – Canadian Screen Awards – Cinematic Arts, Presented by Telefilm Canada, Supported by Cineplex

8:00 PM ET – Canadian Screen Awards

Nominees are here.

The 2021 Canadian Screen Awards for Sports will be handed out in July 2021, with nominees to be announced in June 2021.

More details on Academy.ca.

(Photo credit: The Canadian Academy)