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John Lee Hancock wrote the screenplay for Warner Bros ’ crime thriller The Little Things in 1992, around the time he penned A Perfect World and Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, both for director Clint Eastwood. At the time an in-demand screenwriter, he hadn’t been a director yet, and the script, about a pair of cops who try to catch a serial killer, went through several iterations. After Hancock found success as a director — his helming credits include The Rookie, The Blind Side, Saving Mr. Banks and later The Founder — the project eventually came around to him, but “it was kind of a dark movie and I had little kids at the time, and I didn’t necessarily want to live in that place for two years.” Related Story John Lee Hancock & Jared Leto Sweat 'The Little Things', A Crime Drama That Took 30 Years To Solve Onscreen With Three Oscar Winners - Contenders Film His kids in college and with Hancock at the helm, The Little Things is now a … [Read more...] about ‘The Little Things’: Read The Screenplay For John Lee Hancock’s Crime Thriller That Was Worth The Wait

On Sunday, Gov. Gavin Newsom ordered that bars and nightspots in seven California counties close as cases surge in the state. These counties include Los Angeles, Fresno, Kern, San Joaquin, Tulare, Kings and Imperial. He also recommended that eight other counties in California to take action on their own to close bars. These counties include Contra Costa, Santa Clara, Sacramento, Riverside, San Bernardino, Ventura, Santa Barbara and Stanislaus. “ COVID-19 is still circulating in California, and in some parts of the state, growing stronger,” Newsom said in a statement given to media. “That’s why it is critical we take this step to limit the spread of the virus in the counties that are seeing the biggest increases.” Newsom also tweeted out the news on Sunday. This news comes after California passed of 200,461 coronavirus cases on June 26. The state saw a 2.5 percent rise in new cases over the previous day’s total. As a result, Newsom asked officials in Imperial … [Read more...] about Gavin Newsom Orders Closure Of Bars In California As Coronavirus Cases Surge

Ever since his debut in the 1970s, Denzel Washington has set a standard of excellence in the field of acting that has inspired and motivated his peers. Today, the sixty-six-year-old thespian views his place in the industry from a different perspective from when he first started out. In a recent interview with Reel Chicago, the actor revealed how watching his co-stars Jared Leto and Rami Malek film a scene for the recently released The Little Things reminded Washington of how far he had come in his career. "Watching, there's a scene we shot with Jared and Rami and they're in the interrogation room. And I'm in the observation room. The cameras were all in there the first half of the day or whatever and I'm just in the observation room, missing the popcorn, just watching these two young guys go at it. Whatever amount of years ago, 30 years ago, I was the young guy with Gene Hackman or whoever. But now I'm the guy watching the young guys. It was fascinating... to watch their joust … [Read more...] about Filming The Little Things Made Denzel Washington Realize His Role in Hollywood Has Changed

Willie Nelson explores the deep corners of the Frank Sinatra catalog on his new album That’s Life, out February 26th. In addition to tackling classics like “You Make Me Feel So Young” and “I’ve Got You Under My Skin,” Nelson interprets lesser-known Sinatra recordings like 1959’s “Just in Time” and “A Cottage for Sale.” “I’m just glad to be able to do another tribute to him,” said Nelson, who released his first Sinatra tribute, My Way , in 2018. “I’m anxious to get it out there.” On Friday, Nelson released another track, “I Won’t Dance,” a standard composed by Jerome Kern and recorded by Sinatra in 1957 for A Swingin’ Affair !, his 12th studio album (He cut it in 1962 for Sinatra–Basie: An Historic Musical First too.) Nelson recorded the track — which has also been covered by everyone from Fred Astaire to Lady Gaga and Tony Bennett — with Diana Krall . The two star in a joyful animated video by Manuel Casares and Antonio Corral (a.k.a. Crocantes ), an animation team who … [Read more...] about Watch Willie Nelson and Diana Krall Duet on Sinatra Classic in Joyful Animated video

In a psychological horror film from Sweden, a woman is certain she hears distress signals through her apartment walls, and struggles to be believed. When Molly, the troubled but dogged protagonist of Knocking , moves into her new apartment, she notices the word "Help" scrawled high on the elevator wall. Whether this is a random bit of graffiti or a sign of a particular hyperawareness on Molly's part — a sensitivity to cries of anguish — goes to the heart of this smart, disquieting film. Working from Emma Broström's adaptation of a novel by Johan Theorin, first-time feature director Frida Kempff embraces and revamps genre tropes, casting them in a trenchant feminist light and a character-specific poignancy. The action unfolds entirely through Molly's perspective, and Cecilia Miloccco's performance, by turns guarded and explosive, is gripping from first scene to last. Kempff sets the tone of first-person disorientation in the opening moments, when Molly wakes from a nap in the … [Read more...] about ‘Knocking’: Film Review | Sundance 2021