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Producer Fran Harvey On El Segundo, Espresso and Embracing the sale of his 9/11 Film Project.

What is it about El Segundo that drew you in as a film/tv executive? Since moving to LA over 2 decades ago, I have worked in North Hollywood, Century City,…

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Meet James Ganiere, the producer behind Gear Heads and Land of the Free

From a young age, James Ganiere knew that he had a calling. That calling was to make movies and transport other young kids into fantastical worlds. Since then, Ganiere has…

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Tucci & Company: The New Name in Production Entertainment.

With an impressive variety of services spanning development, finance, production, and distribution, the partners behind Tucci & Company are two quickly rising names in entertainment. Tucci & Company was founded…

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HBO Max makes its ultimate bro lifesaver move this COVID-19 season

HBO didn’t wait for the pandemic to die down to finally launch its multi-billion move. Screw everything. There’s no better timing than now to get HBO Max, HBO’s new streaming…

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Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark Goes From Promise to Pedestrian

It’s not particularly inspiring when the weakest part of a film based on a book is the story. Some swift albeit workmanlike direction and charming young actors only mask it…

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Hobbs and Shaw Should Be More Entertaining for How Silly It Is

For all the very familiar plot points, the simplistic writing, and the predictable barbs, Hobbs and Shaw, a brutish action spinoff of the Fast and Furious franchise, has a rare…

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The Lion King Returns with Incredible Visuals and Familiar Beats

We’re now in a place in cinematic culture where our love for any particular Disney live-action remake will in turn be arbitrarily determined based on specific feelings of the original. …

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Culture

Simple Ways To Enjoy a Stress-Free Sundance Film Festival

For more than three decades, the Sundance Film Festival has been synonymous with Park City. Every year the festival evolves and it is important to be on the lookout about…

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Spider-Man: Far From Home Brings Back Levity and Charm

Picking up the pieces of the past while looking to the future, and moving from gravity and magnitude into something much lighter and charming, Peter Parker puts a final exclamation…

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Toy Story 4 Returns with Familiar Laughs and Existential Dread

Across three entertaining and rather emotional films, the Toy Story franchise tackled jealousy, identity, and obsolescence. Now, ten years later, Woody, Buzz, along with friends old and new tackle a…