Riz Ahmed (VENOM) talks about his powerful performance in SOUND OF METAL as a former drug addict and drummer who loses his hearing. He explains why drumming was a hard thing to pick up and learning sign language.
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Dimitri Logothetis, the writer-director behind KICKBOXER: RETALIATION combines sci-fi with martial arts in JIU JITSU, a new film starring Nicolas Cage, Alain Moussi, Frank Grillo, Rick Yune, Marie Avgeropoulos, JuJu Chan and Tony Jaa. The director talked to us about the making of the film and not using doubles for the stunts since the stars are highly skilled in martial arts.
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Based on a true story from 1998, John Leguizamo plays real-life teacher Mario Martinez in CRITICAL THINKING. The high school teacher coached and inspired five Latino and Black teenagers from a disadvantaged area of Miami to win the National Chess Championship. CineMovie talks to Mr. Martinez about the inspirational story along with executive producer Carla Berkowitz who fought for 23 years to bring the story to life with first-time director Leguizamo at the helm.
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Latinos are not a homogenous group, yet when media celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month we’re lumped into one category. Rotten Tomatoes recently published a list of movies celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month, but their list consisted of all Spanish language films, and left out American-based stories. The bicultural experience in America is different from their parent's homeland no matter your race. The bicultural Latino stories do exist and Netflix is the best media company putting out those stories. Below is a list of programming that captures that experience in America.
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Heidi Schreck brings her Tony Award-winning Broadway play, "What the Constitution Means to Me" to Amazon Prime Video. While we were taught that "all men are created equal" under the Constitution, a closer look at the document reveals women and people of color don't have equal rights. CineMovie talks to Heidi about her eye-opening show and what the Amy Coney Barrett appointment to the Supreme Court means for America.
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TEHRAN stars Niv Sultan and Shervin Alenabi talk about their Apple TV+ espionage thriller from “Fauda” writer Moshe Zonder that tells the thrilling story of a Mossad agent who goes deep undercover on a dangerous mission in Tehran that places her and everyone around her in dire jeopardy. The two actors from opposing countries say the show focuses on the human side of the Iran/Israeli conflict.
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Chicago, America’s third-largest metropolis has been painted as a violent city by the U.S. President's rhetoric. Oscar®-nominated documentarian Steve James (“America to Me,” “Hoop Dreams”) shot a five-part documentary about is longtime hometown to show the multi-faceted city, the crowded 2018 Mayoral race, and the communities of Chi-Town in "City So Real."
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FOX's new series 'NeXt' tackles the idea of an AI like Alexa or Siri becoming a serial killer. We talked to "NeXt" stars John Slattery and Fernanda Andrade about the show and their own techie habits last year at Comic Con shortly before they started shooting the first season.
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COME PLAY director Jacob Chase talks about his new horror film starring a monster that comes through an autistic boy's smart phone and tablet.
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The loss of the first female presidential candidate to a misogynist candidate prompted producer/director Cheryl Jacobs “CJ” Crim to examine the repercussions of the 2016 Presidential election from a woman's perspective in RESISTERHOOD. The longtime producer, director and editor of television documentaries follows six diverse activists whose work went into overdrive after the 2016 election to ensure women and LGBTQ+ don't lose their civil rights by motivating others to join in the fight.
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