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☆ 'Mr. Harrigan's Phone' review: The Netflix movie gets its message across with a smart Stephen King adaptation
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-05 | by ( Review Brian Lowry | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

Harrigan’s Phone” to the relatively short list of really good Stephen King adaptations, garnishing a coming-of-age story with understated hints of the supernatural and thoughtful rumination about cellphones that finds true horror in their ubiquity. In one highly amusing ramble, Mr. Harrigan rattles off every terrible thing that the cellphone might unleash, calling it “a gateway drug” for all manner of societal ills, including the dissemination of bogus news. Harrigan’s Phone” exhibits a level of restraint not regularly associated with the movie’s two high-profile producers, Ryan Murphy (“American Horror Story”) and the prolific horror maven Jason Blum. (Whether the movie promotes Apple’s flagship product while decrying its effects will likely be, to reference another “Twilight Zone,” in the eye of the beholder.) Harrigan’s Phone” premieres October 5 on Netflix.

☆ Jeffrey Dahmer is the Netflix its 'star' of the month with 'Monster' and "Conversations With a Killer'
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-27 | by ( Brian Lowry | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

But its current leading man, its MVP for the month, is Jeffrey Dahmer, the notorious serial killer who died in 1994. “Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story” is currently Netflix’s most-watched title, according to its self-reported data released September 27, amassing more than 196 million viewing hours in the past week. And in case that hasn’t satisfied interest in all things Dahmer, that will be followed Oct. 7 by “Conversations With a Killer: The Jeffrey Dahmer Tapes,” the latest installment in that docuseries franchise, which in the past has featured Ted Bundy and most recently John Wayne Gacy. While “Monster” might have sought to anticipate certain criticisms, that’s one that Netflix – and indeed, the entertainment industry – hasn’t resolved. “Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story” is currently playing on Netflix, and “Conversations With a Killer: The Jeffrey Dahmer Tapes” will premiere Oct. 7.

CNN —Louise Fletcher, the actress who won an Academy Award for playing the villainous Nurse Ratched in “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest,” died Friday in France, according to her agent David Shaul. “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” starred Jack Nicholson as a new patient at a mental institution, where Mildred Ratched – played by Fletcher – reigns as an authoritarian, controlling nurse. In her Oscar speech, Fletcher sweetly thanked her “Cuckoo’s Nest” colleagues and then, using sign language, acknowledged her deaf parents watching at home. Louise Fletcher Wins Best Actress: 1976 Oscars“I want to say thank you for teaching me to have a dream. The film swept the top five Oscars for 1975 – for Best Picture, director Milos Forman, adapted screenplay, actor Nicholson and actress Fletcher.

☆ Analysis: 'Abbott Elementary' is back in session
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-24 | by ( Lisa Respers France | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Three things to watch‘Abbott Elementary’ Season 2(From left) Quinta Brunson, Janelle James, Lisa Ann Walter, Tyler James Williams, Chris Perfetti and Sheryl Lee Ralph in a scene from "Abbott Elementary." Gilles Mingasson/ABCNot enough great things can be said about “Abbott Elementary” creator Quinta Brunson. “Abbott Elementary” airs Wednesday nights on ABC; episodes will also be available to stream the following day on Hulu. ‘Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story’Evan Peters stars as Jeffrey Dahmer in "Dahmer -- Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story." ‘The Kardashians’ Season 2Kim Kardashian in a scene from the second season of Hulu's "The Kardashians."

☆ „Nomadland” a fost desemnat cel mai bun lungmetraj la gala Gotham Awards
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-12 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +3 min

Regizoarea Chloe Zhao a mai câştigat acest premiu şi la ediţia din 2018 a galei Gotham Awards cu lungmetrajul ei de debut, "The Rider". "Nomadland" a fost recompensat luni seară şi cu Premiul publicului, o distincţie la care au concurat toate producţiile cinematografice nominalizate la categoriile "cel mai bun lungmetraj", "cel mai bun documentar" şi "cel mai bun lungmetraj internaţional". Kingsley Ben-Adir, protagonistul filmului "One Night in Miami", a fost desemnat cel mai bun actor debutant, scrie Agerpres. Cealaltă egalitate a vizat categoria "cel mai bun lungmetraj documentar", câştigătorii fiind peliculele "A Thousand Cuts" şi "Time". Jeffrey Wright a fost recompensat cu "Made in NY"Award, iar cineastul Steve McQueen, autorul unor filme precum "12 Years a Slave", "Hunger", "Shame" şi "Widows", a primit un premiu onorific pentru regie.

Persons: Frances McDormand, alţi, Regizoarea Chloe Zhao, Ahmed, Darius Marder, Nicole Beharie, Channing Godfrey Peoples . Kingsley Ben, Radha Blank, Dan, Chadwick, Viola Davis, Jeffrey Wright, Steve McQueen, Ryan Murphy, Aaron Sorkin, Baron Cohen, Eddie Redmayne, Jeremy Strong, Mark Rylance, Joseph Gordon - Levitt, Michael Keaton, Frank Langella Organizations: Gotham Awards, Gotham, Black, HBO Locations: Nevada, Miami, american, Chicago, Netflix

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