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Tribeca Festival Announces 2022 Features and Shorts Lineup

April 19, 2022 kenpierce Leave a comment

The Press Release:
The 2022 Tribeca Festival™ today announced its lineup of feature and short narrative, documentary, and animated films. This year’s festival takes place from June 8-19 and spotlights everything from breakout independent shorts to renowned global features.

The features program spans ten categories – narrative competitions, topical documentaries, anticipated new films – and showcases 111 feature films and 16 online premieres from 151 filmmakers across 40 countries. The lineup includes 88 world premieres, 2 international premieres, 7 North American premieres, 2 U.S. premieres, and 11 New York premieres. There are 32 directors returning to Tribeca with their latest projects, and 50 first-time directors. More than 64% (81) of the feature films are directed by female, BIPOC, and LGBTQ+ filmmakers — 46% (58) female directors, 34% (43) BIPOC directors, 8% (10) LGBTQ+ directors.
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20th Century Studios: “The Bob’s Burgers Movie” Official Trailer 2

April 4, 2022 kenpierce Leave a comment

Hello again my animated features loving friends, I am back once more on the topic of 20th Century Studios newest film “The Bob’s Burgers Movie” and before I get too into this I should address why I am using “The Chronicles” instead of PiercingMetal.com and the answer is very simply because I felt like it. Now being more serious the truth is that with SO MANY of the Marvel Studios television shows having to be featured along with the films and an over the top amount of comic book content I felt it was better to put this film over here. In the event you missed the first trailer just click HERE so you can see it. As expected I’ve got the light premise, voice cast and some promotional art down below so please enjoy.

The Premise: The Belchers try to save the restaurant from closing as a sinkhole forms in front of it, while the kids try to solve a mystery that could save their family’s restaurant.
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Focus Features: “The Northman” Promotional Posters

April 3, 2022 kenpierce Leave a comment

Those of you who are glued to the Net during these still pandemic times might recall that the last time I lent a little attention to the Focus Features upcoming film “The Northman” was way, way back in December when we got the Official Trailer (which you can review by clicking that highlighted text). While I don’t know if another one is coming, I wanted to revisit the topic since the movie is being released in a few weeks. This post presents a few of the promotional posters that I found around the web and it showcases some Hollywood greats in true Viking style. I’ve also added the premise and casting for good measure.

About The Film: From visionary director Robert Eggers comes The Northman, an action-filled epic that follows a young Viking prince on his quest to avenge his father’s murder.
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Presenting The 94th Academy Awards Winners

March 27, 2022 kenpierce Leave a comment

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The 94th Academy Awards just finished their 2022 ceremony and the awards were doled out for the best films and those who helped make them according to the voting committee. While I didn’t manage to watch the ceremony based on my work schedule I’ve quickly culled together the winners. I’ve also left the other nominees so you could compare your personal favorites and perhaps even prepare a nasty letter should you feel something you were sure would win did not. Now without any further-adieu, here are your Winners of the 94th Academy Awards – May I have the envelope please…

Performance By An Actor In A Leading Role:
Javier Bardem in “Being the Ricardos”
Benedict Cumberbatch in “The Power of the Dog”
Andrew Garfield in “tick, tick…BOOM!”
WINNER – Will Smith in “King Richard”
Denzel Washington in “The Tragedy of Macbeth”

Performance By An Actor In A Supporting Role:
Ciarán Hinds in “Belfast”
WINNER – Troy Kotsur in “CODA”
Jesse Plemons in “The Power of the Dog”
J.K. Simmons in “Being the Ricardos”
Kodi Smit-McPhee in “The Power of the Dog”
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Now Streaming “Turning Red” on Disney+ (3/11/2022)

March 11, 2022 kenpierce Leave a comment

Those who’ve subscribed to the Disney+ streaming service have been over the moon about the level of original content being dished out. I’m a big fan of all the “Star Wars” and Marvel Studios content but we also get original films like “Turning Red” which will be exclusive to the network. I talked about it on the Official Trailer post found HERE and this film is available to be streamed right now.

The Premise: A 13-year-old girl named Meilin turns into a giant red panda whenever she gets too excited.
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