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It took 18 years for Warren Beatty to return to directing; a wide cinematic gap between Bulworth and Rules Don’t Apply. Good thing for Lily Collins he did.

Set in 1957, The People Vs. Fritz Bauer is about a German Jewish attorney general in pursuit of Nazis to bring justice for their atrocities during WWII.

Mahershala Ali, Moonlight. When Juan, a feared drug dealer ruling over a mean corner in a tough Miami neighborhood, comes across a scared, trembling kid in the opening scenes from director Barry Jenkins’ Moonlight, the audience does not expect the layers of care and tenderness that frame the encounter.

Based on the 1973 Michael Crichton movie of the same name, Westworld focuses on a Western-inspired theme park which is populated by ‘hosts,’ androids that cater to every whim of the guests that visit it.   No fantasy is too far-out to be fulfilled, no storyline taboo.

An ensemble show about a family and their relationships, loves and lives that flashes back and forward in time.   A couple expecting triplets has one stillborn child, and ends up adopting an abandoned child that appears in the hospital at the same time.

A young boy disappears from the fictional town of Hawkins, Indiana under mysterious circumstances.   His distraught mother, friends and the town cops all begin a massive manhunt for him, but as the title suggests, things are not straightforward.

This is the sixth nomination for the HBO series which is the most downloaded show in the world.   Based on the fantasy novels by George R.

The 10-episode first season which airs on Netflix is created and written by Peter Morgan, Golden Globe winner for Best Screenplay for The Queen, and nominee for the same award for Frost/Nixon.   The show starts with Princess Elizabeth’s marriage to Prince Philip in 1947 and follows the lives of the royals up to her coronation as Queen Elizabeth II, on to 1955.

If the first rule of ‘acting club’ is to lie to filmmakers when you really want to get a part, Simon Helberg proudly displays his entry card with aplomb. During the auditions for Florence Foster Jenkins, director Stephen Frears asked the 35 year-old actor if he was adept enough to play opera pieces on the piano.

Commenting recently about one of his fellow actors, Tom Hanks said, “Jonah Hill is probably the busiest actor on the planet. He was great in War Dogs.