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Lambert Wilson Named President Of Locarno Jury

The Matrix franchise actor Lambert Wilson will be the President of the Jury at the 76th Locarno Film Festival this year. The French star will chair the panel, which will award the Pardo d’oro (Golden Leopard) to the winning film on the final night of the Switzerland fest. Wilson has worked with many top European directors, such as Claude Chabrol, Andrzej Żuławski and André Téchiné, and is best known in the U.S. for his role as the Merovingian in The Matrix Reloaded, The Matrix Revolutions and The Matrix Resurrections. His acting credits include Julia, La Boum 2 and Five Days One Summer. Recently he appeared in Prime Video series Totem and starred in Éric Besnard’s Les Choses Simples. The Locarno Film Festival will run from August 2-12.

Cineflix Launches First Fast Channels

UK-based Cineflix Rights is the latest distributor to...

On the JoBlo Movies YouTube channel, we will post one full movie every day of the week, allowing viewers to watch them free of charge. Today’s Free Movie of the Day is the mystery thriller Never Forget, starring the great Lou Diamond Phillips. You can watch it over on the YouTube channel linked above or just watch it in the embed at the top of this article.

Directed by Leo Scherman from a screenplay by Kevin Hennelly and Mark Steinberg, Never Forget has the following synopsis: A man (Phillips) who wakes up with amnesia also finds his supposed friend has accused him of murder.

Phillips is joined in the cast by Kris Holden-Ried, Sarah Manninen, Jonathan Whittaker, Jimmy Byron, and Janet Morin.

Phillips’ acting career stretches back almost forty years now, with some of his 150+ screen credits including Bull, Blue Bloods, NCIS: New Orleans, Criminal Minds, Longmire, Brooklyn Nine-Nine,...

Canadian content-creation company Bgm Inc. has tapped ex-Cineflix exec Kim Bondi as senior vice-president of development.

Bondi, who will oversee development strategy and Bgm’s premium factual production slate, takes over from development head Sean Connolly.

She is the second high-profile hire over the past year for Bgm, which was acquired by Sphere Media in 2020 and is bolstering its international ambitions by bringing on top unscripted talent. Last May Andrea Griffith joined the company as its inaugural director of content, moving over from Corus Entertainment.

Bondi will report to Bgm’s president, Marlo Miazga, who is also now Sphere’s president of unscripted, and work alongside Griffith and Bgm’s director of development Aidan Denison, drawing on her network both in the U.S. and beyond to generate new opportunities both creative and commercial.

At Cineflix, where she was executive vice-president of production and programming, and head of development Canada,...

Hostage was previously titled Tuscan Leather. This thriller focuses on a cheerleader, whose parents have been killed. Adopted by their murderers, Ashley's loyalties are tested in this tense release. From director Eddie Augustin, Hostage stars: Nicole Hendersen ("Bizarre Murders"), Daryl Marks ("See No Evil"), Mike Cannz and Tina Trineer. The film's latest movie poster and trailer are here. The trailer uses a series of short cuts to hide the story. However, this title looks to bring Ashley into a family of killers. Chaos ensues as this evil family is torn apart by its evil actions. Hostage is being repped by Devilworks for a potential release. Completed in 2018, Hostage will be looking to move to several countries in 2021, with the latest on this indie thriller below. Release Date: Tba. Director: Eddie Augustin. Writers: Laura Ashley Polisena, Eddie Augustin. Cast: Nicole Hendersen, Mike Cannz, Daryl Marks, Tina Trineer An official trailer for Hostage (via Devilworks): Source:.

This week, the Sony Crime Channel is launching a new series called Bizarre Murders. Running for a total of fifty-two episodes, it debuts tonight at 10pm and takes a look at everything from a murderer who lives in his victim’s cupboard to twelve women who came together to plan the demise of their cheating boyfriend. And they’re not the craziest ones!

For example, we also see a murderer who was caught after his footprint was left in a hot dog bun next to the victim’s body, while wrestling fans will no doubt want to tune in to find out what happened when twin Mexican midget wrestlers were killed by fake prostitutes. We’re barely scratching the surface and it’s clearly going to be essential viewing! To celebrate the launch of the series, we’re taking a look at five of the most compelling real life crime shows you need to watch.