The Sessions, a movie about a severely disabled man trying to lose his virginity, may be the hardest sell of award season. How do you get people to give a movie a try when the very premise is squirm-inducing? Funnily enough, describing The Sessions is also a little like trying to be intimate. If you come on too strong, too direct or blunt, all you’ll do is turn the person off. Read More...
In the lead-up to this year's Academy Awards on Feb. 26, EW is taking a closer look at some of the screenplays honored in the original and adapted categories. The nominated writers will break down select pages that were essential to the stories they were telling. When Taylor Sheridan set out to write a modern-day Western, he knew that it would end in a shootout—white hat versus black hat—but that's not necessarily what he wanted. Read More...
Not since Leia Organa has a hologram been this helpful. Because it turns out that paying a quarter of a million dollars to have yourself digitized is a great investment in the event of your murder. Disgraced financial adviser Sandra Holdren is shot dead outside of a youth soccer game at Norfolk Naval Station, but when the team shows up at her house to investigate, they find themselves interviewing a digital ghost. Read More...
