Director Sarah Daggar-Nickson
Genre Crime | Drama | Mystery
Cast Olivia Wilde, Morgan Spector, Tonye Patano, Betsy Aidem
Rating R
Release Date March 29th, 2019
“A vigilante helps victims escape their domestic abusers.”
Written and directed by Sarah Daggar-Nickson, A Vigilante is a drama thriller that tells the story of a woman who adopts the vigilante lifestyle helping victims escape their domestic abusers. Check out the official trailer below!!
Director Theo Love
Genre Documentary
Cast Bo Butterworth, Bri Bryant, Greg Engleberg, Matthew Ezell
Rating Unrated
Release Date March 29th, 2019
“A desperate man goes on a buried treasure hunt for $2 million worth of cocaine.”
From director Theo Love, The Legend of Cocaine Island is a documentary that tells the story of a desperate man who goes on a buried treasure hunt for $2 million worth of cocaine. Check out the official trailer below!!
The 2019 Academy Awards have concluded, and although the Kevin Hart-less show was painfully boring and brutally corny more often than not, once the smoke cleared some unexpected winners took home the gold…
Green Book took home three Oscar wins including Best Picture, Best Supporting Actor (Mahershala Ali), and Best Original Screenplay. Many “experts” were certain Green Book had no chance at winning Best Picture due to some lingering controversy, but looks like they were wrong in the end.
Black Panther made history for Marvel with three Oscar wins as well including Best Original Music Score, Best Costume Design, and Best Production Design (these Oscar wins we can live with and feel they are well deserved).
Check out the full list of Oscar Winners below!!
Jason Bateman, "Ozark"
Stephan James, "Homecoming"
Richard Madden, "Bodyguard" - WINNER
Billy Porter, "Pose"
Matthew Rhys, "The Americans"
"Bodyguard"
"Homecoming"
"Killing Eve"
"The Americans" - WINNER
"Pose"
Alan Arkin, "The Kominsky Method"
Kieran Culkin, "Succession"
Edgar Ramirez, "The Assassination of Gianni Versace"
Ben Whishaw, "A Very English Scandal" -- WINNER
Henry Winkler, "Barry"
Amy Adams, "Sharp Objects"
Patricia Arquette, "Escape at Dannemora" -- WINNER
Connie Britton, "Dirty John"
Laura Dern, "The Tale"
Regina King, "Seven Seconds"
"A Quiet Place"
"Isle of Dogs"
"Black Panther"
"First Man" -- WINNER
"Mary Poppins Returns"
"All The Stars"
"Girl in the Movies"
"Requiem for a Private War"
"Revelation"
"Shallow" -- WINNER
Amy Adams, "Vice"
Claire Foy, "First Man"
Regina King, "If Beale Street Could Talk" -- WINNER
Emma Stone, "The Favourite"
Rachel Weisz, "The Favourite"
Caitriona Balfe, "Outlander"
Elisabeth Moss, "The Handmaid's Tale"
Sandra Oh, "Killing Eve" -- WINNER
Julia Roberts, "Homecoming"
Keri Russell, "The Americans"
Mahershala Ali, "Green Book" -- WINNER
Timothee Chalamet, "Beautiful Boy"
Adam Driver, "BlacKkKlansman"
Richard E. Grant, "Can You Ever Forgive Me?"
Sam Rockwell, "Vice"
"Roma"
"The Favourite"
"If Beale Street Could Talk"
"Vice"
"Green Book" -- WINNER
Alex Borstein, "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel"
Patricia Clarkson, "Sharp Objects" -- WINNER
Penelope Cruz, "The Assassination of Gianni Versace"
Thandie Newton, "Westworld"
Yvonne Strahovski, "The Handmaid's Tale"
Christian Bale, "Vice" -- WINNER
Lin Manuel Miranda, "Mary Poppins Returns"
Viggo Mortensen, "Green Book"
Robert Redford, "The Old Man and the Gun"
John C Reilly, "Stan & Ollie"
"Capernaum"
"Girl"
"Never Look Away"
"Roma" -- WINNER
"Shoplifters"
Antonio Banderas, "Genius: Picasso"
Daiel Bruhl, "Alienist"
Darren Criss, "The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story" -- WINNER
Benedict Cumberbatch, "Patrick Melrose"
Hugh Grant, "A Very English Scandal"
Bradley Cooper, "A Star Is Born"
Alfonso Cuaron, "Roma" -- WINNER
Peter Farrelly, "Green Book"
Spike Lee, "BlacKkKlansman"
Adam McKay, "Vice"
Kristen Bell, "The Good Place"
Candice Bergen, "Murphy Brown"
Alison Brie, "GLOW"
Rachel Brosnahan, "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel" -- WINNER
Debra Messing, "Will & Grace"
"Barry"
"Good Place"
"Kidding"
"The Kominsky Method" -- WINNER
"Marvelous Mrs Maisel"
"The Alienist"
"The Assassination of Gianni Versace" -- WINNER
"Escape from Dannemora"
"Sharp Objects"
"A Very English Scandal"
Emily Blunt, "Mary Poppins Returns"
Olivia Colman, "The Favourite" -- WINNER
Charlize Theron, "Tully"
Elsie Fisher, "Eighth Grade"
Constance Wu, "Crazy Rich Asians"
"Crazy Rich Asians"
"The Favourite"
"Green Book" -- WINNER
"Mary Poppins Returns"
"Vice"
Glenn Close, "The Wife" -- WINNER
Lady Gaga, "A Star Is Born"
Nicole Kidman, "Destroyer"
Melissa McCarthy, "Can You Ever Forgive Me?"
Rosamund Pike, "A Private War"
Bradley Cooper, "A Star Is Born"
Willem Dafoe, "At Eternity's Gate"
Lucas Hedges, "Boy Erased"
Rami Malek, "Bohemian Rhapsody" -- WINNER
John David Washington, "BlacKkKlansman"
"Black Panther"
"BlacKkKlansman"
"A Star Is Born"
"Bohemian Rhapsody" -- WINNER
"If Beale Street Could Talk"
Do you feel like they got it right this year?! Let us know in the comments section.
Director Jordan Peele
Genre Horror | Thriller
Cast Winston Duke, Lupita Nyong'o, Elisabeth Moss, Anna Diop
Rating R
Release Date March 22nd, 2019
“A mother and father take their kids to their beach house, expecting to enjoy time with friends, but their serenity turns to tension and chaos when some visitors arrive uninvited.”
Written and directed by Jordan Peele, the comedian/actor turned director who made a huge splash with his horror/thriller Get Out 2017, Us is yet another foray in the same genre that tells the story of a mother and father who take their kids to their beach house expecting to enjoy time with friends, but their serenity turns to tension and chaos when some visitors arrive uninvited. Similar to the vast majority of critics and viewers alike I really enjoyed Peele’s debut Get Out and couldn’t wait to see what he came up with next. A self-proclaimed horror fanatic, it seems we have yet another gem on our hands from this rising star. Check out the official trailer below!!
Ted Takes Fun Facts, Us:
Jordan Peele gave the cast ten horror films to watch so they would have "a shared language" when filming: Dead Again (1991), The Shining (1980), The Babadook (2014), It Follows (2014), A Tale of Two Sisters (2003), The Birds (1963), Funny Games (2007), Martyrs (2008), Let the Right One In (2008), and The Sixth Sense (1999).
Reportedly the unofficial sequel to Jordan Peele's Oscar-winning film Get Out (2017).
Director Anna Boden, Ryan Fleck
Genre Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi
Cast Brie Larson, Jude Law, Samuel L. Jackson, Ben Mendelsohn
Rating PG-13
Release Date March 8th, 2019
“Carol Danvers becomes one of the universe’s most powerful heroes when Earth is caught in the middle of a galactic war between two alien races.”
From directors Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck, Captain Marvel is the highly anticipated origin story that introduces us to one of the most powerful superheroes in the Marvel cinematic universe. Carol Danvers (played by Brie Larson), becomes one of the universe's most powerful heroes when Earth is caught in the middle of a galactic war between two alien races. I don’t know about you but I have been fired up for this movie ever since the end of Infinity War and the trailers are finally here - check them out for yourself below!!
Ted Takes Fun Facts, Captain Marvel:
This will be the twenty-first film to be released by Marvel Studios for the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Both Samuel L. Jackson (Nick Fury) and Clark Gregg (Phil Coulson) will be digitally de-aged in order for their characters to look like their younger selves, since the movie is set in the 1990's.
Director Anthony Maras
Genre Drama | History | Thriller
Cast Dev Patel, Armie Hammer, Nazanin Boniadi, Tilda Cobham-Hervey
Rating R
Release Date March 22nd, 2019
“The true story of the Taj Hotel terrorist attack in Mumbai. Hotel staff risk their lives to keep everyone safe as people make unthinkable sacrifices to protect themselves and their families.”
Directed and co-written by Anthony Maras, his feature-film directorial debut, Hotel Mumbai is the true story of the Taj Hotel terrorist attack in Mumbai. Hotel staff risk their lives to keep everyone safe as people make unthinkable sacrifices to protect themselves and their families. Check out the official trailer below!!
Ted Takes Film Facts, Hotel Mumbai:
The film premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) in Canada on 7th September 2018 and received a standing ovation.
A significant amount of actual dialogue in the film was repeated verbatim being taken from original transcripts of actual intercepted mobile (cell) phone calls during the 2008 siege.
Director S. Craig Zahler
Genre Action | Crime | Drama
Cast Mel Gibson, Vince Vaughn, Tory Kittles, Michael Jai White
Rating R
Release Date March 22nd, 2019
“Once two overzealous cops get suspended from the force, they must delve into the criminal underworld to get their proper compensation.”
From director S. Craig Zahler (Bone Tomahawk, Brawl in Cell Block 99), Dragged Across Concrete is a crime drama about two police officers who get suspended after roughing up a suspect on video, forcing them to turn to the criminal underworld to make ends meet. Check out the official trailer below!!
Ted Takes Fun Facts, Dragged Across Concrete:
Mel Gibson previously directed Vince Vaughn in Hacksaw Ridge (2016). Vaughn's role in Ridge, was originally supposed to be played by Gibson before handing it over.
The first film directed by S. Craig Zahler to receive an official rating from the MPAA. His previous films were released as unrated.
Genre Drama | Horror | True Crime
Cast Patricia Arquette, Joey King, Chloë Sevigny, AnnaSophia Robb
Rating Unrated
Series Premiere March 20th, 2019 (Hulu)
“Gypsy Blanchard is trying to escape the toxic relationship she has with her overprotective mother; her quest for independence opens a Pandora’s box of secrets, which ultimately leads to murder.”
The Act is a true crime drama series based on true events that tells the painful story of Gypsy Blanchard, a girl trying to escape the toxic relationship she has with her overprotective mother. Check out the official trailer for the Hulu original series below!!
Ted Takes Series Facts, The Act:
Joey King shaved her head for the 4th time for this role.
The Blanchards’ story of abuse and deception prompted a blockbuster BuzzFeed article by Michelle Dean (who also co-created the show with Nick Antosca) and a feature-length HBO documentary (Mommy Dead and Dearest); now, Hulu has adapted the saga into a mini-series that builds on America’s fascination with true crime, bad parenting and scams.
Genre Comedy | Stand-Up
Cast Amy Schumer
Rating Unrated
Series Premiere March 19th, 2019 (Netflix)
“Amy Schumer’s live stand-up set performed in Chicago where she jokes about marriage, pregnancy and personal growth.”
Amy Schumer's live stand-up set performed in Chicago where she jokes about marriage, pregnancy and personal growth. Check out the official trailer below!!
Genre Comedy
Cast Sharon Horgan, Rob Delaney, Mark Bonnar, Ashley Jensen
Rating TV-MA
Series Premiere March 15th, 2019 (Amazon Prime)
“American boy Rob gets Irish girl Sharon pregnant while they hook up for a week while on a business trip to London.”
It is sad to say that one of Amazon’s best comedies will reach the end with it’s 4th and final season in just over a month, but it has been one heck of a ride!! Check out the official trailer for season 4 of Amazon Prime’s Catastrophe below!!
Ted Takes Fun Facts, Catastrophe:
Stars and co-creators Rob Delaney and Sharon Horgan met each other through Twitter. They both have several credits on the project; they both star, produce and write the series, and oversee editing and casting.
Ryan Reynolds personally offered Rob Delaney the role of Peter in Deadpool 2 (2018) after seeing him in this series.
Director J.C. Chandor
Genre Action | Adventure | Crime
Cast Ben Affleck, Oscar Isaac, Charlie Hunnam, Garrett Hedlund
Rating R
Release Date March 13th, 2019 (Netflix)
“Five former Special Forces operatives reunite to plan a heist in a sparsely populated multi-border zone of South America. But when events take an unexpected turn and threaten to spiral out of control, their skills, their loyalties and their morals are pushed to a breaking point in an epic battle for survival.”
“Five former Special Forces operatives reunite to plan a heist in a sparsely populated multi-border zone of South America. For the first time in their prestigious careers these unsung heroes undertake this dangerous mission for self instead of country. But when events take an unexpected turn and threaten to spiral out of control, their skills, their loyalties and their morals are pushed to a breaking point in an epic battle for survival.”
From director J.C. Chandor (Margin Call, A Most Violent Year), Triple Frontier is a crime drama from the team that brought us the Oscar-winning film The Hurt Locker (one of my absolute favorites). Although unable to direct, The Hurt Locker director Kathryn Bigelow served as an executive producer. The film will receive a limited theatrical release on March 6th and will be available to stream on Netflix March 13th. Check out the official trailers below!!
Ted Takes Fun Facts, Triple Frontier:
Kathryn Bigelow (The Hurt Locker, Zero Dark Thirty) was going to direct the movie but left to work on Detroit (2017).
The film has been in development since 2010 and over the years a number of big name actors left the project for a variety of reasons including Tom Hardy, Channing Tatum, Leonardo DiCaprio, Mahershala Ali, Denzel Washington, Tom Hanks, Johnny Depp, Casey Affleck, and Sean Penn.
Director Rupert Wyatt
Genre Sci-Fi | Thriller
Cast Vera Farmiga, Machine Gun Kelly, Alan Ruck, John Goodman
Rating PG-13
Release Date March 15th, 2019
“Set in a Chicago neighborhood nearly a decade after an occupation by an extra-terrestrial force, Captive State explores the lives on both sides of the conflict - the collaborators and dissidents.”
From director Rupert Wyatt (Rise of the Planet of the Apes, The Gambler), Captive State is set in a Chicago neighborhood nearly a decade after an occupation by an extra-terrestrial force, Captive State explores the lives on both sides of the conflict - the collaborators and dissidents. Check out the official trailer below!!
Ted Takes Film Facts, Captive State:
Director Rupert Wyatt left Gambit (2019) to complete this movie.
Machine Gun Kelly sustained a chest injury on set of this film. Doctors requested he take a month off from touring. Despite this, he only postponed 3 shows and continued on his tour for the release of his new album, Bloom.
Director Robert Iscove, Clare Kilner
Genre Animation | Adventure | Comedy
Cast Brianna Denski, Jennifer Garner, Ken Hudson Campbell, Kenan Thompson
Rating PG
Release Date March 15th, 2019
“Wonder Park tells the story of a magnificent amusement park where the imagination of a wildly creative girl named June comes alive.”
From directors Robert Iscove and Clare Kilner, Wonder Park is an animated adventure comedy that tells the story of a magnificent amusement park where the imagination of a wildly creative girl named June comes alive. Check out the official trailer below!!
Ted Takes Fun Facts, Wonder Park:
The first of 3 Nickelodeon Movies Films to release in 2019. The other 2 would later be Dora the Explorer (2019) and Are You Afraid of the Dark? (2019).
Kenan Thompson's first Nickelodeon movie role since Good Burger (1997).
Director Justin Baldoni
Genre Drama | Romance
Cast Haley Lu Richardson, Cole Sprouse, Claire Forlani, Parminder Nagra
Rating PG-13
Release Date March 15th, 2019
“A pair of teenagers with life-threatening illnesses meet in a hospital and fall in love.”
The directorial debut for actor turned director Justin Baldoni, Five Feet Apart is a romantic drama about two teens with life threatening illnesses who meet in the hospital and fall in love. This looks to be another The Fault in Our Stars so you may want to stock up on the tissues. Check out the official trailer below!!
Director Clark Johnson
Genre Drama
Cast Alfre Woodard, Blair Underwood, Adam Beach, LaTanya Richardson
Rating Unrated
Release Date March 8th, 2019 (Netflix)
“Fed up with her deadbeat grown kids and marginal urban existence, Juanita takes a Greyhound bus to Paper Moon, Montana where she reinvents herself and finds her mojo.”
From actor turned director Clark Johnson, Juanita is a drama that tells the story of a mom that is fed up with her deadbeat adult children and boring existence so she decides to take a Greyhound bus to Paper Moon, Montana where she reinvents herself and finds her mojo. Check out the official trailer below!!
Ted Takes Fun Facts, Juanita:
Television and movie actress Alfrie Woodard has 118 acting credits on her resume as per IMDb filmography, dating all the way back to 1978.
Based on the novel Dancing on the Edge of the Roof from author Sheila Williams.
Director Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre
Genre Drama
Cast Matthias Schoenaerts, Gideon Adlon, Connie Britton, Bruce Dern
Rating R
Release Date March 15th, 2019 (Limited)
“The story of Roman Coleman, a violent convict, who is given the chance to participate in a rehabilitation therapy program involving the training of wild mustangs.”
From director Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre, The Mustang is a drama that tells the story of Roman Coleman, a violent convict, who is given the chance to participate in a rehabilitation therapy program involving the training of wild mustangs. Check out the official trailer below!!
Ted Takes Fun Facts, The Mustang:
Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre's feature film directorial debut. She developed Mustang through the Sundance Labs and received the Sundance Institute/NHK Award for the project in 2015.
Based on Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre's short film Rabbit (2014), about a female prisoner entrusted with the titular animal as part of a correctional facility's 'pet partnership' program.
Director James Kent
Genre Drama | Romance | War
Cast Keira Knightley, Alexander Skarsgård, Jason Clarke, Kate Phillips
Rating R
Release Date March 15th, 2019
“Post World War II, a British colonel and his wife are assigned to live in Hamburg during the post-war reconstruction, but tensions arise with the German who previously owned the house.”
From director James Kent, The Aftermath is a drama set in Post World War II and tells the story of a British colonel and his wife who are assigned to live in Hamburg during the post-war reconstruction, but tensions arise with the German who previously owned the house. Check out the official trailer below!!
Ted Takes Film Facts, The Aftermath:
Based on the book from author Rhidian Brook.
Keira Knightley and Jason Clarke's second collaboration since Everest (2015). In both films, they are married to each other.
Director Kim Nguyen
Genre Drama
Cast Jesse Eisenberg, Alexander Skarsgård, Salma Hayek, Michael Mando
Rating R
Release Date March 15, 2019
“A pair of high-frequency traders go up against their old boss in an effort to make millions in a fiber-optic cable deal.”
From director Kim Nguyen, The Hummingbird Project is a drama that tells the story of a pair of high-frequency traders as they go up against their old boss in an effort to make millions in a fiber-optic cable deal. Check out the official trailer below!!
Ted Takes Fun Facts, The Hummingbird Project:
Jesse Eisenberg memorized the entire script before recording started. This was confirmed by him and the director at the Toronto International Film Festival. The director also confirmed that the story was fictional but that it reflects advances in trading technology.
The film premiered at TIFF (Toronto International Film Festival) in September 2018.
Director Idris Elba
Genre Crime
Cast Aml Ameen, Stephen Graham, Calvin Demba, Naomie Ackie
Rating Unrated
Release Date March 15th, 2019 (Limited)
“D, a courier carrying cocaine from Jamaica to London, decides to go it alone and disappears into the mean streets of Hackney carrying a kilo of white powder that his erstwhile friends are anxious to recover. But D’s treachery will never be forgotten - or forgiven.”
“Set in ‘70s Kingston and ‘80s Hackney, Yardie centres on the life of a young Jamaican man named D (Aml Ameen), who has never fully recovered from the murder, committed during his childhood, of his older brother Jerry Dread (Everaldo Creary). D grows up under the wing of a Kingston Don and music producer named King Fox (Sheldon Shepherd). Fox dispatches him to London, where he reconnects with his childhood sweetheart, Yvonne (Shantol Jackson), and his daughter who he’s not seen since she was a baby. He also hooks up with a soundclash crew, called High Noon. But before he can be convinced to abandon his life of crime and follow “the righteous path”, he encounters the man who shot his brother 10 years earlier, and embarks on a bloody, explosive quest for retribution - a quest which brings him into conflict with vicious London gangster Rico (Stephen Graham).”
Check out the official trailers below!!
Ted Takes Fun Facts, Yardie:
Feature film directorial debut of Idris Elba. Elba proposed to his girlfriend Sabrina Dhowre at a screening of the film in East London.
Director Mark Steven Johnson
Genre Crime | Romance
Cast Travis Fimmell, Rachael Taylor, William Fichtner, Forest Whitaker
Rating R
Release Date March 15th, 2019
“In 1972, a gang of close-knit thieves from Youngstown, Ohio attempt to steal $30 million in illegal contributions and blackmail money from President Richard Nixon’s secret fund.”
From director Mark Steven Johnson (Daredevil, Ghost Rider), Finding Steve McQueen is set in 1972, and tells the story of a gang of close-knit thieves from Youngstown, Ohio who attempt to steal $30 million in illegal contributions and blackmail money from President Richard Nixon's secret fund. Check out the official trailer below!!
Ted Takes Fun Facts, Finding Steve McQueen:
Mark Steven Johnson directed the film based on the true story of the Ohio thieves who attempted to steal $30 million in illegal contributions and blackmail money from President Richard Nixon's secret fund - said to be the greatest bank heist in U.S. history.