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Fans of The Equalizer movies are in for a treat as the third and final installment of the action-packed trilogy is set to hit the theaters on September 1, 2023. The Equalizer 3 stars Denzel Washington as Robert McCall, a former U.S. Marine and Dia agent who uses his skills and experience to help those who cannot help themselves. The film is directed by Antoine Fuqua, who also helmed the previous two films, and written by Richard Wenk.

The Equalizer 3 follows McCall as he moves to Southern Italy to escape from his past, but soon discovers that his new friends are under the control of local crime bosses belonging to the Sicilian Mafia. As events turn deadly, McCall knows what he has to do: become his friends’ protector by taking on the mafia. The film promises to deliver thrilling action sequences, explosive stunts, and intense drama as McCall faces his final challenge.

The latest teaser trailer for the upcoming action flick The Equalizer 3 finds Denzel Washington return as Robert McCall and take his fight to the Mafia. Released courtesy of Sony Pictures, The Equalizer 3 is all set for release in September, with the latest teaser promising that the threequel will be the final chapter in the popular action franchise. You can check out the newly released teaser for The Equalizer 3 below.

Denzel Washington is back as Robert McCall in #TheEqualizer3 – witness the final chapter exclusively in movie theaters September 1. pic.twitter.com/lKGa5OGYPA — Sony Pictures (@SonyPictures) July 31, 2023

Not only dos The Equalizer 3 see Academy Award winner and acting icon return to once again put his very particular set of skills to good use, but the sequel will also see the actor reunite with his Man on Fire co-star Dakota Fanning. Hollywood icon Denzel Washington is back in...

You might think Shia Labeouf portraying a 20th-century Italian saint under the direction of perpetual bad-boy expat Abel Ferrara is a pretty strange prospect. But that’s just the iceberg tip of the oddities in “Padre Pio,” which, despite the American star’s casting in the title role, often appears uninterested in its own venerated ostensible subject.

Instead, much of this awkward English-language period piece focuses on peasants’ struggle to overthrow padrone control just after the First World War. Depicting that conflict often feels beyond the modest production’s scale — and, in any case, is never meaningfully connected to the angsty histrionics of Labeouf, who seems to be in his own separate, indulgent, semi-improvised movie. Though coherent relative to Ferrara’s last narrative feature, the impenetrable espionage tale “Zeroes and Ones,” this eccentric misfire will likely puzzle fans of his past cult favorites, while flummoxing Catholic viewers who expect straightforward religious uplift.

A tormented priest arrives in an Italian village where a looming election pits angry peasants against wealthy landowners. Padre Pio, the latest from auteur Abel Ferrara, chronicles the formative years of a future Catholic saint with a bizarrely unbalanced narrative. What could have been a gripping portrayal of faith in times of crisis devolves into a dull slog. The protagonist never interacts with the socioeconomic upheaval happening around him. Injustice plays second fiddle to tedious religious dogma in a film that severely tests your patience.

Padre Pio (Shia Labeouf) rides a donkey towards the Franciscan Capuchin monastery at San Giovanni Rotondo. He devoutly prays for guidance under the searing son. God can be his only savior from heavy burdens. In the village below, soldiers return bearing the brutal scars of World War I. Giavanni (Cristina Chiriac) clutches her two young children as she looks for her husband. He's nowhere to be found as others weep,...

One of Catholicism's most iconic figures is getting their story told on the big screen with Padre Pio. Helmed by provocateur Abel Ferrara, well-known for the likes of Bad Lieutenant and The Addiction, the biographical drama will chronicle the early days of the eponymous priest's ministry at a remote Capuchin monastery in Italy's San Giovanni Rotondo post-World War I, and his efforts to help the Italian soldiers returning to the village. Shia Labeouf is leading the cast of Padre Pio alongside Marco Leonardi, Salvatore Ruocco, Luca Lionello, and Asia Argento.

In time for its theatrical release, Screen Rant can exclusively present a new Padre Pio clip.

The video, as seen above, finds Labeouf's eponymous priest being confronted by his personal demons with a listing of the various actions he feels guilty over, which he vehemently argues against and calls upon the Lord to make the unseen figure stop.

Will Padre Pio Launch Another Labeouf Resurgence?...

Shia Labeouf makes his big screen return in Padre Pio, a new movie from Abel Ferrara that made waves during the 2022 Venice Film Festival and is now set to be released to theaters by Gravitas Ventures. In an exclusive clip, Labeouf appears as the titular Franciscan monk. You can check it out below.

The movie has already received glowing praise from its film festival appearances, but it's certainly something deeper than your usual summer blockbuster, which could see it struggle to gain box office standing among some of the big attention grabbing movies out in the cinematic landscape at the moment. Considering Ferrara's previous films, and Labeouf's spiritual and artistic choices, that's probably besides the point for them. The synopsis for Padre Pio reads as follows:

“It is the end of World War I and the young Italian soldiers are making their way back to San Giovanni Rotondo, a land of poverty,...

Shia Labeouf makes his big screen return in Padre Pio, a new movie from Abel Ferrara that made waves during the 2022 Venice Film Festival and is now set to be released to theaters by Gravitas Ventures. In an exclusive clip, Labeouf appears as the titular Franciscan Monk. You can check it out below.

The movie has already received glowing praise from its film festival appearances, but it certainly something deeper than your usual summer blockbuster, which could see it struggle to gain box office standing in among some of the big attention grabbing movies out there right now. According to the synopsis:

“It is the end of World War I and the young Italian soldiers are making their way back to San Giovanni Rotondo, a land of poverty, historic violence and the iron clad rule of the church and its wealthy landowners. Families are desperate, the men are broken, but victorious.

Abel Ferrara’s Padre Pio is a fusion of two souls, each as rough-hewn and fragmentary as the other. Set in the immediate aftermath of World War I in the Italian village of San Giovanni Rotondo and filmed on location, it’s partly a biopic about the Catholic saint Pio of Pietrelcina (Shia Labeouf), for whom every waking moment seems a dark night of the soul. But it’s also a dramatization of the struggle between the landed gentry and the soldiers who return disillusioned from the war, culminating in violence after a stolen election.

Ferrara and co-writer Maurzio Braucci, instead of treating Catholicism and Marxism as antagonistic, find resonance in their iconography, their shared valorization of the downtrodden, and the zeal of their adherents—as well as their crises of faith. It isn’t heresy to say that Padre Pio is a spiritual successor to Pier Paolo Pasolini’s The Gospel According to St.

In less than a month, Shia Labeouf will return to the big screen thanks to acclaimed director Abel Ferrara (Zeros and Ones) in Padre Pio, a film that inspired the actor to convert to Catholicism since he plays a priest in it.

A few weeks ago, it was confirmed that Gravitas Ventures would be the company in charge of distributing this new project, which will hit theaters on June 2. After the announcement of the release date, the full trailer for the film is now out:

Check out the synopsis for Padre Pio:

“In this powerful drama directed by acclaimed filmmaker Abel Ferrara, a young priest, Padre Pio (Shia Labeouf), begins his ministry at a remote Capuchin monastery in Italy’s San Giovanni Rotondo. WWI has ended and Italian soldiers — broken but victorious — are returning to the impoverished village ruled by wealthy land owners. As events surrounding the first free...

"It feels like a sin to question these things, it feels like a sin to be angry with the Lord." Gravitas Ventures has revealed an official trailer for Padre Pio, a new film from American director Abel Ferrara, who now lives and works in Italy. This premiered at the Venice Days sidebar of the Venice Film Festival last year (did anyone even see it?) and opens in the US this June. This biopic from Ferrara follows Roman Catholic Saint Padre Pio in his early years. At the end of World War I, Padre Pio begins his ministry at a remote monastery in southern Italy. Soon, his charisma and storied visions bring him fame. Shia Labeouf stars alongside Cristina Chiriac, Marco Leonardi, Asia Argento, Vincenzo Crea, Luca Lionello, Brando Pacitto, Stella Mastrantonio, and Salvatore Ruocco. Some may remember that this role "saved" Labeouf's life, as he claimed in an interview last...

Exclusive: Gravitas Ventures has nabbed North American rights to the Shia Labeouf-led drama Padre Pio from filmmaker Abel Ferrara, slating it for a day-and-date release on June 2nd.

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In the film penned by Maurizio Braucci and Ferrara, which world premiered at last year’s Venice Film Festival, it’s the end of World War I and the young Italian soldiers are making their way back to San Giovanni Rotondo, a land of poverty, historic violence and the ironclad rule of the church and its wealthy landowners. Families are desperate; the men are broken, but victorious.

A couple of Italian gems along with a more sugary offering are screened at the London film festival, which this year has been reorganised by themes

For a working critic based in the capital, the London film festival is an enticing prospect — and yet a frustrating experience. The regular round of UK releases must be attended to; those films have to be reviewed (including the inevitable sprinkling of duds) and so Lff films have to be squeezed in wherever possible.

What makes it all more agonising is the fact that the Lff programme is somehow always the most mouthwatering document produced by any festival: a juicily thick brochure, packed with great stuff, and an unmissable-looking film on every page. The Lff may not have as many premieres as Toronto, Venice and Cannes, but so what? That's the sort of thing that preoccupies industry types. Regular filmgoers in London are surely...

After a string of announcements, it looks like the Toronto International Film Festival have locked down their line-up and it’s looking like a fantastic slate. Much of the additions today come in the form of previous Cannes premieres, including Michael Haneke‘s Amour (review), Cristian Mungiu‘s Beyond the Hills (review), Abbas Kiarostami‘s Like Someone in Love (review), Bernardo Bertolucci‘s Me and You (review), Hong Sang-soo‘s In Another Country and the Venice premiere Olivier Assayas‘ Something in the Air. Most notably missing is Leos Carax‘s Holy Motors, but we do get a new Michael Winterbottom film titled Everyday. Out of the Discovery section, the biggest film seems to be The Brass Teapot, and indie drama starring Juno Temple and Michael Angarano and one can check out all the additions below.

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Amour Michael Haneke, Austria/France/Germany North American Premiere Screen legends Jean-Louis Trintignant and...