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EJ Moreno

Jungleland – Bare Knuckle Boxing and Brotherly Love | Video Review

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Jungleland, 2020. Directed by Max Winkler. Starring Jack O’Connell, Charlie Hunnam, Jessica Barden, John Cullum, Jonathan Majors, Owen Burke, Johnno Wilson, Meredith Holzman, Fran Kranz, Nick Mullen, and Bill Thorpe. Jungleland is a rare movie about men and boxing that has more heart than expected. Join our critic EJ Moreno as he reviews the latest […]

Exclusive Interview – Jessica Barden on Jungleland, working with Jack O’Connell & Charlie Hunnam

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EJ Moreno speaks to actress and activist Jessica Barden on her new film Jungleland, road trips, and how to handle anxiety… This week sees the release of Jungleland in theatres, ahead of its VOD release. Speaking with one of the film’s stars, Jessica Barden, about Jungleland was very refreshing, but the actress also dove into […]

Felicity Jones wants Star Wars return as Jyn Erso

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Though she met an untimely demise in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, Jyn Erso proved to be a force within the Star Wars universe. Actress Felicity Jones feels the same way, as she has big dreams for where the character could go next. During a recent interview with THR, the Midnight Sky actress opened […]

Christopher Nolan worried that “studios are drawing the wrong conclusions” about Tenet’s box office underperformance

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When speaking to the Los Angeles Times, filmmaker Christopher Nolan opened about his recent film Tenet and its box office performance amid the global health crisis. There’s no denying the film, which brought in $50 million at the domestic box office and just about $350 million worldwide, didn’t perform as many expected. However, Nolan feels like […]

Doug Jones blames the failed Dark Universe for cancelling Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein

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Guillermo del Toro, known for tackling amazing monsters in films like Hellboy, Pan’s Labyrinth, and the Best Picture-winning The Shape of Water, was going to helm a re-telling of cinema’s most famous monster.  A few years back, right around the time of 2017’s The Mummy, it was announced del Toro would tackle a Frankenstein film, […]

The Walking Dead casts Jeffrey Dean Morgan’s real-life wife Hilarie Burton to play Lucille

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Lucille comes to life! The Walking Dead and AMC have announced to The Wrap that they had cast Hilarie Burton in a key guest-starring role for its upcoming extended 10th season. Burton will tackle the role of Negan’s late wife Lucille, the woman that inspired the name of his barb-wired baseball bat. Her character dies […]

Mortal – 2020’s Unexpected Superhero Movie | Video Review

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Mortal, 2020. Written and Directed by André Øvredal. Starring Nat Wolff, Priyanka Bose, Iben Akerlie, Arthur Hakalahti. In a year with no Marvel movies, there’s one film taking over the superhero throne. Mortal from director André Øvredal and starring Nat Wolff dives into Norwegian mythology and God-like powers, and our critic EJ Moreno has a […]

Isabelle Fuhrman returning for another round as killer Esther in Orphan: First Kill

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If you remember 2009’s Orphan, you can see the reason for excitement at this news. As reported by Deadline, Isabelle Fuhrman is returning to the franchise as Esther in a planned prequel film. In the upcoming film Orphan: First Kill, directed by William Brent Bell (The Boy) and written by David Coggeshall, Leena Klammer “orchestrates […]

Donal Logue joins Resident Evil movie reboot

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Gotham alum Donal Logue is looking to play another man of the law, this time in the twisted town of Raccoon Cityas Deadline reports that Logue will play Chief Irons in the Johannes Roberts-helmed Resident Evil reboot. In the video game Resident Evil 2, Chief Irons was Chief of Police of the Raccoon Police Department, […]