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Shang-Chi holds better than Black Widow at the box office, while Malignant stalls

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Shang-Chi earned more than Ten Rings atop the U.S. Box Office this weekend, collecting $35.8 million in a healthy sophomore frame for the Marvel blockbuster.The Simu Liu and Awkwafina staring superhero movie suffered a decline of -53% at the North American box-office, which isn’t unusual for a Marvel blockbuster, particularly those released in this pandemic-era world […]

It’s “Back to the Matrix” in the action-packed trailer for The Matrix Resurrections

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Those of you who’ve wanted to take the red pill since it was announced that Lana Wachowski was set to continue the further adventures of Neo down the rabbit hole will find clues to the answers in the first official trailer for The Matrix Resurrections, which you can check out in all its “Woah” inducing […]

Jason Sudeikis and Evangeline Lilly star in the trailer for South of Heaven

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Jason Sudeikis puts away his pressed collar Richmond F.C. sweater combo for much dirtier attire in the trailer for South of Heaven. An in-over-his-head crime-caper directed by Aharon Keshales (Big Bad Wolves), which also stars Evangeline Lilly (Ant-Man and The Wasp), Shea Whigham (Kong: Skull Island) and Mike Colter (Luke Cage); take a look at […]

Freeman, Pacino, Mirren and DeVito check into Taylor Hackford’s retirement home noir Sniff

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The first of many Toronto International Film Festival marketplace announcements is the news that Academy-Award winning director Taylor Hackford will attempt to pull off ‘a stylish reinvention of the film noir genre’ with his retirement home murder-mystery noir Sniff. More intriguing than that though is the fact that he’ll have Morgan Freeman, Al Pacino, Helen […]

Colin Firth, Olivia Colman and Odessa Young celebrate Mothering Sunday in first trailer for Lionsgate drama

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There’s no shortage of talent on display in the first trailer for Lionsgate’s tale of forbidden love, Mothering Sunday.Starring Odessa Young (Shirley, The Stand), Olivia Colman (The Father, The Favourite), Josh O’Connor (God’s Own Country, The Crown), Sope Dirisu (His House, Gangs of London), and Colin Firth (The King’s Speech, Supernova), Mothering Sunday was adapted from […]

Spencer, King Richard, Benedetta, Last Night in Soho and The French Dispatch among the big hitters as London Film Festival announces full line-up

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As the flashbulbs begin to dim from the Venice Film Festival, the The 65th BFI London Film Festival has taken the baton and unveiled its full programme for October’s celebration of cinema, featuring some well-received carry-overs such as Pablo Larrain’s Spencer, Wes Anderson’s The French Dispatch, and Jane Campion’s The Power of the Dog, as […]

Live-action Rick and Morty clips feature Christopher Lloyd and Jaeden Martell, teases more…

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As a wrap-around to the season five finale of Rick and Morty, Adult Swim have been sending the internet into a state of Wubba Lubba Dub-Dub! with a series of live-action clips featuring Back to the Future’s Christopher Lloyd as Rick Sanchez and Midnight Special’s Jaeden Martell as Morty Smith. The trio of teasers have […]

Donald Glover is looking for a new wife as Phoebe Waller-Bridge exits Mr. & Mrs. Smith series

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Phoebe Waller-Bridge is currently filming her role alongside Harrison Ford’s Dr. Jones, but it appears that she will no longer be working with Donald Glover’s Mr. Smith, with the news that the Fleabag actor has departed Amazon Studios Mr. & Mrs. Smith series.Announced earlier in the year in suitably hilarious fashion via their Instagram Stories, Mr. & […]

Paul Schrader lines up Joel Edgerton & Sigourney Weaver for crime thriller Master Gardener

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Ahead of the world premiere of his latest film The Card Counter at this week’s Venice Film Festival, Taxi Driver scribe Paul Schrader is already lining up his next crime-thriller, tapping up Joel Edgerton and Sigourney Weaver to star in Master Gardener.Deadline reports that Schrader will direct from his own original screenplay, which tells the […]