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Ben Affleck says being Batman for his kids was “worth every moment of suffering on Justice League”

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Ben Affleck is currently receiving some well-deserved awards buzz for his close-to-the-bone performance in 2020’s The Way Back (read our ★★★★ review here) and as such has made an appearance on The Hollywood Reporter’s Awards Chatter Podcast, discussing his entire career; from his Good Will Hunting success, to the Gigli days, and his initial comeback […]

Doug Liman gives an update on Edge of Tomorrow 2 status

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While doing the rounds for his pandemic heist movie Lockdown (read our ★★★ review here), Edge of Tomorrow director Doug Liman has been speaking to Collider about the current status of the sequel to his Tom Cruise time-loop blockbuster. The oft-discussed follow-up to one of 2014’s best movies has occupied the breaking news pages for […]

Movie Review – Hunted (2021)

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Hunted, 2021. Directed by Vincent Paronnaud. Starring Lucie Debay, Christian Bronchart, Ciaran O’Brien, Jean-Mathias Pondant, Kevin Van Doorslaer, Gilles Vandeweerd, Dianne Weller, and Arieh Worthalter. SYNOPSIS: This contemporary take on the Little Red Riding Hood fairytale pits a young woman named Eve (Lucie Debay) against an unhinged misogynist pursuer. Swapping hood for hoodie and yanking […]

Sopranos prequel The Many Saints of Newark bumped to September

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It appears that not even Tony Soprano can pull strings or apply mob pressure in order to avoid a release date change in the current climate, with Variety reporting yet another delay for New Line Cinemas and Warner Bros. The Sopranos prequel, The Many Saints of Newark. Originally set for release on 25th September last year, […]

Could Chris Pratt’s sci-fi blockbuster The Tomorrow War be set for Amazon?

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Chris Pratt’s $200 million science-fiction blockbuster The Tomorrow War was meant to hit cinemas on Christmas Day 2020, but as is the way of the world at the moment it was shunted to July 23 2021. Well, now it appears that even that optimistic release date isn’t going to happen, with Variety exclusively revealing that Amazon […]

Movie Review – The Call (2020)

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The Call, 2020 Directed by Chung-Hyun Lee Starring Park Shin-Hye, Jong-seo Jun, Sung-ryung Kim, El Lee, and Ho-San Park SYNOPSIS: Two people live in separate times. Seo-Yeon (Park Shin-Hye) lives in the present and Young-Sook (Jong-seo Jun) lives in 1999. One phone call connects the two, and their lives are changed irrevocably. The premise for this time-shifting […]

Amy Adams’ The Woman in the Window finally getting a Netflix release

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Let’s hope that The Woman in the Window is as interesting as its journey to the small-screen, because Amy Adams has been staring through that pane of glass in distribution limbo for almost two years. Well now there’s some light at the end of the tunnel in the form of a Netflix release, which Entertainment […]

Sacha Baron Cohen says Borat is “locked away in the cupboard’

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Sacha Baron Cohen has had a groundbreaking year. Not only did he give a film-stealing performance in Aaron Sorkin’s The Trial of the Chicago 7, but he made a covert sequel to his most famous creation with the timely release of Borat Subsequent Moviefilm. Both turns were among the best of 2020, but now it […]

Riddle Me This, Riddle Me That, Here’s Some Clarification on Michael Keaton’s Bat

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Overnight the news broke that Michael Keaton, who had been confirmed to don the cape and cowl once again in Andy Muschietti’s upcoming The Flash movie alongside current incumbent Ben Affleck, was in fact set to take the mantle as the DCEU’s Dark Knight on a permanent basis in a series of films of his […]