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Helen Mirren joins HBO’s Catherine the Great miniseries

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Helen Mirren will be playing royalty soon once again as the actress has joined HBO and Sky’s Catherine the Great miniseries as the titular 18th century Russian ruler. Catherine the Great delves into the politically tumultuous and sexually charged court of the most powerful female monarch in history. Catherine wielded supreme power throughout Russia for nearly half of […]

Adrift starring Shailene Woodley and Sam Claflin set for June release

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STXFilms has set a date for Adrift, the romantic survival movie based on a true story and starring Shailene Woodley (Big Little Lies) and Sam Claflin (The Hunger Games: Catching Fire). The film is set for release this summer on June 1st. Based on the true story of Tami Oldham, the film sees Woodley and Claflin as […]

Hans Zimmer comes out of superhero retirement to score X-Men: Dark Phoenix

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A couple of years ago, composer Hans Zimmer announced that was retiring from scoring superhero films with Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice having been his last one. Zimmer’s comic book movie credits include the scores to Christopher Nolan’s Dark Knight Trilogy, Man of Steel and The Amazing Spider-Man 2, and now he is apparently coming out of his superhero […]

Daredevil season 3 adds Joanne Whalley as Sister Maggie

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While we don’t know the premiere date for the third season of Netflix’s Daredevil just yet, we have more news on who will appear in the season. According to Deadline, the show has cast Joanne Whalley (The White Princess) in the role of Sister Maggie. Daredevil fans will know the name Sister Maggie from the ‘Born Again’ […]

Michael Shannon joins AMC’s The Little Drummer Girl adaptation

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AMC has made another casting addition to its upcoming miniseries adaptation of John le Carré’s The Little Drummer Girl with the news that Michael Shannon (The Shape of Water) has joined Alexander Skarsgard (Big Little Lies) and Florence Pugh (Lady Macbeth) in the series. Shannon will portray Kurtz, an Isreali spymaster who recruits Pugh’s character into a complex […]

Tom Cruise reveals Mission: Impossible 6 title, teases helicopter stunt

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Mission: Impossible star Tom Cruise has joined Instagram and his first official post has been to reveal the title for the upcoming sixth instalment of the franchise: Mission: Impossible – Fallout. Cruise also revealed a new photo from the film with him once again performing a high octane stunt as he clings to the side of a […]

Game of Thrones’ Hannah Waddingham cast as mad Kryptonian scientist Jax-Ur in Krypton

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The Superman prequel series Krypton has just gained an additional cast member. Hannah Waddingham, who played Septa Unella (otherwise known as the Shame Nun) in Game of Thrones, has been cast as Jax-Ur, one of Krypton’s most prominent yet mad scientists. Jax-Ur was one of Krypton’s most renowned scientists. In the comics, Jax-Ur experimented with a nuclear-level weapon […]

Meryl Streep joins Big Little Lies season 2

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HBO’s adaptation of Big Little Lies already had several A-list actresses attached in its first season, most prominently Reese Witherspoon and Nicole Kidman, but now an even bigger name has joined the cast for the show’s second season. Meryl Streep, who was just nominated an Academy Award for the 21st time for her role in The Post, will star […]

Blu-ray Review – Geostorm (2017)

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Geostorm, 2017. Directed by Dean Devlin. Starring Gerard Butler, Katheryn Winnick, Jim Sturgess, Abbie Cornish, Andy Garcia, Zazie Beetz, and Ed Harris. SYNOPSIS: When the network of satellites designed to control the global climate start to attack Earth, it’s a race against the clock to uncover the real threat before a worldwide geostorm wipes out […]