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Dunkirk becomes the highest grossing WWII film of all time

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Dunkirk has become the highest grossing WWII movie in history. Christopher Nolan’s war drama about the evacuation of troops from Dunkirk beach has been much applauded and casually doing its thing at the box office – outperforming expectations in many markets. Nolan’s film may have, however, just grabbed its biggest claim to fame yet, in […]

Like All Winners, Star Wars Gets Attacked, But I’d Rather Celebrate Its Success

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Samuel Brace on the Star Wars saga… Is Star Wars in crisis? Please. Let’s not lose our minds, let’s celebrate its success. With the recent news that Star Wars: Episode IX has lost its director, Colin Trevorrow, coming off the back of news regarding the Han Solo movie and how it has also changed its […]

Jude Law cast alongside Elle Fanning and Selena Gomez in new Woody Allen film

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Jude law has joined Elle Fanning and Selena Gomez in the cast of Woody Allen’s new film. Keeping up his tradition of casting the biggest names in Hollywood in his pictures, Woody Allen has managed to lure Jude Law into his yet-to-be-titled new movie. This will be the third project that Allen directs for Amazon […]

Gal Gadot was the runner up behind Charlize Theron to play Mad Max: Fury Road’s Furiosa

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Gal Gadot has revealed that she nearly played Mad Max: Fury Road’s Furiosa, a part that was ultimately portrayed by Charlize Theron. Gadot has shot into superstardom in recent times after her portrayal of Wonder Woman in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice and even more so in the character’s self titled solo movie. But […]

Game of Thrones season 7 has been pirated more than 1 billion times

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A report has claimed that season 7 of Game of Thrones has been pirated over a billion times. The report (via Sky) comes from tech company Muso with their suggested figure including illegal torrents and unlicensed streams. Muso claims to have the largest database of metadata on real-time piracy behaviour. The company describe the number […]

Netflix orders Nurse Ratched origins series starring Sarah Paulson

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A One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest prequel series starring Sarah Paulson as Nurse Ratched has been ordered by Netflix. The series comes via American Horror Story creator Ryan Murphy who will be reuniting once again with Paulson. The prequel show that will focus on the origins of the notorious psychiatric administrator Nurse Ratched. The […]

It expected to break records and rescue US box office

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Stephen King’s It is expected to break a box office record and bolster a poorly performing US box office. This past summer has been a poor one at the box office, with studios reporting figures down from the same time last year. Hollywood is in need of some success and the film looking to save […]

Pacific Rim: Uprising trailer to premiere at New York Comic Con

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NYCC is to be the venue for the first trailer for Pacific Rim: Uprising. With last month’s news that the sequel to Pacific Rim has been pushed back to March from its initial February release date, talk surrounding the film itself has gathered steam. There has yet to be any footage released from the movie with […]