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Exclusive Interview – Writer-director Sebastian Lelio on Gloria Bell

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For Sebastian Lelio, making Gloria Bell is like visiting a much-loved friend.  The film, which is released in cinemas and online this Thursday, June 6th, is the second time he’s told the story of the divorced woman in her 50s trying to find her place in the world. First time round, the film was Gloria.  […]

Watch an exclusive clip from Starfish starring Virginia Gardner

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Coinciding with its VOD release in North America, we have an exclusive clip from writer-director A.T. White’s acclaimed debut feature Starfish featuring Runaways and Halloween star Virginia Gardner; check it out here, and head on over to our YouTube channel for more exclusive content… SEE ALSO: Read our ★★★★★ review of Starfish here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qu3cJGT2UnE When […]

Exclusive Interview – O’Shea Jackson Jr. on Godzilla: King of the Monsters

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Having taken on the role of Chief Warrant Officer Barnes, O’Shea Jackson Jr. is on the ground level for much of Godzilla: King of the Monsters. Dodging lightening strikes, explosions and falling debris, he’s the closet thing the film has to a human action hero and – judging by his infectious enthusiasm – he clearly relished […]

Exclusive Interview – Michael Dougherty on Godzilla: King of the Monsters

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Releasing five years after its predecessor, the long-awaited sequel Godzilla: King of the Monsters has finally made it’s way into cinemas and is filled with all the monster-mash action you’d expect. In the lead up to the film’s release, we were lucky enough to sit down with writer-director Michael Dougherty (Trick ‘r Treat, Krampus) to […]

Exclusive: Simon Kinberg on whether Wolverine was considered for X-Men: Dark Phoenix appearance

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Hugh Jackman’s Wolverine is staying dead in the X-Men franchise, for now at least. X-Men: Dark Phoenix is expected to work as a victory lap for many of the major characters in Fox’s mutant universe, with the franchise baton now set to pass to Disney, which acquired the X-Men as part of their takeover of […]

Exclusive Interview – X-Men: Dark Phoenix director Simon Kinberg on star wrangling, leaving out Hugh Jackman, and the Disney/Fox merger

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Tom Beasley sits down with Simon Kinberg to discuss X-Men: Dark Phoenix and the wider universe in the wake of Disney’s takeover of Fox… The X-Men are finally back. Three years after Apocalypse proved to be divisive, to say the least, Charles Xavier’s team of mutant heroes have returned to the big screen for X-Men: […]

Exclusive Interview – X-Men: Dark Phoenix producer Hutch Parker on saying goodbye to these characters

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Tom Beasley chats to producer Hutch Parker about X-Men: Dark Phoenix and bidding farewell to this roster of superhero characters… After a turbulent path to the big screen, we’re now just days away from the release of X-Men: Dark Phoenix, arriving in the wake of the big Disney-Fox merger. The film allows Simon Kinberg – […]

Exclusive: Simon Kinberg updates on The New Mutants, Multiple Man and Gambit after Disney’s Fox takeover

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X-Men: Dark Phoenix director Simon Kinberg has confirmed that reshoots are still planned for spin-off The New Mutants and said the likes of Gambit and Multiple Man are not quite dead yet. Kinberg has been a part of the X-Men universe for well over a decade and has shepherded many of the biggest names in […]

Exclusive Interview – Jim Cummings on British comedy and Thunder Road

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Jim Cummings’ Thunder Road has taken the cinema world by storm. Twice.  The first time was in 2016 when it won the Sundance Grand Jury prize for a short film.  And now, with a head of steam behind it, the movie arrives UK cinemas, but as a full length feature. Its director, writer and star […]