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Christopher Nolan loved Denis Villeneuve’s Dune, calls it “compelling at every turn” and a “gift to film fans”

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Masters of blockbuster bombast Christopher Nolan and Denis Villeneuve shared the same views when it came to their movies being shown on anything other than the biggest screen possible, so it was always likely that their respective cinematic visions would chime with one another, and that has proven to be the case now that the […]

First look at Sandra Bullock in Netflix drama The Unforgivable

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With David Leitch directed action flick Bullet Train and romantic adventure The Lost City set for release in 2022, Sandra Bullock has a slew of films lined up to mark her return to the big-screen for the first time since 2018’s streaming success Bird Box. The first out of the pen is another collaboration with […]

Dune mines $40 million at the U.S. box office, but opens soft in China

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It was a big weekend for box-office analysts and fans of Denis Villeneuve’s Dune alike, because the critically lauded science-fiction epic was opening in two of the most important territories when it comes to mining cash from cinema-goers, and with the fate of a concluding chapter on the line, it was something of a mixed […]

Find out why The Marvels director Nia DaCosta blames Cap for the Thanos Snap

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Anyone who’s seen Candyman will be aware that Nia DaCosta knows a thing or two about the blurred lines between heroism and villainy, and she has applying those expertise, along with her own Marvel credentials – she refers to herself as “Marvel trash” – while speaking out about who she thinks is to blame for […]

Kristen Stewart comments on the social media campaign pushing for her to play The Joker

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Currently wowing everyone on the festival circuit with her terrific performance in Pablo Larrain’s Spencer (read our ★★★★ review here), Kristen Stewart has taken time out from answering questions about the People’s Princess to address the social media campaign pushing to have her cast as a different kind of royalty; Gotham’s Clown Prince. Variety broached […]

Quentin Tarantino hints that Kill Bill 3 could be his next film and that he wants to “make a comedy”

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That headline flies in the face of what we’ve been led to believe about Quentin Tarantino’s next film, and that’s the fact that it would be his last. However, speaking at the Rome Film Festival (via Variety) as he accepted a lifetime achievement award from Dario Argento, he told reporters about the projects he has […]

“Broken promises got consequences” in the Ozark season 4 date announcement trailer

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It might feel like a long time since that shocking turn of events during the gut-punch season three finale of Ozark, but the wait is nearly over to find out how Jason Bateman’s Marty Byrde can dig himself and his family an even deeper hole in the Missouri marshlands. Split into two 7-episode parts, Netflix […]

Watch Anya Taylor-Joy’s stunning Downtown cover from Edgar Wright’s Last Night in Soho

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Some of the most enchanting moments from Edgar Wright’s Last Night in Soho (read our review ★★★★ here) occur as Thomasin McKenzie follows Anya Taylor-Joy through her London fever-dream, including the stunning sequence in which the Queen’s Gambit star performs a cover of Petula Clark’s Downtown, which is arguably the best use of the song […]

Movie Review – Dune (2021)

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Dune, 2021. Directed by Denis Villeneuve. Starring Timothée Chalamet, Rebecca Ferguson, Zendaya, Oscar Isaac, Jason Momoa, Stellan Skarsgård, Josh Brolin, Javier Bardem, Dave Bautista, Charlotte Rampling, David Dastmalchian, Sharon Duncan-Brewster, Chen Chang and Babs Olusanmokun. SYNOPSIS: Denis Villeneuve’s adaptation of Frank Herbert’s science fiction novel, about the son of a noble family entrusted with the protection […]

Spoiler free reactions to Marvel’s Eternals call it a “masterpiece” and “spectacularly weird & rich”

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Less than 24-hours after causing a fandom sized collective groan at the news they were delaying all of their 2022 releases, Marvel are right back in the swing of getting people excited again following the World Premiere of Chloe Zhao’s Eternals in Los Angeles last night, with some reactions calling it a “masterpiece” and others […]