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Clint Eastwood is back in the saddle as a washed-up rodeo star in the trailer for Cry Macho

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At the age of 91, undisputed legend of cinema Clint Eastwood is still working both sides of the camera, and now Warner Bros. has released the trailer his latest slice of redemptive drama in the form of Cry Macho, the tale of a washed-up horse breeder who travels to the Mexican border to settle a […]

Rob Savage’s follow-up to lockdown horror The Host is titled Dashcam

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In what has been a particularly trying time for the film industry, one of the success stories to emerge from the past 18-months was the Zoom party poltergeist horror Host (read our ★★★★ review here), inventively directed during the first lockdown by Rob Savage. Well, instead of enjoying their triumph during the subsequent lockdowns, Savage, […]

It’s last man standing in the trailer for the long-awaited Y: The Last Man adaptation

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A screen adaptation of Brian K. Vaughan’s lauded graphic novel Y: The Last Man has been kicking around development hell for what seems like an eternity, and even this eagerly awaited small-screen translation has had its fair share of production hiccups, but now the post apocalyptic tale of one man and his monkey is heading […]

It’s hammer time in the “dark AF” red band trailer for Don’t Breathe 2

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2016’s Don’t Breathe was a really rather good tension riddled home-invasion horror which scared up over $150M at the global box-office, so as is the way with these things Stephen Lang is back as “The Blind Man”, only this time the film appears to be attempting a Man on Fire style retcon of the first film’s boogeyman, with […]

Netflix’s gender swap remake He’s All That gets a first trailer

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It’s now over 20 years since Rachael Leigh Cook descended the staircase to Sixpence None The Richer’s Kiss Me in 1999 teen classic She’s All That, and now we have a remake using a distinctly 2021 filter, a gender switch premise headlined by Tik Tok star Addison Rae; take a look at the first trailer […]

Matthew Vaughn’s star-studded spy thriller Argylle is heading to streaming for a cool $200M

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Apple Original Films are getting a taste for the big-budget ensemble pieces, because having snapped up Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon for a reported $180M, they’ve now dipped into their bottomless pockets to secure Matthew Vaughn’s franchise launching spy-thriller Argylle for a cool $200M.According to Deadline, Apple is near completion on securing the […]

Waterworld sequel TV series in development at Universal, with Dan Trachtenberg attached to direct

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With the passing of time notorious ’90s ‘flop’ Waterworld has gained some retrospective buoyancy from reappraisals and re-watches, so-much-s0 that the money men at Universal have seen some potential in floating the idea of a sequel TV series for the respective streaming services to fight over.According to The Hollywood Reporter the project is in early […]

First look at Sam Rockwell and Saoirse Ronan in star-studded murder-mystery See How They Run

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Filmed earlier this year in some of London’s most historic locations, Searchlight Pictures star-studded murder-mystery has finally dropped some clues as to what it’s all about by revealing the title and impressive line-up for the 2022 release. The newly monikered See How They Run will feature Sam Rockwell, Saoirse Ronan, David Oyelowo, Adrien Brody and […]