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East End Film Festival Movie Review – Waiting for You (2018)

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Waiting for You, 2018Directed by Charles Garrad Starring Colin Morgan, Fanny Ardant, Audrey Bastien, Adelkrim BahloulSYNOPSIS:When Paul’s (Colin Morgan) father utters some deathbed clues to a past his son knew nothing about, it triggers a journey of discovery that leads him to a house situated amongst the foothills of the French countryside. Here lives Madeleine […]

East End Film Festival Movie Review – Sand and Blood (2018)

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Sand and Blood, 2018Directed by Matthias Krepp and Angelika SpangSYNOPSIS:Using anonymous testimonies from refugees who’ve fled to Austria, Sand and Blood tells the personal tales that have emerged from the Iraq and Syria conflicts, all supported by amateur footage and archive from the very heart of these their wartorn paradise.When it comes to rolling news […]

East End Film Festival Movie Review – Hippopotamus (2018)

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Hippopotamus, 2018Directed by Edward A. Palmer Starring Ingvild Deila, Tom Lincoln, Jonathan Cobb, Stuart MortimerSYNOPSIS:When Ruby (Ingvild Deila) wakes from a dream, she finds herself in a sterile basement, with her knees bandaged, unable to walk, and no recollection of who she is, or how she got there. When she comes face-to-face with her kidnapper […]

First look at BBC’s The War of the Worlds adaptation

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Filming is underway on the latest adaptation of H.G. Wells’ seminal alien invasion epic The War of the Worlds. The BBC production is currently on location in Liverpool, and now we’ve been given a first look at our Martian dodging couple, played by Rafe Spall (The Big Short, Life of Pi) and Eleanor Tomlinson (Jack the […]

Solo: A Star Wars Story to premiere at Cannes

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You can forget your Palme D’Or winner at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, because they’ll only be one film on everyone’s sunburnt lips with the surprise announcement that Solo: A Star Wars Story will receive its world premiere at the festival.Deadline report that the Ron Howard Star Wars standalone will screen on May 15th, ten […]

Second Opinion – A Quiet Place (2018)

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A Quiet Place, 2018.Directed by John Krasinski. Starring John Krasinski, Emily Blunt, Millicent Simmonds, Noah Jupe, and Leon Russom.SYNOPSIS:In a near future, a family have adapted to living a life of silence in order to avoid detection from a breed of unrelenting creatures who hunt using sound alone.Annnnnnnnnd relax. You can let go of the […]

Deadpool asks you to ‘F*ck Cancer’ in campaign video

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So much about the Deadpool 2 marketing material has been brilliantly spot-on, but none more so than this campaign video from 20th Century Fox, in partnership with Omaze, asking you to ‘F*ck Cancer” in order to win Deadpool‘s pink suit.The Omaze video was aired during a terrestrial premiere of Deadpool on US television, asking viewers […]

Adam Sandler confirmed for Safdie Brothers’ Uncut Gems

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Earlier in the week it was reported that Adam Sandler could be set to replace Jonah Hill in Uncut Gems, the new film from Good Time directors, the Safdie Brothers. Now Deadline are confirming that the funnyman has indeed signed on to headline the heist thriller.The plot for Uncut Gems is being kept firmly under […]

Universal to adapt Ernest Cline’s Armada for the big screen

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With Ready Player One hitting high score levels of box-office receipts, it’s no surprise to learn that rival studios wish to hit ‘continue’ on Ernest Cline adaptations, with Universal keen to move ahead with a movie based on his 2015 novel Armada.Variety report that the studio have hired Dan Mazeua (Wrath of the Titans, Van Helsing) […]