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Movie Review – Ken Russell’s The Devils

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The Devils: The Director’s Cut, 1971.Directed by Ken Russell Starring Vanessa Redgrave, Oliver Reed, Dudley Sutton, Max Adrian, Gemma Jones, Murray Melvin, Michael Gothard, Georgina Hale, Christopher Logue, and Graham Armitage. SYNOPSIS: In 17th-century France, Father Urbain Grandier is a charismatic priest whose unorthodox views on sex and religion inspire a passionate following of nuns, including the sexually […]

Jason Statham is back with his bees in the trailer for The Beekeeper 2

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Amazon MGM Studios have created a buzz (sorry!) by smoking out their hive (sorry again!) to release the trailer for Jason Statham action sequel The Beekeeper 2.  Taking the reins from David Ayer (The Heart of the Beast) is acclaimed action director Timo Tjahjanto (May the Devil Take You, Nobody 2), who works from a […]

2026 BFI London Film Festival Review – Ink

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Ink, 2026. Directed by Danny Boyle Starring Jack O’Connell, Guy Pearce, Claire Foy, Jonathan Hyde, Blake Harrison, Brian Gleeson, Angus Imrie, Patrick Kennedy, Lucy Russell, and Christopher Fulford.SYNOPSIS:In 1969, as rising media tycoon acquires the daily newspaper “The Sun,” his partnership with editor Larry Lamb turns the paper into Britain’s most influential tabloid.Danny Boyle moves from […]

Movie Review – Whalefall (2026)

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Whalefall, 2026. Directed by Brian Duffield Starring Austin Abrams, Josh Brolin, Elisabeth Shue, John Ortiz, Jane Levy, and Emily Rudd.SYNOPSIS: Following the death of his father, Jay Gardiner (Austin Abrams) goes diving off the central Coast of California in search of his remains, but is swallowed by a massive sperm whale.American author Kurt Vonnegut famously said that […]

Fred Hechinger and Ebon Moss-Bachrach star in the trailer for Andrew Haigh’s A Long Winter

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Mubi has released the trailer for 45 Years and All of Strangers director Andrew Haigh’s latest drama A Long Winter, which focuses on a small family living in the Colorado mountains whose life is turned upside down when their mother disappears during the first blizzard of the season.Written and directed by Haigh, the glacial character […]

2026 BFI London Film Festival Review – Ray Gunn

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Ray Gunn, 2026. Directed by Brad Bird.  Starring Sam Rockwell, Scarlett Johansson, Tom Waits, Matt Berry, Bobby Cannavale, Michelle Rodriguez, Matt Jones, Aasif Mandvi, Alan Tudyk, and Kathryn Hunter.SYNOPSIS: In Metropia, a gigantic city in an alternate future, private eye Raymond Gunn is drawn into a case involving aliens, murder, and a multimedia star named Venus Nova.Brad […]

Jessica Rothe and Jane Levy are stranded and stalked in the trailer for Blumhouse slasher River

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Universal Pictures and Blumhouse has released the trailer for River, their Midnight Madness Toronto International Film Festival breakout that stars Scream Queens Jessica Rothe (Happy Death Day) and Jane Levy (Evil Dead) as siblings stuck on a broken boat as a serial killer stalks them from the bank.  Written and directed by feature film debutant […]

The Social Reckoning is unfriended at the box office as Other Mommy scares up $27.5 million debut

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The weekend box office was a battle between one movie focusing on an evil being attempting to convince people that they are human, and the Other Mommy. Ba dum tish. Despite no advanced previews and terrible exit-polling (D+ CinemaScore), Rob Savage’s Other Mommy overperformed at the North American box office to the tune of $27.5 million. […]

Nicolas Cage appears to confirm True Detective season 5

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Clues had been dropped last year about Nicolas Cage’s rumoured involvement in True Detective season 5, but now the man himself appears to have confirmed that he will appear in the next iteration of the HBO anthology series. The Academy Award winning Leaving Las Vegas actor made the announcement at New York Comic Con, telling the […]