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Exclusive Interview – Composer Patrick Kirst on Breaking Surface and The Kissing Booth

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Joachim Hedén’s survival thriller, Breaking Surface was released earlier this year in Sweden and is now coming to digital platforms in the U.S. December 15th. In case you aren’t familiar with the film, the official synopsis reads: During a winter dive on a remote part of the coast in Northern Norway, two sisters’ lives fall […]

Harry Potter director Chris Columbus reveals he would have been interested in returning to direct both Deathly Hallows films

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While Chris Columbus helmed the first two instalments in the Harry Potter film franchise, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone and Harry Potter and the Chamber, the director has revealed whether he ever considered returning to the series. In an interview with Collider to promote his new film The Christmas Chronicles 2, Columbus revealed that he wanted the […]

James Gunn is bringing The Suicide Squad to CCXP Worlds

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Yesterday it was announced that Warner Bros. is bringing Wonder Woman 1984 to next month’s CCXP Worlds, the virtual edition of Brazil’s Comic-Con Experience, and now James Gunn has taken to Twitter to announce that Task Force X will also be in attendance to offer “some ridiculous fun” from The Suicide Squad – and, perhaps, […]

Exclusive Interview – Writer-Director Oliver Murray discusses the man behind the music in Ronnie’s

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British filmmaker Oliver Murray lays bare a musical institution in his latest feature simply called Ronnie’s. Employing rare archive footage and intimate revelations, this definitive documentary on Ronnie Scott screened recently at the 2020 DOC NYC Film Festival.  In conversation with Martin Carr, the inquisitive writer director goes into detail about his involvement, as well […]

Extreme Cinema – David Cronenberg’s Crash (1996)

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Crash, 1996. Directed by David Cronenberg. Starring James Spader, Deborah Kara Unger, Holly Hunter, Rosanna Arquette and Elias Koteas. Whilst the depiction of sex and violence in films has often been the main focal point for the British Board of Film Classification’s decision making, never have the two been combined more provocatively in mainstream cinema […]

Milla Jovovich’s Lt. Artemis comes to Monster Hunter World: Iceborne

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With Paul W.S. Anderson’s Monster Hunter movie set for release this Christmas, Capcom has announced that Milla Jovovich’s Lt. Artemis is coming to Monster Hunter World: Iceborne for a limited time collaboration event! In the special two-part Event Quest, hunters can go head-to-head with the fearsome Black Diablos depicted in the film during the initial […]

Godzilla vs. Kong could be heading to HBO Max after failed Netflix bid

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It looks like Warner Bros. and Legendary Pictures’ MonsterVerse mash-up Godzilla vs. Kong could be set to follow DC Films’ Wonder Woman 1984 to HBO Max, with Deadline reporting that talks are underway to take the blockbuster direct to the streaming service. According to Deadline’s sources, Netflix had approached Warner and Legendary – who own […]

Harry Potter director Chris Columbus opens up about the pressure of helming the first film

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The Harry Potter film franchise is one of the most successful and most beloved book-to-screen adaptations ever since it began in 2001 with Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, and now, the original director Chris Columbus has opened up about his experience on helming the first instalment in the franchise. In an interview with Collider to promote […]