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Aladdin and Princess Jasmine featured in new image from Disney’s live-action adaptation

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Empire has released a new images from the upcoming live-action remake Aladdin which features Mena Massoud’s titular ‘street rat’ and Naomi Scott’s Princess Jasmine in Agrabah’s marketplace. SEE ALSO: Disney’s Aladdin trailer unveils Will Smith’s Genie in his blue form Meanwhile, speaking with Empire, producer Dan Lin has discussed Jasmine’s role in the new film, and […]

First poster and trailer for Jonah Hill’s Mid90s

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A24 Films has released the first poster and trailer for writer-director Jonah Hill’s upcoming feature debut Mid90s. The coming-of-age drama features a cast that includes Sunny Suljic , Katherine Waterston, and Lucas Hedges; take a look here… Mid90s follows Stevie, a thirteen-year-old in 90s-era LA who spends his summer navigating between his troubled home life […]

Why Blockbusters Shouldn’t Be Nominated for Best Picture

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Anghus Houvouras on blockbusters and Best Picture… Before I opine on blockbusters as Best Picture nominees, allow me to vent: Award season is the absolute worst, especially if you consider yourself a true lover of cinema. It’s an absolutely ridiculous time when studios, artists and film fans gets a little too invested in the concept […]

Movie Review – Crucible of the Vampire (2019)

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Crucible of the Vampire, 2019. Directed by Iain Ross-McNamee. Starring Katie Goldfinch, Neil Morrissey, Babette Barat, Brian Croucher, Larry Rew, Angela Carter, and Lisa Martin. SYNOPSIS: A young museum curator is sent to the Shropshire countryside to investigate the discovery of a crucible dating back to the middle ages. Crucible of the Vampire is a […]

Kevin Costner and Diane Lane to star in Let Him Go

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Focus Features has announced that Man of Steel stars Kevin Costner and Diane Lane are reuniting for the suspense thriller Let Him Go. Here’s the official synopsis: Following the loss of their son, retired sheriff George Blackledge (Costner) and his wife Margaret (Lane) leave their Montana ranch to rescue their young grandson from the clutches […]

Watch an exclusive clip from Funny Cow starring Maxine Peake

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Coinciding with its U.S. VOD release, we’ve got an exclusive clip from the British comedy drama Funny Cow, which sees Maxine Peake (The Theory of Everything) starring alongside Paddy Considine (The Death of Stalin), Stephen Graham (Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales) and Alun Armstrong (Krull). Watch the clip here, but beware […]

Nickelodeon to air new Are You Afraid of the Dark? miniseries to coincide with movie

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Nickelodeon’s classic anthology horror series Are You Afraid of the Dark? is set for a return this year thanks to Paramount Pictures with the release of a live-action feature adaptation, and it seems we’ll also be getting a brand new miniseries to lead into the film. As reported by SlashFilm, the miniseries will follow new members of […]

UK trailer for Under the Silver Lake starring Andrew Garfield and Riley Keough

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Ahead of its UK release next month, a new poster and trailer have arrived online for writer-director David Robert Mitchell’s (It Follows) upcoming mystery comedy drama Under the Silver Lake which stars Andrew Garfield (Hacksaw Ridge) and Riley Keough (Logan Lucky); check them out here… Sam (Andrew Garfield) is a disenchanted 33-year-old who discovers a mysterious […]