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Judi Dench to play Queen Victoria in Stephen Frears’ Victoria and Abdul

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She was Oscar nominated for her portrayal in Mrs. Brown, and now Dame Judi Dench is set to reprise the role of Queen Victoria in Working Title Films’ Victoria and Abdul, which is being directed by Stephen Frears (The Queen). Based on Shrabani Basu’s book Victoria & Abdul: The True Story of the Queen’s Closest Confidant […]

R.I.P. Ron Lester (1970 – 2016)

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Ron Lester – the actor best known for playing Billy Bob in the coming-of-age football film Varsity Blues – has passed away at the age of 45 due to liver and kidney failure, as reported by TMZ. According to TMZ, he was taken off life support around 9pm central with his fiancee by his side. The actor has […]

Finding Dory hits $1 billion at the global box office

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Disney-Pixar’s Finding Dory has crossed the $1 billion mark at the global box office this weekend, with the hit sequel to 2003’s Finding Nemo hitting $1.001 billion around the globe. Dory is the year’s highest-grossing domestic release with $485 million, and the third biggest movie of the year worldwide after fellow Disney releases Captain America: […]

Finding Dory makes it two weeks at the top of the US box office; nears $400 million worldwide

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Finding Dory just keeps swimming as it makes it two weeks at the top of the US box office. Dropping just 45% from its record breaking opening weekend, Finding Dory earned a very impressive $71 million, which is the eighth biggest second weekend of all-time. In only its second week, Finding Dory is now the […]

Finding Dory nears $650 million worldwide, highest-grossing domestic release of 2016

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Disney continues to enjoy a stellar year at the box office, with the latest Pixar release Finding Dory overtaking Captain America: Civil War to become the highest-grossing domestic release of the year to date. The Finding Nemo sequel fell to third at the box office this weekend, having topped the chart for the past four […]

Movie Review – ID2: Shadwell Army (2016)

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ID2: Shadwell Army, 2016. Directed by Joel Novoa. Starring Simon Rivers, Linus Roache, Paul Popplewell, Andy Rush, Neil Pearson and Perry Fenwick. SYNOPSIS: Football fans and extremism go hand in hand in Shadwell. Young police officer, Mo, has to infiltrate a group of fans to find out their intentions and begins to be pulled into […]

Movie Review – Finding Dory (2016)

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Finding Dory, 2016. Directed by Andrew Stanton and Angus MacLane. Featuring the voice talents of Ellen DeGeneres, Albert Brooks, Ed O’Neill, Kaitlin Olsen, Ty Burrell, Hayden Rolence, Diane Keaton, Eugene Levy, Idris Elba, Dominic West, Bob Peterson, Kate McKinnon, Sloane Murray, Bill Hader, Sigourney Weaver, Brad Garrett, Allison Janney, Vicki Lewis, Austin Pendleton, Stephen Root, and […]

Finding Dory enjoys the biggest ever domestic opening weekend for an animated film

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Disney’s stellar 2016 at the box office just keeps on going, with Pixar sequel Finding Dory enjoying a whopping $136.2 million domestic opening, surpassing Shrek the Third’s $121.6 million haul to set a new record for the biggest ever animated debut in North America. “In a funny way, the 13-year separation between the first and second […]

Edinburgh International Film Festival Review – The Fundamentals of Caring (2016)

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The Fundamentals of Caring, 2016. Directed by Rob Burnett. Starring Paul Rudd, Craig Roberts, Selena Gomez, Jennifer Ehle, Julia Denton and Bobby Cannavale. SYNOPSIS: A man suffering an incredible amount of loss enrolls in a class about care-giving that changes his perspective on life.   The Netflix juggernaut is soon going to devour us given the […]