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Warner Bros. enlists Alfonso Cuaron to help with Andy Serkis’ Jungle Book movie

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Faced with the critical and commercial success of Disney and director Jon Favreau’s The Jungle Book, Warner Bros. has now enlisted some Oscar-winning assistance for its own take on the Rudyard Kipling classic. According to Deadline, the studio has brought in Gravity helmer Alfonso Cuaron to offer notes on the movie, and to see if […]

Movie Review – Jane Got a Gun (2016)

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Jane Got a Gun, 2016. Directed by Gavin O’Connor. Starring Natalie Portman, Joel Edgerton, Noah Emmerich, Rodrigo Santoro, Boyd Holbrook, and Ewan McGregor. SYNOPSIS: A woman asks her ex-lover for help in order to save her outlaw husband from a gang out to kill him. Poor Natalie Portman. What looked on paper like a somewhat […]

Rumour: X-23 could appear in Wolverine 3

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According to SuperHeroHype, the character of X-23 could be set to make her big screen debut in next year’s as-yet-untitled Wolverine 3, which will reportedly mark Hugh Jackman’s final outing as Logan. The site claims that they have heard that X-23 will join Jackman’s Wolverine and Patrick Stewart’s Professor X for their journey in the […]

Movie Review – Friend Request (2016)

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Friend Request, 2016. Directed by Simon Verhoeven. Starring Alycia Debnam-Carey, William Moseley, Connor Paolo, Brit Morgan, Brooke Markham, Sean Marquette, and Liesl Ahlers. SYNOPSIS: Enjoying college life as a popular student, Laura shares everything with her more than 800 friends on Facebook. But one day, after accepting a friend request from a social outcast named Marina, […]

R.I.P. Guy Hamilton (1922 – 2016)

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British filmmaker Guy Hamilton – best known for directing the Bond movies Goldfinger, Diamonds Are Forever, Live and Let Die and The Man with the Golden Gun, has passed away, aged 93. Beginning his career as an assistant director to Carol Reed on The Fallen Idol, The Third Man and Outcast of the Islands, Hamilton made […]

Blu-ray Review – Only Angels Have Wings (1939)

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Only Angels Have Wings, 1939. Directed by Howard Hawks. Starring Cary Grant, Jean Arthur and Rita Hayworth.   SYNOPSIS: A small airline has a dangerous route, but Captain Geoff Carter has no choice but to send his team through the region. That’s until Bonnie Lee turns up and his world is turned upside down… Is […]

Movie Review – Miles Ahead (2015)

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Miles Ahead ,2015. Directed by Don Cheadle. Starring Don Cheadle, Ewan McGregor, Emayatzy Corinealdi, Michael Stuhlbarg and Keith Stanfield. SYNOPSIS: With a string of successful albums behind him and legions of fans clamouring for more, trumpeter and composer Miles Davis has disappeared from public view.  His inspiration has dried up and there’s nothing he can […]

Emilia Clarke says she won’t be back for more Terminator movies

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It’s more bad news for the Terminator sequels. The original plan was for a trilogy of movies, but the producers announced shortly after Terminator: Genisys‘ release that the series was postponed, and then Paramount officially pulled the plug. This came off the back of Terminator: Genisys bombing at the box office, becoming one of the […]