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Movie Review – Magpie (2024)

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Magpie, 2024.Directed by Sam Yates. Starring Daisy Ridley, Matilda Lutz, Shazad Latif, Alistair Petrie, Pippa Bennett-Warner, Niall Wright, and Cherrelle Skeete.SYNOPSIS:A couple find their lives turned upside-down when their daughter is cast alongside a controversial major star.There are horny guys, and then there is Shazad Latif’s Ben of director Sam Yates’s Magpie, a father and […]

Enter the Colosseum with The Asylum’s Gladiators trailer

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Stealing a march on next week’s US release of Ridley Scott’s epic sequel Gladiator II this weekend (read our review here), The Asylum has shared a trailer for its very own sword and sandals effort Gladiators.Directed by Christopher William Johnson, the film stars Vernon Wells, Myrom Kingery, and Emma Reinagel. Check out the trailer below…When […]

Trailer and poster for WWII: Operation Phoenix

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Vision Films has shared a poster and trailer for WWII: Operation Phoenix, a new World War II action thriller from director and starring Costas Mandylor (Saw franchise), Richard Lyntton (Creed), Darrin Archer (House of Cards), Marcus Lawrence (Rock Paper Scissors), Allison Kessler (Certifiable), and Cabrina Collesides (Fight Valley). Take a look here…When the Nazis capture […]

Cameron Diaz and Jamie Foxx are Back in Action in trailer for Netflix action-comedy

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Netflix has released the first trailer for the upcoming action-comedy Back in Action which reunites Any Given Sunday and Annie co-stars Cameron Diaz and Jamie Foxx.Directed by Seth Gordon, the film stars Diaz and Foxx as former CIA spies who are pulled back into the dangerous world of espionage when their secret identities are exposed.Joining […]

Robbie Williams biopic Better Man gets new trailer and poster

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Paramount Pictures has shared a new trailer for Better Man, the musical biopic from director Michael Gracey (The Greatest Showman) which tells the story of the rise, fall, and remarkable resurgence of Robbie Williams from the perspective of the British popstar – as a chimpanzee.The film stars Jonno Davies, Steve Pemberton, Damon Herriman, Raechelle Banno, […]

Beast Kingdom’s Gandalf the Grey The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring figure revealed

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Sideshow has announced that pre-orders are now open for Beast Kingdom’s Dynamic 8ction Heroes 8-inch Gandalf the Grey figure, which is based upon Ian McKellen’s portrayal of the wizard from Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring. Limited to just 3000 sets, the figure is priced at $133; check out […]

Gal Gadot to star in action thriller The Runner

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Deadline has revealed that Gal Gadot is set to star in The Runner, an action thriller from director Kevin Macdonald (The Last King of Scotland, The Mauritanian).Scripted by Mark Gibson (The Wild, Snow Dogs), the film is set in London and will see the Wonder Woman star portraying a “a high-powered attorney who must race […]

Witness the making of a villain in Kraven the Hunter behind-the-scenes trailer

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With Venom: The Last Dance crossing the $400 million mark at the worldwide box-office, Sony are keen to capitalise on all things Spider-Verse, and so they’ve dropped a behind-the-scenes trailer for the next member of the rouge’s gallery, Kraven the Hunter. Watch as Aaron Taylor-Johnson describes the “raw, gritty, real-world movie” that J.C. Chandor (A Most […]

Marvel’s Kevin Feige says Mahershala Ali’s Blade “will make it to the MCU”

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Wesley Snipes’ Blade might think there’s only ever gonna be one Blade (along with half the Marvel fanbase, given the development troubles Marvel’s long-planned MCU reboot has been through these past few years), but not so according to Marvel chief Kevin Feige who has reiterated the studio’s commitment to the Mahershali Ali-led reboot.If you’ve been […]

Batman Returns Batmissile gets a sixth scale replica from Hot Toys

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Sideshow and Hot Toys have unveiled the sixth scale Batmissile, inspired by Tim Burton’s 1992 superhero sequel Batman Returns. It is available to pre-order now, priced at $610; check out the promotional images here… The Batmissile was an escape vehicle integrated into the Batmobile. In “Batman Returns,” Batman finds himself in a dire situation when The […]