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Dwayne Johnson avoids the SAG-AFTRA strike with WWE return: “Completely blown away by this crowd reaction”

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Finally…The Rock has returned to the WWE. This time, though, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson is back due to some unique circumstances. With the ongoing SAG-AFTRA strike stopping many actors from working their massive film schedules, Johnson returned to his former stomping ground of professional wrestling to keep his name relevant. The Rock returned on the […]

Valek defeats Venice as The Nun II pips Poirot at the top of the box office

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It was a spooky stand-off atop the North American box-office this weekend, with Disney’s murder-mystery threequel A Haunting in Venice taking on last weeks champ, The Nun II, and whilst it was almost too close to call between the two, The Conjuring‘s demonic nun managed to pip Kenneth Branagh’s Poirot by a mere $200K.  The […]

Movie Review – Barber (2023)

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Barber, 2023. Directed by Fintan Connolly. Starring Aidan Gillen, Steve Wall, Desmond Eastwood, Liam Carney, Gary Lydon, Rúaidhrí Conroy, Ailbhe Cowley and Nick Dunning. SYNOPSIS: Val Barber, a private investigator, is hired by a wealthy widow to find her missing granddaughter. Set in Dublin against the background of a global pandemic, Barber’s initial investigation into […]

The Color Purple featurette outlines a bold new take on the classic Deep South drama

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Warner Bros. has released a featurette for Blitz Bazawule’s new take on Alice Walker’s Pulitzer Prize winning The Color Purple, which promises to put the story “back out into the world” in order to “connect with the younger generation”.  The screenplay is by acclaimed playwright Marcus Gardley (Maid), which combines Walker’s novel with the musical […]

Movie Review – Retribution (2023)

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Retribution, 2023. Directed by Nimród Antal. Starring Liam Neeson, Jack Champion, Emily Kusche, Arian Moayed, Embeth Davidtz, Matthew Modine, Lilly Aspell, Luca Markus, Bernhard Piesk, and Noma Dumezweni. SYNOPSIS: A bank executive receives a bomb threat while driving his children to school that his car will explode if they stop and get out. This piece […]

Ten Essential Films of the 1950s

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It’s time to look at ten essential films of the 1950s… Quentin Tarantino has never been shy about expressing his opinions on cinema. He once claimed that the two weakest decades in cinema were the 50s and 80s. Sure, Tarantino directed Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction, but I’m still going to disagree.  The 80s were […]

Agatha Christie’s estate wants more of Kenneth Branagh’s Poirot following A Haunting In Venice

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Filmmaker Kenneth Branagh is on his third adaptation of the work of iconic writer Agatha Christie, and his latest film, A Haunting In Venice, could be his best outing yet.  With the three films based on her Hercule Poirot stories hitting a new stride, it seems like the ones controlling the Christie estate want even […]

10 Incredibly Influential Action Movies

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We look at ten of the most influential action movies ever made… The action genre excites and entertains like no other and it’s fair to say that the lasting appeal shows that audiences have long held the desire for escapism. Whether it’s Western shootouts at high noon, kung fu battles in the streets of Hong […]

Swedish slasher horror-comedy The Conference gets a trailer from Netflix

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Netflix has released a trailer for director Patrick Eklund’s Swedish horror-comedy The Conference. The slasher follows a group of municipal employees as their fun team-building exercise descends into a nightmare when a masked killer begins murdering the participants one by one. Watch the trailer below… The Conference is a comedy slasher film about a teambuilding […]