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Movie Review – Driving Madeleine (2022)

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Driving Madeleine, 2022. Directed by Christian Carion. Starring Line Renaud, Dany Boon, Alice Isaaz. SYNOPSIS:  Madeleine, 92 years old, orders a taxi to take her to the retirement home where she will be living. Her driver, Charles, agrees on a drive through the streets of Paris visiting places important to her. Along the way they […]

Watch Donald Glover in the trailer for rap biopic American Dream: The 21 Savage Story

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Lionsgate has dropped the first trailer for their rap biopic American Dream: The 21 Savage Story, which features Donald Glover and Stranger Things star Caleb McLaughlin as the titular artist at various points in his life.The British-American rapper, who is arguably one of the most influential artists of his generation, came to prominence in 2019 when […]

Martin Scorsese’s next will be an 80 minute film about Jesus

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Following the lengthily shoot and even greater run-time of Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon, the legendary director has decided that he’s going to follow it up with an 80 minute film about Jesus Christ. Last year, while reflecting on his illustrious career, Martin Scorsese told Vanity Fair “I want to tell stories, and there’s […]

Jenna Ortega & The Weeknd rumored for a “loose remake” of Misery

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Fan obsession, in the age of social media, has a lot of material to mine for a film. But what happens when you twist that with the iconic work of Stephen King? We could see something special (or delightfully campy with the talent involved).World of Reel reports that filmmaker Trey Edward Shults could be cooking […]

Movie Review – Poor Things (2023)

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Poor Things, 2003,Directed by Yorgos Lanthimos. Starring Emma Stone, Mark Ruffalo, Willem Dafoe, Ramy Youssef, Kathryn Hunter, Christopher Abbott and Jerrod Carmichael.SYNOPSIS:The incredible tale about the fantastical evolution of Bella Baxter, a young woman brought back to life by the brilliant and unorthodox scientist Dr. Godwin Baxter.Yorgos Lanthimos is one of the most singular voices […]

Jacob Elordi replaces Andrew Garfield in Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein

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Much like Dr. Victor Von Frankenstein, Guillermo del Toro is still trying to piece together his Netflix monster movie, and has just had to perform some casting surgery by replacing Andrew Garfield with Saltburn and Priscilla star Jacob Elordi.According to Deadline those pesky scheduling conflicts have put paid to Garfield having nuts n bolts through his […]

Wonka wins the box office weekend while Night Swim hardly makes a splash

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Come with me, and we’ll be, in a world of seasonal staying power. Doesn’t quite roll off the tongue, does it? It does however sum up the performance of box-office champ Wonka, which has remained atop the U.S. box-office with $14.4 million in its fourth weekend of release.The Warner Bros. musical prequel has managed to […]

Oppenheimer and Succession lead winners of 2024 Golden Globe Awards

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The winners of the 2024 Golden Globe Awards were announced last night, with Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer and the final season of HBO’s Succession leading the winners in the film and television categories respectively.Oppenheimer picked up five awards in total including Best Motion Picture, Drama, Best Director (Nolan), Best Actor, Drama (Cillian Murphy) and Best Supporting […]

Movie Review – Self Reliance (2024)

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Self Reliance, 2024.Written and Directed by Jake Johnson. Starring Jake Johnson, Anna Kendrick, Natalie Morales, Mary Holland, Emily Hampshire, Nancy Lenehan, Christopher Lloyd, Wayne Brady, Andy Samberg, GaTa, Boban Marjanović, Biff Wiff, Makini Manu, Gloria Sandoval, Steven Littles, Tamra Brown, Bjorn Johnson, John Hans Tester, and Sky Elobar.SYNOPSIS:Given the opportunity to participate in a life-or-death […]

John Ridley reveals he was working on “a TV version of Eternals… but good”

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Way back in the early days of Marvel Television circa 2015, Oscar-winning writer J0hn Ridley (12 Years a Slave) signed on to create a Marvel show for ABC, which would have featured alongside the network’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. and Agent Carter had it not fizzled out during development.While previous rumours had suggested that the project […]