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Sylvester Stallone to return to the peaks for a Cliffhanger reboot

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Treading that well worn path of 80s icons returning to their most popular franchises, Sylvester Stallone is set to scale the mountain terrain once again for a reboot of his 1993 action-blockbuster Cliffhanger.  According to reports Stallone will once again play traumatised mountain-rescue hero Gabe Walker for Greenland and Angel Has Fallen director Ric Roman […]

Taika Waititi to direct adaptation of critically-acclaimed novel Klara and the Sun

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Taika Waititi has decided on his next film, and while it does feature robots, it’s not set in a galaxy far, far away. Instead the JoJo Rabbit director has lined up an adaptation of Kazuo Ishiguro’s New York Times bestselling novel Klara and the Sun.  Deadline is reporting that Waititi is in negotiations to direct for […]

The Super Mario Bros. Movie becomes first video game adaptation to make a billion dollars

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The Year of Nintendo is upon us. As the studio awaits the release of its hotly-anticipated game The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, Nintendo’s newest movie continues its box office domination. The Super Mario Bros. Movie is officially in the Billion Dollar Club, as the film jumped past $1 billion at the global […]

Psycho-sexual thriller Follow Her gets a trailer, poster and images

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Quiver Distribution has released a poster and trailer for Follow Her, the psycho-sexual thriller from director Sylvia Caminer. The film follows Jess, an aspiring filmmaker who is hired to write the end of a screenplay in a remote cabin, where her boss hands her a script in which they are both the main characters and […]

Liam Neeson gets ice cold again as he signs on for Ice Road 2: Road To The Sky

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You can’t keep Liam Neeson away from grizzly action movies, and he’s returning for another round on the Ice Road. Deadline broke the story that Neeson will be back for an Ice Road sequel, currently titled Ice Road 2: Road To The Sky. Jonathan Hensleigh returns as director for this sequel; Hensleigh is best known […]

Ioan Gruffudd joins Bad Boys 4 alongside Will Smith and Martin Lawrence

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The boys will always be bad, and now, there’s a new player in the game as Deadline reports Ioan Gruffudd will star in Bad Boys 4 alongside Will Smith and Martin Lawrence. While yet to be officially confirmed, the site notes that Gruffudd will play “Lockwood, a high-profile attorney running for election.”  Little is known […]

Sci-fi action thriller Future Soldier gets a trailer, poster and images

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Ahead of its digital release this May, a trailer, poster and images have arrived online for writer-director Ed Kirk’s sci-fi action thriller Future Soldier. The film follows bounty hunter Mo (Sean Earl McPherson) as he joins forces with an old friend Xoey (Yasmine Alice) after he uncovers a sinister conspiracy that threatens the future. Watch […]

Live-action Street Fighter movie taps Talk to Me directors

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The World Warriors are heading back to the big screen courtesy of Legendary Pictures, and THR is reporting that filmmaking siblings Danny Philippou and Michael Philippou are in talks to direct this latest feature film adaptation of Capcom’s iconic fighting game series Street Fighter. Australian directors the Philippous are coming off the hit Sundance horror […]

Movie Review – Carmen (2023)

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Carmen, 2023. Directed by Benjamin Millepied. Starring Melissa Barrera, Paul Mescal, Rossy de Palma, Elsa Pataky, Nicole da Silva, Tara Morice, Benedict Hardie, Kaan Guldur, Pip Edwards, Nico Cortez, Kevin MacIsaac, Richard Brancatisano, Ryan Oliver Gelbart, Corey London, Alejandro Corsino, Marina Tamayo, and Sadie Thornton. SYNOPSIS: Benjamin Millepied’s complete reimagining of Carmen tells a story […]