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Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl – Revisiting Disney’s Swashbuckler at 20

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Hasitha Fernando looks back at Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl as it turns 20…To say Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl revitalized an entire sub-genre of movies is something of an understatement. Before the flick hit theatres there had nary been a proper live-action pirates movie […]

Conspiracy thriller Operation Napoleon gets a trailer and poster

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Magnolia Pictures & Magnet Releasing has revealed a poster and trailer for director Óskar Thór Axelsson’s Icelandic thriller Operation Napoleon which follows Kristin, a lawyer who finds herself pulled into an international conspiracy after she receives footage of a WWII German plane trapped in one of Iceland’s largest glaciers, which has also sparked the interest […]

The gold nuggets in Danny Dyer’s film career

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Tom Jolliffe looks at Danny Dyer’s film career and some of the standout gems lurking within…A right sort. A British character from the East End with a way with words and charms you might call divisive. Perhaps to some, a little to gauche, to others a caricature milking his background stereotype and maybe not that […]

It’s Teens vs Mother Trucker in 6 Wheels from Hell trailer

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A week out from its digital release, a trailer and poster have arrived online for the horror-thriller 6 Wheels from Hell.Written and directed by Evan Allen, the film follows a group of teens as they become the target of a deranged truck driver with a torture chamber in the back of his murder bus. Watch […]

The Mistress will never let go in trailer for supernatural horror

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With just two weeks to go until its release, Blue Fox Entertainment has released a poster and trailer for the supernatural horror The Mistress.Written and directed by Greg Pritikin, the film follows newlyweds Parker (John Magaro) and Maddie (Chasten Harmon) as they discover that their new dream Victorian home is haunted by a woman who […]

Horror birth/rebirth gets a trailer and poster from Shudder and IFC Films

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IFC Films and Shudder has released a poster and trailer for director Laura Moss’ horror birth/rebirth.The film stars Marin Ireland as Rose, a morgue technician with an obsession of reanimating the dead, who successfully brings back to life the young daughter (A.J. Lister) of a maternity nurse (Judy Reyes), but the pair are forced to […]

Movie Review – Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One (2023)

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Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One, 2023.Directed by Christopher McQuarrie. Starring Tom Cruise, Hayley Atwell, Ving Rhames, Simon Pegg, Rebecca Ferguson, Vanessa Kirby, Henry Czerny, Esai Morales, Pom Klementieff, Cary Elwes, Shea Whigham, Mariela Garriga, Greg Tarzan Davis, Charles Parnell, Rob Delaney, Indira Varma, Mark Gatiss, Anton Valensi, Nico Toffoli, and Frederick Schmidt.SYNOPSIS:Ethan Hunt […]

Movie Review – Bird Box Barcelona (2023)

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Bird Box Barcelona, 2023.Written and Directed by David Pastor and Alex Pastor. Starring Mario Casas, Alejandra Howard, Georgina Campbell, Naila Schuberth, Leonardo Sbaraglia, Diego Calva, Patrick Criado, Lola Dueñas, Gonzalo de Castro, Michelle Jenner, Celia Freijeiro, Milo Taboada, Sergio Freijo, and Manel Llunell.SYNOPSIS:After an entity of mysterious origin annihilates the world’s population causing those who […]

Samara Weaving to star in heist thriller Eeanie Meanie

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Deadline reports Samara Weaving (Ready or Not) has been cast in the heist thriller Eeanie Meanie from 20th Century Fox. The film will be directed by Shawn Simmons (Wayne).Eeanie Meanie follows “a former teenage getaway driver who is dragged back into her unsavory past when a former employer offers her a chance to save the life of […]