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Road House is Amazon’s biggest movie streaming debut

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Amazon MGM Studios’ Road House remake earned its fair share of detractors for making its debut on the small-screen, but it appears that the studio are calling it a unanimous victory by announcing that the film is Amazon’s biggest ever movie launch with 50 million viewers.  Per The Hollywood Reporter, the Doug Liman-directed remake of […]

The War of the Roses remake set to star Benedict Cumberbatch and Olivia Colman

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Jay Roach is looking to revamp The War of the Roses with a new version titled The Roses. Per insider Daniel Richtman, Roach will helm The Roses, which will star Benedict Cumberbatch and Olivia Colman as the feuding couple. Tony McNamara writes the film, which comes from producers Roach, Adam Ackland, Leah Clarke, Ed Sinclair, Tom Carver, […]

Finn Jones teasing potential Iron Fist return in Daredevil: Born Again?

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No matter the rocky road to get here, the production of Daredevil: Born Again is shaping up to be a love letter of sorts to Netflix’s Marvel era. With the returning Charlie Cox bringing back the cast of Daredevil, another former Defender is looking to make his comeback. During a recent Instagram story, Finn Jones […]

Movie Review – Música (2024)

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Música, 2024. Written and Directed by Rudy Mancuso. Starring Camila Mendes, Rudy Mancuso, J.B. Smoove, Francesca Reale, Maria Mancuso, Gabriela Amerth, Bianca Comparato, Milly Guzman, and Regina Schneider. SYNOPSIS: A coming-of-age love story that follows an aspiring creator with synesthesia, who must come to terms with an uncertain future, while navigating the pressures of love, […]

True Detective’s Kali Reis joins Chris Pratt and Rebecca Ferguson in Mercy

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Fresh off earning rave reviews in True Detective season four, World Boxing Council Champ Kali Reis has joined Amazon MGM’s buzzy sci-fi thriller Mercy.  Per Deadline’s report Reis will join Chris Pratt (Guardians of the Galaxy), Rebecca Ferguson (Dune: Part Two), and Annabelle Wallis (Malignant) in the movie, from Wanted director Timur Bekmambetov. Written by […]

Ex Machina and Civil War director Alex Garland is looking to retire from directing

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After crafting some of the most compelling films of the last decade, Alex Garland is looking to step away from it all. Speaking to The Guardian this past week, the director behind hits like Ex Machina and Annihilation has seemingly lost the passion he once had being a director. During promotion for his upcoming project, […]

Movie Review – The Gates (2023)

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The Gates, 2023. Directed by Stephen Hall. Starring John Rhys-Davies, Richard Brake, Michael Yare, Elena Delia, Christine Mulhern, and David Pearse. SYNOPSIS: A serial killer in Victorian London is sentenced to death in the electric chair, but that is just the beginning of Bishopsgate prison’s problems. The image of a gurning Richard Brake on a […]

Interview with the Vampire gets a new season 2 trailer

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Ahead of its premiere this May, AMC has released another trailer for season 2 of the of the acclaimed Anne Rice adaptation Interview with the Vampire which will follow Louis (Jacob Anderson) and Claudia’s (Delainey Hayles) adventures through Europe, during their visit to he Theatre Des Vampires in Paris and their quest to discover the […]

Movie Review – Restore Point (2022)

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Restore Point, 2022 Directed by Robert Hloz Starring Andrea Mohylová, Matej Hádek, Milan Ondrík, Václav Neuzil, Karel Dobrý, and Jan Vlasák SYNOPSIS:  Set in central Europe in 2041, powerful technology allows people killed unnaturally to return to life via ‘restore points’ that back up brainwaves. This allows an ambitious young detective the chance to investigate […]