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Movie Review – The Painter (2024)

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The Painter, 2023. Directed by Kimani Ray Smith. Starring Charlie Weber, Madison Bailey, Jon Voight, Marie Avgeropoulos, Max Montesi, Rryla McIntosh, Luisa d’Oliveira, Leah Gibson, Jason Gray-Stanford, Simon Tattersall, and Benjamin Jacobson. SYNOPSIS: An ex-CIA operative is thrown back into a dangerous world when a mysterious woman from his past resurfaces. Now exposed and targeted […]

Henry Cavill, Dua Lipa, John Cena and more feature on the character posters for Matthew Vaughn’s Argylle

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With exactly one month to go until Matthew Vaughn’s latest spy-caper Aryglle lands in cinemas, Universal Pictures has released a set of character posters for the star-studded action-comedy.  As well as showcasing Henry Cavill’s titular spy, the posters also feature Bryce Dallas-Howard (Jurassic World), Sam Rockwell (Vice), Dua Lipa (Barbie), John Cena (Peacemaker), Catherine O’Hara […]

Apple TV+ renews Slow Horses for fifth season

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Following the conclusion of its third season, Apple TV+ has announced that its BAFTA-nominated espionage drama Slow Horses for a fifth season, which will adapt author Mick Herron’s fifth Slough House book London Rules. In season five of Slow Horses, “everyone is suspicious when resident tech nerd Roddy Ho has a glamorous new girlfriend, but […]

Movie Review – The Marsh King’s Daughter (2023)

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The Marsh King’s Daughter, 2023. Directed by Neil Burger. Starring Daisy Ridley, Ben Mendelsohn, Garrett Hedlund, Caren Pistorius, Brooklynn Prince, Gil Birmingham, Joey Carson, Pamela MacDonald, Joshua Peace, and Dan Abramovici. SYNOPSIS: Helena, a woman living a seemingly ordinary life, hides a dark secret: her father is the infamous “Marsh King,” the man who kept […]

Zendaya has Josh O’Connor and Mike Faist in her sights in the poster for Luca Guadagnino’s Challengers

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Having seen its release date pushed back following 2023’s SAG-AFTRA strikes, Warner Bros are starting to crank up promotion for Luca Guadagnino’s Challengers, and have served an ace in the form of a brand new poster.  The tennis tryst drama marks Guadagnino’s first full-fledged U.S. studio movie, and features Euphoria’s Zendaya as a tennis star […]

Movie Review – Eileen (2023)

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Eileen, 2023. Directed by William Oldroyd. Starring Thomasin McKenzie, Anne Hathaway, Shea Whigham, Marin Ireland, Owen Teague, Sam Nivola, Jefferson White, Siobhan Fallon Hogan, and Tonye Patano. SYNOPSIS: A woman’s friendship with a new co-worker at the prison facility where she works takes a sinister turn. There are several ongoing plot threads in William Oldroyd’s Eileen […]

Adam Wingard says Godzilla x Kong: A New Empire will include homages to Toho movies

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Adam Wingard knows that Godzilla and Kaiju fans are eating well right now, and he’s prepared to give us even more with his new film, Godzilla x Kong: A New Empire. In a new spread for Total Film, the filmmaker dove into his upcoming MonsterVerse entry and teased that the new film homages the great […]

Mickey Mouse slasher horror movie Mickey’s Mouse Trap gets a trailer, poster and images

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With the earliest version of Mickey Mouse entering the public domain on January 1st thanks to the copyright expiration on Steamboat Willie, it’s taken just a matter of hours for the first horror-themed projects featuring Disney’s iconic mascot to make their presence felt. Following hot on the heels of the horror survival video game Infestation […]