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Netflix releases U.S. trailer for Peaky Blinders season 5

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Though Peaky Blinders is currently airing on the BBC in the UK, North American audiences have to wait until the start of October to see the fifth season on Netflix. The streaming service has released a new trailer for the show’s latest season which stars Cillian Murphy (Dunkirk) as crime lord Tommy Shelby in the midst of […]

Jodie Turner-Smith joins Michael B. Jordan in Tom Clancy adaptation Without Remorse

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After yesterday’s announcement that Jamie Bell has joined Michael B. Jordan in Without Remorse, Collider has further casting news with the site reporting that Jodie Turner-Smith (Queen & Slim) is the latest to join the Tom Clancy adaptation. Turner-Smith is said to play a CIA field agent named Greer. Whether this is a gender flip of […]

Amazon’s The Lord of the Rings series to shoot in New Zealand

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New Zealand is about to become Middle-earth once again as Amazon has revealed that their Lord of the Rings series will undergo production in Auckland. The country was famously used throughout Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit trilogies, building many of the series’ most famous sets from scratch on location which have now become tourist […]

El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie to receive theatrical release, Matt Jones returning as Badger

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Fans of Breaking Bad have more reason to look forward to it’s upcoming film El Camino as Netflix announced the continuation will be receiving a limited theatrical release. From October 11 to October 13, El Camino will appear in a limited number of theatres at the same time it will be released on the streaming service. It will be […]

Exclusive Interview – Writer-director Atom Egoyan discusses Guest of Honour at TIFF 2019

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Ricky Church chats with writer-director Atom Egoyan about Guest of Honour… Over the course of the Toronto International Film Festival, I got the chance to speak with director Atom Egoyan for latest film Guest of Honour (read our review here). The film sees David Thewlis (Harry Potter) as Jim, a city health inspector and father […]

Comic Book Review – Doomsday Clock #11

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Ricky Church reviews Doomsday Clock #11… After several months of waiting, the penultimate issue of Geoff Johns and Gary Frank’s Doomsday Clock has arrived. The whole series has been juggling a lot of different stories and as the conclusion nears, it seemed like Johns might not be able to balance everything that was going on. Doomsday Clock […]

Exclusive Interview – David Thewlis and Laysla De Oliveira talk Guest of Honour at TIFF 2019

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Ricky Church chats with David Thewlis and Laysla De Oliveira about their new film Guest of Honour… Over the Toronto International Film Festival, I got the chance to speak with David Thewlis and Laysla De Oliveira, who both star as father and daughter in Atom Egoyan’s latest film Guest of Honour. The film sees Thewlis […]

Toronto International Film Festival 2019 Review – Joker

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Joker, 2019. Directed by Todd Phillips. Starring Joaquin Phoenix, Zazie Beetz, Frances Conroy, Robert De Niro, Marc Maron and Brett Cullen. SYNOPSIS: Joker centres around the iconic arch nemesis and is an original, standalone story not seen before on the big screen. The exploration of Arthur Fleck (Joaquin Phoenix), a man disregarded by society, is […]

Toronto International Film Festival 2019 Review – Lucy in the Sky

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Lucy in the Sky, 2019 Directed by Noah Hawley Starring Natalie Portman, Dan Stevens, Jon Hamm, Zazie Beetz, Colman Domingo, Ellen Burstyn, Nick Offerman, Tig Notaro, Pearl Amanda Dickson and Jeffrey Donovan SYNOPSIS After returning to earth, an obsessive astronaut (Natalie Portman) begins to question her place in the universe — including her relationships with […]