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Movie Review – The Walk (2015)

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The Walk, 2015. Directed by Robert Zemeckis. Starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Charlotte Le Bon, Ben Kingsley, James Badge Dale, Ben Schwartz and Clement Silbony. SYNOPSIS: In 1974, high-wire artist Philippe Petit recruits a team of people to help him realize his dream: to walk the the immense void between the World Trade Center towers. Many films […]

Denis Villeneuve would love to direct a James Bond movie

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Denis Villeneuve has been making media rounds all over the world in promotion for his war on drugs thriller Sicario [read my extremely positive review here], and in an interview with ComingSoon ended up discussing his affection for 007 and his desire to direct a film in the franchise one day. SEE ALSO: Watch our exclusive […]

Mark Millar discusses the Fantastic Four controversy and gives an update on the sequel

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It’s no secret that Fantastic Four has been somewhat of a disaster for 20th Century Fox. Director Josh Trank started the blame game with the studio days before its release, some actors haven’t even seen the movie yet (while others are poking fun at its poor box office run), and there is a wild rumour that […]

Movie Review – Pay the Ghost (2015)

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Pay the Ghost, 2015. Directed by Uli Edel. Starring Nicolas Cage, Sarah Wayne Callies, Jack Fulton, Lyriq Bent, Lauren Beatty, Stephen McHattie and Veronica Ferres. SYNOPSIS: A professor frantically searches for his son who was abducted during a Halloween parade. At first glance, a film starring Nicolas Cage titled Pay the Ghost screams absurdity too […]

Movie Review – Mississippi Grind (2015)

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Mississippi Grind, 2015. Written and Directed by Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck. Starring Ben Mendelsohn, Ryan Reynolds and Sienna Miller. SYNOPSIS: Down on his luck and facing financial hardship, Gerry teams up with younger charismatic poker player, Curtis, in an attempt to change his luck. The two set off on a road trip through the […]

Second Opinion – Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials (2015)

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Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials, 2015. Directed by Wes Ball. Starring Dylan O’Brien, Kaya Scodelario, Ki Hong Lee, Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Jacob Lofland, Rosa Salazar, Giancarlo Esposito, Allan Tudyk, Aidan Gillen, and Patricia Clarkson. SYNOPSIS: After having escaped the Maze, the Gladers now face a new set of challenges on the open roads of a desolate […]

Movie Review – The Green Inferno (2013)

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The Green Inferno, 2013. Written and Directed by Eli Roth. Starring Lorenza Izzo, Ariel Levy, Aaron Burns, Kirby Bliss Blanton, Magda Apanowicz, Ignacia Allamand, Daryl Sabara, Nicolas Martinez, Sky Ferreira, Eusebio Arenas, Richard Burgi and Matias Lopez. SYNOPSIS: A group of student activists travel from New York City to the Amazon to save the rainforest. However, […]

Movie Review – Sicario (2015)

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Sicario, 2015. Directed by Denis Villeneuve. Starring Emily Blunt, Benicio Del Toro, Josh Brolin, Jon Bernthal, Maximillano Hernandez and Daniel Kaluuya. SYNOPSIS: An idealistic FBI agent is enlisted by an elected government task force to aid in the escalating war against drugs at the border area between the U.S. and Mexico. Do the ends justify […]

Movie Review – Black Mass (2015)

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Black Mass, 2015. Directed by Scott Cooper. Starring Johnny Depp, Joel Edgerton, Benedict Cumberbatch, Dakota Johnson, Peter Sarsgaard, Adam Scott, Corey Stoll and Kevin Bacon. SYNOPSIS: The true story of Whitey Bulger, the brother of a state senator and the most infamous violent criminal in the history of South Boston, who became an FBI informant […]