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Michelle Monaghan joins Mark Wahlberg in Boston Marathon bombing film Patriot’s Day

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True Detective star Michelle Monaghan has signed on to the cast of upcoming Boston Marathon bombing film Patriot’s Day, Entertainment Weekly has revealed. Monaghan joins the ever-expanding cast of the film, which sees Mark Wahlberg (Ted 2) in the lead as Sgt. Tommy Sanders as he teams up for a third time with director Peter Berg (Deepwater […]

Sarah Silverman joins the cast of Battle of the Sexes

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After Bridge of Spies’ Austin Stowell was announced as joining the cast of upcoming tennis biopic Battle of the Sexes earlier this week, the film has now added Sarah Silverman (I Smile Back) to its swelling line-up reports Variety. The new film from Little Miss Sunshine directors Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris tells the story of […]

Warner Bros. announces four new films for 2017 including Ben Affleck’s Live By Night

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Warner Bros. Pictures has announced some of its upcoming slate for 2017, with four new films added to the studio’s eclectic line-up for next year. Firstly, the studio has given upcoming Dennis Lehane adaptation Live By Night a prime Oscar spot with a release date set for October 20th. The film sees Ben Affleck in […]

Carey Mulligan, Jason Clarke, Garrett Hedlund and Jason Mitchell to join Mudbound adaptation

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Variety has reported details on the cast for Mudbound, the latest effort from acclaimed director Dee Rees (Bessie), with Carey Mulligan (Far From The Madding Crowd), Jason Clarke (Terminator Genisys), Garrett Hedlund (Pan) and Jason Mitchell (Straight Outta Compton) all in talks to star. Scripted by 24 and E.R. writer Virgil Williams, the film is based on […]

Bridge of Spies’ Austin Stowell joins Battle of the Sexes

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After his turn last year in Steven Spielberg’s Bridge of Spies, actor Austin Stowell is joining the cast of the upcoming film Battle of the Sexes, reports Deadline. Stowell, who played Francis Gary Powers opposite Tom Hanks in the Cold War thriller, will star in the film as Larry King, husband to female tennis star […]

Margot Robbie in talks to play disgraced US ice-skater Tonya Harding

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Deadline has revealed that Margot Robbie (Suicide Squad, The Wolf of Wall Street) is in talks to portray Tonya Harding in a new film called I, Tonya, which will chart the ice-skater’s rise to fame and fall into disgrace. The film, written by Steven Rogers (Christmas With The Coopers), tells the unthinkable story of Harding’s career […]

Selma’s Ava DuVernay set to direct The Battle of Versailles for HBO

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Acclaimed director Ava DuVernay (Selma) is in talks to helm The Battle of Versailles for HBO, which she is also co-writing, reports The Wrap. The film will is based on the 2015 book The Battle Of Versailles: The Night American Fashion Stumbled Into The Spotlight And Made History written by fashion journalist Robin Givhan. It focuses […]

Movie Review – Sleeping with Other People (2015)

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Sleeping with Other People, 2015. Written and Directed by Leslye Headland. Starring Jason Sudeikis, Alison Brie, Jason Mantzoukas, Adam Scott, Adam Brody, Natasha Lyonne, Katherine Waterston, Andrea Savage, Marc Blucas and Amanda Peet SYNOPSIS: A good-natured womaniser and a serial cheater form a platonic relationship that helps reform them in ways, while a mutual attraction […]

Flickering Myth at BAFTA’s EE British Academy Film Awards 2016

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Flickering Myth’s Scott Davis braves the cold to bring you the red carpet action from the Royal Opera House as BAFTA hosts the 2016 British Academy Film Awards. Refresh for updates… SEE ALSO: Are the BAFTAs British Enough? And here’s our last update, featuring Leonardo DiCaprio, Idris Elba, Michael Fassbender, Domhnall Gleeson, Matt Damon, Stanley […]