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Movie Review – The Boss Baby (2017)

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The Boss Baby, 2017. Directed by Tom McGrath. Featuring the voice talents of Alec Baldwin, Miles Christopher Bakshi, Steve Buscemi, Jimmy Kimmel, Lisa Kudrow, and Tobey Maguire. SYNOPSIS: Life is great for seven year old Tim.  As an only child, he gets his parents’ undivided attention – until his baby brother arrives and monopolises Mum […]

Exclusive Interview – Director Tom McGrath on The Boss Baby

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A suited and nearly-booted baby throws a household into chaos in The Boss Baby, the latest animation from DreamWorks, which arrives in UK cinemas this Friday.  Its director, Tom McGrath, talked to Flickering Myth’s Freda Cooper about why he wanted to make the film – and why the “micro manager” doesn’t intentionally look like the current […]

Movie Review – Still Alice (2014)

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Still Alice, 2014. Directed by Richard Glatzer and Wash Westmoreland Starring Julianne Moore, Alec Baldwin, Kristen Stewart, Kate Bosworth, Hunter Parrish and Stephen Kunken. SYNOPSIS: Mother, wife and linguistics professor Alice Howland faces a battle to hold on to her livelihood after being diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer’s disease.   Julianne Moore recently won an Oscar for […]

Movie Review – Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation (2015)

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Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation, 2015. Directed by Christopher McQuarrie. Starring Tom Cruise, Jeremy Renner, Simon Pegg, Ving Rhames, Rebecca Ferguson, Sean Harris and Alec Baldwin. SYNOPSIS: Ethan and team take on their most impossible mission yet, eradicating the Syndicate – an International rogue organization as highly skilled as they are, committed to destroying the […]

Three more join Alexander Payne’s Downsizing

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After delivering another knockout film last year with the sincere Nebraska, director Alexander Payne is busy at work gearing up to shoot his latest film, Downsizing, a science-fiction dramedy about a man  and his wife who try to reinvigorate their lives and voluntarily have themselves shrunk down. Unfortunately for the man, his wife backs out at […]

Movie Review – The Boss Baby (2017)

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The Boss Baby, 2017. Directed by Tom McGrath. Featuring the voice talents of Alec Baldwin, Miles Christopher Bakshi, Steve Buscemi, Jimmy Kimmel, Lisa Kudrow, and Tobey Maguire. SYNOPSIS: A suit-wearing briefcase-carrying baby pairs up with his seven-year-old brother to stop the dastardly plot of the CEO of Puppy Co. The Boss Baby has an overactive […]

Alec Baldwin and Scott Eastwood to star in futuristic cop thriller Crown Vic

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Alec Baldwin and Scott Eastwood have signed on to star in Crown Vic, a futuristic cop thriller from writer-director Joel Souze, Deadline has revealed. The film, which is set to go into production in May, and tells of “two LAPD officers navigating through their own personal turmoil while hunting down a couple of vicious cop […]

Antonio Banderas will star as Lamborghini creator in biopic alongside Alec Baldwin as Enzo Ferrari

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Antonia Banderas has signed on for the lead role in the upcoming biopic on Ferruccio Lamborghini, creator of the famous car. Alec Baldwin, meanwhile, will star as Lamborghini’s business rival, Enzo Ferrari. The Merchant of Venice‘s Michael Radford will direct the film from a script by Million Dollar Baby’s Bobby Moresco under the working title Lamborghini – The Legend. […]

Animated family comedy Boss Baby assembles its voice cast

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DreamWorks Animation’s upcoming family comedy Boss Baby has assembled its voice cast, with The Hollywood Reporter revealing that Jimmy Kimmel, Lisa Kudrow, Patton Oswalt, Steve Buscemi and Miles Bakshi have all signed on for roles in the project alongside Alec Baldwin. Boss Baby is being directed by Tom McGrath (Madagascar, Megamind) and is based upon […]