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Movie Review – The Glorias (2020)

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The Glorias, 2020.Directed by Julie Taymor. Starring Julianne Moore, Alicia Vikander, Bette Midler, Lulu Wilson, Janelle Monáe, Timothy Hutton, Lorraine Toussaint, Allie McCulloch, Mo Brings Plenty, Ryan Kiera Armstrong, Kimberly Guerrero, Victor Slezak, Tom Nowicki, Charles Green, Monica Sanchez, Deetta West, Bethany Geaber, Annika Pampel, and Enid Graham.SYNOPSIS:The story of feminist icon Gloria Steinem’s itinerant […]

New trailer for The Glorias starring Julianne Moore, Alicia Vikander, Janelle Monáe and Bette Midler

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With a little over a week to go until it arrives on Amazon Prime, a new trailer has arrived online for The Glorias, the upcoming drama based on feminist icon and activist Gloria Steinem’s autobiography My Life on the Road, which stars Julianne Moore, Alicia Vikander, Bette Midler, Janelle Monáe, Lorraine Toussaint, Lulu Wilson, Ryan […]

First poster and trailer for The Glorias starring Julianne Moore, Alicia Vikander, Bette Midler and Janelle Monáe

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Ahead of its arrival on digital and streaming on Amazon Prime Video later this month, a trailer, poster and images have been released for director Julie Taymor’s upcoming drama The Glorias. Based on feminist icon, journalist, and activist Gloria Steinem’s autobiography My Life on the Road, the film stars Julianne Moore, Alicia Vikander, Bette Midler, […]

Alicia Vikander reportedly favorite to replace Rooney Mara in Girl with the Dragon Tattoo sequel

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A few days ago it was announced that Sony is looking to relaunch its Girl with a Dragon Tattoo series by adapting the fourth book in the series, The Girl in the Spider’s Web, albeit without director David Fincher and stars Rooney Mara and Daniel Craig.According to The Wrap, the studio has now identified Alicia […]

Rumour: Alicia Vikander and director Michelle MacLaren wanted for Spider-Woman movie

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Last week a rumour began circulating online suggesting that Sony is in development on a Spider-Woman movie as part of the ‘Sony Universe of Marvel Characters’, and now The Illuminerdi claims to have the inside scoop on the talent the studio wants both in front of and behind the camera.According to the site, Sony sees […]

Dev Patel is The Green Knight in first trailer for David Lowery’s medieval fantasy film

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A24 has released a poster and trailer for the upcoming dark fantasy adventure The Green Knight. Written and directed by David Lowery (A Ghost Story, Pete’s Dragon), the film is based on the Arthurian legend of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and stars Dev Patel, Alicia Vikander, Joel Edgerton, Sarita Choudhury, Sean Harris, Kate […]

2019 BFI London Film Festival Review – Earthquake Bird

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Earthquake Bird, 2019.Written and directed by Wash Westmoreland. Starring Alicia Vikander, Riley Keough, and Naoki Kobayashi.SYNOPSIS:A young woman living in Tokyo becomes the prime suspect in a horrific murder when her friend goes missing in the wake of a tumultuous love triangle.Acclaimed filmmaker Wash Westmoreland (Still Alice, Colette) tries his hand at the thriller genre […]

First trailer for Earthquake Bird starring Alicia Vikander and Riley Keough

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Netflix has released the first trailer, poster and images for director Wash Westmoreland’s upcoming thriller Earthquake Bird. Based on Susanna Jones’ award-winning novel of the same name, the film stars Alicia Vikander as Lucy Fly, an ex-pat living in Tokyo who finds herself the prime suspect in the murder of a missing girl (Riley Keough), […]

Ben Wheatley to direct Alicia Vikander in Tomb Raider 2

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While last year’s Tomb Raider wasn’t exactly a huge smash at the box office, its $275 million haul has proven enough to warrant a sequel, and now Deadline is reporting that British filmmaker Ben Wheatley (Kill List, Free Fire) has signed on to direct Alicia Vikander’s second outing as video game icon Lara Croft.Wheatley’s involvement […]

John David Washington, Alicia Vikander, Boyd Holbrook and Vicky Krieps are Born to Be Murdered

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John David Washington (BlacKkKlansman), Alicia Vikander (Tomb Raider), Boyd Holbrook (The Predator) and Vicky Krieps (Phantom Thread) have been cast in the thriller Born to Be Murdered.The film is being produced by Luca Guadagnino (Call Me By Your Name, Suspiria), with his frequent second unit director Ferdinando Cito Filomarino helming from a script by Kevin […]