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John Boyega stars in trailer for Steve McQueen’s Small Axe: Red, White and Blue

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Amazon has released a trailer and images for Red, White and Blue, the next instalment in Steven McQueen’s five film anthology Small Axe which stars John Boyega as a young forensic scientist who finds himself driven to achieve his childhood ambition of becoming a police officer in the naïve hope of changing racist attitudes after […]

Trailer and poster for Amazon’s teen survival drama The Wilds

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Amazon Prime Video has released a poster and trailer for the YA drama series The Wilds which follows a group of teenage girls fighting for survival after their plane crashes, leaving them stranded on a deserted island; take a look here… A group of teen girls from different backgrounds must fight for survival after a […]

Coming 2 America gets March release date on Amazon Prime

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Last month it was reported that Amazon had acquired the upcoming Eddie Murphy sequel Coming 2 America from Paramount Pictures, and now the streamer has announced that the film will release worldwide on March 5th 2021. Here’s the official synopsis: Set in the lush and royal country of Zamunda, newly-crowned King Akeem (Eddie Murphy) and […]

Regina King’s One Night in Miami gets a poster and trailer

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Amazon Prime Video has released a poster and trailer for Regina King’s directorial debut One Night In Miami. Based on Kemp Powers’ stage play of the same name, the drama is a fictional account of a night in 1964 when four friends, Muhammad Ali (Eli Goree), Malcolm X (Kingsley Ben-Adir), Sam Cooke (Leslie Odom Jr.), […]

Movie Review – Uncle Frank (2020)

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Uncle Frank, 2020. Written and Directed by Alan Ball. Starring Paul Bettany, Sophia Lillis, Steve Zahn, Judy Greer, Stephen Root, Peter Macdissi, Margo Martindale, Caity Brewer, Lois Smith, and Cole Doman. SYNOPSIS: In 1973, when Frank Bledsoe and his 18-year-old niece Beth take a road trip from Manhattan to Creekville, South Carolina for the family […]

Steve McQueen’s Small Axe: Lovers Rock gets a trailer from Amazon

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Amazon Prime Video has released a trailer for Lovers Rock, the second instalment in Steven McQueen’s five film anthology Small Axe which stars Amarah-Jae St. Aubyn, Micheal Ward, Shaniqua Okwok, Kedar Williams-Stirling, Ellis George, Alexander James-Blake, Kadeem Ramsay, Francis Lovehall and Daniel Francis-Swaby; watch it here.. Lovers Rock tells a fictional story of young love […]

Steve McQueen’s Small Axe anthology gets a new trailer

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Ahead of its premiere on Amazon Prime and the BBC later this month, a new trailer has arrived online for Small Axe, the five-film anthology from director Steve McQueen which is inspired by real-life experiences of London’s West Indian Community during the 1960s to 1980s; watch it here… “If you are the big tree, we […]

Amazon releases blooper reel for The Boys season 2

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Amazon Prime Video has released a blooper reel from the second season of The Boys which is filled with all of the “Fuck Ups” from the cast of the hit superhero series; check it out here… SEE ALSO: The Boys spin-off series fast-tracked by Amazon Studios The Boys features a cast that includes Karl Urban (Thor: Ragnarok), Jack […]

Borat 2 drew in “tens of millions” of viewers over its opening weekend says Amazon

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Borat Subsequent Moviefilm was apparently a big hit for Amazon, with the company declaring that it drew in “tens of millions” of viewers during its debut. While many are mourning the sad fate of cinemas during this global crisis and wondering if releasing a movie online is a good option, Borat 2 is providing to […]