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Nikita vs Anna: When Luc Besson Retraced His Steps

November 1, 2020 by Tom Jolliffe

Tom Jolliffe looks back at the film which broke Luc Besson out to the world, and his more recent and pale imitator, Anna… Cinema is almost bereft of an original idea these days. There are very few that arrive which feel like something unique, and even then, the smart-arses among us might start pinpointing similarities […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: Anna, Anne Parillaud, La Femme Nikita, Luc Besson, nikita, Sasha Luss

Ten John Wick-Inspired Movies For Your Action Fix

May 2, 2023 by admin

Hasitha Fernando dives into ten John Wick-inspired movies to give you your action fix… Every couple of years an action movie would come along that instantly becomes a gamechanger in the genre and the template to be followed for the next decade or so – John Wick was such a film. Released in 2014 the […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Hasitha Fernando, Movies Tagged With: Anna, Atomic Blonde, Bullet Train, Extraction, Gunpowder Milkshake, Guns Akimbo, John Wick, Kate, Nobody, Polar, The Foreigner

Movie Review – Anna (2019)

July 10, 2019 by Tom Beasley

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Anna, 2019. Directed by Luc Besson. Starring Sasha Luss, Luke Evans, Cillian Murphy, Helen Mirren, Lera Abova and Eric Godon. SYNOPSIS: A Russian woman escapes her abusive home when she is offered a chance at a new life if she agrees to work for the KGB. It’s fair to say that, if you’ve seen a […]

Filed Under: Movies, Reviews, Tom Beasley Tagged With: Anna, Cillian Murphy, Eric Godon, Helen Mirren, Lera Abova, Luc Besson, Luke Evans, Sasha Luss

Luc Besson’s latest action thriller Anna gets a trailer

April 10, 2019 by Amie Cranswick

A new trailer has arrived online for the upcoming action thriller Anna. Written and directed by Luc Besson, the film stars Sasha Luss as a feared government assassin alongside Helen Mirren, Cillian Murphy, and Luke Evans; check it out here… Beneath Anna Poliatova’s striking beauty lies a secret that will unleash her indelible strength and […]

Filed Under: Amie Cranswick, Movies, News, Trailers Tagged With: Anna, Cillian Murphy, Helen Mirren, Luc Besson, Luke Evans, Sasha Luss

Helen Mirren, Luke Evans, Cillian Murphy and Sasha Luss cast in Luc Besson’s Anna

October 10, 2017 by Gary Collinson

Luc Besson may have denied reports that he’s following Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets with a sequel to Lucy, but the French filmmaker is sticking with the female mononyms for the title of his next project, the action thriller Anna. Variety is reporting that Besson has cast Helen Mirren, Luke Evans and […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: Anna, Cillian Murphy, Helen Mirren, Luc Besson, Luke Evans

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