The Grifters, 1990. Directed by Stephen Frears. Starring John Cusack, Anjelica Huston, Annette Bening, Henry Jones, Sandy Baron, Michael Laskin, Pat Hingle, and Xander Berkeley. SYNOPSIS: A small-time con man is caught between his professional criminal mother and conniving girlfriend. Released as the first in 101 Films’ new Black Label range, highlighting cult movies from different […]
Movie Review – The Seagull (2018)
The Seagull, 2018. Directed by Michael Mayer. Starring Saoirse Ronan, Annette Bening, Billy Howle, Elisabeth Moss, Corey Stoll, Brian Dennehy, Glenn Fleshler, Michael Zegen, Mare Winningham, and Jon Tenney. SYNOPSIS: In the early 20th century, an aging actress and her lover visit the estate of her elderly brother. Everyone is in love with someone else […]
Annette Bening joins Captain Marvel
As Captain Marvel continues production, it has cast another big actress in the film. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Annette Bening (Film Stars Don’t Die In Liverpool) is the latest to be cast in the film. Though THR doesn’t state what her role is beyond that of a “scientist”, Variety later reported she will be portraying Marie […]
Annette Bening, Adam Driver, Jon Hamm and Jennifer Morrison in talks for CIA drama The Torture Report
Deadline is reporting that Annette Bening (Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool), Adam Driver (Star Wars: The Last Jedi), Jon Hamm (Baby Driver) and Jennifer Morrison (Once Upon a Time) are all in talks to star in VICE Studios’ upcoming CIA drama The Torture Report, which is being written and directed by Scott Z. Burns, […]
First trailer for Life Itself starring Oscar Isaac and Olivia Wilde
Amazon Studios has debuted a teaser trailer for the upcoming romantic drama Life Itself. Written and directed by Dan Fogelman, the film features a cast that includes Oscar Isaac, Olivia Wilde, Mandy Patinkin, Olivia Cooke, Laia Costa, Annette Bening, and Antonio Banderas; watch it here… Life Itself centers on a couple (Oscar Isaac and Olivia Wilde) […]
New trailer for The Seagull featuring Saoirse Ronan and Annette Bening
A new trailer has arrived online for the upcoming drama The Seagull. Based of Anton Chekhov’s play of the same name, the film is directed by Michael Mayer and stars Saoirse Ronan, Annette Bening, Corey Stoll, Billy Howle, Elisabeth Moss, Jon Tenney, Brian Dennehy, Mare Winningham, Glenn Fleshler, and Michael Zegen; watch it below… An aging […]
Movie Review – Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool (2017)
Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool, 2017. Directed by Paul McGuigan. Starring Annette Bening, Jamie Bell, Julie Walters, Stephen Graham, Leanne Best, Frances Barber, Kenneth Cranham, and Vanessa Redgrave. SYNOPSIS: A romance sparks between a young actor and a Hollywood leading lady. Apparently, getting Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool off the ground and […]
Movie Review – Film Stars Don’t Die In Liverpool (2017)
Film Stars Don’t Die In Liverpool, 2017. Directed by Paul McGuigan. Starring Annette Bening, Jamie Bell, Julie Walters, Kenneth Cranham, Frances Barber and Vanessa Redgrave. SYNOPSIS: When British actor, Peter Turner, receives an unexpected phone call, it tells him that his former lover, Oscar-winning Hollywood actress Gloria Grahame, has collapsed in a hotel and is […]
Watch the first trailer for Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool
The first trailer has arrived online for Paul McGuigan’s upcoming adaptation of Peter Turner’s memoir Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool. The biographical romantic drama stars Annette Bening as Gloria Grahame and Jamie Bell as Turner; watch it below… Liverpool, 1978: What starts as a vibrant affair between a legendary femme fatale and her young lover quickly grows into […]
Movie Review – 20th Century Women (2016)
20th Century Women, 2016. Directed by Mike Mills. Starring Annette Bening, Greta Gerwig, Elle Fanning, Billy Crudup and Lucas Jade Zumann. SYNOPSIS: Three women explore love and freedom in Southern California during the late 1970s, as viewed through the eyes of a teenage boy. It’s the end of the 70s, punk and skateboarding are in […]