Life Itself, 2018. Written and Directed by Dan Fogelman. Starring Oscar Isaac, Olivia Wilde, Olivia Cooke, Annette Bening, Jean Smart, Sergio Peris-Mencheta, Antonio Banderas, Mandy Patinkin, Àlex Monner, Lala Costa, Isabel Durant, Adrian Marrero, Lorenza Izzo, Jake Robinson, Charlie Thurston, Gabby Bryan, and Samuel L. Jackson. SYNOPSIS: As a young New York couple goes from college […]
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 […]
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 […]
New trailer for CIA torture drama The Report starring Adam Driver
Ahead of its release next month, Amazon Prime Video has revealed a new poster and trailer for writer-director Scott Z. Burns’ upcoming thriller The Report. Inspired by the true story of the investigation of the CIA’s post 9/11 Detention and Interrogation Program, the film features a cast that includes Adam Driver, Annette Bening, Jon Hamm, […]
2019 BFI London Film Festival Review – Hope Gap
Hope Gap, 2019. Directed by William Nicholson. Starring Bill Nighy, Annette Bening, Josh O’Connor, Aiysha Hart, Ryan McKen, Sally Rogers, Steven Pacey, Rose Keegan, and Derren Litten. SYNOPSIS: A couple’s visit with their son takes a dramatic turn when the father tells him he plans on leaving his mother. Hope Gap is a study of […]
Death on the Nile begins filming, full cast announced
20th Century Fox has officially announced the start of production on Death on the Nile, the follow-up to 2017’s Agatha Christie adaptation Murder on the Orient Express, which sees Kenneth Branagh returning to the director’s chair as well as reprising the role of master detective Hercule Poirot. The official synopsis for the film reads: In […]
Adam Driver investigates CIA torture program in trailer for The Report
Amazon Prime Video has debuted the first trailer and poster for the upcoming drama The Report. Written and directed by Scott Z. Burns, the film is based on the true story of the investigation of the CIA’s post 9/11 Detention and Interrogation Program and features a cast that includes Adam Driver, Annette Bening, Jon Hamm, […]
Annette Bening in talks for Kenneth Branagh’s Death on the Nile
As Kenneth Branagh’s Death on the Nile picks up steam, Deadline has reported that Captain Marvel’s Annette Bening has begun talks to join the Murder on the Orient Express sequel, with the actress up for the role of Euphemia. Death on the Nile will see Branagh reprise his role as master detective Hercule Poiroit, who finds himself investigating a […]
Captain Marvel was going to feature a comic book accurate Supreme Intelligence
The Supreme Intelligence made its debut in the Marvel Cinematic Universe this year in Captain Marvel, although rather than a giant, floating green head, the AI ruler took on a physical form – that of the person most admired by whoever it’s talking to (which in the case of Brie Larson’s Carol Danvers, was Annette […]
Movie Review – Captain Marvel (2019)
Captain Marvel, 2019. Directed by Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck. Starring Brie Larson, Samuel L. Jackson, Ben Mendelsohn, Annette Bening, Gemma Chan, Lashana Lynch, Kenneth Mitchell, Colin Ford, Chuku Modu, Robert Kazinsky, Lee Pace, Mckenna Grace, Djimon Hounsou, Rune Temte, Jude Law, and Clark Gregg. SYNOPSIS: While in training to be a Kree warrior, an […]
