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Movie Review – The Northman (2022)

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The Northman, 2022. Directed by Robert Eggers. Starring Alexander Skarsgård, Nicole Kidman, Claes Bang, Ethan Hawke, Anya Taylor-Joy, Gustav Lindh, Elliott Rose, Willem Dafoe, Phill Martin, Olwen Fouéré, Eldar Skar, Edgar Abram, Jack Gassmann, Ingvar E. Sigurðsson, Oscar Novak, Jack Walsh, Björk, Ian Whyte, Katie Pattinson, Andrea O’Neill, Rebecca Ineson, Kate Dickie, Ísadóra Bjarkardóttir Barney, […]

Super Mario Bros. animated film delayed until Spring 2023

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While the casting of Chris Pratt hasn’t delighted everyone, there was some interest in the Super Mario Bros. film set for release later this year. Those curious fans will have to wait just a little longer to hear the sounds of Pratt’s Mario. This week, the announcement came that the upcoming Super Mario Bros. movie […]

First look at Anya Taylor-Joy and Ralph Fiennes in The Menu

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Searchlight Pictures has served up a first look image from Succession director Mark Mylod’s dark comedy The Menu featuring stars Anya Taylor-Joy (The Northman) and Ralph Fiennes (The King’s Man); check it out here… As per The Playlist, The Menu follows a couple – played by Taylor-Joy and Nicholas Hoult (The Great) – who travel […]

The Northman red band trailer promises blood, brutality, and naked volcano fights

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If you know anything about Robert Eggers’ new film, The Northman, you know it plans to offer up brutal Viking drama. The new epic from the director behind The Witch and The Lighthouse has already won over critics and audiences, but the latest trailer will likely bring in those bloodthirsty horror hounds. In the official […]

Harry Styles exits Robert Eggers’ Nosferatu remake due to scheduling conflicts

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With the hotly-anticipated historical epic The Northman set to open later this month, it appears that filmmaker Robert Eggers may finally be set to turn his attention to Nosferatu, his long-planned remake of the classic silent horror film from F.W. Murnau. We already know that the project will reunite Eggers with The Witch and The […]

The Northman unleashes an epic new trailer

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While Robert Eggers’ The Northman opens here in the UK this Friday, our friends across the Pond have to wait another week for the Viking epic, but we do have a new trailer from Focus Features to help ease the wait; check it out here… SEE ALSO: Why 2022 might just peak on April 22nd […]

Robert Eggers’ The Northman gets six character posters

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As excitement continues to build for The Northman, Focus Features has unveiled six new character posters for The Witch and The Lighthouse director Robert Eggers’ Viking fantasy thriller featuring Alexander Skarsgard as Amleth, Anya Taylor-Joy as Olga, Ethan Hawke as King Aurvandil, Nicole Kidman as Queen Gudrun, Willem Dafoe as Heimir the Fool, and Bjork […]

Behold the new poster for The Northman

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With less than a month to go until its release, a new poster has been released for Robert Eggers’ R-rated historical action thriller The Northman featuring Alexander Skarsgård, Nicole Kidman, Ethan Hawke, Claes Bang, Anya Taylor-Joy, Willem Dafoe, and Björk; check it out here… SEE ALSO: Robert Eggers’ The Northman receives R rating for “strong […]

Movie Review – Last Night in Soho (2021)

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Last Night in Soho, 2021. Directed by Edgar Wright. Starring Thomasin McKenzie, Anya Taylor-Joy, Matt Smith, Terence Stamp, Diana Rigg, Synnøve Karlsen, Rita Tushingham, Lisa McGrillis, Michael Jibson, Andrew Bicknell, and Michael Ajao. SYNOPSIS: An aspiring fashion designer is mysteriously able to enter the 1960s where she encounters a dazzling wannabe singer. But the glamour […]

First trailer and poster for Robert Eggers’ The Northman

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Universal Pictures and Focus Features have unveiled the first poster and trailer for The Northman, the hotly-anticipated new film from The Witch and The Lighthouse director Robert Eggers. From visionary director Robert Eggers comes THE NORTHMAN, an action-filled epic that follows a young Viking prince on his quest to avenge his father’s murder. With an […]