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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 […]

2021 BFI London Film Festival Review – Last Night in Soho

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Last Night in Soho, 2021. Directed by Edgar Wright. Starring Thomasin McKenzie, Anya Taylor-Joy, Matt Smith, Michael Ajao, Diana Rigg, Terence Stamp, Synnøve Karlsen and Rita Tushingham. SYNOPSIS: A fashion student from Cornwall moves to London and finds herself experiencing disturbing visions of a previous occupant of her bedsit room in the 1960s. Edgar Wright […]

Watch Anya Taylor-Joy’s stunning Downtown cover from Edgar Wright’s Last Night in Soho

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Some of the most enchanting moments from Edgar Wright’s Last Night in Soho (read our review ★★★★ here) occur as Thomasin McKenzie follows Anya Taylor-Joy through her London fever-dream, including the stunning sequence in which the Queen’s Gambit star performs a cover of Petula Clark’s Downtown, which is arguably the best use of the song […]

October Horrors 2021 – The Witch (2015)

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The Witch, 2015. Directed by Robert Eggers. Starring Anya Taylor-Joy, Ralph Ineson, Kate Dickie, Harvey Scrimshaw, Ellie Grainger and Lucas Dawson. SYNOPSIS: In 1630s New England, a family of puritan settlers confront evil forces besieging their new isolated home. Every culture is steeped in folklore and folk tale. The best of these old stories tinged […]

Edgar Wright’s Last Night in Soho gets another trailer

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With just a couple of weeks to go until its theatrical release, Universal Pictures has released a new (and presumably final) trailer for Last Night in Soho, the new time-bending psychological thriller from acclaimed director Edgar Wright; check it out here… Eloise, an aspiring fashion designer, is mysteriously able to enter the 1960s where she […]

Edgar Wright’s Last Night in Soho gets two new posters

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Universal Pictures has released two new posters for Last Night in Soho, the new psychological thriller from director Edgar Wright and featuring Thomasin McKenzie, Anya Taylor-Joy and Matt Smith. Check them out here… SEE ALSO: Could Last Night in Soho be Edgar Wright’s leap to greatness? Eloise, an aspiring fashion designer, is mysteriously able to enter […]

Movie Review – The Witch (2016)

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The Witch, 2016. Written and Directed by Robert Eggers. Starring Anya Taylor-Joy, Ralph Ineson, Kate Dickie, Harvey Scrimshaw, Ellie Grainger, and Lucas Dawson. SYNOPSIS: A family in 1630s New England is torn apart by the forces of witchcraft, black magic and possession. Writer/Director Robert Eggers’ first feature film The Witch has an intriguing effect for […]

Movie Review – Thoroughbreds (2018)

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Thoroughbreds, 2018. Written and Directed by Cory Finley. Starring Anya Taylor-Joy, Olivia Cooke, Anton Yelchin, Paul Sparks, Francie Swift, and Kaili Vernoff. SYNOPSIS: Two upper-class teenage girls in suburban Connecticut rekindle their unlikely friendship after years of growing apart. Together, they hatch a plan to solve both of their problems-no matter what the cost. Typically, […]

Chris Pratt to lead voice cast of Super Mario Bros. animated movie alongside Charlie Day, Anya Taylor-Joy and more

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Chris Pratt has taken some characters and turned them into gold, and his upcoming role is having him tackle one of the most iconic video game characters ever. During yesterday’s Nintendo Direct event, it was announced that the Super Mario Bros. animated movie is coming next winter, and the voice cast is out of this […]