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Exclusive Interview – Yorgos Lanthimos on directing The Killing of a Sacred Deer

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Yorgos Lanthimos’ much anticipated follow up to The Lobster (2015) arrives in British cinemas this week.  Part Greek tragedy, part horror and part morality tale, The Killing Of A Sacred Deer was written by Lanthimos and regular collaborator, Efthimis Filippou, winning them the Best Screenplay award at Cannes. Their twisted tale watches the well-ordered life […]

Exclusive Interview – Barry Keoghan and Raffey Cassidy on The Killing of a Sacred Deer

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The Killing Of A Sacred Deer, winner of the Best Screenplay award at this year’s Cannes, arrives in UK cinemas this week, just weeks after an enthusiastic reception at this year’s London Film Festival. Yorgos Lanthimos’ follow up to the equally acclaimed The Lobster (2015) turns the spotlight on a successful surgeon who forms a […]

Brendan Gleeson and Colin Farrell fall out in The Banshees of Inisherin trailer

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Ahead of its theatrical release later this month, a new trailer has been released for Martin McDonagh’s upcoming drama The Banshees of Inisherin. The film reunites writer-director McDonagh with his In Bruges stars Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson, who lead the film as Pádraic and Colm, life-long best friends who find themselves at an impasse […]

Barry Keoghan shares his Riddler audition tape for The Batman and whether we’ll see more of his Joker

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Simply put, “I wanted to be Riddler,” says Barry Keoghan. In a new interview with GQ, the actor dove into his journey from Riddler audition tapes to landing the role of Joker in a surprise cameo during The Batman. Keoghan wanted the role of The Riddler, something many young actors knew would be a memorable […]

The Banshees of Inisherin trailer reunites Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson and Martin McDonagh

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Searchlight Pictures has debuted the first trailer for the upcoming drama The Banshees of Inisherin. The film sees writer-director Martin McDonagh (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri) reuniting with his In Bruges stars Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson who take on the roles of Pádraic and Colm, two life-long best friends living on a remote island […]

Batman meets The Joker in deleted scene from The Batman

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Well, here’s a nice surprise, as Warner Bros. has just dropped a deleted scene from The Batman which sees Robert Pattinson’s Dark Knight playing Clarice Starling as he pays a visit to Arkham Asylum seeking help in tracking down The Riddler (Paul Dano) from Barry Keoghan’s ‘Unseen Arkham Prisoner’, a.k.a. The Joker! Watch it here… […]

Movie Review – The Batman (2022)

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The Batman, 2022. Directed by Matt Reeves. Starring Robert Pattinson, Zoë Kravitz, Paul Dano, Jeffrey Wright, John Turturro, Peter Sarsgaard, Andy Serkis, Colin Farrell, Barry Keoghan, Alex Ferns, Jayme Lawson, Rupert Penry-Jones, Con O’Neill, Vic Waghorn, Dave Simon, Luke Roberts, Stella Stocker, Oscar Novak, and Archie Barnes. SYNOPSIS: In his second year of fighting crime, […]

Chloé Zhao opens up about Eternals’ divisiveness

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Now that the water around the fallen Celestial statues is a lot calmer, Eternals director Chloé Zhao has been speaking exclusively to Empire Magazine about the divided critical reception to her unique entry into the IP heavy world of the MCU. Eternals was always going to be a challenging film to gauge; featuring no recognisable […]

Movie Review – The Batman (2022)

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The Batman, 2022. Directed by Matt Reeves. Starring Robert Pattinson, Zoë Kravitz, Paul Dano, Jeffrey Wright, John Turturro, Peter Sarsgaard, Andy Serkis, Colin Farrell, Barry Keoghan, Alex Ferns, Jayme Lawson, Rupert Penry-Jones, Con O’Neill, Vic Waghorn, Dave Simon, Luke Roberts, Stella Stocker, Oscar Novak, and Archie Barnes. SYNOPSIS: In his second year of fighting crime, […]

The Batman director Matt Reeves on Barry Keoghan’s cameo and the character’s future

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Warning. Spoilers for The Batman follow… Although the initial casting announcement for The Batman had Barry Keoghan as portraying Gotham City Police Officer Stanley Merkel, that ultimately proved to be nothing more than a smokescreen and – as had been rumoured for the past few months – the Eternals star was instead revealed as the […]