With just under a month to go until Hustle arrives on Netflix, the streaming service has released a new trailer and poster for the upcoming sports drama which follows Stanley Beren (Adam Sandler), a washed up basketball scout who believes he has found his opportunity to get back into the NBA when he discovers a […]
Movie Review – The Contractor (2022)
The Contractor, 2022. Directed by Tarik Saleh. Starring Chris Pine, Ben Foster, Gillian Jacobs, Eddie Marsan, Florian Munteanu, and Kiefer Sutherland. SYNOPSIS: A discharged U.S. Special Forces sergeant, James Harper, risks everything for his family when he joins a private contracting organisation. Completely-fine movies that provoke few strong feelings either way are often the toughest […]
Ben Foster fights for his life in trailer for HBO’s The Survivor
HBO has released a trailer for The Survivor, the biographical drama from director Barry Levinson which stars Ben Foster as Harry Haft, a professional boxer who was forced to fight his fellow prisoners in Auschwitz extermination camp during World War II, and follows the man as he tries to rebuild his life following the horrors […]
Adam Sandler gets his Hustle on in trailer for Netflix sports drama
Netflix has debuted the first trailer for the upcoming sports drama Hustle. Directed by Jeremiah Zagar, the film stars Adam Sandler as a washed-up basketball scout who believes he has found his way back into the NBA when he discovers a talented player with a rocky past; watch it here… After discovering a once-in-a-lifetime player […]
Chris Pine is The Contractor in trailer for action thriller
Paramount has debuted a trailer, poster and images for director Tarik Saleh’s upcoming action thriller The Contractor which stars Chris Pine as a former Special Forces Sergeant who finds himself caught up in a dangerous conspiracy and on the run when an assignment with a private underground military force goes awry; take a look here… […]
Hell or High Water TV adaptation in the works at FOX
It’s time to put on the dusted up denim and start growing a huge moustache following the announcement that a small-screen adaptation of the critically acclaimed 2016 sleeper-hit Hell or High Water is in development at FOX. Variety reports that none of the original talent – Chris Pine, Ben Foster, Jeff Bridges, or writer Taylor […]
Toronto International Film Festival 2021 Review – The Survivor
The Survivor, 2021. Directed by Barry Levinson. Starring Ben Foster, Vicky Krieps, Billy Magnussen, Peter Sarsgaard, John Leguizamo, Danny DeVito, Dar Zuzovsky, and Saro Emirze. SYNOPSIS: Harry Haft is a boxer who fought fellow prisoners in the concentration camps to survive. Haunted by the memories and his guilt, he attempts to use high-profile fights against […]
Chris Pine and Ben Foster to reunite for Violence of Action
Hell or High Water co-stars Chris Pine and Ben Foster are set to reunite for Violence of Action, an action thriller from director Tarik Saleh (The Nile Hilton Incident), which also has Gillian Jacobs (Community) on board. The film will see Pine playing James Harper, who after being involuntarily discharged from the Green Berets, ends […]
Kristen Stewart and Tom Glynn-Carney to star in Ben Foster’s directorial debut
Ben Foster (Hell or High Water) has enlisted Kristen Stewart (JT LeRoy) and Tom Glynn-Carney (Tolkien) to star in his directorial debut, an as-yet-untitled film about author William Burroughs (Naked Lunch, Junkie). As revealed by THR, the movie will explore “a love triangle among Burroughs, the famous Beat Generation writer to be played by Foster, […]
Ben Foster to star in Holocaust boxing drama Harry Haft
Deadline is reporting that Ben Foster (Hell or High Water) has signed on for the title role in Harry Haft, a fact-based drama from director Barry Levinson (Paterno), which is based upon the Alan Scott Haft novel Harry Haft: Survivor of Auschwitz, Challenger of Rocky Marciano. The film tells the true story of Haft, “a […]