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Ben Kingsley is Salvador Dali in trailer for Mary Harron’s Daliland

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Magnolia Pictures has released a trailer for director Mary Harron’s (American Psycho) biographical drama Daliland.The film stars Ben Kingsley as the renowned eccentric artist Salvador Dali, and tells the later years of the icon’s life and his marriage to his wife Gala (Barbara Sukowa) through the eyes of his young assistant James (Christopher Briney). Watch […]

Movie Review – Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021)

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Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, 2021.Directed by Destin Daniel Cretton. Starring Simu Liu, Awkwafina, Meng’er Zhang, Fala Chen, Florian Munteanu, Benedict Wong, Michelle Yeoh, Ben Kingsley, and Tony Leung.SYNOPSIS: Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, the latest installment in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, is available now in digital version at Movies […]

Cast featurette for Night at the Museum: The Secret of the Tomb

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20th Century Fox has released a new featurette for Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb, which focusses on the cast of the upcoming comedy sequel. Check it out below… SEE ALSO: Watch the trailer for Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb Get ready for the wildest and most adventure-filled Night At […]

A Turn of the Century Cockney Gangster Double Bill

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Tom Jolliffe double bills two cockney gangster films from the turn of the century in The Limey and Sexy Beast…Toward the end of the last century, leading into the new one, the British gangster film really seemed to take off again. We saw the emergence of a number of significant exponents of the genre, most […]

Ben Kingsley’s Trevor Slattery to return in Marvel’s Wonder Man Disney+ series

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Ben Kingsley is set to grab his Liverpool F.C. scarf and head back to the MCU following the news that he’s to reprise the role of Trevor Slattery for the upcoming Wonder Man series at Disney+.Variety reports that Kingsley will reunite with Destin Daniel Cretton, who directed and co-wrote Shang-Chi and the Legend of the […]

Species is coming to 4K Ultra HD from Scream Factory

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Scream Factory has announced that the 1995 sci-fi horror Species is set for a 4K Ultra HD and Blu-ray Collector;s edition release this July; check out the cover artwork and details below….Charged with pulse-pounding suspense, ingenious special effects from Richard Edlund (Raiders Of The Lost Ark) and a first-rate cast including Ben Kingsley, Michael Madsen, […]

Wes Anderson is returning to the world of Roald Dahl, and he’s taking Benedict Cumberbatch with him

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Wes Anderson and Roald Dahl proved to be the perfect fit when the director tackled the beloved author’s Fantastic Mr. Fox in 2009, and now comes the news that he’s returning to that weird and magical world for Netflix’s The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar, and he’s taking Benedict Cumberbatch with him.As reported by The […]

Ben Kingsley is Salvador Dali in first image from Mary Harron’s Dali Land

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Having wrapped its production in the UK, Deadline has unveiled the first image of Oscar-winner Ben Kingsley as Salvador Dali in Dali Land, the upcoming film from American Psycho director Mary Harron, which sees the legendary artist flanked by Andreja Pejić (The Girl In The Spider’s Web) as his muse Amanda Lear and Barbara Sukowa […]

Movie Review – Locked Down (2021)

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Locked Down, 2021.Directed by Doug Liman. Starring Anne Hathaway, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Ben Stiller, Stephen Merchant, Dulé Hill, Jazmyn Simon, Mark Gatiss, Mindy Kaling, Ben Kingsley, and Lucy Boynton. SYNOPSIS:A couple attempts a high-risk, high-stakes jewelry heist at a department store.People, including loved ones, are not meant to be around each other 24/7. If there’s one takeaway […]

Anne Hathaway and Chiwetel Ejiofor star in trailer for Locked Down

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HBO Max has released a trailer for director Doug Liman’s upcoming comedy drama Locked Down which stars Anne Hathaway and Chiwetel Ejiofor as a couple finding co-habiting a challenge who decide to separate just as a national mandatory lockdown is imposed; watch it here…Just as they decide to separate, Linda (Anne Hathaway) and Paxton (Chiwetel […]