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Movie Review – No Time to Die (2021)

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No Time to Die, 2021.Directed by Cary Joji Fukunaga. Starring Daniel Craig, Rami Malek, Léa Seydoux, Lashana Lynch, Ralph Fiennes, Christoph Waltz, Ben Whishaw, Naomie Harris, Jeffrey Wright, Ana de Armas, Billy Magnussen, Rory Kinnear, David Dencik, Brigitte Millar, Dali Benssalah, and Priyanga Burford.SYNOPSIS:James Bond has left active service. His peace is short-lived when Felix […]

Movie Review – No Time To Die (2021)

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No Time to Die, 2021.Directed by Cary Joji Fukunaga. Starring Daniel Craig, Lea Seydoux, Rami Malek, Lashana Lynch, Ralph Fiennes, Ben Whishaw, Naomie Harris, Rory Kinnear, Jeffrey Wright, Christoph Waltz and Ana de Armas.SYNOPSIS:James Bond (Daniel Craig) is off the radar sharing a tranquil existence away from world affairs. Alongside him is Madeleine Swann (Lea […]

No Time to Die sets its sights on a $90 million opening at the international box office

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Following 18-months in which he has gone from her majesty’s secret service to being completely out-of-service, James Bond finally returns to the big-screen with No Time to Die. You can read our overwhelmingly positive ★★★★ review here, which appears to echo sentiments shared by box-office analysts, who have Daniel Craig’s farewell pegged to tuck approximately […]

Rooney Mara, Claire Foy, Jessie Buckley, Ben Whishaw, and Frances McDormand set for Sarah Polley’s Women Talking

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Women Talking, Sarah Polley’s first feature-film since 2011’s superb Take This Waltz has filled out its impressive cast with Rooney Mara, Claire Foy, Jessie Buckley, Ben Whishaw, and Frances McDormand. An adaptation of Miriam Toews’ bestselling novel, Women Talking follows a group of women in an isolated religious colony as they struggle to reconcile their faith […]

Movie Review – Surge (2020)

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Surge, 2020.Directed by Aneil Karia. Starring Ben Whishaw, Ellie Haddington, Ian Gelder, Jasmine Jobson and Perry Fitzpatrick.SYNOPSIS:Joseph (Ben Whishaw) takes London by storm in one twenty four hour period. This is a visual record of that journey.Surge is a profound sensory experience with a force of nature at its centre in the form of Ben […]

Movie Review – Surge (2021)

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Surge, 2021.Directed by Aneil Karia. Starring Ben Whishaw, Ellie Haddington, Ian Gelder, and Chris Coghill.SYNOPSIS: Set over 24 hours in London, Surge is a stripped-back thriller about a man who goes on a bold and reckless journey of self-liberation.If you were ever curious about what anxiety feels like, watch Surge for 30 minutes, and you’ll have […]

Ben Whishaw stars in trailer for Surge

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Ahead of its UK release later this month, Vertigo has shared a trailer for director Aneil Karia’s upcoming thriller Surge which stars Ben Whishaw as a man stuck in a soulless job, who goes on a impulsive and reckless journey of self-liberation; watch it here…SEE ALSO: Read our ★★★★ review of Surge hereJoseph (Whishaw) is […]

2021 Glasgow Film Festival Review – Surge

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Surge, 2020.Directed by Aneil Karia. Starring Ben Whishaw.SYNOPSIS:Dissatisfied with his life, a man breaks free from societal constraints and politeness, living a life of total liberation for 24 hours.Joseph lives an ordinary and quiet life, working as an airport security guard. There’s something strange about his existence, a held tension that’s difficult to define. It’s […]

Video Review – The Personal History of David Copperfield

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The Personal History of David Copperfield, 2020.Directed by Armando Iannucci. Starring Dev Patel, Aneurin Barnard, Peter Capaldi, Morfydd Clark, Daisy May Cooper, Rosalind Eleazar, Hugh Laurie, Tilda Swinton, Ben Whishaw, and Paul Whitehouse.Dev Patel brings new life to the work of Charles Dickens in The Personal History of David Copperfield. From his charisma to his […]