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Movie Review – The Irishman (2019)

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The Irishman, 2019. Directed by Martin Scorsese. Starring Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, Joe Pesci, Harvey Keitel, Jesse Plemons, Ray Romano, Bobby Cannavale, Stephen Graham, Anna Paquin, Sebastian Maniscalco, Jim Norton and Jack Huston. SYNOPSIS: A mob hitman recalls his possible involvement with the slaying of Jimmy Hoffa. The Irishman is a rare gem – […]

Movie Review – Motherless Brooklyn (2019)

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Motherless Brooklyn, 2019.Written and Directed by Edward Norton. Starring Edward Norton, Bruce Willis, Willem Dafoe, Leslie Mann, Ethan Suplee, Alec Baldwin, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Josh Pais, Michael Kenneth Williams, Cherry Jones, Fisher Stevens, Bobby Cannavale, and Dallas Roberts.SYNOPSIS:Set against the backdrop of 1950s New York, Motherless Brooklyn follows Lionel Essrog, a lonely private detective afflicted with […]

2019 BFI London Film Festival Review – The Irishman

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The Irishman, 2019.Directed by Martin Scorsese. Starring Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, Joe Pesci, Bobby Cannavale, Harvey Keitel, Stephen Graham, Domenick Lombardozzi, Anna Paquin, Ray Romano, Jesse Plemons, and Jack Huston.SYNOPSIS:A mob hitman recalls his possible involvement with the slaying of Jimmy Hoffa.The gangster genre has existed almost as long as filmmaking itself has, and […]

First poster and trailer for The Big Lebowski spin-off Jesus Rolls

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The first poster has arrived online for director John Turturro’s The Big Lebowski spin-off movie Jesus Rolls which sees Turturro reprising his role as Jesus Quintana, alongside a cast that includes Bobby Cannavale, Audrey Tautou, Christopher Walken, Jon Hamm, and Susan Sarandon; check them out here…John Turturro plays Jesus Quintana in ‘The Jesus Rolls,’ a […]

Edward Norton’s Motherless Brooklyn gets a first trailer

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Warner Bros. has debuted the first trailer for the upcoming big screen adaptation of Jonathan Lethem’s novel Motherless Brooklyn. The crime drama is written and directed by Edward Norton who also stars in the film alongside an ensemble cast that includes Bruce Willis, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Bobby Cannavale, Cherry Jones, Michael Kenneth Williams, Leslie Mann, Ethan […]

Martin Scorsese’s mob epic The Irishman gets a first trailer

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Following on from this week’s first look images, Netflix has now unveiled the trailer for The Irishman, the new $200 million-budgeted mob epic from Martin Scorsese, which sees Robert De Niro, Al Pacino and Joe Pesci leading an all star cast in a film that explores the notorious mob hitman Frank Sheeran (De Niro) and […]

Jai Courtney and more join Kate Beckinsale in action comedy Jolt

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Back in April it was announced that Kate Beckinsale will be leading the cast of the action-comedy Jolt from director Tanya Wexler (Hysteria), and now we’ve got word on four more additions to the cast in Jai Courtney (Suicide Squad), Bobby Cannavale (Ant-Man), Laverne Cox (Orange Is the New Black) and Stanley Tucci (The Hunger […]

New trailer for Amazon’s Homecoming starring Julia Roberts

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With less than two weeks to go until its premiere, Amazon Studios has released a new trailer for the Prime Original series Homecoming. Directed by Sam Esmail, the psychological thriller stars Julia Roberts as Heidi Bergman, a caseworker helping soldiers transition back to civilian life, and also features Stephan James, Bobby Cannavale, Sissy Spacek, Shea Whigham, Jeremy Allen White, […]

Blu-ray Review – Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018)

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Ant-Man and the Wasp, 2018.Directed by Peyton Reed. Starring: Paul Rudd, Evangeline Lilly, Michael Pena, Walton Goggins, Bobby Cannavale, Judy Greer, Tip “T.I.” Harris, David Dastmalchian, Hannah John-Kamen, Abby Ryder Fortson, Randall Park, Michelle Pfeiffer, Laurence Fishburne, and Michael Douglas.SYNOPSIS:The Marvel Cinematic Universe keeps chugging along with the Blu-ray release of Ant-Man and the Wasp, […]

Julia Roberts stars in first trailer for Homecoming

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Amazon Studios has released the first trailer for the upcoming psychological thriller drama Homecoming. Created and directed by Sam Esmail (Mr. Robot), the series sees Julia Roberts leading a cast that includes Stephan James, Bobby Cannavale, Sissy Spacek, Shea Whigham, Jeremy Allen White, Alex Karpovsky, Dermot Mulroney, and Hong Chau; take a look here…https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ZGaYqSQnt0UPDATE: And here’s an official […]