The Freddie Mercury biopic Bohemian Rhapsody has hit two major box office milestones this weekend, soaring past the $500 million mark at the worldwide box office as well as overtaking the $161 million domestic haul of 2015’s Straight Outta Compton to become the highest-grossing music biopic in history. The film, which sees Mr. Robot’s Rami […]
Sacha Baron Cohen’s Bohemian Rhapsody would have been much more “outrageous”
Some eight years after it was first announced, the Freddie Mercury biopic Bohemian Rhapsody finally made it to the big screen this past weekend, with Mr. Robot star Rami Malek taking on the role of the iconic Queen frontman, and earning rave reviews for his performance. Long before Malek’s casting, comedian Sacha Baron Cohen spent […]
Sugar Coating Hollywood-Style
Tom Jolliffe on when real life stories are sugar coated in film… A good biopic can be fascinating. There are characters, through TV and print media, biographies, documentaries and more, that we learn the most fascinating things about. Documentaries of course have the goal of showing us (when done right) both sides of a personality, […]
Second Opinion – Bohemian Rhapsody (2018)
Bohemian Rhapsody, 2018. Directed by Bryan Singer. Starring Rami Malek, Lucy Boynton, Joseph Mazello, Ben Hardy, Gwilym Lee, Tom Hollander, Aiden Gillen, Allen Leech, Aaron McCusker and Mike Myers. SYNOPSIS: A chronicle of the years leading up to Queen’s legendary appearance at the Live Aid (1985) concert. How do you make a biopic of Freddie […]
Freddie Mercury biopic Bohemian Rhapsody gets a final trailer
Coinciding with its UK release, and just a week to go until it arrives in US cinemas, the final trailer has been revealed for 20th Century Fox’s Queen biopic Bohemian Rhapsody which you can watch here… SEE ALSO: Read our ★★★★ review of Bohemian Rhapsody here Bohemian Rhapsody is a foot-stomping celebration of Queen, their […]
Movie Review – Bohemian Rhapsody (2018)
Bohemian Rhapsody, 2018. Directed by Bryan Singer. Starring Rami Malek, Gwilym Lee, Ben Hardy, Joseph Mazzello, Lucy Boynton, Aidan Gillen. Tom Hollander, Allen Leech, Aaron McCusker, Dermot Murphy, Meneka Das, Ace Bhatti, Dickie Beau, Neil Fox-Roberts, Philip Andrew, Matthew Houston, Michelle Duncan, Max Bennett, Adam Rauf, Scott Morrison Watson, and Mike Myers. SYNOPSIS: A chronicle […]
Bohemian Rhapsody gets an IMAX poster
We’re a week away from the release of the Freddie Mercury and Queen biopic Bohemian Rhapsody, and 20th Century Fox has now released a new poster for the film’s IMAX release depicting Mercury’s legendary performance at Wembley Stadium. Check it out here…. SEE ALSO: Queen will rock you in new Bohemian Rhapsody clip SEE ALSO: Bohemian Rhapsody […]
Queen will rock you in new Bohemian Rhapsody clip
With just a week to go until Bohemian Rhapsody arrives in cinemas, 20th Century Fox has released a new clip from the upcoming biopic which sees Queen in the studio creating their hit ‘We Will Rock You’; watch it here… SEE ALSO: Bohemian Rhapsody TV spots showcase Queen’s greatest hits Bohemian Rhapsody is a foot-stomping celebration […]
Bohemian Rhapsody TV spots showcase Queen’s greatest hits
With the release of Bohemian Rhapsody fast approaching, 20th Century Fox has unveiled a selection of new TV spots for the Freddie Mercury biopic which showcase some of Queen’s greatest hits in ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’, ‘We Will Rock You’, ‘Another One Bites the Dust’ and ‘Somebody to Love’. Check them out here, or watch them over […]
Bohemian Rhapsody to rock U.S. box office with $30 million opening weekend
We’re just a few weeks away from the release of Bohemian Rhapsody, the upcoming biopic of the legendary British rock band Queen and its iconic frontman Freddie Mercury, and according to tracking estimates the film is set to rock the North American box office. According to Variety, the Bryan Singer/Dexter Fletcher-directed movie – which stars […]