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Edward Berger to direct Brad Pitt in The Riders

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Conclave director Edward Berger has lined up Brad Pitt to star in his adaptation of Booker Prize shortlisted novel The Riders. Published in 1994, the Tim Winton novel tells the story of an Australian man named Fred Scully, who along with his wife Jennifer and their seven-year-old daughter Billie, are set to emigrate from Down […]

Interview with the Vampire at 30: An Exquisite Atmospheric Gothic Horror

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On its thirtieth anniversary, Hasitha Fernando looks at the story behind the 1994 big screen adaptation of Anne Rice’s Interview with the Vampire… Vampires flicks have been around for the longest time but Interview with the Vampire certainly set a benchmark by delivering a vampiric tale that delivers the proverbial goods in terms of performances, […]

Brad Pitt is a has-been that never was in the high-octane trailer for Joseph Kosinski’s F1

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Apple Original Films and Warner Bros. have let the latest trailer for Joseph Kosinski’s high-octane, action-packed F1 out of the pit-lane.  Starring Academy Award winner Brad Pitt (Once Upon a Time in Hollwood…) as a has been that never was, who is given one final shot at the big time when asked to mentor an […]

Go behind-the-scenes of F1 with new featurette for Warner Bros.’ racing movie

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Warner Bros. has shared a new featurette for the Formula One drama F1, which takes us behind the scenes as director Joseph Kosinski, star Damson Idris, and producers Lewis Hamilton and Jerry Bruckheimer discuss the making of the movie. The cast includes Brad Pitt, Damson Idris, Kerry Condon, Javier Bardem, Tobias Menzies, Sarah Niles, Kim […]

Brad Pitt to reunite with David Ayer for Heart of the Beast

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More than ten years after working together on the World War II action drama Fury, Brad Pitt and David Ayer will re-team on the survival thriller film Heart of the Beast. Heart of the Beast follows Pitt’s former Army Special Forces soldier and his retired combat dog who battle for survival after a plane crash […]

David Leitch in talks to direct Brad Pitt and George Clooney in Ocean’s 14

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The Fall Guy director David Leitch is in talks to helm the fourth film in the Ocean’s franchise, with Brad Pitt and George Clooney set to return.  Per The Insneider, George Clooney’s Smokehouse production company will be behind the film, which will be the first of the main franchise not to be directed by Steven […]

4K Ultra HD Review – Se7en (1995)

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Seven, 1995. Directed by David Fincher. Starring Brad Pitt, Morgan Freeman, Gwyneth Paltrow, John C. McGinley, Kevin Spacey, and R. Lee Ermey. SYNOPSIS: David Fincher’s 1995 classic Seven makes its 4K Ultra HD debut with beautifully remastered image quality that has some, what I think are unobtrusive, CGI enhancements. Nothing new was created in the […]

Fight Club at 25: An Incendiary brew of satire, style, dark comedy & violence

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As it celebrates its 25th anniversary, Hasitha Fernando looks at the story behind Fight Club… To say Fight Club is one of the most controversial cinematic efforts of the 1990s would be an understatement. The film can be bunched with 1955’s Rebel Without a Cause and 1967’s The Graduate in terms of thematic similarities but […]

Se7en receiving 30th anniversary 4K Ultra HD restoration release

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In celebration of the 30th anniversary of Se7en, Warner Bros. Discovery Home Entertainment has announced that David Fincher’s acclaimed psychological thriller will arrive on 4K Ultra HD this January with an all-new 4K restoration overseen by the director; check out the cover artwork and details here… SEE ALSO: Se7en: Looking back at David Fincher’s masterpiece […]