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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 deep […]

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 Soderbergh. […]

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 bonus features department, […]

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 still […]

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 masterpieceTwo cops […]

Inglourious Basterds: Quentin Tarantino’s Irreverent World War II Epic at 15

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Hasitha Fernando looks at the story behind Quentin Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds fifteen years on from its release…Whatever your opinion may be of Inglourious Basterds there’s no denying that the effort helmed by Quentin Tarantino was an entertaining, blood-soaked World War II romp featuring a memorable villain courtesy of Christoph Waltz. As the flick celebrates its […]

Movie Review – Wolfs (2024)

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Wolfs, 2024.Written and Directed by Jon Watts. Starring George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Amy Ryan, Austin Abrams, Poorna Jagannathan, Richard Kind, and Zlatko Burić.SYNOPSIS:Two rival fixers cross paths when they’re both called in to help cover up a prominent New York official’s misstep. Over one explosive night, they’ll have to set aside their petty grievances and […]

True Romance: The Story Behind the Cult Classic Crime Drama

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Released on this day in 1993, Hasitha Fernando dives into the story behind True Romance…Very few crime-dramas released in the 90s era have gone on to cement a cult status down the line, and True Romance is one such film that upon release didn’t receive the attention it deserved, but with the passage of time […]

New trailer for Wolfs starring Brad Pitt and George Clooney

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Ahead of its release this September, Apple TV+ has shared a new trailer for writer-director Jon Watts’ action comedy Wolfs.The film reunites Ocean’s Eleven and Burn After Reading’s George Clooney and Brad Pitt, who star as two ‘lone wolf’ fixers that are hired to work together to cover up the crime of a prominent New […]