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Margot Robbie is hungry for fame in official trailer for Damien Chazelle’s Babylon

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If the early buzz for Damien La La Land Chazelle’s Babylon is to be believed, then subtlety isn’t a watch-word for his three-hour, star-studded 1920s-set epic, which appears to be dialling up the razzmatazz up to eleven with each new look behind the Hollywood curtain we’re given.  This latest glimpse at moviemaking excess features Chazelle’s standard issue trumpets, […]

Deadpool 2 director says Brad Pitt no longer up for Cable role, talks Michael Shannon

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As casting rumors and hype for the much-anticipated role of Cable in Deadpool 2 continues to sizzle, it was recently reported that Brad Pitt was in contention to join the film as Nathan Summers. Last week some concept art landed online which featured Pitt as the character, and was quickly removed by 20th Century Fox. […]

Babylon featurette welcomes you to the depraved world of Damien Chazelle’s Hollywood epic

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Paramount Pictures are giving you a peek behind the curtain at the extreme depravity, debauchery and excess of Damien Chazelle’s Babylon with a new behind-the-scenes featurette. Starring an impressive ensemble of Brad Pitt, Margot Robbie, Diego Calva, Jean Smart, Jovan Adepo, Li Jun Li, P.J. Byrne, Lukas Haas, Olivia Hamilton, Tobey Maguire, Max Minghella, Rory […]

Babylon: A Dazzling Throwback to Classic Cinema?

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Tom Jolliffe looks ahead to Babylon, the star-studded upcoming film from Damien Chazelle, and wonders if it might be a movie like they used to make… When Martin Scorsese bemoaned an evolution in cinema that was leading to a dearth in the cinematic style of old, he caused something of an uproar. Increasingly, others have […]

A Terry Gilliam Christmas

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Tom Jolliffe looks back at Brazil and 12 Monkeys, released in December 1985 and 1995 respectively… Former Python animation specialist, Terry Gilliam turned his hand to film direction and became known for creating films absolutely loaded with visual whimsy and outlandishly creative ideas. The limits of budget never stifled Gilliam’s own limits despite some frustrations, […]

Watch Brad Pitt and Margot Robbie make a scene in the trailer for Damien Chazelle’s Babylon

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“Who wants to see me fight a f*cking snake?” bellows Margot Robbie during the crescendo to the trailer for Damien La La Land Chazelle’s Babylon, a star-studded 1920s-set Hollywood inspired drama which appears to be dialling the razzmatazz up to eleven and sprinkling it with the likes of Brad Pitt, Jean Smart, Tobey Maguire, Katherine […]

Damien Chazelle’s Babylon gets a batch of character posters

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Six character posters have been revealed for Babylon, Damien Chazelle’s star-studded 1920s-set Hollywood inspired drama featuring stars Margot Robbie, Brad Pitt, Diego Calva, Jovan Adepo, Li Jun Li, and Jean Smart; take a look here…   “BABYLON is an original epic set in 1920s Los Angeles. A tale of outsized ambition and outrageous excess, it […]

Margot Robbie, Tobey Maguire, Brad Pitt and more in first look at Damien Chazelle’s Babylon

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Paramount Pictures has released the first images from La La Land director Damien Chazelle’s star-studded 1920s-set Hollywood inspired drama Babylon featuring cast members Margot Robbie, Tobey Maguire, Li Jun Li, Brad Pitt, Lukas Haas, Diego Calva, Jean Smart, and Jovan Adepo; take a look here…   “BABYLON is an original epic set in 1920s Los […]

Movie Review – Bullet Train (2022)

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Bullet Train, 2022. Directed by David Leitch. Starring Brad Pitt, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Brian Tyree Henry, Joey King, Zazie Beetz, Bad Bunny, Andrew Koji, Michael Shannon, Hiroyuki Sanada, Sandra Bullock, and Logan Lerman. SYNOPSIS: Five assassins aboard a fast-moving bullet train find out their missions have something in common. Aboard the titular bullet train (a high-speed […]

Shout! Factory bringing Ralph Bakshi’s Cool World to Blu-ray

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Director Ralph Bakshi’s (The Lord of the Rings) cult 1992 live-action/animated hybrid Cool World – starring Brad Pitt, Kim Basinger and Gabriel Byrne – is coming to Blu-ray this September with a special Collector’s Edition release from Shout! Factory. Check out the artwork here, along with the bonus features… When ex-con cartoonist Jack Deebs (Gabriel […]