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Movie Review – The World to Come (2021)

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The World to Come, 2021.Directed by Mona Fastvold. Starring Vanessa Kirby, Katherine Waterston, Casey Affleck, Christopher Abbott, Andreea Vasile, and Karina Ziana Gherasim.SYNOPSIS:Somewhere along the mid-19th century American East Coast frontier, two neighboring couples battle hardship and isolation, witnessed by a splendid yet testing landscape, challenging them both physically and psychologically.It’s fitting that The World […]

Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer unleashes new trailer

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Following on from yesterday’s poster, Universal Pictures has now shared a new trailer for Oppenheimer, the star-studded biographical thriller from writer-director Christopher Nolan which is based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning book American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer by Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin; watch it below…“The IMAX-shot epic thriller thrusts […]

Matt Damon and Casey Affleck to star in Doug Liman’s The Instigators

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Apple Original Films has set Matt Damon and Casey Affleck to star in The Instigators, a drama feature which will reteam Damon with his The Bourne Identity director Doug Liman.As per THR, the film will see Damon and Affleck (the other one) playing two thieves on the run with the help of one of their […]

Vanessa Kirby and Katherine Waterston find romance in UK trailer for The World to Come

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Sony Pictures UK has has shared a poster and trailer for director Mona Fastvold’s romantic drama The World to Come which stars Katherine Waterston and Vanessa Kirby as lonely neighbours living in the bleak American Northwest who begin to fill a void in their lives when they find themselves irrevocably drawn to each other; take […]

Movie Review – Every Breath You Take (2021)

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Every Breath You Take, 2021.Directed by Vaughn Stein. Starring Casey Affleck, Michelle Monaghan, Sam Claflin, Emily Alyn Lind, India Eisley, Hiro Kanagawa, and Veronica Ferres.SYNOPSIS:A psychiatrist, whose client commits suicide, finds his family life disrupted after introducing her surviving brother to his wife and daughter.There are some interesting questions posed at the beginning of Every […]

Casey Affleck, Michelle Monaghan and Sam Claflin star in trailer for Every Breath You Take

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Vertical Entertainment has released a poster and trailer for director Vaughn Stein’s psychological thriller Every Breath You Take which stars Casey Affleck as a psychiatrist who finds his career in jeopardy and his family life torn apart after he invites the brother of a patient who recently who took her own life, into his home; […]

2021 Sundance Film Festival Review – The World to Come

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The World to Come, 2020.Directed by Mona Fastvold. Starring Katherine Waterston, Vanessa Kirby, Casey Affleck, and Christopher Abbott.SYNOPSIS:Somewhere along the mid-19th century American East Coast frontier, two neighbouring couples battle hardship and isolation, witnessed by a splendid yet testing landscape, challenging them both physically and psychologically.Period gay romance has carved out quite the substantial niche […]

Movie Review – Our Friend (2019)

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Our Friend, 2019.Directed by Gabriela Cowperthwaite. Starring Casey Affleck, Dakota Johnson. Jason Segel, Gwendoline Christie, Cherry Jones, Ahna O’Reilly, Jake Owen, Denée Benton, Marielle Scott, Isabella Kai, Violet McGraw, and Michael Papajohn.SYNOPSIS:After receiving life-altering news, a couple finds unexpected support from their best friend, who puts his own life on hold and moves into their […]

Dakota Johnson, Jason Segel and Casey Affleck star in trailer for dramedy Our Friend

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Universal Pictures has released a trailer for the dramedy Our Friend which stars Casey Affleck (The Old Man & The Gun), Dakota Johnson (Suspiria) and Jason Segel (How I Met Your Mother).Directed by Gabriela Cowperthwaite (Megan Leavey) with the script written by Brad Ingelsby (The Way Back), the film is based on a true story that […]