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Ralph Fiennes cast as President Snow in The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping

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Lionsgate has found its new President Snow for the prequel The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping. Joining the film as the franchise’s main antagonist is Ralph Fiennes, fresh off his Oscar nomination for Conclave. Fiennes takes over the role from the late Donald Sutherland, who played Snow in the original four films of The Hunger Games series, […]

The Essential Donald Sutherland Films

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With the sad news that the legendary Donald Sutherland has passed away, we look at eight essential Sutherland movies that you must see… Donald Sutherland was a fixture on the big screen for 60 years, remaining prolific even in recent years. The iconic actor left us at 88 years old and given his constant presence […]

The 10 Best Villains in Sylvester Stallone Movies

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Every hero needs a formidable villain and action titan Sylvester Stallone has faced plenty. We look at the ten best villains in Stallone movies… Most action films live or die on the strength of the villain. An underwhelming villain can kill a film, especially if the hero isn’t all that interesting. We’ve taken a look […]

Movie Review – Miranda’s Victim (2023)

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Miranda’s Victim, 2023. Directed by Michelle Danner. Starring Abigail Breslin, Andy García, Donald Sutherland, Luke Wilson, Emily VanCamp, Ryan Phillippe, Kyle MacLachlan, Mireille Enos, Enrique Murciano, Taryn Manning, Joshua Bowman, Brent Sexton, Sebastian Quinn, Josephine Hies, Nolan Gould, Dan Lauria, Maricelis Galanes, Michael Mulheren, John Buffalo Mailer, Brian Colin Foley, Cameron Balbi, Carley Harper, Sheilagh […]

Trailer for courtroom drama Miranda’s Victim starring Abigail Breslin, Luke Wilson and Ryan Phillippe

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Vertical has released a poster and trailer for Miranda’s Victim, the upcoming crime drama from director Michelle Danner. Based on true events, the film tells the story of Trish Weir (Abigail Breslin), a woman who suffered through witnessing the man that sexually assaulted have his guilty verdict overturned after he confessed to the brutal crime […]

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Was The Split Necessary?

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Robert Kojder on whether The Hunger Games: Mockingjay should have been split in two… Unless you have been living under a rock, then you have probably noticed the recent lucrative trend by Hollywood to take the final chapter of an adaptation and split it into multiple forms. In some cases the decision has been justified […]

Blu-ray Review – Ordinary People (1980)

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Ordinary People, 1980. Directed by Robert Redford. Starring Donald Sutherland, Mary Tyler Moore, Timothy Hutton, M. Emmet Walsh, Judd Hirsch, and Elizabeth McGovern. SYNOPSIS: Robert Redford’s directorial debut, the Oscar-winning drama Ordinary People, arrives on Blu-ray for the first time, courtesy of the Paramount Presents line. Redford oversaw a new 4K transfer that was used […]

Blu-ray Review – Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)

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Invasion of the Body Snatchers, 1978. Directed by Philip Kaufman. Starring Donald Sutherland, Brooke Adams, Leonard Nimoy, Jeff Goldblum, Veronica Cartwright. SYNOPSIS: Kino Lorber has released the Blu-ray that accompanied their 4K UltraHD edition of Invasion of the Body Snatchers, complete with all the bonus features found on it. The disc uses a 4K restoration, […]

Revisiting Klute: An Overlooked Masterpiece of Paranoia Cinema

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Tom Jolliffe looks back at Alan J. Pakula’s Klute, an essential piece of 70’s paranoia cinema… Over the course of cinema history, there have been a number of great thrillers that amped up the tension and levels of paranoia. In American cinema, a prolific era was the 1970s. Deep into cold war paranoia, espionage and […]