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Movie Review – Juliet, Naked (2018)

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Juliet, Naked, 2018. Directed by Jesse Peretz. Starring Rose Byrne, Ethan Hawke, Chris O’Dowd, Megan Dodds, Lily Newmark, Jimmy O. Yang, Azhy Robertson, Ayoola Smart, Lily Brazier, Johanna Thea, Georgina Bevan, and Tom Patrick Stephens. SYNOPSIS: Juliet, Naked is the story of Annie (the long-suffering girlfriend of Duncan) and her unlikely transatlantic romance with once […]

Movie Review – Born to Be Blue (2015)

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Born to Be Blue, 2015. Directed by Robert Budreau. Starring Ethan Hawke, Carmen Ejogo, Callum Keith Rennie and Stephen McHattie. SYNOPSIS: The career of jazz musician Chet Baker (Ethan Hawke) looks to be over.  He’s addicted to cocaine and a savage beating makes playing the trumpet almost impossible.  But he’s determined to get back to the top. […]

Chicago Critics Film Festival 2018 Review – First Reformed

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First Reformed, 2018. Written and Directed by Paul Schrader. Starring Ethan Hawke, Amanda Seyfried, Cedric the Entertainer, Philip Ettinger, Michael Gaston, Victoria Hill, and Van Hansis. SYNOPSIS: A former military chaplain is wracked by grief over the death of his son. Mary is a member of his church whose husband, a radical environmentalist, commits suicide, […]

Trailer for Logan Marshall-Green’s directorial debut Adopt a Highway starring Ethan Hawke

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With just two weeks to go until its release, a trailer and poster have arrived online for the upcoming drama Adopt a Highway. The film marks the directorial debut for Logan Marshall-Green and stars Ethan Hawke as an ex-convict who realises he has a chance for redemption when he find a baby abandoned in a […]

Movie Review – The Captor (2018)

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The Captor, 2018. Directed by Robert Budreau. Starring Ethan Hawke, Noomi Rapace, Mark Strong, Christopher Heyerdahl, Bea Santos, Mark Rendall and Thorbjørn Harr. SYNOPSIS: A slightly bumbling bank robber forms an intimate bond with one of his hostages. The term ‘Stockholm syndrome’ is a famous one, referring to the phenomenon in which a hostage or […]

First trailer for Stockholm starring Ethan Hawke, Noomi Rapace and Mark Strong

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Ahead of its limited theatrical release next month, a poster and trailer have been released for the dark comedy crime-drama Stockholm. Written and directed by Robert Budreau, the film tells the true story of the 1973 Stockholm bank heist, which give first give rise to the term ‘Stockholm Syndrome’ after the hostages defended their captors, […]

First trailer for Vincent D’Onofrio-directed western The Kid

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With just two weeks to go until its release, a poster and trailer have arrived online for the upcoming Western The Kid. The film is directed by Vincent D’Onofrio, who also stars alongside Ethan Hawke, Dane DeHaan, Jake Schur, Chris Pratt, Leila George; check them out here… In this thrilling Western, a young boy, Rio […]

Oscars 2019: Biggest snubs and surprises from the Academy Award nominations

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Tom Beasley takes a dive into the Oscar nominations to spotlight the biggest snubs and surprises from today’s shortlists… Today, the final nominations for the Oscars 2019 were announced over in Hollywood, sending a mixture of joy and rage rattling through the film world. As usual, most of the major players were pretty easy to […]

2018 BFI London Film Festival Review – Blaze

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Blaze, 2018. Directed by Ethan Hawke. Starring Ben Dickey, Alia Shawkat, Charlie Sexton, David Kallaway, Richard Linklater, Jenn Lyon, Sam Rockwell, Steve Zahn, Ritchie Montgomery, Wyatt Russell, D. Taylor Loeb, and Kris Kristofferson. SYNOPSIS: A biopic of the largely unknown country musician Blaze Foley, charting his tumultuous life, from his early marriage to his short but […]