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10 Best Villain Actors Working in Hollywood Today

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Tom Beasley on the 10 best villain actors working in Hollywood today…Ask most actors what kind of role they like playing the most and they’ll tell you that they love having the opportunity to play a full-throttle, moustache-twirling villain. The old adage that bad guys have more fun is definitely true on the big screen, […]

Gary Oldman and Jessica Alba star in trailer for Killers Anonymous

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Lionsgate has released a poster, images and trailer for the upcoming action crime thriller Killers Anonymous which follows members of a support group for assassins who find themselves in a kill or be killed situation after a botched hit on a US senator. Directed by Martin Owen, the film stars Gary Oldman, Jessica Alba, Tommy […]

The Fifth Element with comedian Bec Hill – The Pick of the Flicks Podcast #26

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On The Pick of the Flicks Podcast, a different guest drops in every week to chat about their favourite film. This week, stand-up comedian Bec Hill chooses to discuss Luc Besson’s loony 1990s sci-fi The Fifth Element…On the latest episode of The Pick of the Flicks Podcast, our guest is stand-up comic Bec Hill. She […]

Gary Oldman, Armie Hammer and Evangeline Lilly head to Dreamland

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Variety is reporting that Gary Oldman (Darkest Hour), Armie Hammer (Call Me By Your Name) and Evangeline Lilly (Ant-Man and the Wasp) are set to star in Dreamland, a thriller from writer-director Nicholas Jarecki (Arbitage).Dreamland will feature three stories, taking place in the world of opioids – “a drug trafficker arranges a multi-cartel Fentanyl smuggling […]

Gary Oldman and Olga Kurylenko to star in UK action thriller The Courier

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Gary Oldman (Darkest Hour) and Olga Kurylenko (Quantum of Solace) are set to star in the British action thriller The Courier, Deadline has revealed.The film will see Kurylenko playing “a courier whose daily deliveries are interrupted when she discovers that her latest package is a bomb aimed at killing a witness who is about to […]

October Horrors 2018 Day 25 – Hannibal (2001)

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Hannibal, 2001.Directed by Ridley Scott. Starring Anthony Hopkins, Julianne Moore, Ray Liotta, Frankie Faison, Giancarlo Gianni, and Gary Oldman.SYNOPSIS:Years after his escape from prison, cannibalistic serial killer Dr Hannibal Lecter has made a new life for himself living in Florence under the guise of an art historian. At the same time, FBI agent Clarice Starling […]

Movie Review – Hunter Killer (2018)

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Hunter Killer, 2018.Directed by Donovan Marsh. Starring Gary Oldman, Gerard Butler, Common, Ryan McPartlin, Linda Cardellini. Michael Nyqvist, Michael Trucco, Caroline Goodall, Zane Holtz, Toby Stephens, David Gyasi, Gabriel Chavarria, Carter MacIntyre, Taylor John Smith, Henry Goodman, Colin Stinton, Shane Taylor, Will Attenborough, Christopher Goh, Sarah Middleton, Mikhail Gorevoy, Adam James, Corey Johnson, Alexander Diachenko, […]

October Horrors 2018 Day 18 – Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1992)

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Bram Stoker’s Dracula, 1992.Directed by Francis Ford Coppola. Starring Gary Oldman, Winona Ryder, Anthony Hopkins, Keanu Reeves, Richard E. Grant, Cary Elwes, Billy Campbell, Sadie Frost, and Tom Waits.SYNOPSIS:In the 15th century, Prince Vlad renounces God and calls upon the powers of darkness to grant him eternal life until he is rejoined with his late […]

New featurette for Hunter Killer takes us behind-the-scenes

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Ahead of its theatrical release later this month, a new featurette has arrived online for Lionsgate’s upcoming action thriller Hunter Killer which includes interviews with stars Gary Oldman and Gerard Butler, director Donovan Marsh, producers Les Weldon, John Thompson, and Toby Jaffe, and war room advisor Captain Russell Coons and sees them discussing the U.S. Navy’s […]

Final poster and trailer for Hunter Killer starring Gerard Butler and Gary Oldman

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Ahead of its theatrical release next month, Lionsgate has revealed the final poster and trailer for Donovan Marsh’s upcoming action thriller Hunter Killer which stars Gerard Butler, Gary Oldman, Common, Linda Cardellini, and Toby Stephens; take a look here…Deep under the Arctic Ocean, American submarine Captain Joe Glass (Gerard Butler, Olympus Has Fallen, 300) is on the […]