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Gary Oldman to play Winston Churchill in Darkest Hour

April 17, 2016 by Gary Collinson

According to Deadline, Gary Oldman is in talks to play British Prime Minister Winston Churchill in Darkest Hour, an epic drama from Working Title and director Joe Wright (Pan). The project, which has been scripted by Anthony McCarten (The Theory of Everything), takes place in 1940 as Churchill becomes Prime Minister in the midst of […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: Darkest Hour, Gary Oldman

Movie Review – Criminal (2016)

April 15, 2016 by Robert Kojder

Criminal, 2016. Directed by Ariel Vromen. Starring Kevin Costner, Gary Oldman, Gal Gadot, Tommy Lee Jones, Michael Pitt, Amaury Nolasco, Antje Traue, Alice Eve, Jordi Molla, Scott Adkins, Natalie Burn, Robert Davi, and Ryan Reynolds. SYNOPSIS: In a last-ditch effort to stop a diabolical plot, a dead CIA operative’s memories, secrets, and skills are implanted […]

Filed Under: Movies, Reviews, Robert Kojder Tagged With: alice eve, Amaury Nolasco, Antje Traue, Ariel Vromen, Criminal, Gal Gadot, Gary Oldman, Jordi Molla, kevin costner, Michael Pitt, Natalie Burn, Robert Davi, Ryan Reynolds, Scott Adkins, Tommy Lee Jones

Gary Oldman gives J.K. Simmons advice on playing Commissioner Gordon in Justice League

April 10, 2016 by Justin Cook

In 2017’s Justice League Part One, Oscar winner J.K. Simmons will be taking on the iconic role of Gotham City’s Commissioner James Gordon, making him the first actor to play the part in a live-action film since Gary Oldman did so in The Dark Knight Rises. In fact, Oldman, who was among a slew of […]

Filed Under: Justin Cook, Movies, News Tagged With: Batman, Gary Oldman, J.K. Simmons, Justice League Part One

BFI Review – True Romance (1993)

December 4, 2015 by Simon Columb

True Romance, 1993 Directed by Tony Scott. Starring Christian Slater, Patricia Arquette, Dennis Hopper, Michael Rapaport, James Gandolfini, Christopher Walken, Gary Oldman, Samuel L. Jackson, Val Kilmer and Brad Pitt. SYNOPSIS: Two lovers are on the run after killing a small-time pimp and stealing his drugs … “You’re so cool”. The three words Patricia Arquette’s […]

Filed Under: Movies, Reviews, Simon Columb Tagged With: Brad Pitt, Christian Slater, Christopher Walken, Dennis Hopper, Gary Oldman, James Gandolfini, Michael Rapaport, Patricia Arquette, Samuel L. Jackson, Tony Scott, True Romance, Val Kilmer

Movie Review – Child 44 (2015)

April 20, 2015 by Helen Murdoch

Child 44, 2015. Directed by Daniel Espinosa. Starring Tom Hardy, Noomi Rapace, Gary Oldman, Joel Kinnaman, Jason Clarke, Paddy Considine and Vincent Cassel. SYNOPSIS: A disgraced member of the military police investigates a series of nasty child murders during the Stalin-era Soviet Union.   Based on Tom Rob Smith’s 2008 novel; Child 44 proves how […]

Filed Under: Helen Murdoch, Movies, Reviews Tagged With: Child 44, Daniel Espinosa, Gary Oldman, Jason Clarke, Joel Kinnaman, Noomi Rapace, Paddy Considine, Tom Hardy, Vincent Cassel

Ryan Reynolds, Samuel L. Jackson and Gary Oldman set for action movie The Hitman’s Bodyguard

November 22, 2015 by Gary Collinson

The cast for Millennium Films and Jeff Wadlow’s (Kick-Ass 2) upcoming action movie The Hitman’s Bodyguard has come together, with The Hollywood Reporter revealing that Ryan Reynolds, Samuel L. Jackson and Gary Oldman have signed on to appear in the film. The Hitman’s Bodyguard follows “the world’s top protection agent (Reynolds) who has a new […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: Gary Oldman, Ryan Reynolds, Samuel L. Jackson, The Hitman's Bodyguard

Gerard Butler and Gary Oldman action thriller Hunter Killer gets a release date

March 24, 2018 by Gary Collinson

Having been part of Relativity Media’s slate before its collapse, the Gerard Butler and Gary Oldman action thriller Hunter Killer has now secured a U.S. release thanks to Summit Entertainment, which will open the movie this October. Directed by Donovan Marsh and based upon Don Keith and George Wallace’s novel Firing Point, the film sees […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: Gary Oldman, Gerard Butler, hunter killer

Gary Oldman would like Joaquin Phoenix to play Batman after Ben Affleck

January 9, 2018 by Samuel Brace

Once Ben Affleck steps aside, former Gordon actor Gary Oldman would like to see Joaquin Phoenix take up the role of Batman. Oldman, who is known for a slew of roles including playing Jim Gordon is Christopher Nolan’s Dark Knight Trilogy opposite Christian Bale’s Batman, has recently been picking up awards for his portrayal of […]

Filed Under: Movies, News, Samuel Brace Tagged With: Batman, Ben Affleck, DC, Gary Oldman, Joaquin Phoenix, The Batman

Netflix secures rights to Maika Monroe and Gary Oldman sci-fi Tau

November 4, 2017 by Matt Rodgers

Netflix have acquired the distribution rights to Federico D’Alessandro’s Tau, which judging by the synopsis below sounds like Home Alone meets Room, by way of Ex-Machina. Starring It Follows and The Guest’s Maika Monroe, the sci-fi thriller will also feature Ed Skrein (Deadpool) and Gary Oldman (Darkest Hour). Tau follows a once street-smart grifter, Julia (Monroe) […]

Filed Under: Matt Rodgers, Movies, News Tagged With: Ed Skrein, Gary Oldman, maika monroe, netflix, Tau

Darkest Hour gets a series of character posters

October 22, 2017 by Amie Cranswick

With just a month to go until it arrives in US cinemas, five character posters have been released for the upcoming biographical drama Darkest Hour featuring Gary Oldman as Winston Churchill, Kristin Scott Thomas as Clementine Churchill, Ben Mendelsohn as King George VI,  Lily James as Elizabeth Layton, and Stephen Dillane as Viscount Halifax; check them out here… […]

Filed Under: Amie Cranswick, Movies, News Tagged With: Ben Mendelsohn, Darkest Hour, Gary Oldman, Kristin Scott Thomas, Lily James, Stephen Dillane

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