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36 Actors Who Could Be The 007th James Bond

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Simon Columb with 36 actors who could be the 007th James Bond… Straight off the bat, we’ve got to be open-minded about what defines James Bond. I’d argue that James Bond needs to be have a smart, smooth presentation with a brawling, rough depth beneath the surface. The whole backstory needs to be buried in […]

Terry Gilliam’s The Man Who Killed Don Quixote to start shooting in September

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After years of aborted attempts to bring his vision to the screen, it looks like Terry Gilliam is finally set to get underway on his long-gestating The Man Who Killed Don Quixote. This week has brought fresh hope for Gilliam after Paris-based film company Alfama Films, run by Paulo Branco, has come aboard to produce the […]

69th Cannes Film Festival Review – Money Monster (2016)

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Money Monster, 2016 Directed by Jodie Foster Starring George Clooney, Julia Roberts, Jack O’Connell, Caitriona Balfe and Dominic West SYNOPSIS: The presenter and producer of a flamboyant financial news TV show finds themselves in a hostage situation when a young, working class investor decides to take revenge for the tumbling share price of a major […]

Movie Review – Money Monster (2016)

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Money Monster, 2016. Directed by Jodie Foster. Starring George Clooney, Julia Roberts, Jack O’Connell, Caitriona Balfe, Giancarlo Esposito, Christopher Denham, Emily Meade, and Dominic West. SYNOPSIS: The presenter and producer of a flamboyant financial news TV show find themselves in a hostage situation when a young, working class investor decides to take revenge for the […]

First trailer for Money Monster shows George Clooney being held hostage

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Jodie Foster’s latest directorial effort, Money Monster, has just received its first trailer. The brand new footage from the film shows George Clooney (Tomorrowland) portraying a Jim Cramer-esque investment guru/TV personality named Lee Gates who is taken hostage during a live taping of his show by a man with a grudge against him. See the trailer, […]

Movie Review – Unbroken (2014)

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Unbroken, 2014. Directed by Angelina Jolie. Starring Jack O’Connell, Domhnall Gleeson, Miyavi, Jai Courtney, Alex Russell, Finn Wittrock, Garrett Hedlund and Luke Treadaway. SYNOPSIS: The true and inspiring story of Louie Zamperini, Olympic athlete and WWII vet who survived air raids, 45 days in open sea with no food or water, and two years in […]

DVD Review – God’s Pocket (2014)

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God’s Pocket, 2014. Directed by John Slattery. Starring Philip Seymour Hoffman, Christina Hendricks, Richard Jenkins, John Turturro and Eddie Marsan. SYNOPSIS: A blue collar worker (Hoffman) tries to cover things up when his stepson is killed in a suspicious accident, but a local reporter (Jenkins) senses that something’s amiss. Mad Men is one of many […]

Blu-ray Review – God’s Pocket (2014)

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God’s Pocket, 2014. Directed by John Slattery. Starring Philip Seymour Hoffman, Christina Hendricks, Eddie Marsan, Richard Jenkins, John Turturro, Caleb Landry Jones, Jack O’Connell and Bill Buell. SYNOPSIS: In the working-class Philadelphia district of God’s Pocket, the suspicions of the residents are raised when a young manual labourer dies on site. His step-father attempts to […]

DVD Review – God’s Pocket (2014)

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God’s Pocket, 2014. Directed by John Slattery. Starring Philip Seymour Hoffman, Christina Hendricks, Richard Jenkins, John Turturro and Eddie Marsan. SYNOPSIS: A low-level petty criminal tries to cover up the suspicious death of his no-good stepson while his wife tries to uncover the truth with the help of a drunken newspaper journalist. In his final […]