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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 cover the traces […]

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 […]

Cast your vote for BAFTA’s 2015 EE Rising Star Award

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Ahead of Friday’s British Academy Film Awards nominations, BAFTA has announced the contenders for the EE Rising Star Award – the only honour voted on by you, the British public. The nominees for the 2015 award are: Jack O’Connell – Starred Up, ’71 Miles Teller – Whiplash, Divergent Margot Robbie – The Wolf of Wall […]

Second Opinion – 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:After a near-fatal plane crash in WWII, Olympian Louis Zamperini spends a harrowing 47 days in a raft with two fellow crewmen before he’s caught by the Japanese navy and sent to a prisoner-of-war […]

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 Japanese POW camps […]

An Inside Look at Angelina Jolie’s Unbroken

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Ahead of its U.S. release on Christmas Day, a new 13-minute featurette for Angelina Jolie’s latest directorial offering Unbroken has arrived online, giving us an inside look at the World War II survival drama. Check it out below after the official synopsis…SEE ALSO: Watch six clips from UnbrokenAcademy Award winner Angelina Jolie directs and produces […]

Check out six clips from Angelina Jolie’s Unbroken

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Ahead of its release on Christmas Day, Universal Pictures have debuted six clips from Unbroken, the World War II survival tale from director Angelina Jolie and starring Jack O’Connell (Starred Up) as Olympic athlete Louie Zamperini. Check them out below after the official synopsis…SEE ALSO: Watch Angelina Jolie talk about Unbroken on The Daily Show […]

Kristen Stewart to play Jean Seberg in Against All Enemies

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Deadline is reporting that Kristen Stewart will be taking on the role of actress Jean Seberg (Breathless) in the upcoming political thriller Against All Enemies, which is being directed by Benedict Andrews (Una).American actress Seberg divided her time between Hollywood and France, where she became a darling of the French New Wave. However, due to […]

Trailer for Steven Soderbergh’s Western series Godless welcomes us to No Man’s Land

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Ahead its arrival on Netflix next month, the streaming service has released a poster and trailer for Steven Soderbergh-produced seven-part Western series Godless which stars Jack O’Connell, Michelle Dockery, Jeff Daniels, Merritt Wever, and Scoot McNairy; check them out here…Notorious criminal Frank Griffin (Jeff Daniels) and his gang of outlaws are on a mission of revenge against Roy […]