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Aldis Hodge joins Road House 2

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As Jake Gyllenhaal’s Road House 2 gears up for production, Amazon MGM Studios has announced Aldis Hodge (Cross) is the latest actor to join the film. Released last year as a remake to the 1989 original, Road House featured Gyllenhaal as ex-UFC fighter Elwood Dalton who takes a job as a bouncer at a Florida roadhouse and becomes embroiled […]

First trailer for Maggie Gyllenhaal’s Frankenstein-inspired The Bride! starring Jessie Buckley and Christian Bale

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Warner Bros. has debuted the first trailer for writer-director Maggie Gyllenhaal’s dark romantic monster horror The Bride! Inspired by the classic 1935 sci-fi horror Bride of Frankenstein, the film sees Dr. Frankenstein seek the help of Dr. Euphronius to help revive the body of a murdered woman in order to create a companion for himself. […]

Presumed Innocent becomes anthology series with Rachel Brosnahan leading season 2

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Apple TV+’s legal drama thriller Presumed Innocent is becoming an anthology series. The first season was led by Jake Gyllenhaal, and now it will have Superman and The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel star Rachel Brosnahan taking centre stage as the lead for season two. Presumed Innocent season two will be based on the upcoming legal thriller Dissection of a […]

M. Night Shyamalan and Nicholas Sparks film Remain set for 2026

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M. Night Shyamalan is showing off another side of his filmmaking ability, and he’s teaming with novelist Nicholas Sparks to make it happen. Remain will be a novel and film project co-created by both Sparks and Shyamalan. Sparks’ novel version will be released later this year, and the film will come out a year later. […]

Guy Ritchie eyeing Road House reboot sequel

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Road House could return with Guy Ritchie throwing his hat into the boxing ring for the sequel to last year’s remake. Puck News reported over the weekend that Ritchie will take over the directing duties of this rebooted franchise, replacing Doug Liman. Will Beall is reportedly penning the script for this sequel. ​The 2024 remake […]

Jake Gyllenhaal set to star in M. Night Shyamalan’s supernatural romance

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Jake Gyllenhaal is hopefully going to tap into some of that Nightcrawler darkness by singing on to star in M. Night Shyamalan’s mysterious new supernatural romance. According to Deadline the untiled film is a supernatural romantic thriller which has been written by Shyamalan alongside Nicholas Sparks, who is best known for the likes of A […]

Nightcrawler at 10: A Riveting Thrill Ride Into the Dark Side of Journalism

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Hasitha Fernando looks at the story behind Nightcrawler as it celebrates its 10th anniversary… Dan Gilroy’s Nightcrawler offers audiences a glimpse into the dark side of stringer journalism where morals, media ethics and common decency are non-existent, and the value of a new item is dictated by the level of violence and controversy attached to […]

4K Ultra HD Review – Zodiac (2007)

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Zodiac, 2007. Directed by David Fincher. Starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Mark Ruffalo, Robert Downey Jr., Anthony Edwards, Brian Cox, Elias Koteas, Donal Logue, John Carroll Lynch, and Dermot Mulroney. SYNOPSIS: David Fincher’s 2007 classic Zodiac makes its 4K Ultra HD debut in a new edition from Paramount that also includes the two Blu-ray discs that comprised […]

Blu-ray Review – Brokeback Mountain (2005)

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Brokeback Mountain, 2005. Directed by Ang Lee. Starring Heath Ledger, Jake Gyllenhaal, Linda Cardellini, Anna Faris, Anne Hathaway, Michelle Williams, and Randy Quaid. SYNOPSIS: Ang Lee’s 2005 classic Brokeback Mountain arrives on Blu-ray and 4K Ultra HD from Kino Lorber, which commissioned a sparkling new 4K scan of the original camera negative. The company also […]