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Jamie Dornan and Matthew Rhys to star in Death and Nightingales for BBC Two

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Jamie Dornan (Fifty Shades of Grey), Matthew Rhys (The Americans) and Ann Skelly (Red Rock) have been cast in the three-part BBC Two drama Death and Nightingales, which will reunite Dornan with The Fall creator Allan Cubitt.Described as a story of love, betrayal, deception and revenge, Death and Nightingales takes place in 1885 over a […]

Trolls 2 adds Sam Rockwell, Jamie Dornan, Chance the Rapper and more

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DreamWorks Animation has announced the voice cast for Trolls 2, with Sam Rockwell (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri), Jamie Dornan (Fifty Shades of Grey) and Chance the Rapper (Slice) boarding the sequel to the 2016 animated family film.Reprising their roles from the first movie are Anna Kendrick (Poppy), Justin Timberlake (Branch), James Corden (Biggie), Caroline […]

First trailer for Robin Hood starring Taron Egerton

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Following yesterday’s character posters, Lionsgate has now released the first trailer and teaser poster for Robin Hood, the new telling of the folk hero starring Taron Egerton; check them out here, along with a batch of first-look images…Robin of Loxley (Taron Egerton) a war-hardened Crusader and his Moorish commander (Jamie Foxx) mount an audacious revolt […]

Jamie Dornan joins Rosamund Pike in A Private War

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Fifty Shades of Grey star Jamie Dornan has signed on to join Rosamund Pike (Gone Girl) in the cast of the Marie Colvin biopic A Private War, Variety has revealed.The film, which is being directed by Matthew Heineman’s (Cartel Land), tells the story of American war journalist Colvin (Pike), and explores Colvin’s assignments in conflict zones such as […]

Movie Review – Fifty Shades Darker (2017)

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Fifty Shades Darker, 2017.Directed by James Foley Starring Dakota Johnson, Jamie Dornan, Bella Heathcote, Eric Johnson, Eloise Mumford, Rita Ora, Luke Grimes, Victor Rasuk, Max Martini, Bruce Altman, Marcia Gay Harden, and Kim Basinger.SYNOPSIS:While Christian wrestles with his inner demons, Anastasia must confront the anger and envy of the women who came before her.There is absolutely […]

DVD Review – Anthropoid (2016)

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Anthropoid, 2016. Directed by Sean Ellis Starring Cillian Murphy, Jamie Dornan, Charlotte Le Bon, Anna Geislerova and Toby Jones. SYNOPSIS: Based on a true story, Anthropoid details the successful assassination of SS General, Reinhard Heydrich during World War II by a small group of Czech resistance fighters deployed by parachute near Prague. In line with […]

Movie Review – Anthropoid (2016)

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Anthropoid, 2016. Directed by Sean Ellis. Starring Cillian Murphy, Jamie Dornan, Anna Geislerová, Charlotte Le Bon and Alena Mihulová. SYNOPSIS: Based on the true story of WWII’s Operation Anthropoid, where resistance fighters in Czechoslovakia attempted to assassinate “Butcher of Prague,” SS General Reinhard Heydrich. According to Oxford Dictionaries, “anthropoid” means “resembling a human being in form.” In Sam […]

Movie Review – The 9th Life of Louis Drax (2016)

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The 9th Life of Louis Drax, 2016. Directed by Alexandre Aja. Starring Jamie Dornan, Aaron Paul, Sarah Gadon, Aiden Longworth, Barbara Hershey, Oliver Platt and Molly Parker. SYNOPSIS: A psychologist who begins working with a young boy who has suffered a near-fatal fall finds himself drawn into a mystery that tests the boundaries of fantasy […]

A Jamie Dornan Retrospective

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Based on an extraordinary true story, Anthropoid (read Joshua Gill’s review here) follows the daring plot by two Czechoslovakian agents to assassinate SS officer Reinhard Heydrich, the main architect behind the Final Solution and third in command of the Nazi forces behind Hitler and Himmler. One half of the brave duo is portrayed by Jamie Dornan, former […]