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Wes Anderson’s Asteroid City trailer is very Wes Anderson

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Focus Features has debuted a trailer and poster for writer-director Wes Anderson’s next film Asteroid City, a comedy centred on a fictional American desert town in 1955, where a junior stargazer convention is disrupted by… a visitor from outer space?  That doesn’t seem to matter, as the focus instead is on the usual Wes Anderson […]

Blu-ray Review – Silverado (1985)

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Silverado, 1985. Directed by Lawrence Kasdan. Starring Kevin Kline, Scott Glenn, Rosanna Arquette, John Cleese, Kevin Costner, Brian Dennehy, Danny Glover, Jeff Goldblum, and Linda Hunt. SYNOPSIS: Australian company Umbrella Entertainment has reissued Lawrence Kasdan’s classic Silverado as a region-free Blu-ray that ports over the bonus materials from the original 2009 disc. If you’re a […]

Blu-ray Review – Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)

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Invasion of the Body Snatchers, 1978. Directed by Philip Kaufman. Starring Donald Sutherland, Brooke Adams, Leonard Nimoy, Jeff Goldblum, Veronica Cartwright. SYNOPSIS: Kino Lorber has released the Blu-ray that accompanied their 4K UltraHD edition of Invasion of the Body Snatchers, complete with all the bonus features found on it. The disc uses a 4K restoration, […]

Blu-ray Review – Nashville (1975)

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Nashville, 1975. Directed by Robert Altman Starring David Arkin, Barbara Baxley, Ned Beatty, Karen Black, Ronee Blakley, Timothy Brown, Keith Carradine, Geraldine Chaplin, Robert DoQui, Shelley Duvall, Allen Garfield, Henry Gibson, Scott Glenn, Jeff Goldblum, Barbara Harris, David Hayward, Michael Murphy, Allan F. Nicholls, Dave Peel, Cristina Raines, Bert Remsen, Lily Tomlin, Gwen Welles, and […]

Michelle Yeoh joins Wicked, Jeff Goldbum confirmed as The Wizard

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As Wicked begins production, the cast for the upcoming two-part musical is shaping up with some new additions. Variety has revealed that Michelle Yeoh will board the project, and we also have confirmation of Jeff Goldblum as The Wizard. Yeoh and Goldblum join the previously announced Ariana Grande, Cynthia Erivo, Jonathan Bailey, and Ethan Slater. […]

Movie Review – Thor: Ragnarok (2017)

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Thor: Ragnarok, 2017 Directed by Taika Waititi Starring Chris Hemsworth, Tom Hiddleston, Cate Blanchett, Idris Elba, Jeff Goldblum, Tessa Thompson, Karl Urban, Mark Ruffalo, Anthony Hopkins, Benedict Cumberbatch, Rachel House, Taika Waititi SYNOPSIS: Imprisoned, the mighty Thor finds himself in a lethal gladiatorial contest against the Hulk, his former ally. Thor must fight for survival and race […]

Jeff Goldblum’s Grandmaster to meet Darryl Jacobson in new Team Thor short

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It looks like we have another appearance from Thor’s roommate Darryl Jacobson to look forward to, with Jeff Goldblum revealing to The Radio Times that he has reprised his Thor: Ragnarok role of The Grandmaster for another of the hilarious Team Thor shorts! “Well, I could go anywhere – I might knock on your door, […]

Two TV spots for Mortdecai starring Johnny Depp

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Ahead of its release next month, Lionsgate has dropped a couple of new TV spots for Mortdecai, director David Koepp’s (Secret Window) upcoming crime caper starring Johnny Depp (The Lone Ranger). Check them out below after the official synopsis… SEE ALSO: New poster and trailer for Mortdecai Juggling some angry Russians, the British Mi5, his […]

Revisiting Deep Cover at 30

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Tom Jolliffe looks back at the Bill Duke-directed Deep Cover at 30… The year is 1992. A second revolution in black cinema was already underway after Spike Lee’s fresh and inventive hits like Do The Right Thing and She’s Gotta Have It had broken open doorways. That first wave in the 70s, with a boom […]