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Movie Review – X-Men: Apocalypse (2016)

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X-Men: Apocalypse (2016). Directed by Bryan Singer. Starring James McAvoy, Jennifer Lawrence, Michael Fassbender, Oscar Isaac, Sophie Turner, Nicholas Hoult, Rose Byrne, Tye Sheridan, Alexandra Shipp, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Ben Hardy, Olivia Munn, Lana Condor and Evan Peters. SYNOPSIS: Apocalypse, the world’s first mutant, awakes from a centuries-long slumber. The X-Men must reunite to stop him from destroying […]

New trailer and featurette for Joy starring Jennifer Lawrence

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With less than a week to go before its Christmas Day release in the US, a new trailer and featurette entitled ‘A Life of Joy’ have arrived online for director David O. Russell’s Joy starring Jennifer Lawrence. Check them out below after the official synopsis… JOY is the wild story of a family across four generations […]

Jennifer Lawrence confirms that we’ll see “a little bit” of blue Mystique in X-Men: Apocalypse

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Judging from the first trailer for X-Men: Apocalypse, 20th Century Fox is trying to capitalise as much as possible on Jennifer Lawrence’s superstardom for her third – and possibly final – appearance in the X-Men franchise. Not only is her character Mystique seemingly now an integral member of the X-Men, but it seems that Raven […]

Jennifer Lawrence tells Joy director David O. Russell she will work with him until he dies

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Jennifer Lawrence (The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2) has expressed her desire to continue collaborating with David O. Russell (American Hustle) ahead of the release of Joy, which is their third movie together. SEE ALSO: Watch the trailer for Joy starring Jennifer Lawrence and Bradley Cooper SEE ALSO: Jennifer Lawrence to make directorial debut […]

Jennifer Lawrence open to Mystique return after X-Men: Apocalypse

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Back in March, Jennifer Lawrence suggested that she’d be calling time on her role as Mystique in the X-Men franchise, describing next year’s X-Men: Apocalypse as her “last one.” However, it seems she may be contemplating a change of heart, with the Oscar winner telling Yahoo! Movies that she’d consider a return to the mutant […]

Jennifer Lawrence tops Hollywood’s highest-grossing stars of 2014

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Oscar-winner Jennifer Lawrence has capped another fantastic year by securing the honour of being the highest grossing star of 2014, with her movies X-Men: Days of Future Past and The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 earning a combined $1.4 billion in box office receipts. Chris Pratt claimed second place with $1.2 billion from The […]

Exclusive Interview – Causeway director Lila Neugebauer

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Robert Kojder chats with Causeway director Lila Neugebauer about authenticity, vulnerability, Brian Tyree Henry, New Orleans, soundscape, deaf character implications, and more… With a background in theatre, Lila Neugebauer crafted her first feature-length film, Causeway, which was picked up by Apple TV+ and played at North American festivals. Immersively authentic, the film follows Afghanistan veteran […]

Jennifer Lawrence battles PTSD in new trailer for A24’s Causeway

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Apple and A24 have debuted a new trailer for director Lila Neugebauer’s upcoming drama Causeway ahead of the film’s premiere tomorrow. The film follows Lynsey (Jennifer Lawrence), a soldier struggling to adjust to life back home after suffering from PTSD and a debilitating brain injury, as she forms a friendship with mechanic James (Brian Tyree […]

Lynne Ramsay to direct Jennifer Lawrence in Die, My Love

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With Jennifer Lawrence about to wow audiences with her performance in Apple TV+ drama Causeway (read our ★★★★ review here), the actress has revealed that her previously announced collaboration with Lynne Ramsay will be an adaptation of the Ariana Harwicz book Die, My Love.  During an interview with The New York Times in which the […]