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Adam McKay’s Don’t Look Up gets all-star cast including Leonardo DiCaprio, Meryl Streep, Ariana Grande and more

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Adam McKay is known for having impressive casts in his movies, but this might be his best yet as Netflix and McKay have given the previously cast Jennifer Lawrence quite the all-star group of co-stars for the film Don’t Look Up. Today, we’ve learned that Leonardo DiCaprio, Meryl Streep, Cate Blanchett, Jonah Hill, Himesh Patel, […]

Movie Review – X-Men: Dark Phoenix (2019)

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X-Men: Dark Phoenix, 2019. Written and Directed by Simon Kinberg. Starring Sophie Turner, James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence, Jessica Chastain. Nicholas Hoult, Evan Peters, Tye Sheridan, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Alexandra Shipp, Daniel Cudmore, Lamar Johnson, Kota Eberhardt, Scott Shepherd, Summer Fontana, Ato Essandoh, Gregg Lowe, Andrew Stehlin, and Brian d’Arcy James. SYNOPSIS: Jean Grey begins […]

UPDATE: Quentin Tarantino to write and direct movie based on the Charles Manson murders

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If the latest rumors are true, it looks like director Quentin Tarantino (Pulp Fiction, The Hateful Eight, Django Unchained) may be quietly starting work on a movie based on the Charles Manson murders. The film is said to be “a unique take on the Manson Family”. According to THR, the director has been meeting with […]

Ben Hardy circling X-Men: Apocalypse mystery role

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According to TheWrap, Bryan Singer has found yet another young cast member for X-Men: Apocalypse, in the form of EastEnders actor Ben Hardy. Unfortunately, we have no idea who Hardy will be playing, as the role is “another important [one] that is being kept under wraps.” Hardy was one of the actors who tested for the role of […]

Jennifer Lawrence to play a Mob Girl in new mafia film

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The Wrap is reporting that Oscar-winner Jennifer Lawrence has signed on to produce and star in Mob Girl, a new mafia tale from director Paolo Sorrentino (The Young Pope) . Based upon a true-crime book Mob Girl: A Woman’s Life in the Underworld by Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter and author Teresa Carpenter, the film will see […]

Jennifer Lawrence set for big screen return with new film from A24, plot details revealed

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Oscar-winner Jennifer Lawrence is getting ready to get back in front of the camera after a year-long break, with the actress signing on to star in a mystery project from acclaimed theater director Lila Neugebauer. Neugebauer will make her big screen directorial debut on the project, working from a script by Elizabeth Sanders. Production is […]

Movie Review – X-Men: Dark Phoenix (2019)

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X-Men: Dark Phoenix, 2019. Directed by Simon Kinberg. Starring Sophie Turner, James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence, Nicholas Hoult, Jessica Chastain, Tye Sheridan, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Evan Peters and Alexandra Shipp. SYNOPSIS: Jean Grey begins to develop incredible powers that corrupt and turn her into a Dark Phoenix. Now the X-Men will have to decide if […]

Movie Review – X-Men: Dark Phoenix (2019)

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X-Men: Dark Phoenix, 2019. Directed by Simon Kinberg. Starring Sophie Turner, James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence, Nicholas Hoult, Jessica Chastain, Tye Sheridan, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Evan Peters and Alexandra Shipp. SYNOPSIS: Jean Grey grapples with her identity, and her relationship with the X-Men, as she struggles to harness the Phoenix force within her. As the […]

Video Review – X-Men: Dark Phoenix

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X-Men: Dark Phoenix, 2019. Directed by Simon Kinberg. Starring Sophie Turner, James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence, Nicholas Hoult, Jessica Chastain, Tye Sheridan, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Evan Peters and Alexandra Shipp. This week sees the release of the latest and seemingly final X-Men film from Fox, X-Men: Dark Phoenix. In the video below, Flickering Myth critic EJ […]