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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 […]

Extended clip from X-Men: Dark Phoenix sees Xavier and Mystique butting heads

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With just two days to go until X-Men: Dark Phoenix arrives in cinemas, another clip has been released from Fox’s final entry in the franchise which sees the young students of Xavier’s School for Gifted Youngsters applaud the team as they return from their space mission, while Mystique and Charles argue over the safety of […]

Exclusive Interview – X-Men: Dark Phoenix producer Hutch Parker on saying goodbye to these characters

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Tom Beasley chats to producer Hutch Parker about X-Men: Dark Phoenix and bidding farewell to this roster of superhero characters… After a turbulent path to the big screen, we’re now just days away from the release of X-Men: Dark Phoenix, arriving in the wake of the big Disney-Fox merger. The film allows Simon Kinberg – […]

Fox announces X-Men Day, releases new Dark Phoenix poster

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To all the loyal X-Men fans, 20th Century Fox is making a day just for you! On May 13th, tickets will go on sale for Dark Phoenix – the epic conclusion to the Fox X-Men franchise – and the day will be used to celebrate all things mutants! “Mark your calendars for Monday, May 13, […]

X-Men: Dark Phoenix gets 10 character posters

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IGN has revealed ten new character posters for 20th Century Fox’s final instalment in its main X-Men series, X-Men: Dark Phoenix featuring Jean Grey (Sophie Turner), Charles Xavier (James McAvoy), Magneto (Michael Fassbender), Beast (Nicholas Hoult), Mystique (Jennifer Lawrence), Quicksilver (Evan Peters), Cyclops (Tye Sheridan), Storm (Alexandra Shipp), Nightcrawler (Kodi Smit-McPhee), and Jessica Chastain’s mysterious […]

The X-Men assemble in new Dark Phoenix image

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Following the arrival of the first trailer for X-Men: Dark Phoenix (and the news that Fox has now pushed the film back four months to the summer of 2019), Empire has unveiled a new image from the superhero sequel featuring Beast (Nicholas Hoult), Storm (Alexandra Shipp), Cyclops (Tye Sheridan), and Mystique (Jennifer Lawrence) in their new X-uniforms […]