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2019 BFI London Film Festival Review – The King

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The King, 2019. Directed by David Michôd. Starring Timothée Chalamet, Joel Edgerton, Sean Harris, Robert Pattinson, Ben Mendelsohn, Dean-Charles Chapman, Tom Glynn-Carney, Lily-Rose Depp, Thomasin McKenzie, Andrew Havill, Edward Ashley and Tara Fitzgerald. SYNOPSIS: Hal, wayward prince and heir to the English throne, is crowned King Henry V after his tyrannical father dies. Now the […]

Timothee Chalamet is Henry V in first trailer for David Michod’s The King

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Following last week’s poster, Netflix has debuted the first trailer for David Michod’s upcoming William Shakespeare adaptation The King which features Timothee Chalamet in the title role as Henry V alongside a cast that also includes Joel Edgerton, Sean Harris, Ben Mendelsohn, Robert Pattinson, Lily-Rose Depp, Tom Glynn-Carney, and Thomasin Harcourt McKenzie; watch it here… Hal […]

Movie Review – Boy Erased (2018)

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Boy Erased, 2018. Directed by Joel Edgerton. Starring Lucas Hedges, Nicole Kidman, Russell Crowe, Joel Edgerton, Troye Sivan, Xavier Dolan, Britton Sear, Jesse LaTourette, Flea, Cherry Jones, and Joe Alwyn. SYNOPSIS: When Jared Eamons (Lucas Hedges) is outed following an incident on his college campus, his staunchly Baptist preacher father (Russell Crowe), and God fearing […]

Joel Edgerton talks about “getting the team back together” for Bright 2

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While doing the press rounds for his latest directorial outing Boy Erased (read our review here), Joel Edgerton was asked about the current state of the sequel to Netflix’s buddy cup movie come fantasy, Bright, to which he responded that they’re “getting the team back together”. Speaking exclusively to Yahoo! Movies, Edgerton said that Bright […]

Exclusive Interview – Composers Danny Bensi and Saunder Jurriaans talk Boy Erased, Joel Edgerton, and Iron Maiden

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Red Stewart chats with composers Danny Bensi and Saunder Jurriaans…. Danny Bensi and Saunder Jurriaans are a composing team who have been working in the film and television industries since the 2010s. They are best known for their work with their band Priestbird, as well as composing for movies The Gift, The Autopsy of Jane […]

New trailer for Joel Edgerton’s Boy Erased starring Lucas Hedges, Nicole Kidman and Russell Crowe

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With just two days to go until its US release, a new trailer has arrived online for Joel Edgerton’s upcoming drama Boy Erased. Based on Garrard Conley’s Boy Erased: A Memoir, the film sees Edgerton starring alongside Lucas Hedges, Troye Sivan, Nicole Kidman, Russell Crowe, Madelyn Cline, Victor McCay, and David Joseph Craig; watch it here… […]

Joel Edgerton’s Boy Erased gets a first poster and trailer

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Focus Features has released the first trailer and poster for Joel Edgerton’s upcoming adaptation of Garrad Conley’s memoir Boy Erased which stars Edgerton, Lucas Hedges, Troye Sivan, Nicole Kidman, and Russell Crowe; take a look here… Boy Erased tells the story of Jared (Hedges), the son of a Baptist pastor in a small American town, who is […]

Robert Pattinson, Ben Mendelsohn and Lily-Rose Depp join The King as filming begins

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Netflix has announced that Robert Pattinson (Good Time), Ben Mendelsohn  (Ready Player One) and Lily-Rose Depp (Yoga Hosers) have joined the cast of director David Michod’s latest project The King, which has now started production in the UK. Based on Shakespeare’s Henry the IV and V and scripted by Michod and Joel Edgerton, The King […]

First-look images from Joel Edgerton’s Boy Erased

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Focus Features has unveiled three images from Joel Edgerton’s latest directorial effort Boy Erased featuring Edgerton, Lucas Hedges, Troye Sivan, Nicole Kidman, and Russell Crowe. The film is based on Garrad Conley’s Boy Erased: A Memoir, and sees Hedges portraying Conley, who as a teenager was outed to his parents and was given the choice of […]

Netflix responds to Bright’s critical mauling

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Will Smith’s Netflix blockbuster Bright might have had a record breaking eleven million views in its first three days, but that didn’t stop it from being labelled as one of the worst films of 2017. The flawed fantasy currently sits at 26% on Rotten Tomatoes, but with plans for a sequel well underway, Netflix CEO […]