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59th BFI London Film Festival Review – Black Mass (2015)

October 13, 2015 by Simon Columb

Black Mass, 2015 Directed by Scott Cooper Starring Johnny Depp, Joel Edgerton, Benedict Cumberbatch, Rory Cochrane, Kevin Bacon, Jesse Plemons, Corey Stoll, Peter Sarsgaard and Dakota Johnson. SYNOPSIS: Based on a true story, Black Mass charts the rise in power of James ‘Whitey’ Bulger, beginning in Boston in 1975. His relationship with his Mother and Brother, his murderous Winter Hill gang and his connection to […]

Filed Under: London Film Festival, Movies, Reviews, Simon Columb Tagged With: 59th BFI London Film Festival, adam scott, Benedict Cumberbatch, black mass, Corey Stoll, dakota johnson, joel edgerton, Johnny Depp, kevin bacon, Peter Sarsgaard, Scott Cooper

Jeff Nichols to direct Joel Edgerton and Ruth Negga in Loving

May 10, 2015 by Scott J. Davis

Deadline has revealed details the latest project from Mud and Take Shelter director Jeff Nichols, which is set for release in 2016. The acclaimed director is to direct Loving, a new drama that Nichols has written himself, and is set to start filming in September. Joel Edgerton (Exodus: Gods and Kings) and Ruth Negga (World […]

Filed Under: Movies, News, Scott Davis Tagged With: Jeff Nichols, joel edgerton, loving, Ruth Negga

Second Opinion – Midnight Special (2016)

April 15, 2016 by Joshua Gill

Midnight Special, 2016. Directed by Jeff Nichols Starring Michael Shannon, Joel Edgerton, Kirsten Dunst, Adam Driver and Jaeden Lieberher. SYNOPSIS: A sci-fi thriller exploring the government’s interest in the power a kidnapped boy possesses, and his journey that reconnects him with his father. Jeff Nichols’ latest film, Midnight Special, delves into territory unfamiliar to the director, […]

Filed Under: Joshua Gill, Movies, Reviews Tagged With: Adam Driver, Jaeden Lieberher, Jeff Nichols, joel edgerton, Kirsten Dunst, Michael Shannon, Midnight Special

Movie Review – Midnight Special (2016)

April 8, 2016 by Mason Manuel

Midnight Special, 2016. Written and Directed by Jeff Nichols. Starring Michael Shannon, Joel Edgerton, Kirsten Dunst, Adam Driver, Jaeden Lieberher, Sean Bridgers, Bill Camp, Paul Sparks, and Sam Shepard. SYNOPSIS: A father and son go on the run after the dad learns his child possesses special powers. Stephen King once wrote “Nightmares exist outside of […]

Filed Under: Mason Manuel, Movies, Reviews Tagged With: Adam Driver, Bill Camp, Jaeden Lieberher, Jeff Nichols, joel edgerton, Kirsten Dunst, Michael Shannon, Midnight Special, Paul Sparks, Sam Shepard, Sean Bridgers

Movie Review – It Comes At Night (2017)

July 5, 2017 by Freda Cooper

It Comes At Night, 2017. Directed by Trey Edward Shults. Starring Joel Edgerton, Christopher Abbot, Carmen Ejogo, Riley Keough, and Kelvin Harrison Jr. SYNOPSIS: A small family – father, mother and teenage son – live in what appears to be an abandoned house.  The windows are boarded up and, from the outside, there’s little sign […]

Filed Under: Freda Cooper, Movies, Reviews Tagged With: Carmen Ejogo, Christopher Abbott, It Comes at Night, joel edgerton, Kelvin Harrison Jr., Riley Keough, Trey Edward Shults

Movie Review – Black Mass (2015)

November 29, 2015 by Helen Murdoch

Black Mass, 2015. Directed by Scott Cooper. Starring Johnny Depp, Benedict Cumberbatch, Joel Edgerton, Dakota Johnson, Kevin Bacon, Jesse Plemons, Peter Sarsgaard and Corey Stoll. SYNOPSIS: The true story of Whitey Bulger, the brother of a state senator and the most infamous violent criminal in the history of South Boston, who became an FBI informant […]

Filed Under: Helen Murdoch, Movies, Reviews Tagged With: Benedict Cumberbatch, black mass, Corey Stoll, dakota johnson, jesse plemons, joel edgerton, Johnny Depp, kevin bacon, Peter Sarsgaard, Scott Cooper

29th Leeds International Film Festival Review – Black Mass (2015)

November 26, 2015 by Amie Cranswick

Black Mass, 2015. Directed by Scott Cooper. Starring Johnny Depp, Joel Edgerton, Benedict Cumberbatch, Rory Cochrane, Kevin Bacon, Jesse Plemons, Corey Stoll, Peter Sarsgaard and Dakota Johnson. SYNOPSIS: The true story of James ‘Whitey’ Bulger, the notorious gangster who used his status as a FBI informant under John Connolly to take over South Boston. In Scott Cooper’s Black Mass, there is no protagonist. […]

Filed Under: Brogan Morris, Festivals, Leeds International Film Festival, Movies, Reviews Tagged With: adam scott, Benedict Cumberbatch, black mass, Corey Stoll, dakota johnson, joel edgerton, Johnny Depp, kevin bacon, Peter Sarsgaard, Scott Cooper

Joel Edgerton to join Jennifer Lawrence in spy thriller Red Sparrow

August 5, 2016 by Gary Collinson

Joel Edgerton has entered talks with 20th Century Fox to join Jennifer Lawrence in the upcoming spy thriller Red Sparrow, which is being directed by Lawrence’s Hunger Games director Francis Lawrence. Red Sparrow will take place in modern-day Russia, with Lawrence playing Dominika Egorova, a state intelligence officer coerced into becoming a ‘Sparrow’, a trained […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: joel edgerton, Red Sparrow

Movie Review – Black Mass (2015)

September 18, 2015 by Robert Kojder

Black Mass, 2015. Directed by Scott Cooper. Starring Johnny Depp, Joel Edgerton, Benedict Cumberbatch, Dakota Johnson, Peter Sarsgaard, Adam Scott, Corey Stoll and Kevin Bacon. SYNOPSIS: The true story of Whitey Bulger, the brother of a state senator and the most infamous violent criminal in the history of South Boston, who became an FBI informant […]

Filed Under: Movies, Reviews, Robert Kojder Tagged With: adam scott, Benedict Cumberbatch, black mass, Corey Stoll, dakota johnson, joel edgerton, Johnny Depp, kevin bacon, Peter Sarsgaard, Scott Cooper

Movie Review – Life (2015)

September 11, 2015 by Matthew Lee

Life, 2015. Directed by Anton Corbijn. Starring Robert Pattinson, Dane DeHaan, Ben Kingsley, Joel Edgerton and Alessandra Mastronardi. SYNOPSIS: Photographer Dennis Stock pursues James Dean for an open spread photo essay for LIFE magazine leading up to the actor’s premiere East of Eden. In 2007  Anton Corbijn’s Control focused on the young troubled life of […]

Filed Under: Matthew Lee, Movies, Reviews Tagged With: Alessandra Mastronardi, Anton Corbijn, Ben Kingsley, Dane DeHaan, joel edgerton, Life, Robert Pattinson

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