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Movie Review – Small Engine Repair (2021)

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Small Engine Repair, 2021.Written and Directed by John Pollono. Starring John Pollono, Jon Bernthal, Shea Whigham, Jordana Spiro, Ciara Bravo, Ashlie Atkinson, Josh Helman, John Rothman, Jenna Lamia, Joshua Bitton, Shannon Esper, and Spencer House.SYNOPSIS:Events spin wildly out of control when three lifelong friends agree to do a favor on behalf of the brash young […]

Trailer and poster for Small Engine Repair starring Jon Bernthal, Shea Whigham and John Pollono

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Vertical Entertainment has released a poster and trailer for writer-director John Pollono’s Small Engine Repair. Based on the award-winning play of the same name, the film follows three lifelong friends – played by Pollono, Jon Bernthal, and Shea Whigham – as their whiskey-fueled evening spins wildly out of control; take a look here…Frankie (John Pollono), […]

First trailer for The Sopranos prequel movie The Many Saints of Newark

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The first trailer has debuted for The Many Saints of Newark, the upcoming prequel to HBO’s celebrated crime drama series The Sopranos.Directed by Alan Taylor, the film stars Michael Gandolfini as a young Tony Soprano and gives us a look at the formative years of the New Jersey gangster played by Michael’s real-life father, the […]

Movie Review – Those Who Wish Me Dead (2021)

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Those Who Wish Me Dead, 2021.Directed by Taylor Sheridan. Starring Angelina Jolie, Finn Little, Aidan Gillen, Nicholas Hoult, Medina Senghore, Jon Bernthal, Tyler Perry, Jake Weber, Tory Kittles, Lora Martinez-Cunningham, and James Jordan.SYNOPSIS:A teenage murder witness finds himself pursued by twin assassins in the Montana wilderness with a survival expert tasked with protecting him — […]

Angelina Jolie stars in first trailer for Those Who Wish Me Dead

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Warner Bros. has debuted the first trailer for the upcoming thriller Those Who Wish Me Dead. Directed by Taylor Sheridan, the film is based on Michael Koryta’s novel of the same name and stars Angelina Jolie as Hannah, a smoke-jumper working in a fire tower in the Montana wilderness when she encounters a 12-year-old boy […]

Gretchen Mol joins Jon Bernthal in American Gigolo TV series

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Deadline is reporting that Boardwalk Empire actress Gretchen Mol has been cast alongside Jon Bernthal (The Punisher) in American Gigolo, a TV adaptation of the classic 1980 film noir starring Richard Gere and Lauren Hutton.The pilot is being written and directed by David Hollander (Ray Donovan), who will also executive produce with Jerry Bruckheimer, producer […]

Jon Bernthal still hoping for a Marvel return as The Punisher

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It’s been a couple of years now since Netflix swung the axe on The Punisher and its fellow Marvel Television shows, but it seems that star Jon Bernthal hasn’t quite given up hope of returning to the role of Marvel’s fan favourite antihero and dishing out more of Frank Castle’s lethal brand of justice.“I think […]

Dakota Fanning stars in trailer for Viena and the Fantomes

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Ahead of its VOD release next month, Universal Pictures has revealed a poster and trailer for writer-director Gerardo Naranjo’s upcoming drama Viena and the Fantomes which stars Dakota Fanning as a young roadie who finds herself trapped in a dangerous love triangle while travelling with a punk band during the 1980s. Joining Fanning in the […]

Jon Bernthal “shed a couple tears” after he left The Walking Dead

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Jon Bernthal, who played Shane Walsh in the first two seasons of The Walking Dead, has admitted he “shed a couple tears” after being killed off in the long-running series.“After I got killed off Walking Dead — they killed my ass off Walking Dead, they killed me twice,” Bernthal said at Fandemic Tour Houston (via ComicBook.com). “They’re like, ‘You […]

Jon Bernthal wants to return as The Punisher in the Marvel Cinematic Universe

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The cancellation of Marvel’s Netflix series earlier this year may well have been the first nail in the coffin of Marvel Television as we know it, what with Marvel Studios venturing into the TV arena with its upcoming Disney+ shows, and a Marvel restructure which has seen the television division coming under the control of […]