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Movie Review – Captain Marvel (2019)

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Captain Marvel, 2019. Directed by Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck. Starring Brie Larson, Samuel L. Jackson, Ben Mendelsohn, Annette Bening, Gemma Chan, Lashana Lynch, Kenneth Mitchell, Colin Ford, Chuku Modu, Robert Kazinsky, Lee Pace, Mckenna Grace, Djimon Hounsou, Rune Temte, Jude Law, and Clark Gregg. SYNOPSIS: Carol Danvers becomes one of the universe’s most powerful […]

54th Chicago International Film Festival Review – Vox Lux (2018)

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Vox Lux, 2018. Written and Directed by Brady Corbet. Starring Natalie Portman, Raffey Cassidy, Jude Law, Stacy Martin, Jennifer Ehle, Willem Dafoe, Natasha Romanova, Christopher Abbott, Erik King, Matt Servitto, and Maria Dizzia. SYNOPSIS: An unusual set of circumstances brings unexpected success to a pop star. Brady Corbet’s Vox Lux (the film follows up the […]

Second Opinion – Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (2018)

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Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald, 2018. Directed by David Yates. Starring Eddie Redmayne, Katherine Waterston, Alison Sudol, Dan Fogler, Jude Law, Ezra Miller, Johnny Depp, Zoë Kravitz, Callum Turner, Claudia Kim, Carmen Ejogo, Jessica Williams, William Nadylam, Ingvar Eggert Sigurðsson, Ólafur Darri Ólafsson, Kevin Guthrie, and Brontis Jodorowsky. SYNOPSIS: The second installment of the […]

Blu-ray Review – Captain Marvel (2019)

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Captain Marvel, 2019. Directed by Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck. Starring Brie Larson, Samuel L. Jackson, Ben Mendelsohn, Djimon Hounsou, Lee Pace, Lashana Lynch, Gemma Chan, Annette Bening, Clark Gregg, and Jude Law. SYNOPSIS: Captain Marvel closed out the third phase of the Marvel Cinematic Universe with a movie that was more notable for its […]

SPOILERS: Jude Law’s Captain Marvel character seemingly revealed

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Warning: Potential spoilers for Captain Marvel follow… Although original casting reports claimed that he’d be portraying Walter Lawson, a.k.a. Mar-Vell, in next year’s female-fronted superhero blockbuster Captain Marvel, there’s been nothing in the way of official confirmation as to who Jude Law is portraying in the film, and the actor himself has refused to confirm […]

John Malkovich is The New Pope in new teaser trailer for The Young Pope follow-up

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HBO has released a new teaser trailer for The New Pope, director Paolo Sorrentino’s hotly-anticipated follow-up to his acclaimed drama series The Young Pope, which focuses on John Malkovich’s Sir John Brannox, who is set to succeed Jude Law’s Pope Pius XIII as Pope John Paul III; watch it here… The New Pope sees Jude […]

Blake Lively is out for revenge in The Rhythm Section trailer

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Paramount Pictures has debuted the first poster and trailer for director Reed Morano’s upcoming action thriller The Rhythm Section. Mark Burnell’s novel of the same name, the film stars Blake Lively as Stephanie Patrick, a woman out to uncover the truth behind a plane crash that killed her family and to seek revenge against those […]

First trailer for The New Pope starring Jude Law and John Malkovich

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Ahead of its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival this weekend, HBO and Sky Atlantic have debuted the first trailer for The New Pope, the follow-up to Paolo Sorrentino’s acclaimed drama series The Young Pope, which sees Jude Law reprising his role as Pope Pius XIII; watch it here… The New Pope sees Jude […]

Dexter Fletcher to direct Sherlock Holmes 3 with Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law

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Variety is reporting that Warner Bros. has enlisted Dexter Fletcher (Eddie the Eagle, Rocketman) to succeed Guy Ritchie in the director’s chair for Sherlock Holmes 3. The film will see Robert Downey Jr. reprising the role of the world’s greatest detective, with Jude Law also expected to return as Dr. John Watson. Chris Brancato is […]

Keanu Reeves turned down Jude Law’s Captain Marvel role for John Wick 3

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Keanu Reeves is a name that’s long been linked to the Marvel Cinematic Universe (see Doctor Strange, for example), and if a report from Charles Murphy at That Hashtag Show is to be believed, it almost came to fruition this year… if not for John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum. According to Murphy, Reeves was […]