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Movie Review – Man Down (2017)

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Man Down, 2017.Directed by Dito Montiel. Starring Shia LaBeouf, Kate Mara, Gary Oldman and Jai Courtney.SYNOPSIS:A former US Marine returns home after a traumatic tour of duty in Afghanistan and finds an America that’s just as much a battlefield as the country he’s left.“America, we have a problem!” is scrawled in red paint across a […]

Evan Peters, Tatiana Maslany, Kate Mara and James Van Der Beek join Ryan Murphy’s Pose

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Evan Peters (American Horror Story), Tatiana Maslany (Orphan Black), Kate Mara (House of Cards) and James Van Der Beek (Dawson’s Creek) are set to join Pose, a new drama pilot from Ryan Murphy (American Horror Story, American Crime Story) which is set up at FX.Variety reports that the potential series takes place in the mid-80s […]

Movie Review – Morgan (2016)

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Morgan, 2016. Directed by Luke Scott. Starring Kate Mara, Anya Taylor-Joy, Rose Leslie, Toby Jones, Paul Giamatti, Boyd Holbrook and Jennifer Jason Leigh. SYNOPSIS: A corporate risk-management consultant must decide whether or not to terminate an artificially created humanoid being. Silver screen representations of artificial intelligence are hardly unfamiliar; in fact they are as frequent […]

Kate Mara would return for a Fantastic Four sequel

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It’s been over a year since Josh Trank’s Fantastic Four opened in cinemas around the world and quickly became one of the most maligned movies of 2015, and, although most comic book movie fans have come to peace with the idea that an adequate on-screen adaptation of the superhero team will never be made, Fox […]

Movie Review – The Martian (2015)

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The Martian, 2015. Directed by Ridley Scott. Starring Matt Damon, Jessica Chastain, Jeff Daniels, Kate Mara, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Kristen Wiig, Michael Pena, Sebastian Stan, Donald Glover, Mackenzie Davis, Benedict Wong, and Sean Bean. SYNOPSIS: During a manned mission to Mars, Astronaut Mark Watney is presumed dead after a fierce storm and left behind by his […]

Cast and crew interviews for Fantastic Four

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Ahead of its release next Friday, we’ve got some cast and crew interviews for 20th Century Fox’s superhero reboot Fantastic Four, which includes stars Miles Teller (Reed Richards), Kate Mara (Susan Storm), Michael B. Jordan (Johnny Storm), Jamie Bell (Ben Grimm), Toby Kebbell (Victor Von Doom), Reg E. Cathey (Dr. Storm) and Tim Blake Nelson […]

Second Opinion – mother! (2017)

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mother!, 2017.Directed by Darren Aronofsky. Starring Jennifer Lawrence, Javier Bardem, Ed Harris, Michelle Pfeiffer, Domhnall Gleeson, Brian Gleeson and Kate Mara.SYNOPSIS:A poet suffering from writer’s block and his young wife live in a massive, remote house.  Following a fire, she has devoted herself to renovating it and has created a beautiful home for them to share.  […]

House of Cards Season 3 Episode 1 Review – ‘Chapter 27’

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Jackson Ball reviews the Season 3 premiere of House of Cards…For better or for worse, the Underwoods are back! Yes, nearly a full year since the release of the last season, new episodes of House of Cards have finally found their way back on to Netflix. Whatever this season has in store for us, one […]

Movie Review – Chappaquiddick (2017)

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Chappaquiddick, 2017.Directed by John Curran Starring Jason Clarke, Ed Helms, Kate Mara, Olivia Thirlby, Clancy Brown, Bruce Dern, Jim Gaffigan, Andria Blackman, Sarah Elizabeth Mitchell, Taylor Nichols, John Fiore, and Lexie Roth.SYNOPSIS:Chappaquiddick depicts the events leading up to, and following, Ted Kennedy’s 1969 car accident that took the life of campaign strategist Mary Jo Kopechne.Director […]