Focus Features has announced that production is now underway on Sofia Coppola’s new film The Beguiled, which is based on Thomas Cullinan’s novel of the same name. The Beguiled unfolds in a girls’ school in the state of Virginia in 1864. As the Civil War rages, The Miss Martha Farnsworth Seminary for Young Ladies has […]
Movie Review – Midnight Special (2016)
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. On the surface, Midnight Special appears to indulge […]
Kirsten Dunst, Mads Mikkelsen, Vanessa Paradis and Donald Sutherland join Cannes jury
In keeping with tradition, the Cannes film festival jury will be as starry as the talent walking the red carpet at the Palais. After taking home the trophy for best actress in 2011 for her role in Melancholia, Kirsten Dunst will now be part of the panel handing out the awards next month. The Bring […]
Second Opinion – Midnight Special (2016)
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, […]
Movie Review – Midnight Special (2016)
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 […]
Sofia Coppola to remake The Beguiled with Nicole Kidman, Kirsten Dunst and Elle Fanning
Having departed Universal’s planned live-action adaptation of The Little Mermaid, it looks like Sofia Coppola has found her next project, with The Tracking Board reporting that the director is set to remake the 1971 drama The Beguiled. Directed by Don Siegel from Thomas P. Cullian’s Southern Gothic novel and starring Clint Eastwood, The Beguiled is […]
Fargo Season 2 Episode 1 Review – ‘Waiting For Dutch’
James Garcia reviews Fargo season 2 episode 1, ‘Waiting for Dutch’… Last year, Noah Hawley took it upon himself to do what, on paper, seemed outlandish – create a television series based around the 1996 Coen Brothers masterpiece, Fargo. Hawley’s ambitious ten-hour opus – which he wrote every episode of – was a great success and exceeded […]
Kirsten Dunst and Sofia Coppola to reteam for a third time
News from Town & Country suggests that actress Kirsten Dunst might be reteaming with director Sofia Coppola next year, marking the third time the two have collaborated. It has been a couple of years since Coppola directed 2013’s The Bling Ring, although she has been behind the camera since with the upcoming Bill Murray Christmas […]
Patrick Wilson & Ted Danson join Fargo season 2
The second season of FX’s hit miniseries Fargo has begun to take shape, we three new additions to the cast over the last couple of days. Eric Schrier, President, Original Programming, FX Networks and FX Productions and Steve Stark President, Television Production & Development of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios have announced that Patrick Wilson (Insidious, The Conjuring), Ted Danson […]
Kirsten Dunst and Jesse Plemons cast in Fargo season 2
FX has announced that Kirsten Dunst (Spider-Man) and Jesse Plemons (Breaking Bad) have signed on for major roles in the second season of the Emmy Award-winning Fargo. According to EW, Dunst will play Peggy Blomquist, “a small town beautician with big city dreams who is trying to figure out who she really is and what […]
