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Movie Review – Rebecca (2020)

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Rebecca, 2020. Directed by Ben Wheatley. Starring Lily James, Armie Hammer, Keeley Hawes, Kristin Scott Thomas, Sam Riley, Anna Dowd and Bill Paterson. SYNOPSIS: Manderley is the ancestral country seat of Maxim de Winter (Armie Hammer). Shrouded in secrets, rife with scandal and cloaked in tragedy it sits precariously overlooking a ravaged coast line. It […]

Movie Review – Rebecca (2020)

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Rebecca, 2020. Directed by Ben Wheatley. Starring Lily James, Armie Hammer, Kristin Scott Thomas, Keeley Hawes, Jane Lapotaire, Lucy Russell, Bryony Miller, Sam Riley, Bill Paterson, Tom Goodman-Hill, Mark Lewis Jones, Jeff Rawle, John Hollingworth, Ben Crompton, and Ann Dowd. SYNOPSIS: A young newlywed arrives at her husband’s imposing family estate on a windswept English […]

New posters for Ben Wheatley’s Daphne du Maurier adaptation Rebecca

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Netflix has revealed four new posters for Ben Wheatley’s adaptation of the classic Daphne du Maurier novel Rebecca featuring Lily James and Armie Hammer; take a look here… SEE ALSO: First trailer for Ben Wheatley’s Rebecca welcomes us to Manderley After a whirlwind romance in Monte Carlo with handsome widower Maxim de Winter (Armie Hammer), […]

Chiwetel Ejiofor, Ben Stiller and Lily James cast in pandemic-themed heist comedy Lockdown

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As Doug Liman’s pandemic-themed heist comedy Lockdown begins production, several roles have been cast in the film. Joining  the previously announced Anne Hathaway are Chiwetel Ejiofor (Doctor Strange), Ben Stiller (Meet The Parents), Lily James (Yesterday), Stephen Merchant (Fighting With My Family), Jazmyn Simon (Raising Dion), Dulé Hill (Black Monday) and Mark Gatiss (Sherlock). Inspired […]

Harry Styles and Lily James to star in My Policeman

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Fresh from signing on to the cast of Olivia Wilde’s Don’t Worry Darling, former One Direction star Harry Styles has now added a second feature film project to his upcoming slate in My Policeman, which will see him appearing alongside Lily James (Yesterday). Based n the critically acclaimed novel by Bethan Roberts, My Policeman takes […]

First trailer for Ben Wheatley’s Rebecca welcomes us to Manderley

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Netflix has released the first trailer for Rebecca, the new adaptation of the classic Daphne du Maurier novel from director Ben Wheatley (Kill List, Free Fire) and starring Lily James (Baby Driver), Armie Hammer (Call Me By Your Name) and Kristin Scott Thomas (Darkest Hour). Check it out here, along with the poster and official […]

Ben Wheatley says his Rebecca is not a Hitchcock remake “in any sense”

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Next month sees the release of Rebecca, a new adaptation of Daphne du Maurier’s classic 1938 novel from director Ben Wheatley (Kill List, Free Fire) and starring Armie Hammer (Call Me By Your Name), Lily James (Baby Driver) and Kristin Scott Thomas (The English Patient). Of course, this isn’t the first adaptation of du Maurier’s […]

First images from Ben Wheatley’s Rebecca starring Lily James, Armie Hammer and Kristin Scott Thomas

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Netflix has released five first look images from Ben Wheatley’s (High Rise, Free Fire) upcoming adaptation of Daphne du Maurier’s beloved 1938 gothic novel Rebecca featuring Lily James, Armie Hammer and Kristin Scott Thomas, as well as announcing that the film will premiere on the streaming service on October 21st. Rebecca – which was previously […]

Movie Review – Yesterday (2019)

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Yesterday, 2019. Directed by Danny Boyle. Starring Himesh Patel, Lily James, Ed Sheeran, Kate McKinnon, Camille Chen, Maryana Spivak, Lamorne Morris, James Corden, Harry Michell, Ellise Chappell, Alexander Arnold, Sophia Di Martino, David Lautman, Joel Fry. SYNOPSIS: A struggling musician realises he’s the only person on Earth who can remember The Beatles after waking up […]