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Mark Wahlberg to lead comedy Instant Family

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Mark Wahlberg is set to reunite with Daddy’s Home director Sean Anders for the Paramount Pictures comedy Instant Family, Variety has revealed. Scripted by Anders and his frequent collaborator John Morris, the filmfollows a couple who decide to start a family and adopt through the foster-care system, only to find themselves raising three wild kids […]

All the Money in the World just qualifies for the Golden Globes in time

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Ridley Scott has just about managed to get All the Money in the World across the line in time for Golden Globes consideration. Scott has been busy reshooting parts of his historical biopic All the Money in the World, having to recast Kevin Spacey with Christopher Plummer after the former’s sexual assault scandal broke. The […]

Mark Wahlberg and Michelle Williams in first image from Ridley Scott’s All the Money in the World

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Entertainment Weekly has released a first look image from Ridley Scott’s next film All the Money in the World featuring Michelle Williams as Gail Harris and Mark Wahlberg as ex-FBI agent Fletcher Chase. The film tells the story surrounding the kidnapping of John Paul Getty III (Charlie Plummer) in 1973 and his grandfather J. Paul Getty’s […]

DVD Review – Patriots Day (2016)

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Patriots Day, 2016. Directed by Peter Berg Starring Mark Wahlberg, Kevin Bacon, John Goodman, J.K. Simmons, Michelle Monaghan, Christopher O’Shea, Rachel Brosnahan, Alex Wolff, Themo Melikidze, Jimmy O. Yang, Jake Picking, and Melissa Benoist. SYNOPSIS: Recounting the events of the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings and the subsequent investigation and manhunt to find those responsible. When […]

Movie Review – Transformers: The Last Knight (2017)

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Transformers: The Last Knight, 2017. Directed by Michael Bay. Starring Mark Wahlberg, Anthony Hopkins, Josh Duhamel, Laura Haddock, Isabela Moner, Peter Cullen, Ken Watanabe, John Goodman, Tony Hale, and John Turturro. SYNOPSIS: Humans and Transformers are at war, Optimus Prime is gone. The key to saving our future lies buried in the secrets of the […]

Second Opinion – Transformers: The Last Knight (2017)

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Transformers: The Last Knight, 2017. Directed by Michael Bay. Starring Mark Wahlberg, Anthony Hopkins, Josh Duhamel, Laura Haddock, Isabela Moner, Peter Cullen, Ken Watanabe, John Goodman, Tony Hale, Santiago Cabrera, Frank Welker, Erik Aadahl, Jim Carter, Steve Buscemi, Omar Sy, Reno Wilson, Jerrod Carmichael, Stanley Tucci, Gemma Chan, John DiMaggio, Tom Kenny, Jess Harnell, and […]

Mark Wahlberg tops the list of the world’s highest-paid actors

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Transformers: The Last Knight star Mark Wahlberg has topped Forbes‘ list of the highest-paid actors in actresses in the world for the period of June 2016 and June 2017, knocking last year’s champ Dwayne Johnson down into second place. Wahlberg earned $68 million thanks to the latest instalment in the Transformers franchise, as well as […]

Mark Wahlberg doesn’t think Michael Bay will quit Transformers franchise, Transformers 6 not yet plotted out

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Although Michael Bay has said on several occasions that Transformers: The Last Knight will mark his final outing in the Transformers franchise, this certainly isn’t the first time that Bay has suggested he was calling time on the series, and star Mark Wahlberg isn’t convinced that he won’t be back for the next instalment. “It’s […]

Second Opinion – Daddy’s Home 2 (2017)

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Daddy’s Home 2, 2017. Directed by Sean Anders Starring Will Ferrell, Mark Wahlberg, Mel Gibson, John Lithgow, Linda Cardellini, Alessandra Ambrosio and John Cena SYNOPSIS: Since we last saw them in Daddy’s Home, warring dads Dusty and Brad have learned to live with being co-parents and are unlikely – but best – buddies.  When they […]

Movie Review – Daddy’s Home 2 (2017)

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Daddy’s Home 2, 2017. Directed by Sean Anders. Starring Will Ferrell, Mark Wahlberg, Mel Gibson, John Lithgow, John Cena, Linda Cardellini, Alessandra Ambrosio, Owen Vaccaro, Scarlett Estevez, Didi Costine, and Oscar Wahlberg SYNOPSIS: Brad and Dusty must deal with their intrusive fathers during the holidays. The greatest strength of the Daddy’s Home series continues to […]