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Mark Wahlberg named 2017’s most overpaid actor

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Having led Forbes’ list of Hollywood’s most overpaid actors for the past two years running, Johnny Depp has now been dethroned for the dubious honour by Transformers: The Last Knight star Mark Wahlberg. Wahlberg, who was announced back in August as topping the list of the highest-paid actors with $68 million over the previous twelve […]

Movie Review – All the Money in the World (2017)

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All the Money in the World, 2017. Directed by Ridley Scott. Starring Michelle Williams, Christopher Plummer, Mark Wahlberg, Charlie Plummer, Andrew Buchan, Romain Duris, Olivia Grant, Marco Leonardi, Charlotte Beckett, Stacy Martin, Francesca Inaudi, and Timothy Hutton. SYNOPSIS: The story of the kidnapping of 16-year-old John Paul Getty III and the desperate attempt by his devoted […]

Christopher Plummer replaces Kevin Spacey in new trailer for All the Money in the World

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Having replaced Kevin Spacey with Christopher Plummer, Sony has now released a new trailer for Ridley Scott’s upcoming drama All the Money in the World, which sees Plummer as oil tycoon J. Paul Getty and features a cast that also includes Michelle Williams, Mark Wahlberg, Romain Duris, and Charlie Plummer; watch it below… SEE ALSO: Let’s Not Kid […]

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 […]