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10 Great Buddy Cop Movies Not Written or Directed By Shane Black

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To coincide with the release of The Nice Guys, Kieran Fisher recommends 10 other buddy cop movies worth checking out… This weekend marks the release of Shane Black’s new film The Nice Guys, starring Ryan Gosling and Russell Crowe as a law enforcement duo investigating a missing persons case.  It also sees Black return to […]

Sherlock Series 4 Episode 1 Review – ‘The Six Thatchers’

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Tori Brazier reviews the first episode of the eagerly-awaited fourth series of Sherlock… It’s been three years since the last series of Sherlock aired, and with suggestions that this fourth run could be the last, expectations are at their peak. Last January the BBC aired a one-off, stand-alone Victorian-set Sherlock caper – ‘The Abominable Bride’ […]

Movie Review – Captain America: Civil War (2016)

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Captain America: Civil War, 2016. Directed by Joe Russo & Anthony Russo. Starring Chris Evans, Robert Downey Jr., Scarlett Johansson, Sebastian Stan, Anthony Mackie, Don Cheadle, Elizabeth Olsen, Paul Rudd, Jeremy Renner, William Hurt, Emily VanCamp, Tom Holland, Martin Freeman, Chadwick Boseman, Daniel Brühl, Paul Bettany and Frank Grillo. SYNOPSIS: The Avengers become divided over the […]

Natalie Dormer, Harrison Ford, Anthony Hopkins, Paul Bettany and Martin Freeman to star in Official Secrets

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Director Justin Chadwick (The Other Boleyn Girl, Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom) has assembled a stellar cast for his next film Official Secrets, with Natalie Dormer, Harrison Ford, Anthony Hopkins, Paul Bettany and Martin Freeman all signing on to appear in the project.Official Secrets is based on the book The Spy Who Tried to Stop […]

Movie Review – Captain America: Civil War (2016)

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Captain America: Civil War, 2016.Directed by Joe Russo & Anthony Russo. Starring Chris Evans, Robert Downey Jr., Scarlett Johansson, Sebastian Stan, Anthony Mackie, Don Cheadle, Elizabeth Olsen, Paul Rudd, Jeremy Renner, William Hurt, Emily VanCamp, Tom Holland, Martin Freeman, Chadwick Boseman, Daniel Brühl, Paul Bettany, Marissa Tomei, John Kani, John Slattery, Hope Davis, Frank Grillo, and […]

Martin Freeman producing TV adaptation of Milton’s Paradise Lost

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Variety is reporting that Sherlock star Martin Freeman is set to executive produce a TV adaptation of John Milton’s 17th century poem Paradise Lost, which is being produced by Dancing Ledge.“Paradise Lost is like a biblical Games of Thrones, transporting the reader into an internecine world of political intrigue and incredible violence. At stake? The […]

Movie Review – Whiskey Tango Foxtrot (2016)

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Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, 2016.Directed by Glenn Ficarra and John Requa. Starring Tina Fey, Margot Robbie, Martin Freeman, Christopher Abbott, Nicholas Braun, Stephen Peacocke, Billy Bob Thornton, and Alfred Molina.SYNOPSIS:A journalist recounts her wartime coverage in Afghanistan.Maybe this is relevant, and maybe it isn’t, but as I’m writing this review, television is bringing to my attention […]

Martin Freeman’s Captain America: Civil War role revealed

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Marvel Studios has been keeping the identity of Martin Freeman’s Captain America: Civil War character under wraps, but now Empire has confirmed that The Office and The Hobbit star is playing Everett Ross. Here’s an image of Freeman’s Ross alongside Emily VanCamp’s Sharon Carter…SEE ALSO: Anthony Mackie suggests The Hulk may be in Captain America: […]

Martin Freeman and George Mackay to star in Ghost Stories

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Screen Daily is reporting that Martin Freeman (The Hobbit) and George MacKay (Pride) have joined the cast of Ghost Stories, an adaptation of the supernatural stage production from Andy Nyman (Death At a Funeral) and co-writer and director Jeremy Dyson (The League of Gentlemen). Nyman will also reprise his role as Professor Phillip Goodman.In Ghost […]