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First look at Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon starring Leonardo DiCaprio

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With filming now underway on Killers of the Flower Moon, Apple has released a first look image from the latest collaboration between director Martin Scorsese and star Leonardo DiCaprio, which sees DiCaprio alongside co-star Lily Gladstone (Billions, First Cow). Based on David Grann’s highly acclaimed bestselling book, Killers of the Flower Moon is set in […]

Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon has officially started filming

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Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon, based on David Grann’s bestseller Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI, has officially begun production. The Oklahoma Film + Music Office (OF+MO) and Apple Original Films (via Collider) announced that principal photography has officially started on Martin Scorsese’s latest feature film – which […]

Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon casts four roles

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As Martin Scorsese continues development on his long-awaited Killers of the Flower Moon, he has just cast four roles with Tatanka Means (I Know This Much is True), Michael Abbott Jr (The Death of Dick Long), Pat Healy (Bad Education) and Scott Shepherd (Bridge of Spies) all joining the film. Means will play a character […]

Writer Eric Roth calls Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon “one for the ages”

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Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon, based on David Grann’s bestseller Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI, was always going to be high on the audience’s most-wanted list having secured Robert DeNiro, Leonardo DiCaprio, and Jesse Plemons before being snapped up by Apple. Now its writer Eric Roth […]

Jesse Plemons joins Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon

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Fresh off his turn in Judas and the Black Messiah, Jesse Plemons shows no signs of slowing down. While the actor has turned down a role in Jordan Peele’s upcoming film, Plemons did so to star alongside Leonardo DiCaprio in a Martin Scorsese film. Jesse Plemons will star in Killers Of The Flower Moon, based […]

The 1970s – The Best Era In Cinema History?

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Tom Jolliffe on the 1970s and why it is the best era in cinema history… There will always be a great deal of debate about the best era for cinema. For my two cents I’ll say with a great deal of assurance that the best period in cinema history was the 1970’s. There was most […]

Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon heads to Apple TV+

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Having rescued Tom Hanks WWII drama The Greyhound from the choppy waters of release date purgatory, Apple have now performed their biggest streaming service flex yet by acquiring Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon for  a potential Apple TV+ release. Deadline reports that Apple won a bidding war to become the studio in charge […]

Movie Review – Uncut Gems (2019)

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Uncut Gems, 2019. Directed by Josh Safdie and Benny Safdie. Starring Adam Sandler, Julia Fox, Lakeith Stanfield, Kevin Garnett, Idina Menzel, Eric Bogosian, Jonathan Aranbayev, Mike Francesa, Jacob Igielski, Noa Fisher, Paloma Elsesser, Judd Hirsch, Benjy Kleiner, Josh Ostrovsky, Sahar Bibiyan, Lana Levitin, Keith Williams Richards, Pom Klementieff, The Weeknd, Trinidad James, Tilda Swinton, and […]

Movie Review – The Irishman (2019)

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The Irishman. 2019 Directed by Martin Scorsese Starring Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, Joe Pesci, Bobby Cannavale, Ray Romano, Stephen Graham, Kathrine Narducci, J.C. MacKenzie, Craig Vincent, Anna Paquin, Gary Basaraba, Jesse Plemons, Jack Huston, Domenick Lombardozzi, India Ennenga, Joseph Russo, John Cenatiempo, Larry Romano, Sebastian Maniscalco, Rebecca Faulkenberry, Stephanie Kurtzuba, Jeremy Luke, Natasha Romanova, […]

Martin Scorsese says he almost quit making films during The Aviator

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Martin Scorsese has claimed he almost quit making movies during 2004’s The Aviator, which was his second collaboration with Leonardo DiCaprio. In a recent interview with The New York Times, the 77-year old filmmaker said he almost walked away from the industry during the post-production phase of The Aviator. “The last two weeks of editing […]