On its 20th anniversary, Hasitha Fernando looks at the story behind Martin Scorsese’s Oscar-winning crime drama The Departed…Martin Scorsese is a filmmaker that requires no introduction. Influenced by his New York upbringing and Italian-American family background the uber-talented director made a niche for himself crafting gritty, blood-soaked crime dramas as evidenced by Mean Streets, Taxi […]
Contagion at 15: The Story Behind the Godfather of Pandemic Thrillers
Hasitha Fernando looks at the story behind Steven Soderbergh’s pandemic thriller Contagion…Over the years Hollywood has churned out a host of pandemic thrillers that range from downright outlandish to the eerily prophetic. Contagion cheerfully belongs to the latter camp, where the devastating impact of an unfolding global pandemic was portrayed in chillingly accurate fashion. As […]
10 A-List Actors You Forgot Were in the Marvel Cinematic Universe
Matthew Shepherd with ten A-list stars you probably forgot were in the MCU…The MCU has employed what feels like half of Hollywood over the past two decades. Most of the time the casting makes sense — a known face in a known role, building toward something larger. But occasionally a genuinely surprising name shows up […]
Suburbicon: When Even the Coen Brothers Can’t Save Your Movie
Matthew Shepherd on where it went wrong for Suburbicon…Hollywood disasters feel almost common these days. A production that loses its director, a star who drops out, a release date colliding with an unmovable franchise behemoth. These are all normal. Suburbicon though, the George Clooney 2017 dark comedy, is not normal. It is much stranger and […]
Will Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey Be The Last Ever Old School Epic?
Christopher Nolan has delivered a dazzling, mostly practical, old-school epic with The Odyssey. Will we ever see another of its kind?The Odyssey has been years in the making with feverish anticipation from Nolan-fans who have waited in bated breath for his Oppenheimer follow-up. 2026, during the buildup to his much vaunted summer release, has largely […]
Movie Review – The Odyssey (2026)
The Odyssey, 2026 Written and Directed by Christopher Nolan. Starring Matt Damon, Tom Holland, Anne Hathaway, Robert Pattinson, Lupita Nyong’o, Charlize Theron, Zendaya, Benny Safdie, Jon Bernthal, John Leguizamo, Himesh Patel, Mia Goth, Will Yun Lee, Jimmy Gonzáles, Elliot Page, Bill Irwin, Samantha Morton, Jesse García, Rafi Gavron, Shiloh Fernandez, Corey Hawkins, Nick E. Tarabay, […]
Ithaca’s King is coming back in the final trailer for Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey
Universal Pictures has released the final trailer for Christopher Nolan’s forthcoming epic The Odyssey. Labelled the ‘Official Countdown’ trailer, the tease is our final glimpse at the Academy Award winner’s adaptation of Homer’s ancient Greek tome before it hits cinema screens in two weeks time.The Odyssey‘s huge ensemble features Matt Damon, Tom Holland, Anne Hathaway, […]
Christopher Nolan says filming The Odyssey in IMAX was a dream come true in latest featurette
In just over two weeks Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey completes its long journey by sailing into cinemas around the world, and Universal Pictures has released a behind-the-scenes featurette in which cast-and-crew extol the virtues of filming the blockbuster epic entirely with IMAX film cameras.Captured on the whopping great cameras by the Academy Award winning Oppenheimer […]
Prepare for a fantastic voyage with The Odyssey featurette
With just a month to go until The Odyssey sails in theatres, Universal Pictures has released another featurette for the hotly-anticipated blockbuster, which sees filmmaker Christopher Nolan, and stars Matt Damon, Himesh Patel, Zendaya, Anne Hathaway, Robert Pattinson, and Tom Holland discussing shooting the mythological epic across the globe; watch it below…“After the Trojan War, […]
Ludwig Göransson talks the music of Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey in behind-the-scenes featurette
Universal Pictures has released another behind-the-scenes featurette to build anticipation for Christopher Nolan’s eagerly-anticipated epic The Odyssey, this time focusing on triple Academy Award winning composer Ludwig Göransson’s unique score. Göransson, who won Oscars for Black Panther, Oppenheimer, and Sinners, has been tasked with orchestrating the long journey home of Matt Damon’s Odysseus in Nolan’s […]
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