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DVD Review – Kill Your Friends (2015)

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Kill Your Friends, 2015. Directed By Owen Harris. Starring Nicholas Hoult, James Corden, Craig Roberts, Georgia King, Jim Piddock and Joseph Mawle. SYNOPSIS: An A&R executive for a big record label goes on a killing spree so he can sign the next chart-topping hit makers. Based on John Niven’s novel of the same name, Kill Your Friends is to the […]

Movie Review – The Current War (2019)

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The Current War, 2019 Directed by Alfonso Gomez-Rejon Starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Michael Shannon, Nicholas Hoult, Katherine Waterston, Tom Holland, Matthew Macfadyen, Tuppence Middleton, Stanley Townsend, Damien Molony, Conor MacNeill, Celyn Jones, Craig Roberts, Harry Melling, Colin Stinton, Oliver Powell, John Schwab, Abigail Johns, and Tom Bell SYNOPSIS: The dramatic story of the cutthroat race between […]

Justin Kurzel’s True History of the Kelly Gang gets a UK trailer

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Ahead of its UK release next month, a new trailer has arrived online for Justin Kurzel’s adaptation of Peter Carey’s Booker Prize‐winning novel True History of the Kelly Gang. The crime drama stars George MacKay as in the lead role as the notorious Australian outlaw Ned Kelly alongside a cast that includes Essie Davis, Nicholas […]

Justin Kurzel’s True History of the Kelly Gang gets a poster and trailer

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Memento Films has released a poster and trailer for director Justin Kurzel’s (Snowtown, Assassin’s Creed) upcoming crime drama True History of the Kelly Gang. Based on Peter Carey’s prize-winning novel of the same name, it stars George MacKay as the Australian outlaw Ned Kelly  alongside a cast that includes Essie Davis, Nicholas Hoult, Thomasin McKenzie, […]

Nicholas Hoult joins Mission: Impossible 7 & 8 in villain role

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Another new addition has been made to Christopher McQuarrie’s upcoming Mission: Impossible sequels as the writer/director has announced via his Instagram account Nicholas Hoult (X-Men: Dark Phoenix) is the latest actor to join the franchise in what The Hollywood Reporter says is the villain role in the seventh and eighth films. McQuirrie asked Hoult through the […]

Second Opinion – Tolkien (2019)

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Tolkien, 2019. Directed by Dome Karukoski Starring Nicholas Hoult, Lily Collins, Genevieve O’Reilly, Colm Meaney, Tom Glynn-Carney, Craig Roberts, Anthony Boyle, Patrick Gibson, Harry Gilby, Laura Donnelly, Derek Jacobi, Pam Ferris, Mimi Keene, Ty Tennant, Aaron Neil, Holly Dempster, Jack Riley, Nia Gwynne, and Owen Teale SYNOPSIS: Tolkien explores the formative years of the orphaned […]

54th Chicago International Film Festival Review – The Favourite (2018)

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The Favourite, 2018. Directed by Yorgos Lanthimos. Starring Olivia Colman, Emma Stone, Rachel Weisz, Nicholas Hoult, Joe Alwyn, Mark Gatiss, Jenny Rainsford, James Smith, Tim Ingall, LillyRose Stevens, Liam Fleming, and Carolyn Saint-Pé. SYNOPSIS: In early 18th century England, a frail Queen Anne (Colman) occupies the throne and her close friend Lady Sarah (Weisz) governs […]

The estate of J.R.R. Tolkien does not endorse Tolkien biopic starring Nicholas Hoult

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This coming Friday sees the release of Tolkien, a biopic exploring the early years of legendary fantasy J.R.R. Tolkien and starring Nicholas Hoult in the title role as The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings creator. Ahead of the movie’s arrival, the Tolkien Estate has released a statement to make it clear that the […]

Ben Hardy circling X-Men: Apocalypse mystery role

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According to TheWrap, Bryan Singer has found yet another young cast member for X-Men: Apocalypse, in the form of EastEnders actor Ben Hardy. Unfortunately, we have no idea who Hardy will be playing, as the role is “another important [one] that is being kept under wraps.” Hardy was one of the actors who tested for the role of […]

First trailer for The Banker starring Samuel L. Jackson, Anthony Mackie and Nicholas Hoult

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Apple TV has released the first trailer for the upcoming drama The Banker. Based on a true story, the film tells the story of  businessmen Bernard Garrett (Anthony Mackie) and Joe Morris (Samuel L. Jackson), who hire a working class white man Matt Steiner (Nicholas Hoult) to pose as the head of their company in […]