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Blu-ray Review – Snowden (2016)

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Snowden, 2016.Directed by Oliver Stone. Starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Shailene Woodley, Melissa Leo, Zachary Quinto, Rhys Ifans, Tom Wilkinson, Timothy Olyphant, Joely Richardson, Ben Schnetzer, Scott Eastwood, and Nicolas Cage.SYNOPSIS:The Story of Edward Snowden, whistle-blower of the NSA’s illegal surveillance techniques. The film follows his life and the impact of his actions as he releases thousands of […]

Movie Review – Southern Fury (2017)

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Southern Fury, 2017. Directed by Steven C. Miller. Starring Nicolas Cage, John Cusack, Adrian Grenier, Johnathon Schaech, and Christopher Coppola. SYNOPSIS: A Southern business owner attempts to rescue his crooked brother from a local gangster. Soon to join the Netflix pile of awful action films that no one would willingly good pay money for, sees […]

Movie Review – Arsenal (2017)

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Arsenal, 2017.Directed by Steven C. Miller. Starring Nicolas Cage, Adrian Grenier, John Cusack, and Johnathon Schaech.SYNOPSIS:A Southern mobster attempts to rescue his kidnapped brother.Is there a better way to ring in a new year of movies with some more material to add to the Nicolas Cage ‘Losing His S*** Montage’? The answer is no, and […]

Isabelle Huppert joins Nicolas Cage and Willem Dafoe in Abel Ferrara’s Siberia

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According to The Film Stage, Elle star Isabelle Huppert has signed on to star in Siberia, the latest project from controversial filmmaker Abel Ferrara (The Driller Killer, Bad Lieutenant), and will be joined in the cast by Nicolas Cage and Willem Dafoe.Last year, Ferrara launched a Kickstarter for Sibera, where the project was described as “a subjective […]

60th BFI London Film Festival Review – Snowden (2016)

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Snowden, 2016. Directed by Oliver Stone. Starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Shailene Woodley, Melissa Leo, Zachary Quinto, Tom Wilkinson, Rhys Ifans, Timothy Olyphant, Nicolas Cage. SYNOPSIS: The story of how infamous former-US government employee Edward Snowden leaked top secret state secrets about NSA surveillance techniques to the public, and the ensuing fallout that followed. No stranger to […]

Why Liking Bad Films Means You’re Smarter Than Average

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If you’re constantly getting abuse from your friends about your taste in films, Neil Calloway says help may be at hand from a recent study…In what appears to be the cinematic equivalent of those studies that receive an inordinate amount of publicity when they trumpet the fact that gorging yourself on chocolate and red wine […]

The Week in Disappointment – Batman v Superman, Terminator, Watchmen TV Series, Nicolas Cage and The Lord of the Rings and more

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Anghus Houvouras with this week’s disappointments from the entertainment world…“Batman vs. Superman: Dawn of Justice rated PG-13 for ‘sensuality’”Makes perfect sense. You could feel the pulsing sexual tension emanating from the screen when he ripped the top off of the Batmobile. Matt Damon knows what I’m taking about.“Matt Damon says ‘it must be really hard’ […]

Cody Walker to star alongside Nicolas Cage in USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage

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After standing in for his late brother Paul Walker in this year’s box office smash Fast & Furious 7, Cody Walker has secured his first major film role, signing on to appear in the World War II drama USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage.According to Variety, the film will see Nicolas Cage as “Capt. Charles Butler […]