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Meryl Streep joins Big Little Lies season 2

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HBO’s adaptation of Big Little Lies already had several A-list actresses attached in its first season, most prominently Reese Witherspoon and Nicole Kidman, but now an even bigger name has joined the cast for the show’s second season. Meryl Streep, who was just nominated an Academy Award for the 21st time for her role in The Post, will star […]

HBO officially renews Big Little Lies for season 2 with new director

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After reports that the second season of Big Little Lies is slated to begin production in the Spring of 2018, HBO has now officially confirmed that it has renewed the hit drama series, with Reese Witherspoon and Nicole Kidman once again producing and starring and creator David E. Kelley back on writing duties. Director Jean-Marc […]

Bradley Whitford, Toby Kebbell and Scoot McNairy cast in Destroyer

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Karyn Kusama’s crime thriller Destroyer, starring Nicole Kidman, has just gained several new cast members, with Bradley Whitford (The West Wing), Toby Kebbell (Dawn of the Planet of the Apes) and Scoot McNairy (Argo) joining Kidman in the film. Destroyer sees Kidman as LAPD detective Erin Bell in a moral and existential journey. As a young cop […]

Movie Review – The Killing of a Sacred Deer (2017)

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The Killing of a Sacred Deer, 2017. Directed by Yorgos Lanthimos. Starring Colin Farrell, Nicole Kidman, Barry Keoghan, Raffey Cassidy, Sunny Suljic, Bill Camp, and Alicia Silverstone. SYNOPSIS: Steven, a charismatic surgeon, is forced to make an unthinkable sacrifice after his life starts to fall apart, when the behavior of a teenage boy he has […]

Tatiana Maslany and Sebastian Stan join Nicole Kidman in Destroyer

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A few weeks after Nicole Kidman was cast in the cop thriller Destroyer, director Karyn Kusama has now enlisted Tatiana Maslany (Orphan Black) and Sebastian Stan (Captain America: Civil War) to join Kidman in the film. Kidman is playing an LAPD detective who must go back undercover after the leader of a gang she infiltrated re-emerges. It is […]

Exclusive Interview – Barry Keoghan and Raffey Cassidy on The Killing of a Sacred Deer

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The Killing Of A Sacred Deer, winner of the Best Screenplay award at this year’s Cannes, arrives in UK cinemas this week, just weeks after an enthusiastic reception at this year’s London Film Festival. Yorgos Lanthimos’ follow up to the equally acclaimed The Lobster (2015) turns the spotlight on a successful surgeon who forms a […]

61st London Film Festival Review – The Killing of a Sacred Deer (2017)

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The Killing of a Sacred Deer, 2017. Directed by Yorgos Lanthimos. Starring Colin Farrell, Nicole Kidman, Barry Keoghan, Raffey Cassidy, Sunny Suljic, Bob Camp, and Alicia Silverstone. SYNOPSIS: A highly successful surgeon takes a teenage boy under his wing. But the boy’s behaviour turns sinister and the surgeon’s life starts to fall apart. Beware, as […]

UK trailer for How to Talk to Girls at Parties

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Coinciding with its UK premiere at the London Film Festival, a new trailer has arrived online for the upcoming sci-fi rom-com How to Talk to Girls at Parties. Based on Neil Gaiman’s short story of the same name, the film is directed by John Cameron Mitchell, and stars Nicole Kidman, Elle Fanning, Alex Sharp, Ruth Wilson, and […]

Watch the new trailer for Yorgos Lanthimos’ The Killing of a Sacred Deer

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Ahead of its US release next month, a new trailer has debuted for Yorgos Lanthimos’ acclaimed psychological mystery horror The Killing of a Sacred Deer which sees the director reunite with his The Lobster star Colin Farrell and also stars Nicole Kidman, Barry Keoghan, Raffey Cassidy, Bill Camp, Alicia Silverstone, and Sunny Suljic; watch it below… Dr. Steven Murphy (Colin Farrell) […]