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Jumping the Shark on a Nuked Fridge: How Aquaman dials up the crazy to whole new levels

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Tom Jolliffe looks at Aquaman, and how it dials up the crazy to whole new levels… Some films are ridiculous. Of those, some are self aware of the sheer lunacy of their concept. Some are not aware of their own ridiculousness. The self aware films can often be a little too self-aware, and then feel […]

Why 2022 might just peak on April 22nd

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Tom Jolliffe looks at two highly anticipated and unique films due to hit cinemas on April 22nd, The Northman and The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent… April has perennially been something of a slow month in film release terms. In more recent times, given the sheer volume of blockbuster tent-poles, (particularly those under the Marvel […]

Northman the Barbarian: How Conan Courses Through The Northman

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Tom Jolliffe looks at the similarities between The Northman and Conan the Barbarian. Spoilers follow… After success and masses of acclaim for his small scale masterworks The Witch and The Lighthouse, director Robert Eggers went large scale in his third outing. The Northman is a big budget Viking revenge epic. In every way, it’s the […]

Baz Luhrmann’s Australia extended cut to be reedited into the limited series Faraway Downs

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Aside from the absolutely stunning vistas captured by Elvis director Baz Luhrmann, one the few memorable things about his 2008 epic Australia was just how bloomin long it was, and now it’s about to stretch even further over that sun kissed horizon with the news that his extended cut of the film is to be […]

Nicole Kidman to star in Black List script Holland, Michigan for Amazon

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The notorious Hollywood Black List has produced some memorable movies over the years – Manchester by the Sea, Juno, Argo – and now Nicole Kidman has signed onto star in Holland, Michigan, the spec script which topped the list in 2013.  Bought by Amazon Studios back in 2016, Holland, Michigan is from Manhunt: Unabomber‘s Andrew […]

Nicole Kidman, Zac Efron and Joey King team up for Netflix comedy

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Zac Efron was last seen playing a dad to a kid with pyromaniac tendencies in Firestarter, Nicole Kidman was facing a marriage crisis while delivering an Oscar-nominated turn in Being the Ricardos, and Joey King was caught up in Welcome to the Blumhouse’s The Lie. Well, now the trio have decided to lighten up by […]

Movie Review – The Northman (2022)

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The Northman, 2022. Directed by Robert Eggers. Starring Alexander Skarsgård, Anya Taylor-Joy, Claes Bang, Nicole Kidman, Ethan Hawke, Willem Dafoe, Gustav Lindh, and Björk. SYNOPSIS: A young Viking prince embarks on an epic quest to avenge his father’s death. Robert Eggers broke into the Hollywood scene in 2015 with his period horror flick The Witch. […]

Movie Review – The Northman (2022)

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The Northman, 2022. Directed by Robert Eggers. Starring Alexander Skarsgård, Nicole Kidman, Claes Bang, Ethan Hawke, Anya Taylor-Joy, Gustav Lindh, Elliott Rose, Willem Dafoe, Phill Martin, Olwen Fouéré, Eldar Skar, Edgar Abram, Jack Gassmann, Ingvar E. Sigurðsson, Oscar Novak, Jack Walsh, Björk, Ian Whyte, Katie Pattinson, Andrea O’Neill, Rebecca Ineson, Kate Dickie, Ísadóra Bjarkardóttir Barney, […]

The Northman red band trailer promises blood, brutality, and naked volcano fights

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If you know anything about Robert Eggers’ new film, The Northman, you know it plans to offer up brutal Viking drama. The new epic from the director behind The Witch and The Lighthouse has already won over critics and audiences, but the latest trailer will likely bring in those bloodthirsty horror hounds. In the official […]