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Movie Review – The Beguiled (2017)

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The Beguiled, 2017. Written and Directed by Sofia Coppola. Starring Colin Farrell, Nicole Kidman, Kirsten Dunst, Elle Fanning, Oona Laurence, and Angourie Rice. SYNOPSIS: At a girls’ school in Virginia during the Civil War, where the young women have been sheltered from the outside world, a wounded Union soldier is taken in. Soon, the house […]

Nicole Kidman welcomes Nine Perfect Strangers in first trailer for Hulu’s star-studded series

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Hulu has released the first trailer for the star-studded adaptation of Big Little Lies author Liane Moriarty’s bestselling novel Nine Perfect Strangers which follows nine stressed city dwellers as they attend a wellness retreat led by the resort’s mysterious director Masha (Nicole Kidman); watch it here… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4nwFSSTUZc “The series takes place at a boutique health-and-wellness […]

Six Great Performances That Should Have Been Oscar Nominated (But Weren’t)

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Graeme Robertson with six great performances that should have been Oscar nominated but weren’t… It’s often seen as an actors dream to receive the much-coveted golden statue we know as the Oscar, with many great performances seeing their performers taking home the trophy and many more at least receiving the equally great honour of an […]

Aaron Sorkin taps Nicole Kidman and Javier Bardem for Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz film

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I love Lucy, and so does Aaron Sorkin as the award-winning writer and director will reportedly tackle Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz’s story. Deadline reports Sorkin will pen and direct the film Being the Ricardos for Amazon Studios. The actors Sorkin has in mind for this biopic are Nicole Kidman and Javier Bardem, as the […]

Movie Review – Bombshell (2019)

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Bombshell, 2019. Directed by Jay Roach. Starring Charlize Theron, Nicole Kidman, Margot Robbie, John Lithgow, Allison Janney, Kate McKinnon, Mark Duplass, Alice Eve, Alanna Ubach, Nazanin Boniadi, Elisabeth Röhm, Madeline Zima, Ashley Greene, Rob Delaney, Brooke Smith, Brigette Lundy-Paine, Spencer Garrett, Andy Buckley, Liv Hewson, Ahna O’Reilly, P. J. Byrne, Ben Lawson, Anne Ramsay, Josh […]

The Prom – All Glitz & Glamour, No Heart & Soul | Video Review

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The Prom, 2020. Directed by Ryan Murphy. Starring Meryl Streep, James Corden, Nicole Kidman, Keegan-Michael Key, Andrew Rannells, Ariana DeBose, Kerry Washington, and Jo Ellen Pellman. Ryan Murphy tackles the Broadway musical The Prom in a brand-new Netflix film. Join our host EJ Moreno as he dives into the newcomers’ talented performances and names two […]

Movie Review – The Prom (2020)

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The Prom, 2020. Directed by Ryan Murphy. Starring Meryl Streep, James Corden, Nicole Kidman, Kerry Washington, Andrew Rannells, Keegan-Michael Key, Jo Ellen Pellman, Ariana DeBose, Mary Kay Place, Kevin Chamberlin, Tracey Ullman, Logan Riley Hassel, Sofia Deler, Nico Greetham, and Nathaniel J. Potvin. SYNOPSIS: A troupe of hilariously self-obsessed theater stars swarm into a small […]

Ryan Murphy’s The Prom gets a batch of character posters from Netflix

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Ahead of its arrival on Netflix this December, eight character posters have arrived online for Ryan Murphy’s upcoming musical The Prom featuring stars Meryl Streep, Nicole Kidman, Andrew Rannells, Kerry Washington, Ariana DeBose, James Corden, Jo Ellen Pellman, and Keegan-Michael Key; check them out here… SEE ALSO: Watch the trailer for The Prom Dee Dee […]

Nicole Kidman says working on Robert Eggers’ The Northman terrifies her

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Nicole Kidman has worked on some intense films, and with even more intense directors, but the actress says there’s something about her upcoming project, The Northman, that truly scares her. Speaking to Collider, Kidman opened up about the process of making the new film from The Witch and The Lighthouse director Robert Eggers, the actress […]

TV Review – HBO’s The Undoing

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Martin Carr reviews HBO’s The Undoing… This slick and stylish psychological thriller adapted for the screen by David E. Kelley is supremely engaging. High society living, private prep school fund raisers and understated opulence define this Manhattan based murder mystery. Based on the bestselling novel by Jean Hanff Korelitz it introduces Grace Fraser and Jonathan […]