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Movie Review – Babylon (2022)

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Babylon, 2022. Written and Directed by Damien Chazelle. Starring Diego Calva, Margot Robbie, Brad Pitt, Jovan Adepo, Li Jun Li, Jean Smart, Tobey Maguire, Olivia Wilde, Samara Weaving, Eric Roberts, Katherine Waterston, Flea, Max Minghella, Lukas Haas, Spike Jonze, Lewis Tan, Jeff Garlin, P.J. Byrne, Sarah Ramos, Olivia Hamilton, Troy Metcalf, John Kerry, Anna Chazelle, […]

Movie Review – Babylon (2022)

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Babylon, 2022. Written and Directed by Damien Chazelle. Starring Diego Calva, Margot Robbie, Brad Pitt, Jovan Adepo, Li Jun Li, Jean Smart, Tobey Maguire, Olivia Wilde, Samara Weaving, Eric Roberts, Katherine Waterston, Flea, Max Minghella, Lukas Haas, and Spike Jonze. SYNOPSIS: A tale of outsized ambition and outrageous excess, it traces the rise and fall […]

As Babylon bombs, are audiences over their Margot Robbie & Damien Chazelle phases?

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If you looked at the box office less than a decade ago, some acts felt like surefire hits. Fresh off Oscar wins, and landmark character works, Damien Chazelle and Margot Robbie felt like the new bonafide stars. But, the love affair between fans and these filmmakers is winding down. In the latest awards contender box-office […]

Babylon trailers go ‘Naughty’ and ‘Nice’

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Ahead of its US theatrical release this coming Friday, Paramount Pictures has revealed new ‘naughty’ and ‘nice’ trailers for Damien Chazelle’s 1920s-set star-studded epic Babylon; watch them below… From Damien Chazelle, BABYLON is an original epic set in 1920s Los Angeles led by Brad Pitt, Margot Robbie and Diego Calva, with an ensemble cast including […]

Movie Review – Don’t Worry Darling (2022)

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Don’t Worry Darling, 2022.  Directed by Olivia Wilde. Starring Florence Pugh, Harry Styles, Chris Pine, Olivia Wilde, Gemma Chan, KiKi Layne, Nick Kroll, Kate Berlant, Douglas Smith, Ari’el Stachel, Asif Ali, Timothy Simons, Sydney Chandler, Wylie Quinn Anderson, Mariah Justice, Michelle Ells, and Marcello Julian Reyes. SYNOPSIS: A 1950s housewife living with her husband in […]

Babylon: A Dazzling Throwback to Classic Cinema?

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Tom Jolliffe looks ahead to Babylon, the star-studded upcoming film from Damien Chazelle, and wonders if it might be a movie like they used to make… When Martin Scorsese bemoaned an evolution in cinema that was leading to a dearth in the cinematic style of old, he caused something of an uproar. Increasingly, others have […]

Don’t Worry About the Box Office Darling, as Olivia Wilde’s sophomore film set to exceed expectations

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Following months of tittle-tattle that have left us all feeling a little bit like Chris Pine at a Venice Film Festival Q&A, Don’t Worry Darling is finally revealing its secrets in cinemas around the world this weekend, and in a twist befitting of a film littered with them, Olivia Wilde’s sophomore feature is tipped to […]

Video Review – Don’t Worry Darling misses the mark, overran by its own drama

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EJ Moreno with a review of Don’t Worry Darling… After seeing Don’t Worry Darling, it’s fair to say that all of the drama is not worth the final product. The drama surrounding its production and the press tour sadly feels far more entertaining than anything Olivia Wilde and company cooked up on the screen. Yet, […]

Movie Review – Don’t Worry Darling (2022)

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Don’t Worry Darling, 2022. Directed by Olivia Wilde. Starring Florence Pugh, Harry Styles, Chris Pine, Olivia Wilde, Gemma Chan, KiKi Layne, Nick Kroll, Kate Berlant, Douglas Smith, Ari’el Stachel, Asif Ali, Timothy Simons, Sydney Chandler, Wylie Quinn Anderson, Mariah Justice, Michelle Ells, and Marcello Julian Reyes. SYNOPSIS: A 1950s housewife living with her husband in […]