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First trailer for crime thriller Triple Frontier

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Netflix has debuted the first trailer for the upcoming crime thriller Triple Frontier. Directed by J.C. Chandor, the film stars Ben Affleck, Oscar Isaac, Charlie Hunnam, Garrett Hedlund and Pedro Pascal as five former Special Forces operatives who plan to rob of the world’s most violent cartels; watch it here… “Five former Special Forces operatives reunite […]

Oscar Isaac says that Star Wars: Episode IX utilises Leia in a “really beautiful way”

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Oscar Isaac, one of the stars of next year’s Star Wars: Episode IX, says that the film uses Princess Leia in a “beautiful way”. There are a lot of questions going into Star Wars: Episode IX, from plot points and which characters will turn up, to just how this new trilogy is going to end. […]

Oscar Isaac found working on X-Men: Apocalypse “excruciating”

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During an interview with GQ, actor Oscar Isaac has been reflecting on his role as the titular villain in 2016’s X-Men: Apocalypse, describing his experience on the set of the Bryan Singer-directed superhero movie as “excruciating”. “Apocalypse, that was excruciating,” said Isaac. “I didn’t know when I said yes that that was what was going to be […]

2018 BFI London Film Festival Review – Life Itself

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Life Itself, 2018. Directed by Dan Fogelman. Starring Oscar Isaac, Olivia Wilde, Olivia Cooke, Annette Bening, Jean Smart, Sergio Peris-Mencheta, Antonio Banderas, Mandy Patinkin, Àlex Monner, Lala Costa, Isabel Durant, Adrian Marrero, Lorenza Izzo, Jake Robinson, Charlie Thurston, Gabby Bryan, and Samuel L. Jackson. SYNOPSIS: A young couple in New York meet, get married and […]

Oscar Isaac discusses the relaxed nature of the Star Wars: Episode IX set

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With Lucasfilm deep into production on next year’s Star Wars: Episode IX, Oscar Isaac has been chatting to IndieWire about his experience on the set of the final chapter of Disney’s Star Wars Sequel Trilogy, with the actor stating that the cast and crew are finding it a much more relaxed experience third time around. […]

New trailer for At Eternity’s Gate starring Willem Dafoe as Vincent van Gogh

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CBS Films has unveiled a new trailer for the Vincent van Gogh film At Eternity’s Gate, which sees Willem Dafoe taking on the role of the Dutch painter alongside a cast that includes Rupert Friend, Mads Mikkelsen, Emmanuelle Seigner, Amira Casar, Niels Arestrup, and Oscar Isaac; watch the trailer here… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BnGeULS9wQ4 Academy Award Nominee Julian Schnabel’s […]

Willem Dafoe is Vincent van Gogh in trailer for At Eternity’s Gate

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CBS Films has released a new poster and trailer for director Julian Schnabel’s biographical drama At Eternity’s Gate which stars Willem Dafoe as the Dutch Post-Impressionist artist Vincent van Gogh alongside Rupert Friend, Mads Mikkelsen, Emmanuelle Seigner, Amira Casar, Niels Arestrup, and Oscar Isaac; take a look here… Academy Award Nominee Julian Schnabel’s At Eternity’s […]

Oscar Isaac says the Academy Awards’ Popular Film category is “pretty stupid”

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The Oscar’s newly announced award for Outstanding Achievement in Popular Film is a “pretty stupid” idea according to Oscar Isaac. The Academy’s new idea for rewarding more popular films hasn’t gone down particularly well with movie fans and those working in the industry, with many seeing it as patronising. Oscar Isaac, who has been involved […]

New posters for Life Itself featuring Olivia Wilde, Oscar Isaac, Olivia Cooke and Antonio Banderas

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Ahead of its US release next month, four posters have arrived online for writer-director Dan Fogelman’s romantic drama Life Itself featuring Olivia Wilde, Oscar Isaac, Olivia Cooke, and Antonio Banderas; take a look below… SEE ALSO: Watch the trailer for Life Itself here As a young New York couple goes from college romance to marriage […]