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Netflix’s American Primeval unleashes the brutality of the Old West with new trailer

January 2, 2025 by Amie Cranswick

Netflix has shared a new “mature-rated” trailer for American Primeval, the hotly-anticipated western drama limited series from director Peter Berg (Lone Survivor) and writer Mark L. Smith (The Revenant), which is set in 1857 during the exploration and birth of the American West; check it out below… This is America…1857. Up is down, pain is […]

Filed Under: Amie Cranswick, News, Television, Top Stories, Trailers Tagged With: American Primeval, Betty Gilpin, Mark L. Smith, netflix, Peter Berg, Taylor Kitsch

4K Ultra HD Review – Collateral (2004)

August 12, 2024 by Brad Cook

Collateral, 2004. Directed by Michael Mann. Starring Tom Cruise, Jamie Foxx, Jada Pinkett Smith, Mark Ruffalo, Peter Berg, Bruce McGill. SYNOPSIS: Paramount is celebrating the 20th anniversary of Michael Mann’s edge-of-your-seat action film Collateral with a reissue of the 2020 4K Ultra HD disc in a new SteelBook package. The film looks great, and you […]

Filed Under: Brad Cook, Movies, Physical Media, Reviews Tagged With: Bruce McGill, Collateral, Jada Pinkett Smith, Jamie Foxx, Mark Ruffalo, Michael Mann, Peter Berg, Tom Cruise

Painkiller trailer explores America’s opioid epidemic

July 13, 2023 by Amie Cranswick

Netflix has released a trailer and images for Painkiller, the limited drama series from director Peter Berg. Based on Barry Meier’s book of the same name and the New Yorker article ‘The Family That Built an Empire of Pain’ by Patrick Radden Keefe, the series is a fictionalised retelling of the opioid epidemic in the […]

Filed Under: Amie Cranswick, News, Television, Trailers Tagged With: Ana Cruz Kayne, Brian Markinson, Clark Gregg, dina shihabi, Jack Mulhern, John Ales, John Rothman, Johnny Sneed, matthew broderick, netflix, Noah Harpster, painkiller, Peter Berg, Sam Anderson, Taylor Kitsch, Tyler Ritter, Uzo Aduba, West Duchovny

Taylor Kitsch to lead Netflix Western series American Primeval

December 12, 2022 by Gary Collinson

Taylor Kitsch (The Terminal List) is set to lead the cast of Netflix’s American Primeval, a six-episode Western limited series from Mark L. Smith (The Revenant), which will reunite the actor with his Battleship and Lone Survivor director Peter Berg. As per Netflix, the series is described as “a raw, adventurous exploration of the birth […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, News, Television Tagged With: American Primeval, Mark L. Smith, netflix, Peter Berg, Taylor Kitsch

Peter Berg reuniting with Mark Wahlberg for Spenser Confidential 2

September 4, 2020 by Gary Collinson

With the first movie proving to be an enormous success for Netflix earlier this year, it will come as little surprise to hear that a Spenser Confidential sequel is in the works at the streaming service. “Brian Helgeland, who wrote the first script, just turned in a first draft last week,” director Peter Berg tells […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: Mark Wahlberg, netflix, Peter Berg, Spenser Confidential, Spenser Confidential 2

Mark Wahlberg is out for justice in first trailer for Spenser Confidential

January 20, 2020 by Amie Cranswick

Netflix has released the first trailer and a poster for Spenser Confidential, director Peter Berg’s upcoming adaptation of Ace Atkins’ best-selling novel Robert B. Parker’s Wonderland. The thriller stars Mark Wahlberg as Spenser, an ex-cop and ex-con who enlists the help of his roommate and MMA fighter Hawk (Winston Duke) to help him investigate the […]

Filed Under: Amie Cranswick, Movies, News, Trailers Tagged With: Alan Arkin, Austin Post, Bokeem Woodbine, Iliza Shlesinger, Marc Maron, Mark Wahlberg, Peter Berg, Spenser Confidential, Winston Duke

Movie Review – Mile 22 (2018)

August 16, 2018 by Robert Kojder

Mile 22, 2018. Directed by Peter Berg. Starring Mark Wahlberg, Iko Uwais, Lauren Cohan, Ronda Rousey, Carlo Alban, Natasha Goubskaya, Sam Medina, Keith Arthur Bolden, Jenique Hendrix, Chae-rin Lee, Billy Smith, Myke Holmes, Emily Skeggs, Terry Kinney, Brandon Scales, Poorna Jagannathan, Elle Graham, Nikolai Nikolaeff, Kate Rigg, David Garelik, Peter Berg, and John Malkovich. SYNOPSIS: […]

Filed Under: Movies, Reviews, Robert Kojder Tagged With: Billy Smith, Brandon Scales, Carlo Alban, Chae-rin Lee, David Garelik, Elle Graham, Emily Skeggs, Iko Uwais, Jenique Hendrix, John Malkovich, Kate Rigg, Keith Arthur Bolden, Lauren Cohan, Mark Wahlberg, Mile 22, Myke Holmes, Natasha Goubskaya, Nikolai Nikolaeff, Peter Berg, Poorna Jagannathan, Ronda Rousey, Sam Medina, Terry Kinney

Movie Review – Patriots Day (2016)

February 22, 2017 by Freda Cooper

Patriots Day, 2016. Directed by Peter Berg. Starring Mark Wahlberg, Kevin Bacon, John Goodman, J.K. Simmons, Michelle Monaghan, Christopher O’Shea, Rachel Brosnahan, Alex Wolff, Themo Melikidze, Jimmy O. Yang, Jake Picking, and Melissa Benoist. SYNOPSIS: April 15th, 2013.  As the Boston Marathon is in full swing, two brothers set off homemade bombs in an act […]

Filed Under: Freda Cooper, Movies, Reviews Tagged With: Alex Wolff, Christopher O'Shea, J.K. Simmons, Jake Picking, Jimmy O. Yang, John Goodman, kevin bacon, Mark Wahlberg, Melissa Benoist, Michelle Monaghan, patriots' day, Peter Berg, Rachel Brosnahan, Themo Melikidze

Movie Review – Mile 22 (2018)

September 18, 2018 by Freda Cooper

Mile 22, 2018. Directed by Peter Berg. Starring Mark Wahlberg, Lauren Cohan, Iko Uwais, John Malkovich and Ronda Rousey. SYNOPSIS: A top CIA operative and his unit are transporting a “package”, ie a double agent, who can provide access to life-threatening information to safety.  But there are numerous enemies out there standing in their way. […]

Filed Under: Freda Cooper, Movies, Reviews Tagged With: Iko Uwais, John Malkovich, Lauren Cohan, Mark Wahlberg, Mile 22, Peter Berg, Ronda Rousey

Movie Review – Mile 22 (2018)

September 17, 2018 by Matt Rodgers

Mile 22, 2018. Directed by Peter Berg. Starring Mark Wahlberg, Lauren Cohen, Iko Uwais, John Malkovich, Ronda Rousey, and Carlo Alban. SYNOPSIS: James Silva (Mark Wahlberg) is an elite American intelligence officer working with a top secret tactical unit. When he’s tasked with smuggling a high value asset (Iko Uwais) out of foreign territory, he […]

Filed Under: Matt Rodgers, Movies, Reviews Tagged With: Carlo Alban, Iko Uwais, John Malkovich, Lauren Cohen, Mark Wahlberg, Mile 22, Peter Berg, Ronda Rousey

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