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Blu-ray Review – Blade Runner 2049 (2017)

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Blade Runner 2049, 2017.Directed by Denis Villeneuve. Starring Ryan Gosling, Harrison Ford, Ana de Armas, Sylvia Hoeks, Robin Wright, Dave Bautista, Mackenzie Davis, Carla Juri, David Dastmalchian, Barkhad Abdi, Lennie James, and Jared Leto.SYNOPSIS:A young blade runner’s discovery of a long-buried secret leads him to track down former blade runner Rick Deckard, who’s been missing […]

Blade Runner 2049 gets a batch of new images and a TV spot

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With the hotly-anticipated release of Blade Runner 2049 just a month away, a batch of images have arrived online for director Dennis Villeneuve’s upcoming sci-fi sequel which you can check out here…UPDATE: And here’s a new TV spot…Thirty years after the events of the first film, a new blade runner, LAPD Officer K (Ryan Gosling), […]

Ryan Gosling says Blade Runner 2049 director Denis Villeneuve is loyal to original film

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Blade Runner 2049 star Ryan Gosling has said that the film’s director Denis Villeneuve is loyal to the original movie.Released way back in 1982, Blade Runner told the tale of a man whose job it was to hunt down androids named replicants in order to ‘retire’ them. The movie has since become a sci-fi classic […]

La La Land takes huge receipts at the UK box office

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Critical darling and fan favourite musical La La Land is making big waves at the UK Box Office.The film from Damien Chazelle, the director of Whiplash, has stormed out of the gates in UK cinemas and has already accumulated an impressive sum of £6 million. That’s a bigger haul than Lionsgate’s Hunger Games opening of […]

Ryan Gosling: From Mouseketeer and indie darling to Hollywood movie star

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Sara Hemrajani on the rise of Ryan Gosling… La La Land, the award-tipped ode to musicals from Hollywood’s Golden Age, sees Ryan Gosling dance, sing, wax lyrical about jazz and woo Emma Stone’s aspiring actress in modern day Los Angeles. It’s a terrific performance and the 36-year-old seems to be a lock for one of […]

Wonder Woman director Patty Jenkins wants Ryan Gosling for I Am Superman

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Wonder Woman director Patty Jenkins has revealed to THR that she is keen to team with Ryan Gosling on the indie drama I Am Superman.Bearing no relation to DC Comics’s Man of Steel, Jenkins began developing I Am Superman following her breakout movie Monster, although the project was ultimately put on hold. Although details are scarce, […]

Movie Review – La La Land (2016)

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La La Land, 2016. Directed by Damien Chazelle. Starring Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone, Rosemarie DeWitt, J.K. Simmons, and John Legend. SYNOPSIS: Mia is an aspiring actress working as a barista on the Warner Bros. lot. Sebastian is a musician who harbours dreams of opening his own jazz club. The two meet and fall head over heels in […]

Movie Review – La La Land (2016)

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La La Land, 2016.Directed by Damien Chazelle Starring Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone, John Legend, Rosemarie DeWitt, Finn Whitrock, and J.K. Simmons.SYNOPSIS:Dreams are chased and love is found in Damien Chazelle’s ode to Hollywood musicals and celluloid magic.On paper, La La Land, reads like it’s going to be my favourite movie of all time. While I’m […]

52nd Chicago International Film Festival Review – La La Land (2016)

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La La Land, 2016.Directed by Damien Chazelle. Starring Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone, John Legend, Rosemarie DeWitt, Finn Whitrock, and J.K. Simmons.SYNOPSIS:A jazz pianist falls for an aspiring actress in Los Angeles.How do you be revolutionary when you’re such a traditionalist? It’s a question that is presented to Sebastian (Ryan Gosling), a jazz pianist with high-minded […]