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Ryan Reynolds and Samuel L. Jackson’s The Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard gets August 2020 release date

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Lionsgate and Millennium have announced that the upcoming The Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard, the sequel to 2017’s The Hitman’s Bodyguard, will be released on August 28th 2020. The Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard sees bodyguard Michael Bryce’s (Reynolds) plans to swear off violence derailed when hitman Kincaid (Jackson) and his wife Sonia (Hayek) entangle him in their mission to […]

First trailer for Vietnam War drama The Last Full Measure starring Sebastian Stan

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Roadside Attractions has released a poster and trailer for the upcoming drama The Last Full Measure. Written and directed by Todd Robinson, the film stars Sebastian Stan as Scott Huffman, a respected Pentagon staffer who looks to seek justice for Vietnam war hero William H. Pitsenbarger (Jeremy Irvine) who gave his life to save over […]

Michael Keaton, Samuel L. Jackson and Maggie Q to star in Martin Campbell’s action thriller The Asset

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Deadline has revealed Michael Keaton (American Assassin), Samuel L. Jackson (The Hitman’s Bodyguard) and Maggie Q (Mission: Impossible III) have joined Casino Royale director Martin Campbell on his next project The Asset, a film that sees the trio as some of the world’s best assassins. Scripted by Richard Wenk (The Equalizer 2), The Asset follows […]

First trailer for The Banker starring Samuel L. Jackson, Anthony Mackie and Nicholas Hoult

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Apple TV has released the first trailer for the upcoming drama The Banker. Based on a true story, the film tells the story of  businessmen Bernard Garrett (Anthony Mackie) and Joe Morris (Samuel L. Jackson), who hire a working class white man Matt Steiner (Nicholas Hoult) to pose as the head of their company in […]

Tom Holland wasn’t aware of the Nick Fury ending in Spider-Man: Far From Home

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Spider-Man: Far From Home star Tom Holland was unaware of the big Nick Fury twist during the movie’s post-credits scene. During a panel at ACE Comic-Con this weekend (via ComicBook.com), Holland admitted he wasn’t aware of the scene until he saw the entire film. “I’m trying to think if I did know that. No, I […]

James Gunn, Joss Whedon and Samuel L. Jackson respond to Martin Scorsese’s Marvel criticism

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During a promotional interview for his new movie The Irishman last week, Martin Scorsese ruffled the feathers of fans of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the legendary filmmaker stating: “I don’t see them. I tried, you know? But that’s not cinema. Honestly, the closest I can think of them, as well made as they are, with […]

Blu-ray Review – Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019)

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Spider-Man: Far From Home, 2019. Directed by Jon Watts. Starring Tom Holland, Jake Gyllenhaal, Zendaya, Samuel L. Jackson, Cobie Smulders, Jacob Batalon, Angourie Rice, Jon Favreau, Tony Revolori, Martin Starr, J.B. Smoove, Remy Hil, Numan Acar, Hemky Madera, Toni Garrn, and Marisa Tomei. SYNOPSIS: The post-Avengers: Endgame era of the MCU continues with Spider-Man: Far […]

Blu-ray Review – Shaft (2019)

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Shaft, 2019. Directed by Tim Story. Starring Jessie T. Usher, Samuel L. Jackson, Richard Roundtree, Alexandra Shipp, Regina Hall, Matt Lauria, Avan Jogia, Lauren Vélez, Method Man, Almeera Jiwa, Ian Casselberry, Aaron Dominguez, and Isaach De Bankolé. SYNOPSIS: John Shaft Jr., a cyber security expert with a degree from MIT, enlists his family’s help to […]

Nick Fury references Spider-Man and the X-Men in alternate Iron Man post-credits scene

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While 2008’s Iron Man launched the Marvel Cinematic Universe, it wasn’t until the film’s post-credits scene that fans first realised we’d taken our first step into a larger world, as Samuel L. Jackson’s Nick Fury appeared to Robert Downey Jr.’s Tony Stark, inviting Iron Man to be part of the Avengers Initiative. As it turns […]

SPOILERS: Spider-Man: Far From Home director discusses the Nick Fury twist

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Warning. Major spoilers for Spider-Man: Far From Home follow… With Avengers: Endgame opting to forgo Marvel’s traditional post-credits scene, Spider-Man: Far From Home certainly made up for things with two huge reveals: firstly, the returning J.K. Simmons as J. Jonah Jameson revealing Spidey’s secret identity to the world, followed by the revelation that Samuel L. […]