Flag Day, 2021. Directed by Sean Penn. Starring Sean Penn, Dylan Penn, Hopper Penn, Josh Brolin, Katheryn Winnick, Eddie Marsan, Dale Dickey, Bailey Noble, James Russo, Norbert Leo Butz, Adam Hurtig, Cole Flynn, Jadyn Rylee, Beckam Crawford, Addison Tymec, and Regina King. SYNOPSIS: A father lives a double life as a counterfeiter, bank robber and […]
Movie Review – Licorice Pizza (2021)
Licorice Pizza, 2021. Written and Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson. Starring Alana Haim, Cooper Hoffman, Sean Penn, Tom Waits, Bradley Cooper, Benny Safdie, Maya Rudolph, John C. Reilly, Christine Ebersole, Skyler Gisondo, Mary Elizabeth Ellis, Harriet Sansom Harris, Este Haim, Danielle Haim, Emma Dumont, Joseph Cross, Emily Althaus, John Michael Higgins, Ray Chase, George DiCaprio, […]
New trailer for Gaslit starring Julia Roberts and Sean Penn
Starz has released a new trailer for Gaslit, the upcoming drama series based on the Watergate which centres on Martha Mitchell (Julia Roberts), the wife of Nixon’s loyal Attorney General John Mitchell (Sean Penn), and the first person to publicly sound the alarm on the President’s involvement in the political scandal; watch it here… Gaslit […]
First trailer for Watergate drama Gaslit starring Julia Roberts and Sean Penn
Starz has released the first trailer and images for the limited series Gaslit. Based on the Slow Burn podcast and the shocking true story of the Watergate scandal, the political thriller features a cast that includes Julia Roberts, Sean Penn, Dan Stevens, Betty Gilpin, Shea Whigham, and Darby Camp; take a look here… “Gaslit” is […]
Video Review – Licorice Pizza is good, bad, and problematic
EJ Moreno with a video review of Paul Thomas Anderson’s Licorice Pizza… Paul Thomas Anderson is a prolific filmmaker with years of some of the most amazing cinematic work. Unfortunately, his latest outing, Licorice Pizza, couldn’t reach the heights of his other masterworks. While the film has some positives, critic EJ Moreno feels the weak […]
First trailer for Paul Thomas Anderson’s new film Licorice Pizza
MGM has released a poster and trailer for writer-director Paul Thomas Anderson’s new film Licorice Pizza which tells the story of a teenagers Alana and Gary as they fall in love and grow up in 1970s San Fernando Valley; take a look here… LICORICE PIZZA is the story of Alana Kane and Gary Valentine growing […]
Flag Day trailer sees Sean Penn directing daughter Dylan Penn
Following on from its world premiere at Cannes, MGM has released a trailer and poster for the upcoming drama Flag Day. The film is directed by Sean Penn, who also stars alongside his daughter Dylan Penn, and tells the story of the notorious counterfeiter John Vogel and his relationship with his daughter as she struggles […]
Julia Roberts and Sean Penn join Watergate drama Gaslit
Watergate drama Gaslit has seen its fair share of cast and crew departures since it was announced in 2020, but now the Starz series has landed two huge names, with Deadline reporting that Julia Roberts and Sean Penn have joined the cast. Based on Slate Magazine’s Slow Burn podcast, an eight-part mini-series which depicts what […]
Movie Review – Gangster Squad (2013)
Gangster Squad, 2013. Directed by Ruben Fleischer. Starring Josh Brolin, Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone, Sean Penn, Giovanni Ribisi, Michael Pena, Anthony Mackie, Robert Patrick, Nick Nolte and Josh Pence. SYNOPSIS: Based on a true story, Gangster Squad follows an off-the-books team of LAPD officers trying to take down a ruthless mobster, Mickey Cohen (Penn), in […]
Movie Review – Persepolis (2007)
Persepolis, 2007. Directed by Marjane Satrapi & Vincent Paronnaud Featuring the voice talents of Chiara Mastroianni, Catherine Deneuve, Sean Penn, Gena Rowlands, Iggy Pop SYNOPSIS: Poignant coming-of-age story of a precocious and outspoken young Iranian girl that begins during the Islamic Revolution. We want films that shake us up. That pulls us out of our slumber […]
