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10 Actors Who Have Shined Outside Their Franchise Roles

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Murray Ferguson on ten actors who have shined in their non-franchise roles… Some actors become so closely associated with certain characters that it can be easy to forget their work outside of a franchise. This may be because the characters are beloved within pop culture, their franchise failed to resonate with viewers, or simply due […]

New trailer for The Mauritanian starring Jodie Foster, Tahar Rahim and Benedict Cumberbatch

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STX Films has released a new trailer for The Mauritanian. Directed by Kevin Macdonald, the drama is based on Mohamedou Ould Slahi’s bestselling memoir Guantanamo Diary and stars Tahar Rahim as Slahi alongside a cast that includes Jodie Foster, Zachary Levi, Saamer Usmani, Shailene Woodley, and Benedict Cumberbatch; watch it here… SEE ALSO: Read our […]

Movie Review – The Mauritanian (2021)

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The Mauritanian, 2021. Directed by Kevin Macdonald. Starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Jodie Foster, Shailene Woodley, Tahar Rahim, Zachary Levi, Langley Kirkwood, Corey Johnson, Matthew Marsh, Sammer Usmani, David Fynn, André Jacobs, Meena Rayann, Arthur Falko, Stevel Marc, and Robert Hobbs. SYNOPSIS: Mohamedou Ould Salahi fights for freedom after being detained and imprisoned without charge by the U.S. […]

Movie Review – The Mauritanian (2021)

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The Mauritanian, 2021. Directed by Kevin Macdonald. Starring Tahar Rahim, Benedict Cumberbatch, Jodie Foster, Shailene Woodley and Zachary Levi. SYNOPSIS: Accused of recruiting terrorists for the 9/11 attacks, Mohamedou Ould Slahi is held without being charged for over a decade in the infamous Guantanamo Bay facility. In the wake of a globally tragic event, fear […]

Watchmen’s Jovan Adepo joins thriller Misanthrope with Shailene Woodley and Ben Mendelsohn

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Deadline has reported that Jovan Adepo (Watchmen) has been cast in Misanthrope, a serial killer thriller starring Shailene Woodley (Big Little Lies) and Ben Mendelsohn (Ready Player One). Misanthrope follows “a talented, but troubled cop, who is recruited by the FBI to help profile and track down a mass murderer.” Adepo will play MacKenzie, “a young […]

Shailene Woodley and Miles Teller reuniting for The Fence

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Deadline is reporting that Shailene Woodley and Miles Teller are set to reunite on The Fence, a political satire from Icelandic director Grimur Hakonarson (Rams). The Fence will see Woodley and Teller as two liberal newlyweds who find themselves increasingly at odds with their ultra-conservative ex-marine neighbour, who insists on building a nine-foot-tall fence around his […]

Movie Review – Snowden (2016)

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Snowden, 2016. Directed by Oliver Stone. Starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Shailene Woodley, Zachary Quinto, Melissa Leo, Scott Eastwood, Tom Wilkinson, Joely Richardson, Timothy Olyphant, Ben Schnetzer, Ben Chaplin, Rhys Ifans, Nicolas Cage, and Edward Snowden. SYNOPSIS: The NSA’s illegal surveillance techniques are leaked to the public by one of the agency’s employees, Edward Snowden, in the […]

Movie Review – Adrift (2018)

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Adrift., 2018 Directed by Baltasar Kormakur. Starring Shailene Woodley, Sam Claflin, Grace Palmer, Jeffrey Thomas, and Elizabeth Hawthorne. SYNOPSIS: Based on the true story of survival, a young couple’s chance encounter leads them first to love, and then on the adventure of a lifetime as they face one of the most catastrophic hurricanes in recorded […]

UK trailer for Endings, Beginnings starring Shailene Woodley, Jamie Dornan and Sebastian Stan

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Ahead of its UK release tomorrow, Signature Entertainment has unveiled a poster, trailer and promotional images for the romantic drama Endings, Beginnings, which sees Drake Doremus (Like Crazy) directing Shailene Woodley (Big Little Lies), Jamie Dornan (Fifty Shades of Grey) and Sebastian Stan (Avengers: Endgame). Daphne (Shailene Woodley), a young woman recovering from a break-up […]