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Countdown to Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny – The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

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Chris Gelderd counts down to Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny by revisiting 2008’s The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull… In production for almost a decade, the final outing for everyone’s beloved professor and archaeologist Indiana Jones is now finally on the horizon. Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny will be the fifth feature film […]

Movie Review – Padre Pio (2023)

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Padre Pio, 2022. Directed by Abel Ferrara. Starring Shia LaBeouf, Cristina Chiriac, Marco Leonardi, Asia Argento, Vincenzo Crea, Luca Lionello, Brando Pacitto, Stella Mastrantonio, Salvatore Ruocco, Federico Majorana, Michelangelo Dalisi, Martina Gatti, Alessio Montagnani, Roberta Mattei, Ermanno De Biagi, Alessandro Cremona, Ignazio Oliva, Valeria Correale, Federica Dordei, Piergiuseppe Francione, Anna Ferrara, and Francesco D’Angelo. SYNOPSIS: […]

James Mangold says “we’ll find out what happened” to Shia LaBeouf’s Mutt in Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny

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Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny has some course-correcting to do for those who weren’t too enamoured with 2008’s Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, and that includes addressing the fate of Shia LaBeouf’s Mutt, who was introduced as Indy’s son and was just one of the many divisive aspects of Spielberg’s fourth whip-cracking adventure.  Hoping […]

4K Ultra HD Review – Indiana Jones: 4-Movie Collection

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Indiana Jones: 4-Movie Collection Directed by Steven Spielberg. Starring Harrison Ford, Denholm Elliott, John Rhys-Davies, Karen Allen, Paul Freeman, Ronald Lacey, Wolf Kahler, Kate Capshaw, Ke Huy Quan, Amrish Puri, Raj Singh, Roshan Seth, Sean Connery, Julian Glover, Alison Doody, Michael Byrne, Kevork Malikyan, J.J. Hardy, Shia LaBeouf, Cate Blanchett, Ray Winstone, John Hurt, Igor […]

Shia LaBeouf is watching all of his movies in a row

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Following on from his somewhat-infamous performance pieces Shia LaBeouf is now almost 24 hours into his latest fine art instalment: watching every film he’s ever appeared in back-to-back. LaBeouf will be at the Angelika Film Centre in New York working under the hashtag of #ALLMYMOVIES for roughly 72 hours as he watches over two-dozen of his films, starting with his most recent […]

Why 2019 is the year of Shia LaBeouf

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Tom Jolliffe looks at a productive year for Shia LaBeouf, in what could be a triumphant comeback… There was a time, at the height of his blockbuster fame, when Shia LaBeouf was a persistent presence in the media spotlight. That presence too, as he transitioned into adulthood from teen (and pre-teen) superstar, was often connected […]

David Ayer wanted to cast Shia LaBeouf in Suicide Squad​, but Warner Bros. thought he was too crazy

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During an interview with Variety, Shia LaBeouf has revealed that his Fury director David Ayer hoped to cast him in Suicide Squad in the role of GQ Edwards (subsequently played by Scott Eastwood), only for Warner Bros. to veto the idea. “The character was different initially,” states LaBeouf. “Then Will [Smith] came in, and the […]

Shia LaBeouf joins Francis Ford Coppola’s Megalopolis

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Director Francis Ford Coppola continues to round out the cast of his passion project Megalopolis, with controversial actor Shia LaBeouf leading a new round of additions to the film alongside Coppola’s sister Talia Shire (The Godfather) and nephew Jason Schwartzman (The French Dispatch). LaBeouf’s casting marks the actor’s first major role since he was accused […]

Rolling Out for Michael Bay’s Transformers 15th Anniversary

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Ricky Church revisits Michael Bay’s Transformers as it turns 15… Throughout the nearly 40 years of the Transformers franchise, it has spanned many different forms of media from toylines, animated series, video games and comics. While the franchise hit the big screen early on with Transformers: The Movie, the animated tie-in to the original cartoon series, […]