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Second Opinion – Man Down (2015)

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Man Down, 2015. Directed by Dito Montiel Starring Shia LaBeouf, Jai Courtney, Gary Oldman, Kate Mara and Clifton Collins Jr. SYNOPSIS: In a post-apocalyptic America, former U.S. Marine Gabriel Drummer searches desperately for the whereabouts of his son, accompanied by his best friend and a survivor. Man Down is the latest in a long line […]

Movie Review – Man Down (2015)

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Man Down, 2015. Directed by Dito Montiel. Starring Shia LaBeouf, Kate Mara, Jai Courtney, and Gary Oldman. SYNOPSIS: In a post-apocalyptic America, former U.S. Marine Gabriel Drummer searches desperately for the whereabouts of his son, accompanied by his best friend and a survivor. There’s a twist late on in Man Down so gob-smackingly insincere and unearned that […]

60th BFI London Film Festival Review – American Honey (2016)

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American Honey, 2016 Directed by Andrea Arnold Starring Sasha Lane, Shia LaBeouf, Riley Keough. SYNOPSIS: Disaffected, blue-collar American teen Star (Sasha Lane), a self-described ‘American Honey’, leaves her unhappy home life behind to hit the road with a gang of misfit stragglers who travel across the USA scamming people out of their money. On the way […]

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 to play John McEnroe in Borg/McEnroe

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According to The Hollywood Reporter, Shia LaBeouf has signed on to play tennis legend John McEnroe in the upcoming biopic Borg/McEnroe, which will chronicle “the long-running battle for supremacy in the tennis world in the 1970s and 1980s between McEnroe and Swedish star Bjorn Borg.” LaBeouf will star alongside Swedish actor Sverrir Gudnason (A Serious […]

The Week in Disappointment – Shia LaBeouf, Star Wars, Prometheus, Fantastic Four, Jem and the Holograms, Johnny Depp

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Anghus Houvouras with this week’s disappointments from the entertainment world… “Shia LaBeouf is watching all of his movies in a row” They say you have to suffer for your art. That would explain why Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull is in the line up. Speaking of fundamental story problems… “J.J. Abrams […]

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 […]