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Simon Pegg teases Pom Klementieff return in Mission: Impossible 8

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With the eighth installment of the Mission: Impossible franchise having been delayed until 2025 – and undergoing a name change as it drops ‘Part Two’ from its title – it may be a while before we hear any news about Mission: Impossible 8, but series star Simon Pegg did tease the return of a familiar face. Taking to […]

Movie Review – Nandor Fodor and the Talking Mongoose (2023)

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Nandor Fodor and the Talking Mongoose, 2023 Written and Directed by Adam Sigal. Starring Simon Pegg, Minnie Driver, Christopher Lloyd, Neil Gaiman, Paul Kaye, Ruth Connell, Tim Downie, Gary Beadle, Edmund Kingsley, Cokey Falkow, Jessica Balmer, Damian Gallagher, Emilio Calcioli, Sharon Forbes, Aidan Towers, Drew Moerlein, and John Booker. SYNOPSIS: In 1935, Hungarian-American para-psychologist Nandor […]

To Boldly Go: Ranking Every Star Trek Movie From Worst To Best

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Shaun Munro reviews the entire Star Trek movie franchise from worst to best… The cinematic future of the Star Trek franchise remains very much in flux at present; since the disappointing box office performance of 2016’s Star Trek Beyond, Paramount has continually stalled production of a direct follow-up, with the latest incarnation of the next movie pulled […]

Revisiting the Star Wars Prequel Trilogy

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Were a generation of fans too harsh on the Prequel Trilogy? Tom Jolliffe revisits The Phantom Menace, Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith to see whether they’re worthy of reappraisal, and how they hold up post-Disney Sequel Trilogy… Remember Spaced? The much loved and all too shortly lived sitcom from Edgar Wright, […]

Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright working on a new film separate from the Cornetto Trilogy

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Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright have made several cult and popular films with their Cornetto Trilogy, made up of the comedies and genre spoofs Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz and The World’s End. While Wright has gone on to direct several more films since their conclusion of their ‘trilogy’, the duo and Nick Frost, the other lead of […]

Simon Pegg is on the case in Nandor Fodor and the Talking Mongoose trailer

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Saban Films has released a poster and trailer for writer-director Adam Sigal’s mystery comedy Nandor Fodor and the Talking Mongoose. Set in London, 1935, the film follows Dr. Nandor Fodor (Simon Pegg) a famed paranormal psychologist who uncovers a web of hidden motives when he launches an investigation on a British farm after the family […]

Movie Review – Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One (2023)

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Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One, 2023. Directed by Christopher McQuarrie. Starring Tom Cruise, Hayley Atwell, Ving Rhames, Simon Pegg, Rebecca Ferguson, Vanessa Kirby, Henry Czerny, Esai Morales, Pom Klementieff, Cary Elwes, Shea Whigham, Mariela Garriga, Greg Tarzan Davis, Charles Parnell, Rob Delaney, Indira Varma, Mark Gatiss, Anton Valensi, Nico Toffoli, and Frederick Schmidt. […]

Video Review – Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One is the perfect blockbuster

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EJ Moreno with a video review of Mission: Impossible 7… Tom Cruise leads what feels like a perfect action movie & summer blockbuster. Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One offers everything you’d expect and then some. When your film only suffers from “why can’t I have more” syndrome, you know you’re in for a […]

Tom Cruise, Hayley Atwell and more feature on Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One character posters

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Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to set aside your dismay at this tired introduction to a piece of Mission: Impossible news and feast your eyes on the character posters dropped by Paramount Pictures for Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One. Featuring Tom Cruise as Ethan Hunt, Hayley Atwell as Grace, […]