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Star Trek Beyond will pay tribute to Leonard Nimoy

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During an interview with the Associated Press at CinemaCon 2016, Star Trek Beyond co-writer and star Simon Pegg has revealed that the upcoming film will pay tribute to Leonard Nimoy, who sadly passed away in February 2015. “How could there not be?” replied Pegg when asked if the movie will include a tribute to the Trek […]

Simon Pegg to star in rock ‘n’ roll drama Lost Transmissions

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Pulse Films has announced that Simon Pegg has signed on to star in the rock ‘n’ roll drama Lost Transmissions, which is being written and directed by Katharine O’Brien. Variety reports that the film will follow “a shy songwriter who discovers her friend, a respected record producer, has lapsed on his medication for schizophrenia. She […]

Movie Review – Ice Age: Collision Course (2016)

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Ice Age: Collision Course, 2016. Directed by Michael Thumeier and Galen T. Chu. Featuring the voices of Ray Romano, Denis Leary, John Leguizamo, Queen Latifah, Jennifer Lopez, Adam Devine, Sean William Scott, Josh Peck, Jessie J and Simon Pegg. SYNOPSIS: Manny, Diego, and Sid join up with Buck to fend off a meteor strike that […]

Star Trek: Why I’m with Takei, not Pegg, over Sulu

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Before we get started, let’s agree on one thing here: an openly gay main character on modern Star Trek is a great thing. It should have been included as part of Gene Roddenberry’s forward thinking, utopian vision for the 23rd century, but that was the 60’s and, well, the general message then was ‘straight people […]

Simon Pegg in talks to join Steven Spielberg’s Ready Player One

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Steven Spielberg’s adaptation of Ernest Cline’s best selling science fiction novel Ready Player One has already cast Tye Sheridan (Mud, X-Men: Apocalypse) as lead Wade Watts aka Parzival, with support from Olivia Cooke (Me, Earl and the Dying Girl) and Ben Mendelsohn (Rogue One: A Star Wars Story). Now it looks like it’s about to […]

Second Opinion – Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015)

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Star Wars: The Force Awakens, 2015. Directed by J.J. Abrams. Starring Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Anthony Daniels, Kenny Baker, Peter Mayhew, Tim Rose, Adam Driver, Oscar Isaac, Andy Serkis, Domhnall Gleeson, John Boyega, Daisy Ridley, Gwendoline Christie, Lupita Nyong’o, Ken Leung, Miltos Yerolemou, Max von Sydow, Jessica Henwick, Christina Chong, Simon Pegg, Billie […]

Movie Review – Absolutely Anything (2015)

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Absolutely Anything, 2015. Directed by Terry Jones. Starring Simon Pegg, Kate Beckinsale, Rob Riggle, Robin Williams, John Cleese, Michael Palin, Eric Idle and Terry Jones. SYNOPSIS: A group of eccentric aliens give a man the power to do absolutely anything in order to determine if the Earth is worth saving. The premise of Absolutely Anything will be familiar to fans […]

Movie Review – Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation (2015)

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Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation, 2015. Directed by Christopher McQuarrie. Starring Tom Cruise, Jeremy Renner, Simon Pegg, Ving Rhames, Rebecca Ferguson, Sean Harris and Alec Baldwin. SYNOPSIS: Ethan and team take on their most impossible mission yet, eradicating the Syndicate – an International rogue organization as highly skilled as they are, committed to destroying the […]

Domhnall Gleeson playing General Hux in Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Simon Pegg confirmed to appear as an alien

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The Star Wars: The Force Awakens panel is taking place at this very moment in Hall H of the San Diego Comic-Con International, during which it has been confirmed that Simon Pegg will appear in the film as an alien creature, while Domhnall Gleeson’s character has been introduced as General Hux, who is in charge […]

Second Opinion – Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation (2015)

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Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation, 2015. Directed by Christopher McQuarrie. Starring Tom Cruise, Jeremy Renner, Simon Pegg, Ving Rhames, Rebecca Ferguson, Sean Harris and Alec Baldwin. SYNOPSIS: Ethan and team take on their most impossible mission yet, eradicating the Syndicate – an International rogue organization as highly skilled as they are, committed to destroying the […]