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October Horrors 2021 – Shaun of the Dead (2004)

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Shaun of the Dead, 2004. Directed by Edgar Wright. Starring Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Kate Ashfield, Lucy Davis, Dylan Moran, Bill Nighy and Penelope Wilton. SYNOPSIS: After being dumped by his girlfriend, slacker Shaun resolves to finally sort his life and do whatever it takes to win her back. Unluckily for Shaun, his romantic endeavour […]

Movie Review – Terminal (2018)

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Terminal, 2018. Directed by Vaughn Stein. Starring Margot Robbie, Simon Pegg, Mike Myers, Dexter Fletcher, Max Irons, and Thomas Turgoose. SYNOPSIS: Two hit men on a mysterious mission.  A teacher with a fatal illness.  An enigmatic station janitor who speaks like a rule book.  And a glamorous waitress who seems to be leading a double […]

Movie Review – America: The Motion Picture (2021)

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America: The Motion Picture, 2021. Directed by Matt Thompson. Featuring the voice talents of Channing Tatum, Jason Mantzoukas, Olivia Munn, Andy Samberg, Bobby Moynihan, Judy Greer, Will Forte, Raoul Max Trujillo, Killer Mike, Simon Pegg, Amber Nash, Kevin Gillese, Megan Leahy, and Matt Yates. SYNOPSIS: A chainsaw-wielding George Washington teams with beer-loving bro Sam Adams […]

Mark Rylance and Simon Pegg to star in The Undeclared War

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Deadline reports that Mark Rylance (Dunkirk) and Simon Pegg (Mission Impossible – Fallout) have joined Peackock and Channel 4’s political espionage thriller The Undeclared War. The series comes from Peter Kosminsky and Colin Callender, who are re-teaming with Rylance after working on Wolf Hall. Rylance and Pegg will lead with the series with Adrian Lester (Riviera), […]

Amazon cancels Nick Frost and Simon Pegg’s Truth Seekers after one season

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It may have garnered largely positive reviews when it was released at the tail end of 2020, including our own which said “This show is something which will get better over time”. However, time is something that Simon Pegg and Nick Frost’s Truth Seekers TV show won’t be afforded the luxury of, because Amazon have […]

Tom Cruise’s Mission: Impossible co-stars have no idea if he will even survive his crazy stunts

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Simon Pegg, one of Tom Cruise’s co-stars in the Mission: Impossible franchise, says he and the cast watch in horror as Cruise performs his stunts, not knowing if he will survive. Tom Cruise is well known for not only doing his own stunts but seeking out crazier and crazier stunts each time. The Mission: Impossible […]

TV Review – Amazon’s Truth Seekers

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Martin Carr reviews Amazon’s Truth Seekers… There is an expectation which comes with Simon Pegg and Nick Frost now. Both are national institutions while Simon Pegg has inadvertently broken America, turned into a bona fide film star and rubs shoulders with A-list royalty. Their style of comedy is deeply rooted in characters, comes through circumstance […]

Movie Review – Ready Player One (2018)

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Ready Player One, 2018. Directed by Steven Spielberg. Starring Tye Sheridan, Olivia Cooke, Ben Mendelsohn, Mark Rylance, Simon Pegg, T.J. Miller, Lena Waithe, Hannah John-Kamen, Ralph Ineson, Mckenna Grace, Win Morisaki, Susan Lynch, and Philip Zhao. SYNOPSIS: When the creator of a virtual reality world called the OASIS dies, he releases a video in which he […]

New trailer and poster for Nick Frost and Simon Pegg’s Truth Seekers

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Amazon Prime has released a new trailer and poster for the Nick Frost and Simon Pegg-produced supernatural comedy Truth Seekers. The series follows a group of paranormal investigators as they team-up to uncover a deadly conspiracy and features a cast that includes Frost, Pegg, Emma D’Arcy, Samson Kayo, Malcolm McDowell, Susan Wokoma, and Julian Barratt; […]

Shaun of the Dead with journalist and podcaster Sophie Davies | The Pick of the Flicks Podcast #93

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On The Pick of the Flicks Podcast, a different guest drops in every week to chat about their favourite film. This week, TV journalist and podcaster Sophie Davies chats about Edgar Wright’s rom-zom-com Shaun of the Dead… On this week’s episode of The Pick of the Flicks Podcast, the journalist and podcaster Sophie Davies discusses […]