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Second Opinion – Hotel Artemis (2018)

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Hotel Artemis, 2018. Written and Directed by Drew Pearce. Starring Jodie Foster, Sterling K. Brown, Sofia Boutella, Jeff Goldblum, Brian Tyree Henry, Jenny Slate, Zachary Quinto, Charlie Day, Dave Bautista, and Kenneth Choi. SYNOPSIS: Set in riot-torn, near-future Los Angeles, ‘Hotel Artemis’ follows the Nurse, who runs a secret, members-only emergency room for criminals. Hotel […]

New trailer for Amazon’s rom-com anthology series Modern Love starring Anne Hathaway

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Ahead of its premiere on Amazon Prime next month, a new trailer has arrived online for the star-studded romantic comedy anthology series Modern Love which features a cast that includes Anne Hathaway, Tina Fey, Andy Garcia, Julia Garner, Catherine Keener, Dev Patel, John Slattery, Sofia Boutella, Andrew Scott, Shea Whigham, Cristin Millioti, Olivia Cooke, John […]

First trailer for Amazon’s Modern Love starring Anne Hathaway, Tina Fey and more

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Amazon has debuted the first trailer for its romantic comedy anthology Modern Love. The star-studded series is inspired by the New York Times column of the same name and features a cast that includes Anne Hathaway, Tina Fey, Andy Garcia, Julia Garner, Catherine Keener, Dev Patel, John Slattery, Sofia Boutella, Andrew Scott, Shea Whigham, Cristin […]

Movie Review – Climax (2019)

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Climax, 2019. Directed by Gaspar Noé. Starring Sofia Boutella, Romain Guillermic, Souheila Yacoub, Kiddy Smile, Claude-Emmanuelle Gajan-Maull, Giselle Palmer, Taylor Kastle, and Thea Carla Schott. SYNOPSIS:  French dancers gather in a remote, empty school building to rehearse on a wintry night. The all-night celebration morphs into a hallucinatory nightmare when they learn their sangria is laced with […]

Blu-ray Review – Climax (2018)

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Climax, 2018. Directed by Gaspar Noé. Starring Sofia Boutella, Romain Guillermic, Souheila Yacoub, Kiddy Smile, and Sharleen Temple. SYNOPSIS: A group of dancers rehearsing in an empty school building have their drink spiked with LSD, resulting in hellish consequences. ‘Escalation’ is a word that gets used quite a lot in film but there aren’t many […]

Anna Hathaway leads star-studded ensemble for Amazon’s Modern Love

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Amazon has announced a rather stellar ensemble cast for its upcoming anthology series adaptation of the New York Times podcast and column Modern Love. Joining Oscar-winner Anne Hathaway in the eight-episode half hour series will be Anne Hathaway, Tina Fey, Dev Patel, John Slattery, ndy Garcia, Cristin Milioti, Olivia Cooke, Andrew Scott, Shea Whigham, Gary Carr, Sofia Boutella and John […]

Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Sofia Boutella and more testing for DC’s Birds of Prey

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With Warner Bros. and DC Films looking at a January production start for Birds of Prey, it seems we may soon learn who’ll be joining Margot Robbie in the cast of the Harley Quinn-led girl gang movie. According to various reports in the trades, Warner Bros. and director Cathy Yan are currently testing a number […]

The Pseudo-Intellectualism of Gaspar Noé’s Climax

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The following is partly a review of Climax and partly an exploration of what makes a film a good piece of cinema… Climax, 2018. Directed by Gaspar Noé. Starring Sofia Boutella, Romain Guillermic, Souheila Yacoub, Kiddy Smile, Giselle Palmer. SYNOPSIS: A young dance troupe rehearse for an upcoming American tour in a dingy school assembly […]

Arrow Video FrightFest Review – Climax (2018)

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Climax, 2018. Directed by Gaspar Noé. Starring Sofia Boutella, Romain Guillermic, Souheila Yacoub, Kiddy Smile, Claude Gajan Maull, Giselle Palmer, and Taylor Kastle. SYNOPSIS: When a contemporary dance troupe have wrapped rehearsal for their 90s infused choreographed set-piece, they decide to throw a party to celebrate. What they don’t know is that someone has spiked the […]

Exclusive UK trailer and poster for Gaspar Noe’s Climax

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Arrow Films is set to bring Irreversible and Enter the Void director Gaspar Noe’s new film Climax to UK cinemas next month, and we’ve got our hands on an exclusive poster and trailer, which you can find right here… From director Gaspar Noé (Irreversible; Enter the Void; Love) comes a hypnotic, hallucinatory, and ultimately hair-raising […]