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Movie Review – Vice (2018)

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Vice, 2018. Written and Directed by Adam McKay. Starring Christian Bale, Amy Adams, Steve Carell, Sam Rockwell, Jesse Plemons, Alison Pill, Lily Rabe, Tyler Perry, Justin Kirk, LisaGay Hamilton, Shea Whigham, Eddie Marsan, Fay Masterson, Bill Camp, Don McManus, Bob Stephenson, Jillian Armenante, Abigail Marlowe, and Jamie Bernadette. SYNOPSIS: Vice explores how a bureaucratic Washington insider […]

Movie Review – Beautiful Boy (2018)

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Beautiful Boy, 2018. Directed by Felix Van Groeningen. Starring Steve Carell, Timothee Chalamet, Maura Tierney, Kaitlyn Dever, Stefanie Scott, Kue Lawrence, Jack Dylan Grazer, Oakley Bull, Christian Convery, Julian Works, Amy Forsyth, Andre Royo, Timothy Hutton, and Amy Ryan. SYNOPSIS: Based on the best-selling pair of memoirs from father and son David and Nic Sheff, […]

First trailer for The Morning Show starring Jennifer Aniston, Reese Witherspoon and Steve Carell

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Apple has released the first full trailer for its first original drama series The Morning Show which stars Jennifer Aniston, Reese Witherspoon, and Steve Carell as newscast co-anchors; watch it here… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eA7D4_qU9jo What happens when the people you trust to tell the truth prove themselves to be dishonest? The Morning Show follows the free fall […]

Exclusive Beautiful Boy featurette explores The True Story Behind the Film

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Coinciding with its home entertainment release in the UK this week, we’ve got an exclusive clip from the critically acclaimed Beautiful Boy starring Steve Carell and Timothee Chalamet, which contains interviews with the real-life David and Nic Sheff (who wrote the best-selling pair of memoirs on which the film is based) who discuss what prompted […]

Road to the Oscars 2019 – Can Vice win Best Picture?

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In the week before the 91st Academy Awards are handed out, Tom Beasley takes a look at each Best Picture nominee and its chances of Oscars victory. Finally, it’s Christian Bale’s transformative take on Dick Cheney in Vice… Adam McKay made the pivot to serious filmmaking a few years ago when he looked under the […]

Exclusive: Director Peter Segal says “the ship has sailed” on Get Smart sequel

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In the months following the release of Get Smart back in 2008, Warner Bros. announced that plans were afoot for a sequel to the spy comedy, with Steve Carell, Anne Hathaway and Alan Arkin all on board to return for a second outing. Unfortunately, the project failed to materialise, and now speaking to Flickering Myth’s […]

Second Opinion – Vice (2018)

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Vice, 2018. Written and Directed by Adam McKay. Starring Christian Bale, Amy Adams, Steve Carell, Sam Rockwell, Jesse Plemons, Alison Pill, Lily Rabe, Tyler Perry, Justin Kirk, LisaGay Hamilton, Shea Whigham, Eddie Marsan, Fay Masterson, Bill Camp, Don McManus, Bob Stephenson, Jillian Armenante, Abigail Marlowe, and Jamie Bernadette. SYNOPSIS: The tale of how former vice […]

Movie Review – Vice (2018)

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Vice, 2018. Written and Directed by Adam McKay. Starring Christian Bale, Amy Adams, Steve Carell, Sam Rockwell, Jesse Plemons, Alison Pill, Lily Rabe, Tyler Perry, Justin Kirk, LisaGay Hamilton, Shea Whigham, Eddie Marsan, Fay Masterson, Bill Camp, Don McManus, Bob Stephenson, Jillian Armenante, Abigail Marlowe, and Jamie Bernadette. SYNOPSIS: The story of Dick Cheney, an […]

Going Straight: Seven Great Comedy Actors Who Turned Dramatic

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Freda Cooper with seven great comedy actors who turned dramatic… According to most actors, comedy is harder than drama, so finding that stars best known for giving us the giggles have played against type with huge success isn’t a big surprise.  The latest in the line of screen actors who cut their teeth on making […]