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Taika Waititi’s Star Wars co-writer gives fans a brief update

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Fans were delighted when news broke that Taika Waititi would helm a Star Wars film for Disney. Since its initial announcement, though, there’s been a bit of radio silence concerning the project. However, the feature’s co-writer is now speaking up and updating fans with what’s to come.Scottish screenwriter Krysty Wilson-Cairns will co-write the script with […]

Taika Waititi-produced sci-fi thriller Night Raiders gets a trailer and poster

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Ahead of its release this November, a trailer, poster and images have been released for the Taika Waititi-produced sci-fi thriller Night Raiders. Written and directed by Danis Goulet, the film follows a mother as she joins a band of underground vigilantes in an effort to save her daughter from a state-run children’s academy; take a […]

Movie Review – Free Guy (2021)

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Free Guy, 2021.Directed by Shawn Levy. Starring Ryan Reynolds, Jodie Comer, Lil Rel Howery, Joe Keery, Taika Waititi, Utkarsh Ambudkar, Camille Kostek, Kimberly Howe, Matty Cardarople, Ninja, Alex Trebek, Aaron W Reed, JackSepticeye, Pokimane, LazarBeam, David Morwick, and DanTDM.SYNOPSIS:A bank teller discovers that he’s actually an NPC inside a brutal, open-world video game.Free Guy continues […]

First trailer for The Electrical Life of Louis Wain starring Benedict Cumberbatch

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StudioCanal has released a poster and trailer for The Electrical Life of Louis Wain, the upcoming biographical drama from director Will Sharpe which tells the story of the extraordinary life of the eccentric British artist Louis Wain (Benedict Cumberbatch) from the late 1800’s through to the 1930s; watch it here…The extraordinary true story of eccentric […]

First look at Benedict Cumberbatch in The Electrical Life of Louis Wain

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Coinciding with its world premiere at the Telluride Film Festival, Amazon has released a first-look clip from the biographical drama The Electrical Life of Louis Wain which stars Benedict Cumberbatch as the eccentric British artist alongside Claire Foy as his wife Emily Richardson; take a look here…The extraordinary true story of eccentric British artist Louis […]

FX renews Taika Waititi’s Reservation Dogs for second season

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FX has announced an early renewal for a second season of Reservation Dogs, the coming-of-age comedy from Taika Waititi (Thor: Love and Thunder) and Sterlin Harjo.Reservation Dogs follows “the lives of four Native American teenagers in rural Oklahoma who spend their days committing crime… and fighting it. The series stars up-and-coming young actors D’Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai (Creeped […]

Movie Review – The Suicide Squad (2021)

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The Suicide Squad, 2021.Written and Directed by James Gunn. Starring Margot Robbie, Idris Elba, John Cena, Joel Kinnaman, Sylvester Stallone, Viola Davis, Jai Courtney, Peter Capaldi, David Dastmalchian, Daniela Melchior, Michael Rooker, Alice Braga, Pete Davidson, Nathan Fillion, Sean Gunn, Flula Borg, Mayling Ng, Storm Reid, Steve Agee, Jennifer Holland, Juan Diego Botto, Joaquín Cosío, […]

Video Review – Free Guy can’t rise above being just another typical Ryan Reynolds comedy

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EJ Moreno with a video review of Ryan Reynolds’ new film Free Guy…Ryan Reynolds is back, and this time he’s looking to pander to the gamers. Free Guy is a video game-infused film where Reynolds stars as Guy, an NPC who decided to move from the background to the hero of this story.Critic EJ Moreno […]

Video Review – The Suicide Squad is James Gunn finally unleashed!

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EJ Moreno with a video review of The Suicide Squad…James Gunn is unleashed, unhinged, and unstoppable with his latest film, The Suicide Squad. Critic EJ Moreno breaks down what is the most absurd and gory DC film to date.Watch the review here, and be sure to follow us on YouTube for more reviews, exclusive interviews, and […]