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Tilda Swinton addresses “whitewashing” of The Ancient One in Marvel’s Doctor Strange

April 22, 2016 by Gary Collinson

Last week, Hollywood was once again accused of “whitewashing” with the release of the first image of Scarlett Johansson in the live-action Ghost in the Shell movie, but that isn’t the only movie which has come under fire lately for culturally reappropriating a character traditionally depicted as Asian. Marvel’s Doctor Strange features a bald Tilda Swinton […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: Doctor Strange, Marvel, Marvel Cinematic Universe, Tilda Swinton

Kevin Feige talks Doctor Strange and gender-swapping The Ancient One

June 29, 2015 by admin

As we gear up for the release of Ant-Man, it seems only right that Marvel head honcho Kevin Feige starts the hype machine for upcoming releases from the MCU schedule. In particular, Doctor Strange. Feige has confirmed at a press event for Ant-Man that Stephen Strange will indeed be living in New York saying, “The […]

Filed Under: Luke Owen, Movies, News Tagged With: Doctor Strange, Kevin Feige, Marvel, Marvel Cinematic Universe, Tilda Swinton

Parasite and Snowpiercer: Class divides with Bong Joon Ho

February 10, 2020 by Tom Jolliffe

In the first of new series of features, Tom Jolliffe suggests a class-themed double bill of Bong Joon Ho’s Parasite and Snowpiercer… The beauty of cinema is how so many films can form a connective strand with others. Sometimes it can be a film-makers penchant for a similar message between a couple of films, or […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: Bong Joon-ho, Chris Evans, Ed Harris, Hye-jin Jang, Jamie Bell, John Hurt, Kang-ho Song, Parasite, Snowpiercer, So-dam Park, Tilda Swinton, Woo-sik Choi, Yeo-Jeong Jo

Movie Review – Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio (2022)

November 28, 2022 by Matt Rodgers

Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio, 2022.  Directed by Guillermo del Toro and Mark Gustafson Starring David Bradley, Ewan McGregor, Gregory Mann, Christoph Waltz, Ron Perlman, Cate Blanchett, Tilda Swinton, Finn Wolfhard, Burn Gorman, Tim Blake Nelson and John Turturro SYNOPSIS: A darker version of the classic children’s fairy tale of a wooden puppet that transforms into […]

Filed Under: Matt Rodgers, Movies, Reviews Tagged With: Burn Gorman, Cate Blanchett, Christoph Waltz, David Bradley, Ewan McGregor, Finn Wolfhard, Gregory Mann, Guillermo del Toro, Guillermo Del Toro’s Pinocchio, Mark Gustafson, netflix, pinocchio, Ron Perlman., Tilda Swinton, Tim Blake Nelson

Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio comes to life in new trailer

November 10, 2022 by Amie Cranswick

Netflix has released a new trailer for Pinocchio, the stop-motion animated musical feature which sees Oscar-winning director Guillermo del Toro and Mark Gustafson reinvent Carlo Collodi’s classic tale of the magical marionette who tries to find his place in the world as a real living boy.  Academy Award-winning filmmaker Guillermo del Toro reinvents Carlo Collodi’s […]

Filed Under: Amie Cranswick, Movies, News, Trailers Tagged With: Burn Gorman, Cate Blanchett, Christoph Waltz, David Bradley, Ewan McGregor, Finn Wolfhard, Gregory Mann, Guillermo del Toro, Guillermo Del Toro’s Pinocchio, John Turturro, netflix, pinocchio, Ron Perlman., Tilda Swinton, Tim Blake Nelson

Tilda Swinton takes on dual roles in trailer for ghost story The Eternal Daughter

November 1, 2022 by Amie Cranswick

A24 has released a trailer for writer-director Joanna Hogg’s (The Souvenir) upcoming mystery drama The Eternal Daughter. The film stars Tilda Swinton in the dual roles of both a middle-aged woman and her elderly mother, as they return to their former family home, a manor which has since become a hotel brimming with mystery. An […]

Filed Under: Amie Cranswick, Movies, News, Trailers Tagged With: Carly-Sophia Davies, Joanna Hogg, Joseph Mydell, The Eternal Daughter, Tilda Swinton

Movie Review – Three Thousand Years of Longing (2022)

September 1, 2022 by Robert Kojder

Three Thousand Years of Longing, 2022 Directed by George Miller. Starring Tilda Swinton, Idris Elba, Ece Yüksel, Zerrin Tekindor, Erdil Yaşaroğlu, Kaan Guldur, David Collins, Alyla Browne, Nicola Mouawad, Burcu Gölgedar, Berk Ozturk, Ogulcan Arman Uslu, Pia Thunderbolt, Matteo Bocelli, Lachy Hulme, Megan Gale, Jack Braddy, and Aamito Lagum. SYNOPSIS: A lonely scholar, on a […]

Filed Under: Movies, Reviews, Robert Kojder Tagged With: Aamito Lagum, Alyla Browne, Berk Ozturk, Burcu Gölgedar, David Collins, Ece Yüksel, Erdil Yaşaroğlu, George Miller, Idris Elba, Jack Braddy, Kaan Guldur, Lachy Hulme, Matteo Bocelli, Megan Gale, Nicola Mouawad, Ogulcan Arman Uslu, Pia Thunderbolt, Three Thousand Years of Longing, Tilda Swinton, Zerrin Tekindor

Idris Elba longs to grant Tilda Swinton three wishes in Three Thousand Years of Longing clip

August 13, 2022 by Amie Cranswick

MGM has debuted the first clip from Mad Max director George Miller’s eagerly-anticipated fantasy romance Three Thousand Years of Longing which sees Idris Elba’s Djinn become frustrated with Tilda Swinton’s Dr. Alithea Binnie and her lack of desire to use her three wishes; check it out below… Dr Alithea Binnie (Tilda Swinton) is an academic […]

Filed Under: Amie Cranswick, Movies, News Tagged With: Idris Elba, Three Thousand Years of Longing, Tilda Swinton

Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio comes to life with trailer for stop-motion animated adaptation

July 27, 2022 by Gary Collinson

It’s like the summer of 1998 all over again, if world-destroying astronomical objects were wooden toy boys who longed to be real… in September, Robert Zemeckis and Tom Hanks team up to bring the live-action Pinocchio to Disney+, before Netflix and Oscar-winning filmmaker Guillermo del Toro deliver their own take on Carlo Collodi’s classic tale […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News, Television Tagged With: Burn Gorman, Cate Blanchett, Christoph Waltz, David Bradley, Ewan McGregor, Finn Wolfhard, Gregory Mann, Guillermo del Toro, Guillermo Del Toro’s Pinocchio, John Turturro, netflix, pinocchio, Ron Perlman., Tilda Swinton, Tim Blake Nelson

Guillermo del Toro shares a set of beautiful images from his stop-motion Pinocchio

June 15, 2022 by Matt Rodgers

Disney may have attempted to wow with the recent trailer for their own take on Pinocchio, but it only needed a series of sumptuous images from Guillermo del Toro’s stop-motion interpretation of the classic story to see where the real magic could be found. The Oscar-winning The Shape of Water director is finally getting the […]

Filed Under: Matt Rodgers, Movies, News Tagged With: Cate Blanchett, David Bradley, Ewan McGregor, Finn Wolfhard, Guillermo del Toro, Guillermo Del Toro’s Pinocchio, John Turturro, netflix, pinocchio, Ron Perlman., Tilda Swinton, Tim Blake Nelson

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