Profile, 2021. Directed by Timur Bekmambetov. Starring Valene Kane, Shazad Latif, Christine Adams, Amir Rahimzadeh, Emma Cater, and Morgan Watkins. SYNOPSIS: An undercover British journalist infiltrates the online propaganda channels of the so-called Islamic State, only to be sucked in by her recruiter. The first thing that sticks out about Profile is that director Timur […]
Timur Bekmambetov’s screenlife terrorism thriller Profile gets a first trailer
Focus Features has released a trailer for director Timur Bekmambetov’s (Night Watch, Wanted) new ‘screenlife’ thriller Profile. Based on Anna Erelle’s non-fiction book, In the Skin of a Jihadist, the film plays out entirely on a computer screen similar to 2018’s Searching (which Bekmambetov produced) and follows an undercover British journalist as she tries to […]
Movie Review – Ben-Hur (2016)
Ben-Hur, 2016. Directed by Timur Bekmambetov Starring Jack Huston, Morgan Freeman, Toby Kebbell, Nazanin Boniadi, Rodrigo Santoro, Sofia Black D’Elia, Ayelet Zurer, Moisés Arias, Marwan Kenzari and Pilou Asbæk. SYNOPSIS: Judah Ben-Hur, a prince falsely accused of treason by his adopted brother, an officer in the Roman army, returns to his homeland after years at […]
Chariot race featurette for the Ben-Hur remake
Earlier this week we brought you a new trailer for Ben-Hur [watch it here] and now Paramount Pictures has released a featurette for Timur Bekmambetov’s upcoming remake which sees the director along with actors Jack Huston and Toby Kebbel discuss how they wanted the chariot race scene to be as real as possible; take a look below […]