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Taboo Series 1 Episode 1 Review

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Sam Narr reviews the first episode of Taboo… After various teasers and building anticipation, the first episode of Taboo aired last night on BBC one. The huge draw to the period drama will no doubt be Tom Hardy, in what feels like a homecoming from Hollywood. Taboo, set in 1814, follows the return of James […]

Channing Tatum and Tom Hardy may team up for J.C. Chandor’s Triple Frontier

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J.C. Chandor’s next movie, Triple Frontier, may see two major stars leading the cast if conversations are successful and deals go through. According to Deadline, Channing Tatum (Hail, Caesar!) and Tom Hardy (Taboo) are circling the project, and Paramount has been interested in getting them on board since last month.  Triple Frontier takes place in a haven for organized crime […]

Tom Hardy is waiting on the call for Mad Max: Fury Road sequels

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Talk of a sequel to George Miller’s Mad Max: Fury Road has been rampant since the action adventure rocked cinemas back in 2015, with a rumour from September going so far as to claim that a prequel was gearing up to go into pre-production.Now Tom Hardy, Mad Max himself, has spoken to the The Wrap about the sequels and […]

Interview: Tom Hardy and Chips Hardy talk Taboo

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Thomas Roach chats with Tom Hardy and Chips Hardy about Taboo…The new BBC series Taboo gets underway this weekend, and we caught up with the show’s creators Tom and Chips Hardy at the press junket, where they revealed that they have been working on the project for the last few years, and the initial idea came […]

Interview: Steven Knight on Taboo

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Thomas Roach chats with Steven Knight about his new series Taboo starring Tom Hardy… Back in November, we had the opportunity to sit down and talk to Steven Knight about his new show Taboo, which features Tom Hardy in the lead role. When initially meeting Hardy to discuss writing Taboo, Knight took the opportunity to get […]

Michelle Williams in talks for Sony’s Venom film

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Sony and director Ruben Fleischer’s Venom film may be getting another high-profile addition to its cast, with Variety reporting that Manchester By The Sea’s Michelle Williams has entered talks to join the movie opposite Tom Hardy.Williams is said to be up for the role of a district attorney who is possibly Hardy’s romantic interest. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story’s Riz Ahmed was […]

36 Actors Who Could Be The 007th James Bond

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Simon Columb with 36 actors who could be the 007th James Bond… Straight off the bat, we’ve got to be open-minded about what defines James Bond. I’d argue that James Bond needs to be have a smart, smooth presentation with a brawling, rough depth beneath the surface. The whole backstory needs to be buried in […]

The Week in Disappointment – Ghostbusters, Wolverine, Matt Damon as Daredevil, Prometheus 2, Hayden Christensen returning to Star Wars and more

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Every week the entertainment world provides us with the unfortunate, the inexcusable, and the questionable. Here are this week’s disappointments.Annie Potts and Sigourney Weaver to appear in Ghostbusters reboot.None of this is surprising or even worthy of mention. When they figure out how to get Harold Ramis to appear in the film, wake me up.Hugh […]

Movie Review – The Revenant (2015)

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The Revenant, 2015.Directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu. Starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hardy, Will Poulter and Domhnall Gleeson.SYNOPSIS:A frontiersman on a fur trading expedition in the 1820’s fights for survival after being mauled by a bear and left for dead by members of his own hunting team.Cinema can be a beguiling, beautiful thing for those who […]