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Movie Review – Zack Snyder’s Justice League (2021)

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Zack Snyder’s Justice League, 2021.Directed by Zack Snyder. Starring Ben Affleck, Henry Cavill, Gal Gadot, Jason Momoa, Ezra Miller, Ray Fisher, Amy Adams, Jeremy Irons, Connie Nielsen, Diane Lane, J.K. Simmons, Ciarán Hinds, Amber Heard, Joe Morton, Ray Porter, Jesse Eisenberg, Jared Leto, Joe Manganiello, Willem Dafoe, Robin Wright, Kiersey Clemons, Peter Guinness, Harry Lennix, […]

Movie Review – Zack Snyder’s Justice League (2021)

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Zack Snyder’s Justice League, 2021.Directed by Zack Snyder. Starring Ben Affleck, Henry Cavill, Gal Gadot, Jason Momoa, Ezra Miller, Ray Fisher, Amy Adams, Jeremy Irons, Connie Nielsen, Diane Lane, J.K. Simmons, Ciarán Hinds, Amber Heard, Joe Morton, Ray Porter, Jesse Eisenberg, Jared Leto, Joe Manganiello, Willem Dafoe, Robin Wright, Kiersey Clemons, Peter Guinness, Harry Lennix, […]

Movie Review – Zack Snyder’s Justice League (2021)

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Zack Snyder’s Justice League, 2021.Directed by Zack Snyder. Starring Ben Affleck, Henry Cavill, Amy Adams, Gal Gadot, Ray Fisher, Jason Momoa, Ezra Miller, Willem Dafoe, Jesse Eisenberg, Jeremy Irons, Diane Lane, Connie Nielsen, and J. K. Simmons.SYNOPSIS:Zack Snyder’s definitive director’s cut of Justice League. Determined to ensure Superman’s ultimate sacrifice was not in vain, Bruce […]

Willem Dafoe joins Emma Stone in Yorgos Lanthimos’ Frankenstein reimagining Poor Things

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Last month it was revealed that director Yorgos Lanthimos is reteaming with The Favourite screenwriter Tony McNamara and actress Emma Stone for a Frankenstein reimagining entitled Poor Things, and now comes word that Willem Dafoe (The Lighthouse) has also joined the cast.Based on the novel by Alasdair Gray, Poor Things is described as “a Victorian […]

Rumour: Spider-Man 3 to feature Willem Dafoe’s Green Goblin, Thomas Haden Church’s Sandman, Dane DeHaan’s Green Goblin and Jake Gyllenhaal’s Mysterio

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With the as-yet-untitled Spider-Man 3 now in production and Sony and Marvel assembling a very intriguing cast which includes the return of Spider-Man 2’s Alfred Molina as Doctor Octopus and The Amazing Spider-Man 2’s Jamie Foxx as Electro, the rumour mill is going into overdrive on the wall-crawler’s next big screen outing.Reports are circulating that […]

Movie Review – Siberia (2020)

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Siberia, 2020.Co-written and directed by Abel Ferrara. Starring Willem Dafoe, Dounia Sichov, and Simon McBurney.SYNOPSIS:A barman in Siberia heads to a nearby cave where he explores his dreams and memories.Abel Ferrara’s sixth collaboration with Willem Dafoe is by a measure their most challenging – if perhaps not their most successful – to date, a beguiling […]

2020 BFI London Film Festival Review – Siberia

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Siberia, 2020.Directed by Abel Ferrara. Starring Willem Dafoe, Cristina Chiriac, Dounia Sichov and Simon McBurney.SYNOPSIS:A man who abandoned his whole life to tend bar in Siberia embarks on a voyage of self-discovery when he visits a strange cave.Few people do narration like Willem Dafoe. That distinctive, unsettling voice has provided a unique feel to various […]

Trailer, poster and images for Abel Ferrara’s Tommaso starring Willem Dafoe

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Kino Lorber has released a poster, trailer and images for writer-director Abel Ferrara’s (The Driller Killer, Bad Lieutenant) upcoming drama Tommaso which stars Willem Dafoe, Christina Chiriac and Anna Ferrara; watch it here… Willem Dafoe is an American artist living in Rome with his family, played by Abel Ferrara’s real-life wife and daughter. Their tumultuous […]

Flatulence in Film: Why cinema’s most maligned trope deserves more love

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Coinciding with the UK release of Robert Eggers’ second feature film, The Lighthouse, George Nash lets rip on why cinema’s most dismissed trope, the fart gag, deserves more love…On a small, remote island, two gruff-looking figures, as if frozen in time, stand hauntingly at the door of a rickety wooden shack staring out silently towards […]

Movie Review – The Lighthouse (2019)

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The Lighthouse, 2019.Directed by Robert Eggers. Starring Willem Dafoe and Robert Pattinson.SYNOPSIS:Two lighthouse keepers try to maintain their sanity whilst living on a remote and mysterious New England island in the 1890s.It isn’tevery day you have the option to go to the cinema and watch a film in black and white with a 1.19:1 aspect […]