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Anne Hathaway and Ben Affleck star in trailer for The Last Thing He Wanted

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Ahead of its arrival on Netflix next month, a poster and trailer have been released for director Dee Rees’ (Mudbound) upcoming political thriller The Last Thing He Wanted. An adaptation of Joan Didion’s 1996 novel of the same name, the film stars Anne Hathaway, Ben Affleck, Rosie Perez, Willem Dafoe, Edi Gathegi, and Mel Rodriguez; […]

Movie Review – Motherless Brooklyn (2019)

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Motherless Brooklyn, 2019.Written and Directed by Edward Norton. Starring Edward Norton, Bruce Willis, Willem Dafoe, Leslie Mann, Ethan Suplee, Alec Baldwin, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Josh Pais, Michael Kenneth Williams, Cherry Jones, Fisher Stevens, Bobby Cannavale, and Dallas Roberts.SYNOPSIS:Set against the backdrop of 1950s New York, Motherless Brooklyn follows Lionel Essrog, a lonely private detective afflicted with […]

Movie Review – The Lighthouse (2019)

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The Lighthouse, 2019.Directed by Robert Eggers. Starring Robert Pattinson, Willem Dafoe, and Valeriia Karaman.SYNOPSIS:The hypnotic and hallucinatory tale of two lighthouse keepers on a remote and mysterious New England island in the 1890s.The beans are spilled; The Lighthouse is no sophomore slump for The Witch director Robert Eggers, here going full-blown insane with a treasure […]

Willem Dafoe reveals that he had early talks to play The Joker in Batman ’89

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Tim Burton’s 1989 Batman film is regarded as one of the best comic book films ever made. While Christopher Nolan reached staggering heights with his Dark Knight Trilogy, plenty feel that the Gothic world that Burton created is far superior. Burton’s film still looks good today, and truly does feel like a comic-book brought to […]

Movie Review – Motherless Brooklyn (2019)

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Motherless Brooklyn, 2019.Written and Directed by Edward Norton. Starring Edward Norton, Bruce Willis, Willem Dafoe, Leslie Mann, Ethan Suplee, Alec Baldwin, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Josh Pais, Michael K. Williams, Cherry Jones, Fisher Stevens, Bobby Cannavale, and Dallas Roberts.SYNOPSIS:Set against the backdrop of 1950s New York, Motherless Brooklyn follows Lionel Essrog, a lonely private detective afflicted with […]

54th Chicago International Film Festival Review – Vox Lux (2018)

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Vox Lux, 2018.Written and Directed by Brady Corbet. Starring Natalie Portman, Raffey Cassidy, Jude Law, Stacy Martin, Jennifer Ehle, Willem Dafoe, Natasha Romanova, Christopher Abbott, Erik King, Matt Servitto, and Maria Dizzia.SYNOPSIS:An unusual set of circumstances brings unexpected success to a pop star.Brady Corbet’s Vox Lux (the film follows up the writer and director’s previous […]

Movie Review – Aquaman (2018)

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Aquaman, 2018.Directed by James Wan. Starring Jason Momoa, Amber Heard, Willem Dafoe, Patrick Wilson, Dolph Lundgren, Nicole Kidman, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Ludi Lin, Temuera Morrison, Michael Beach, Randall Park, Graham McTavish, Djimon Hounsou, John Rhys-Davies, Leigh Whannell, Sophia Forrest, Natalie Safran, and Julie Andrews.SYNOPSIS:Arthur Curry learns that he is the heir to the underwater kingdom […]

Movie Review – At Eternity’s Gate (2018)

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At Eternity’s Gate, 2018.Directed by Julian Schnabel. Starring Willem Dafoe, Rupert Friend, Oscar Isaac, Mads Mikkelsen, Mathieu Amalric, Emmanuelle Seigner, Niels Arestrup, Anne Consigny, Amira Casar, Vincent Pérez, and Lolita Chammah.SYNOPSIS:A look at the life of painter Vincent van Gogh during the time he lived in Arles and Auvers-sur-Oise, France.Being the second film in as many years […]

Blu-ray Review – Mississippi Burning (1988)

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Mississippi Burning, 1988.Directed by Alan Parker. Starring: Gene Hackman, Willem Dafoe, Frances McDormand, Brad Dourif, R. Lee Ermey, and Michael Rooker.SYNOPSIS:Nominated for seven Oscars, including its director and two cast members, Mississippi Burning settled for just one trophy. That’s about to be expected for a movie that’s good but not great. This new Blu-ray from Kino […]