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Movie Review – The Lighthouse (2019)

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The Lighthouse, 2019.Directed by Robert Eggers. Starring Robert Pattinson, Willem Dafoe..SYNOPSIS:The hypnotic and hallucinatory tale of two lighthouse keepers on a remote and mysterious New England island in the 1890s.Very rarely does an absolutely perfect movie come along. These films are few and far between and seem to follow no specific formula for success. Robert […]

Robert Pattinson on his “ferocious” masturbation scene in The Lighthouse

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Robert Pattinson has spoken about his “ferocious” masturbation scene in The Lighthouse, explaining how he pulled it off…The Witch director Robert Eggers returns today with the release his sophomore film, the claustrophobic and highly-acclaimed psychological horror The Lighthouse, which sees Willem Dafoe and Robert Pattinson portraying two lighthouse keepers who find themselves on a surreal […]

Video Review – The Lighthouse

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The Lighthouse, 2019.Directed by Robert Eggers. Starring Willem Dafoe and Robert Pattinson.In this video review, EJ Moreno shares his thoughts on The Lighthouse, a new film from Robert Eggers. This is a can’t-miss review about a must-watch movie!EJ explains why this is one of his favorite horror films in the past decade, and why Robert […]

Robert Eggers to direct Viking revenge film, impressive cast in talks for lead roles

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Robert Eggers, the director behind the horror film The Witch and this year’s The Lighthouse, is set to direct a Viking revenge tale titled The Northman.More impressively, Deadline has reported the lineup of stars who are currently in talks for lead roles in Egger’s next film which includes Nicole Kidman (Aquaman), Alexander Skarsgård (Big Little Lies), Anya […]

Willem Dafoe joins the cast of Guillermo del Toro’s Nightmare Alley

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The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed Willem Dafoe (The Lighthouse) is the latest addition to the cast of Nightmare Alley, the next film by director Guillermo del Toro.The noir-thriller is an adaptation of William Lindsay’s 1946 novel and is set in a world of carnival hustlers and con men, telling the story of a mentalist who teams […]

2019 BFI London Film Festival Review – The Lighthouse

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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 Lighthouse is about as boldly entrancing a second feature as one could imagine from any filmmaker, let alone Robert Eggers, who came swinging […]

Edward Norton’s Motherless Brooklyn gets a new poster

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Warner Bros, has released a new poster for Edward Norton’s latest directorial effort, the crime drama Motherless Brooklyn, which features Norton alongside his co-stars Willem Dafoe, Alec Baldwin, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, and Bruce Willis; take a look here…SEE ALSO: Watch the trailer for Motherless BrooklynLionel Essrog (Edward Norton), a lonely private detective living with Tourette Syndrome, […]

John Wick with film critic Sarah Cartland | The Pick of the Flicks Podcast #52

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On The Pick of the Flicks Podcast, a different guest drops in every week to chat about their favourite film. This week, film critic Sarah Cartland reveals her love for Keanu Reeves actioner John Wick…On this week’s episode of The Pick of the Flicks Podcast, film critic Sarah Cartland discusses the 2014 action thriller John […]

Eerie new trailer for The Lighthouse starring Willem Dafoe and Robert Pattinson

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Ahead of its release next month, a new trailer and poster have arrived online for writer-director Robert Eggers’ nautical horror The Lighthouse which tells the tale of two lighthouse keepers – played by Willem Dafoe and Robert Pattinson – on a remote island in the 1890s; take a look here…SEE ALSO: First reactions to The Witch […]