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Movie Review – Asteroid City (2023)

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Asteroid City, 2023. Written and Directed by Wes Anderson. Starring Jason Schwartzman, Scarlett Johansson, Tom Hanks, Jake Ryan, Jeffrey Wright, Tilda Swinton, Bryan Cranston, Willem Dafoe, Edward Norton, Adrien Brody, Liev Schreiber, Hope Davis, Stephen Park, Rupert Friend, Maya Hawke, Steve Carell, Matt Dillon, Hong Chau, Margot Robbie, Jeff Goldblum, Tony Revolori, Grace Edwards, Aristou […]

Emma Stone returns from the dead in trailer for Yorgos Lanthimos’ Poor Things

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Searchlight Pictures has released a new poster and trailer for Yorgos Lanthimos’ Frankenstein-inspired tale Poor Things. The film stars Emma Stone as Bella Baxter, a young woman who has been brought back to life by an unorthodox scientist, who hungry to learn more of the world, runs away on a whirlwind adventure with a debauched […]

John Wick: The Best Assassins in the Franchise

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Olly Dyche on the best assassins in the John Wick franchise… Assassins in movies are without a doubt, awesome. No matter their skill, or specific way of killing, assassins tend to be incredibly fascinating characters, and there is no franchise that shows the breadth and intricacy of the assassin underworld better – nor cooler – […]

Johansson, Hanks, Schreiber and Schwartzman feature in clips for Wes Anderson’s Asteroid City

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Hoping to make an impact when it receives its world premiere in competition at the Cannes Film Festival, Focus Features has dropped a series of clips for Wes Anderson’s Asteroid City, an off-kilter comedy with the requisite large ensemble that is centred on a fictional American desert town in 1955, where a junior stargazer convention […]

Monica Bellucci, Willem Dafoe and Justin Theroux join Beetlejuice 2

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As Beetlejuice 2 prepares its long-awaited production, news comes that Monica Bellucci (Mafia Mamma), Willem Dafoe (Spider-Man: No Way Home) and Justin Theroux (White House Plumbers) are the latest to join Michael Keaton and Jenna Ortega in the sequel. Bellucci will reportedly play the wife of Keaton’s Betelgeuse, with Dafoe said to portray “a law enforcement officer […]

Spider-Man: No Way Home S.H.Figuarts Green Goblin action figure unveiled

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Sideshow has released promotional images for the S.H.Figuarts Green Goblin collectible figure which is inspired by the appearance of Willem Dafoe as the iconic villain in the Marvel Cinematic Universe blockbuster Spider-Man: No Way Home. It is available to pre-order now, priced at $160; take a look here…   Spider-Man’s arch-enemy, the Green Goblin (as […]

Emma Stone stars in teaser trailer for Frankenstein-esque Poor Things

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Searchlight Pictures has debuted the first trailer for Yorgos Lanthimos’  Poor Things. Based on Alasdair Gray’s 1992 novel of the same name, the Frankenstein-inspired tale follows Bella (Emma Stone), a woman brought back to life by unorthodox Dr. Godwin Baxter (Willem Dafoe), as she runs away with a debauched lawyer (Mark Ruffalo) in search of […]

Wes Anderson’s Asteroid City trailer is very Wes Anderson

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Focus Features has debuted a trailer and poster for writer-director Wes Anderson’s next film Asteroid City, a comedy centred on a fictional American desert town in 1955, where a junior stargazer convention is disrupted by… a visitor from outer space?  That doesn’t seem to matter, as the focus instead is on the usual Wes Anderson […]

Shout! Factory brings Streets of Fire to 4K Ultra HD

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Shout! Factory has announced that writer-director Walter Hill’s cult 1984 neo-noir rock musical Streets of Fire is set for 4K Ultra HD Collector’s Edition release this March; check out the cover artwork and details below… Amid a brooding rock & roll landscape, the Bombers motorcycle gang, led by the vicious Raven Shaddock (Willem Dafoe, John […]

4K Ultra HD Review – The Northman (2022)

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The Northman, 2022. Directed by Robert Eggers. Starring Alexander Skarsgård, Nicole Kidman, Claes Bang, Anya Taylor-Joy, Ethan Hawke, Björk, and Willem Dafoe. SYNOPSIS: Robert Eggers’ latest tour de force, The Northman, arrives on 4K Ultra HD disc not long after its theatrical run. The film looks amazing in 4K, as you might imagine, and Universal […]