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Movie Review – The Card Counter (2021)

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The Card Counter, 2021.Written and Directed by Paul Schrader. Starring Oscar Isaac, Tye Sheridan, Willem Dafoe, Tiffany Haddish, Billy Slaughter, Amye Gousset, Joel Michaely, Ekaterina Baker, and Alexander Babara.SYNOPSIS:Redemption is the long game in Paul Schrader’s The Card Counter, a revenge thriller which tells the story of an ex-military interrogator turned gambler haunted by the […]

Movie Review – The Northman (2022)

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The Northman, 2022.Directed by Robert Eggers. Starring Alexander Skarsgård, Anya Taylor-Joy, Claes Bang, Nicole Kidman, Ethan Hawke, Willem Dafoe, Gustav Lindh, and Björk.SYNOPSIS:A young Viking prince embarks on an epic quest to avenge his father’s death.Robert Eggers broke into the Hollywood scene in 2015 with his period horror flick The Witch. The genre defining piece […]

Movie Review – The Northman (2022)

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The Northman, 2022.Directed by Robert Eggers. Starring Alexander Skarsgård, Nicole Kidman, Claes Bang, Ethan Hawke, Anya Taylor-Joy, Gustav Lindh, Elliott Rose, Willem Dafoe, Phill Martin, Olwen Fouéré, Eldar Skar, Edgar Abram, Jack Gassmann, Ingvar E. Sigurðsson, Oscar Novak, Jack Walsh, Björk, Ian Whyte, Katie Pattinson, Andrea O’Neill, Rebecca Ineson, Kate Dickie, Ísadóra Bjarkardóttir Barney, Kevin […]

The Northman red band trailer promises blood, brutality, and naked volcano fights

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If you know anything about Robert Eggers’ new film, The Northman, you know it plans to offer up brutal Viking drama. The new epic from the director behind The Witch and The Lighthouse has already won over critics and audiences, but the latest trailer will likely bring in those bloodthirsty horror hounds.In the official red […]

The Northman unleashes an epic new trailer

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While Robert Eggers’ The Northman opens here in the UK this Friday, our friends across the Pond have to wait another week for the Viking epic, but we do have a new trailer from Focus Features to help ease the wait; check it out here…SEE ALSO: Why 2022 might just peak on April 22ndSEE ALSO: […]

Robert Eggers’ The Northman gets six character posters

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As excitement continues to build for The Northman, Focus Features has unveiled six new character posters for The Witch and The Lighthouse director Robert Eggers’ Viking fantasy thriller featuring Alexander Skarsgard as Amleth, Anya Taylor-Joy as Olga, Ethan Hawke as King Aurvandil, Nicole Kidman as Queen Gudrun, Willem Dafoe as Heimir the Fool, and Bjork […]

Behold the new poster for The Northman

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With less than a month to go until its release, a new poster has been released for Robert Eggers’ R-rated historical action thriller The Northman featuring Alexander Skarsgård, Nicole Kidman, Ethan Hawke, Claes Bang, Anya Taylor-Joy, Willem Dafoe, and Björk; check it out here…SEE ALSO: Robert Eggers’ The Northman receives R rating for “strong bloody […]

Movie Review – Nightmare Alley (2021)

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Nightmare Alley, 2021.Directed by Guillermo del Toro. Starring Bradley Cooper, Cate Blanchett, Toni Collette, Willem Dafoe, Richard Jenkins, Rooney Mara, Ron Perlman, David Strathairn, Holt McCallany, Mark Povinelli, Jim Beaver, Romina Power, Paul Anderson, Clifton Collins Jr., David Hewlett, Lara Jean Chorostecki, Drew Nelson, Troy James, Dian Bachar, Linden Porco, and Tim Blake Nelson.SYNOPSIS:An ambitious […]

Movie Review – The French Dispatch (2021)

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The French Dispatch, 2021.Written and Directed by Wes Anderson. Starring Bill Murray, Benicio del Toro, Frances McDormand, Jeffrey Wright, Adrien Brody, Tilda Swinton, Owen Wilson, Timothée Chalamet, Léa Seydoux, Mathieu Amalric, Lyna Khoudri, Steve Park, Liev Schreiber, Elisabeth Moss, Edward Norton, Willem Dafoe, Lois Smith, Saoirse Ronan, Christoph Waltz, Cécile de France, Guillaume Gallienne, Jason […]

Movie Review – Nightmare Alley (2021)

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Nightmare Alley, 2021.Directed by Guillermo del Toro. Starring Bradley Cooper, Cate Blanchett, Toni Collette, Willem Dafoe, Richard Jenkins, Rooney Mara, Ron Perlman, David Strathairn, Holt McCallany, Mark Povinelli, Jim Beaver, Romina Power, Paul Anderson, Clifton Collins Jr., David Hewlett, Lara Jean Chorostecki, Drew Nelson, Troy James, Dian Bachar, Linden Porco, and Tim Blake Nelson. SYNOPSIS: […]