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Movie Review – Joker (2019)

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Joker, 2019.Directed by Todd Phillips. Starring Joaquin Phoenix, Zazie Beetz, Frances Conroy, Robert De Niro, Marc Maron, and Brett Cullen.SYNOPSIS:Forever alone in a crowd, failed comedian Arthur Fleck seeks connection as he walks the streets of Gotham City. Isolated, bullied and disregarded by society, Fleck begins a slow descent into madness as he transforms into […]

New poster and images for Wounds starring Armie Hammer, Dakota Johnson and Zazie Beetz

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Netflix has released a new poster for Wounds featuring Armie Hammer along with a new trailer for writer-director Babak Anvari’s supernatural thriller which features a few snippets of new footage; take a look here…WOUNDS is a probing thriller from writer/director Babak Anvari, following his award-winning 2016 debut feature Under the Shadow. The new movie advances […]

Armie Hammer and Dakota Johnson star in trailer for supernatural thriller Wounds

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Ahead of its premiere on Hulu next month, a trailer has arrived online for the supernatural thriller Wounds which stars Armie Hammer as a bartender who becomes plagued by disturbing and mysterious happenings after picking up a phone left at his bar. Watch the trailer here…Disturbing and mysterious things begin to happen to a bartender […]

Joker movie gets a new batch of promotional images

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With a little over two weeks to go until the release of Joker, Warner Bros. has released a batch of new images for Todd Phillips’ critically acclaimed comic book crime drama featuring cast members Joaquin Phoenix, Zazie Beetz, and Frances Conroy; take a look here…SEE ALSO: Read our review of Joker hereJoker centres around the iconic […]

Toronto International Film Festival 2019 Review – Joker

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Joker, 2019.Directed by Todd Phillips. Starring Joaquin Phoenix, Zazie Beetz, Frances Conroy, Robert De Niro, Marc Maron and Brett Cullen.SYNOPSIS:Joker centres around the iconic arch nemesis and is an original, standalone story not seen before on the big screen. The exploration of Arthur Fleck (Joaquin Phoenix), a man disregarded by society, is not only a […]

Toronto International Film Festival 2019 Review – Lucy in the Sky

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Lucy in the Sky, 2019Directed by Noah HawleyStarring Natalie Portman, Dan Stevens, Jon Hamm, Zazie Beetz, Colman Domingo, Ellen Burstyn, Nick Offerman, Tig Notaro, Pearl Amanda Dickson and Jeffrey DonovanSYNOPSISAfter returning to earth, an obsessive astronaut (Natalie Portman) begins to question her place in the universe — including her relationships with her gentle husband (Dan […]

Adam Devine, Rachel Bloom, Zazie Beetz and Ken Jeong set for animated feature Extinct

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Adam Devine (The Righteous Gemstones), Rachel Bloom (Crazy Ex-Girlfriend), Zazie Beetz (Deadpool 2) and Ken Jeong (Crazy Rich Asians) have signed on to the voice cast of Extinct, an animated feature from director David Silverman (The Simpsons) and China Lion, HB Wink, Huayi Tencent Entertainment Ltd, Tolerable Entertainment and Timeless Films.The adventure comedy follows Op […]

FX renews Atlanta for a fourth season

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FX has announced that it has granted an early season four renewal to the Emmy and Golden Globe-winning series Atlanta, with plans to shoot the fourth season back to back with the third beginning in the spring of 2020.“What more can be said about Atlanta than the critical acclaim and accolades that Donald [and executive producers […]

Zazie Beetz, Winston Duke, Bill Skarsgard and Benedict Wong set for Nine Days

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Celebrated commercials director Edson Oda has tapped Zazie Beetz (Deadpool 2), Winston Duke (Black Panther), Bill Skarsgard (It) and Benedict Wong (Doctor Strange) to star in his feature directorial debut Nine Days, which has been developed through the Sundance Institute Feature Film Program Labs.Deadline reports that the logline for Nine Days reads: “In a house, […]

Put on a happy face with first Joker trailer

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After the release of yesterday’s poster and tease from CinemaCon, the first trailer for Joker has now arrived online. The upcoming film from director Todd Phillips stars Joaquin Phoenix as The Joker in an origin film that will be set apart from the main DC Extended Universe continuity. Watch it below…Joker centers around the iconic arch […]