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Second Opinion – The Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death (2015)

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The Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death, 2015. Directed by Tom Harper Starring Helen McCrory, Jeremy Irvine, Phoebe Fox, Leanne Best, Oaklee Pendergast, Adrian Rawlins, Leilah de Meza, Hayley Joanne Bacon and Ned Dennehy.   SYNOPSIS: 40 years after the first haunting at Eel Marsh House, a group of children evacuated from WWII London arrive, […]

Movie Review – The Interview (2014)

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The Interview, 2014. Directed by Evan Goldberg and Seth Rogen. Starring James Franco, Seth Rogen, Lizzy Caplan, Randall Park, Timothy Simons and Charles Rahi Chun. SYNOPSIS: Dave Skylark and producer Aaron Rapoport run the celebrity tabloid show “Skylark Tonight.” When they land an interview with a surprise fan, North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un, they are […]

Second Opinion – The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014)

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The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, 2014. Directed by Peter Jackson. Starring Martin Freeman, Ian McKellen, Richard Armitage, Orlando Bloom, Evangaline Lilly, Luke Evans, Lee Pace, Ken Stott, Graham McTavish, Aidan Turner, Dean O’Gorman, Mark Hadlow, Jed Brophy, Adam Brown, John Callen, Peter Hambleton, William Kircher, James Nesbitt, Stephen Hunter, Hugo Weaving, Christopher […]

Movie Review – Exodus: Gods and Kings (2014)

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Exodus: Gods and Kings, 2014. Directed by Ridley Scott. Starring Christian Bale, Joel Edgerton, Ben Kingsley, John Turturro, Aaron Paul and Sigourney Weaver. SYNOPSIS: The defiant leader Moses rises up against the Egyptian Pharaoh Ramses, setting 600,000 slaves on a monumental journey of escape from Egypt and its terrifying cycle of deadly plagues. When revered […]

Movie Review – Top Five (2014)

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Top Five, 2014. Directed by Chris Rock Starring Chris Rock, Rosario Dawson, Gabrielle Union, Cedric The Entertainer, Tracy Morgan, J.B Smoove, Kevin Hart, Adam Sandler, Jerry Seinfeld and Whoopi Goldberg. SYNOPSIS: A comedian tries to make it as a serious actor when his reality-TV star fiancée talks him into broadcasting their wedding on her TV […]

Benedict Cumberbatch talks Smaug motion capture for The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

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Smaug may be one bad-ass fire-breathing dragon with a terrifying and intimidating voice, but according to Benedict Cumberbatch performing the motion capture for him will make you feel like an idiot. Below is what the star of The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies had to say on the experience. “You get in the […]

Movie Review – The Gambler (2014)

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The Gambler. 2014 Directed by Rupert Wyatt Starring Mark Wahlberg, John Goodman, Michael K. Williams, Brie Larson, Jessica Lange, and George Kennedy Synopsis: A literature college professor and high stakes gambler runs afoul of a loan shark and his bodyguard-like gangsters while he has an affair with one of his students. There is such a […]

Maisie Williams is almost a lock to play Ellie in The Last Of Us adaptation

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At the moment we know very little about Sony’s planned film adaptation of their massively successful apocalyptic survival horror video game, The Last Of Us. Neil Druckmann (he also wrote the game) is still currently writing the script that we know will have some changes to it in order to fit a 15 hour game […]

Movie Review – The Theory Of Everything (2014)

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The Theory Of Everything, 2014. Directed by James Marsh. Starring Eddie Redmayne, Felicity Jones, Charlie Cox, Harry Lloyd, David Thewlis, Emily Watson and Christian McKay. SYNOPSIS: A look at the relationship between Stephen Hawking (Redmayne) and Jane Hawking (Jones), from their meeting at Cambridge until Hawking’s worldwide success. There should be no boundaries to human […]