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Elle Fanning to star in Nicolas Winding Refn’s latest The Neon Demon

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After many false starts and delays, it looks like Nicolas Winding Refn (Drive, Only God Forgives) has finally got the wheels moving on his latest project, The Neon Demon. Last autumn it was announced that Cliff Martinez would provide the score and cinematographer Philippe Le Sourd (The Grandmaster) would photograph the film for him. Now […]

Christopher Nolan recalls his experiences on Batman Begins

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When Batman Begins made its debut in June 2005, it was seen by many as a huge risk by Warner Bros.: an almost unheard of phenomena at the time of rebooting an entire franchise under the tutelage of an independent filmmaker was not the common franchise “reset” it is today. But Warner’s instincts were right, […]

Josh Gad could play Roger Ebert to Will Ferrell’s Russ Meyer

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The Wedding Ringer and Frozen star Josh Gad is being touted to play the late film critic Roger Ebert in indie film Russ & Roger Go Beyond alongside Will Ferrell, who is set to play soft-core filmmaker Russ Meyer, who famously made Beyond The Valley of the Dolls together in 1970. Producer David Permut, who […]

Exclusive Interview with Ayman Samman, star of American Sniper

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Scott J Davis chats with Ayman Samman, star of American Sniper… With this year’s Oscar race hotting up, one film that is making a late dash to the finish line is Clint East wood’s American Sniper, starring Bradley Cooper and Sienna Miller. In amongst all of the A-list talent is little known actor Ayman Samman, who is […]

Interview: Brady Bluhm on Dumb and Dumber To

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Scott Davis chats with Dumb and Dumber To star Brady Bluhm… Twenty years after the original grossed over $240 million, Jim Carrey, Jeff Daniels and The Farrelly Brothers are back with a bang. Dumb and Dumber To was released to huge box office takings this last weekend, landing straight into the No.1 spot in the States […]

Movie Review – Interstellar (2014)

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Interstellar, 2014. Directed by Christopher Nolan Starring Matthew McConaughey, Wes Bentley, Anne Hathaway, Jessica Chastain, David Gyasi, Michael Caine, Topher Grace, John Lithgow, Casey Affleck and Ellen Burstyn. SYNOPSIS: A group of explorers make use of a newly discovered wormhole to surpass the limitations on human space travel and conquer the vast distances involved in an […]

Blu-ray Review – X-Men: Days Of Future Past (2014)

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X-Men: Days of Future Past, 2014. Directed by Bryan Singer. Starring Hugh Jackman, Jennifer Lawrence, James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Nicholas Hoult, Lucas Till, Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellen, Halle Berry, Anna Paquin, Ellen Page, Shawn Ashmore, Daniel Cudmore, Evan Peters, Booboo Stewart, Omar Sy, Fan Bingbing, Adan Canto, Evan Jonigkeit, Josh Helman and Peter Dinklage. SYNOPSIS: […]

DVD Review – Begin Again (2013)

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Begin Again, 2013. Written and Directed by John Carney. Starring Keira Knightley, James Corden, Mark Ruffalo, Hailee Steinfeld, Catherine Keener, Adam Levine, Mos Def and Ceelo Green. SYNOPSIS: A chance encounter between a disgraced music-business executive and a young singer-songwriter new to Manhattan turns into a promising collaboration between the two talents. After the huge […]

Second Opinion – Nightcrawler (2014)

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Nightcrawler, 2014. Written and Directed by Dan Gilroy. Starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Bill Paxton, Rene Russo and Riz Ahmed. SYNOPSIS: A young man stumbles upon the underground world of L.A. freelance crime journalism. “If you want to win the lottery, you have to earn the money to buy a ticket”: one of the first things our […]