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Sibling rivalry festers in dramatic trailer for Marion Cotillard’s Brother and Sister

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With the 2022 Cannes Film Festival fast approaching, there’s plenty of reasons to get excited, one of which is the latest drama from French director Arnaud Desplechin (Ismael’s Ghosts, Deception), which stars Marion Cotillard (Rust and Bone) and Melvil Poupaud (Summer of 85) as the titular Brother and Sister, who haven’t spoken to one another […]

HBO Max’s Father of the Bride reboot gets a trailer

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Like that divorcee who just keeps on getting hitched, 1950’s Spencer Tracy and Elizabeth Taylor comedy Father of the Bride has been remade once again. Following Steve Martin’s 1990’s smash-hit and so-so sequel, walking down the aisle on this occasion are Adria Arjona (Morbius) and Diego Boneta (Scream Queens), along with their beleaguered parents, this […]

Woody Harrelson, Simu Liu and Djimon Hounsou to star in feature adaptation of deep sea diving doc Last Breath

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When it was released back in 2019 we said in our ★★★★ review of Alex Parkinson and Richard de Costa’s nerve shredding deep sea documentary Last Breath that it made “The Abyss look like a dip in the shallow end”, and it appears that Hollywood agree, because news has just emerged that Woody Harrelson, Simu […]

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness opens to a magical $450 million worldwide

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You didn’t need to visit fourteen million six-hundred and five alternate futures to predict that Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness was going to top the box office this weekend, but it still managed to conjure up spectacular results in its debut frame, making $185 million domestically and $265 million overseas, for a whopping […]

Watch the birth of a legend as Austin Butler becomes Elvis in clip from Baz Luhrmann’s biopic

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Warner Bros. has unveiled a brand new clip from its musical drama Elvis, which stars newcomer Austin Butler as the titular rock and roll icon. Following its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival this May, Elvis will begin his worldwide tour when the film opens in cinemas on June 24th. The new clip features […]

Sam Raimi reveals Universal is talking about a Darkman sequel

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With Sam Raimi applying his own unique style to the MCU in this week’s Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (watch our video review here), not only has the Evil Dead director been asked about his last foray into the world of superhero movies with Spider-Man, but also his first big-budget studio movie, 1990’s […]

The Lost Girls trailer offers a new twist on Peter Pan

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J. M. Barrie’s Peter Pan has been remade and reinterpreted so many times that you’d believe a boy could fly before you’d ever accept they could find a new way to tell the classic story. Well, think again, because director Livia De Paolis has adapted The Lost Girls, a novel by Laurie Fox, and it’s […]

Jason Momoa set for Warner Bros. murder-mystery The Executioner

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Jason Momoa is all set to continue his successful relationship with Warner Bros. by headlining action murder mystery film The Executioner for the studio. Deadline reports that the former Game of Thrones star will once again team up with Warner Bros., where he has already made blockbuster epics Aquaman and Dune, to take a role […]

Doctor Strange 2 conjures up $27 million overseas opening

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Doctor Strange has picked up the box-office baton from Spider-Man: No Way Home and posted impressive figures on its first day of overseas release, bringing in $27M from 20 international territories. Cast your mind back through the multiverse to 2016, when Scott Derrickson’s original solo Stephen Strange outing grossed $232M domestically and $677M worldwide, and […]