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Movie Review – Joy (2024)

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Joy, 2024. Directed by Ben Taylor. Starring Thomasin McKenzie, Bill Nighy, James Norton, Charlie Murphy, Rish Shah, Cecily Cleeve, Eoin Duffy, Mariam Haque, Abbiegail Mills, Olivia Sellers, Joanna Scanlan, Tanya Moodie, Ella Bruccoleri, Douggie McMeekin, Miles Jupp, Louisa Harland, and Toby Williams. SYNOPSIS: 3 trailblazers: a young nurse, a visionary scientist, and an innovative surgeon […]

Disney pulls 2026 Star Wars movie from release schedule

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Disney and Lucasfilm’s Star Wars movie plans look to be undergoing a major shake-up once in the wake of the announcement that writer-producer Simon Kinberg will oversee a new Star Wars trilogy. Having put the franchise’s film side on temporary hold following the negative reception to 2019’s Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, 2026 was earmarked […]

A New Golden Age of Espionage TV Shows?

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In the wake of the success of Apple TV+’s Slow Horses, Chris Connor looks forward to a new golden age of TV spy shows… Espionage and TV have a long and often hugely successful history; if we look at acclaimed adaptations of John Le Carre’s work including The Night Manager and Alec Guinness-led adaptations of […]

Scarlett Johansson is hunting dinosaur DNA in new Jurassic World Rebirth image

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Following Colin Trevorrow’s Jurassic World trilogy, the Jurassic Park franchise is set to undergo a new evolution  in 2025 as Godzilla and Rogue One: A Star Wars Story director Gareth Edwards launches an all-new chapter with Jurassic World Rebirth, and thanks to Empire we’ve got a new look from the film featuring the franchise’s new […]

From Hated to Loved: Did These Movies Deserve Reappraisal?

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We look at ten once-hated films that have been shown more affection in recent years and ask, do they deserve the newfound love? It’s a story as old as cinema time. A film comes out greeted with a vitriolic response from critics and audiences. In time we’ve seen the likes of Citizen Kane, The Shining […]

The Little Mermaid gets a fairy tale horror reimagining with new trailer

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Lionsgate has released a poster and trailer for writer-director Leigh Scott’s dark take on Hans Christian Andersen’s classic tale The Little Mermaid. The horror follows Dr. Eric Prince, an archaeologist who falls for a mysterious woman resembling a mermaid while searching for proof of an advanced prehistoric society on a small Caribbean island. The film […]

Denzel Washington lays out retirement plans, reveals Black Panther 3 role

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With Denzel Washington laying out his next few years of filmmaking, eventually leading a well-earned retirement from the acting craft, we’ve also learned a wonderful new surprise. Washington, the legendary actor behind many of our favorite film moments is currently promoting his latest role in Gladiator II from Ridley Scott. The Shakespearean-trained actor can act […]

Erotic vampire thriller Swap gets a trailer, poster and images

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Ahead of its release next week, a trailer has arrived online for writer-director Dallas King’s erotic vampire thriller Swap. The film centres on a young couple looking to spice up their love life, who find themselves lured in by a 500-year-old vampire who tries to persuade them to join him. The cast of the film […]

Ralph Fiennes is Odysseus in trailer for The Return

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Bleecker Street has shared a poster and trailer for The Return, the upcoming historical drama from director Uberto Pasolini which reunites The English Patient stars Juliette Binoche and Ralph Fiennes. The film sees Odysseus (Fiennes) forced to rediscover his strength to save his family after he washes up on the shores of Ithaca after 20 […]