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Joe Pesci will reportedly appear in Martin Scorsese’s The Irishman

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Martin Scorsese has spent several years looking to put together The Irishman, his long-gestating adaptation of Charles Brandt’s bestselling book I Heard You Paint Houses, and while he finally secured financing last year, it was reported that Joe Pesci had opted against a reunion with the filmmaker on his new project, which has Robert De […]

Movie Review – Misconduct (2016)

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Misconduct, 2016. Directed by Shintaro Shimosawa. Starring Anthony Hopkins, Al Pacino, Josh Duhamel, Malin Akerman, Julia Stiles and Alice Eve. SYNOPSIS: A hotshot lawyer takes on a corrupt pharmaceutical kingpin and winds up neck deep in a murky world of dodgy dealings and double crosses.   Al Pacino and Anthony Hopkins starring in a late-night […]

Al Pacino and Anthony Hopkins’ new thriller Misconduct grosses just £97 at UK box office

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After it received a chilly reception from critics last week, the new thriller Misconduct has had one of the worst openings ever at the UK box office, grossing less than £100. Yes, £100. The film, directed by Shintaro Shimosawa, stars Academy Award winners Al Pacino (Heat) and Anthony Hopkins (Thor: The Dark World) and was […]

Movie Review – Manglehorn (2014)

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Manglehorn, 2014. Directed by David Gordon Green. Starring Al Pacino, Holly Hunter, Chris Messina, Harmony Korine and Natalie Wilemon. SYNOPSIS: Left heartbroken by the woman he loved and lost many years ago, Manglehorn, an eccentric small-town locksmith, tries to start his life over again with the help of a new friend. With a story bristling […]

Movie Review – Danny Collins (2015)

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Danny Collins, 2015. Written and Directed by Dan Fogelman. Starring: Al Pacino, Annette Benning, Jennifer Garner, Bobby Cannavale and Christopher Plummer. SYNOPSIS: An ageing rocker comes to the realisation that his life perhaps hasn’t gone as it should have after he reads a letter written to him by John Lennon, sent decades earlier but not […]

Idris Elba joins Benicio Del Toro, James Franco, Robert Pattinson and Al Pacino in Harmony Korine’s The Trap

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The new film from acclaimed director Harmony Korine is gathering pace, with THR reporting that not only has the filmmaker set his cast of actors for The Trap, but that Focus Feautures is set to pre-buy the film before it begins production. The Trap is “a revenge tale set against the backdrop of the Miami […]