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4K Ultra HD Review – Snatch (2001)

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Snatch, 2001. Directed by Guy Ritchie. Starring Brad Pitt, Jason Statham, Benicio del Toro, Dennis Farina, Jason Flemyng, Vinnie Jones, and Rade Serbedzija. SYNOPSIS: Guy Ritchie’s second movie, Snatch, arrives in 4K with an accompanying Blu-ray that’s the same disc issued in 2009. If you’re looking for a visual upgrade to that old platter, though, […]

Sandra Bullock climbs aboard Sony’s Bullet Train with Brad Pitt

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David Leitch will need to add yet another carriage to his ever-expanding Bullet Train with the news that Sandra Bullock is set to climb aboard his star-studded action movie for Sony Pictures. Despite having shared the same cinematic universe with their respective Ocean’s installments, Bullet Train will be the first time that Bullock has teamed […]

A Terry Gilliam Christmas

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Tom Jolliffe looks back at Brazil and 12 Monkeys, released in December 1985 and 1995 respectively… Former Python animation specialist, Terry Gilliam turned his hand to film direction and became known for creating films absolutely loaded with visual whimsy and outlandishly creative ideas. The limits of budget never stifled Gilliam’s own limits despite some frustrations, […]

Michael Shannon, Zazie Beetz and Masi Oka join Bullet Train

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The assassin filled Bullet Train has rounded out its cast as Deadline reports that Michael Shannon (Man of Steel), Zazie Beetz (Deadpool 2) and Masi Oka (Heroes) have joined the upcoming action thriller from director David Leitch. Bullet Train – which is based on the Japanese novel Maria Beetle by best-selling author Kotaro Isaka – will be directed by […]

October Horrors 2020 – Se7en (1995)

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Se7en, 1995. Directed by David Fincher. Starring Brad Pitt, Morgan Freeman, Gwyneth Paltrow, Richard Roundtree, R. Lee Ermey, John C. McGinley and Kevin Spacey. SYNOPSIS: Detectives Mills and Somerset find themselves locked in a battle of wits with a meticulous and sadistic serial killer using the Seven Deadly Sins as his modus operandi. I don’t […]

Aaron Taylor-Johnson boards the assassin-filled Bullet Train

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As David Leitch’s action thriller Bullet Train preps for production, it has cast another one of its many assassins. Per Deadline, Aaron Taylor-Johnson (Nocturnal Animals) will join Brad Pitt and Joey King in the upcoming film. Bullet Train – which is based on the Japanese novel Maria Beetle by best-selling author Kotaro Isaka – will be directed […]

Se7en: Looking back at David Fincher’s masterpiece 25 years on

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Hasitha Fernando revisits David Fincher’s Se7en on its 25th anniversary… 25 years back a creative team consisting of an unproven director and a novice screenwriter churned out what would become one of modern cinema’s greatest genre classics, with 1995’s Se7en. The 90’s was a decade saturated with serial-killer whodunits, a trend which was jump-started with […]

Warrior’s Andrew Koji joins Brad Pitt in Bullet Train

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Deadline reports that Warrior actor Andrew Koji will star alongside Brad Pitt and Joey King in director David Leitch’s (John Wick) upcoming action thriller Bullet Train. Bullet Train – which is based on the Japanese novel Maria Beetle by best-selling author Kotaro Isaka – will be directed by Leitch who will also be supervising the script written by Zak […]

The Kissing Booth’s Joey King in talks to join Brad Pitt in Bullet Train

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Deadline has reported that actress Joey King (The Act) has begun talks to co-star with Brad Pitt in director David Leitch’s (Atomic Blonde) new action thriller Bullet Train. Bullet Train – which is based on the Japanese novel Maria Beetle by best-selling author Kotaro Isaka – will be directed by Leitch who will also be supervising the […]