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HBO shares new trailer for satirical comedy The Franchise

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Max has shared a new trailer for the upcoming comedy series The Franchise, ahead of its premiere this Sunday. The series features an ensemble cast that includes Himesh Patel, Aya Cash, Jessica Hynes, Billy Magnussen, Lolly Adefope, Darren Goldstein, and Isaac Powell, with recurring guest star appearances from Richard E. Grant and Daniel Brühl. Watch […]

Sam Mendes and Armando Iannuccci’s Cinematic Universe satire The Franchise gets first trailer

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HBO has released the trailer for The Franchise, their forthcoming comedy series that follows the crew of an unpopular superhero movie franchise as it struggles to save its cinematic universe.  Created by Sam Mendes (American Beauty), Armando Iannucci (Veep), and Jon Brown (Succession), the impressive ensemble of The Franchise features Himesh Patel as Daniel, Aya […]

Inglourious Basterds: Quentin Tarantino’s Irreverent World War II Epic at 15

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Hasitha Fernando looks at the story behind Quentin Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds fifteen years on from its release… Whatever your opinion may be of Inglourious Basterds there’s no denying that the effort helmed by Quentin Tarantino was an entertaining, blood-soaked World War II romp featuring a memorable villain courtesy of Christoph Waltz. As the flick celebrates […]

Daniel Bruhl stars in trailer for Hulu’s Becoming Karl Lagerfeld

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Hulu has released a new trailer for Becoming Karl Lagerfeld, the upcoming limited drama series which stars Daniel Brühl as the iconic fashion designer and follows his rise in the world of fashion through Paris, Monaco and Rome in the 197os. Joining Daniel Brühl in the cast are Théodore Pellerin as Jacques de Bascher, Arnaud […]

Daniel Brühl stars in trailer for Becoming Karl Lagerfeld

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Disney+ has debuted the first trailer and a poster for the upcoming limited drama series Becoming Karl Lagerfeld. Based on the biography Kaiser Karl by Raphaëlle Bacqué, the series stars Daniel Brühl as the iconic fashion designer and tells the story of his rise in the 1970s Parisian fashion world. Watch the trailer below… In […]

Ron Howard rounds up Ana de Armas, Jude Law, Alicia Vikander and Daniel Brühl for Origin of Species

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Following his critically-acclaimed Thai-cave drama Thirteen Lives, Ron Howard is sticking with the survival sub-genre for Origin of Species, and has enlisted Ana De Armas, Jude Law, Alicia Vikander and Daniel Brühl to star.  Based on two differing accounts of the same true story, Origin of Species is described as “a darkly comic tale of […]

Blu-ray Review – All Quiet on the Western Front (2022)

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All Quiet on the Western Front, 2022. Directed by Edward Berger. Starring Felix Kammerer, Albrecht Schuch, and Daniel Brühl. SYNOPSIS: Netflix’s harrowing war film All Quiet on the Western Front, the third and probably most brutal of the adaptations of the classic novel, arrives on Blu-ray with just a pair of extras, a scant making-of […]

Movie Review – All Quiet on the Western Front (2022)

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All Quiet on the Western Front, 2022. Directed by Edward Berger. Starring Felix Kammerer, Albrecht Schuch, Aaron Hilmer, Edin Hasanović, Devid Striesow, Daniel Brühl, Moritz Klaus, Sebastian Hülk, Anton von Lucke, Michael Wittenborn, Luc Feit, Andreas Döhler, André Marcon, Tobias Langhoff, Adrian Grünewald, Thibault de Montalembert, Nico Ehrenteit, Wolf Danny Homann, Charles Morillon, Jakob Schmidt, […]

Movie Review – All Quiet On The Western Front (2022)

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All Quiet On The Western Front, 2022. Directed by Edward Berger. Starring Felix Kammerer , Albrecht Schuch, Aaron Hilmer, Moritz Klaus, Edin Hasanovic, Adrian Grünewald, Thibault De Montalembert, Daniel Brühl, and Devid Striesow. SYNOPSIS: A young German soldier’s terrifying experiences and distress on the western front during World War I. Erich Maria Remarque’s anti-war novel […]

Netflix’s All Quiet on the Western Front gets a trailer and images

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First published in 1929, German author Erich Maria Remarque’s All Quiet on the Western Front was hailed for its anti-war stance and its harrowing portrayal of the horrors of World War I. The book has made the jump to the big screen multiple times, most notably in 1930 where it became the first Best Picture […]