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Ethan Hawke Is Kind of Right, Logan Is Over-Praised, But He Misses Something Important

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Samuel Brace on Ethan Hawke’s comments about Logan and superhero movies… Logan is a great superhero movie, on this, there can be no doubt. But to call Hugh Jackman’s Wolverine swansong a great movie in the general sense is quite clearly not the case. This was Ethan Hawke’s point when his now viral statement caused […]

Ethan Hawke criticises Logan, says its not a great movie

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While superhero movies continue to do great business at the box office (well, mostly), it’s only recently that the films in the genre have begun to get the wider recognition that many feel they deserve. Take last year’s Logan for example; a huge critical and commercial success, the James Mangold-directed Wolverine movie even managed to […]

Movie Review – Juliet, Naked (2018)

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Juliet, Naked, 2018. Directed by Jesse Peretz. Starring Rose Byrne, Ethan Hawke, Chris O’Dowd, Megan Dodds, Lily Newmark, Jimmy O. Yang, Azhy Robertson, Ayoola Smart, Lily Brazier, Johanna Thea, Georgina Bevan, and Tom Patrick Stephens. SYNOPSIS: Juliet, Naked is the story of Annie (the long-suffering girlfriend of Duncan) and her unlikely transatlantic romance with once […]

Ethan Hawke, Juliette Binoche and Catherine Deneuve set for La Verite

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Variety is reporting that Palme d’Or winning Japanese filmmaker Hirokazu Kore-eda (Shoplifters) has tapped Juliette Binoche, Catherine Deneuve and Ethan Hawke to star in his next film La Verite, which translates to The Truth in English. A co-production between France’s 3B Productions and Kore-eda’s Bunbuku, La Verite will see Binoche and Hawke playing “a married […]

Rose Byrne, Ethan Hawke and Chris O’Dowd star in trailer for Juliet, Naked

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Lionsgate has released the first trailer and poster for the romantic comedy Juliet, Naked, director Jesse Peretz’s upcoming adaptation of Nick Hornby’s novel of the same name, which stars Rose Byrne, Ethan Hawke, and Chris O’Dowd; check them out here… Annie (Rose Byrne) is stuck in a long-term relationship with Duncan (Chris O’Dowd) – an obsessive […]

Trailer for Ethan Hawke’s Blaze

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IFC Films has released the first trailer for the upcoming musical biographical drama Blaze. Directed by Ethan Hawke, the film is based on the life of Blaze Foley and is adapted from Sybil Rosen’s novel Living in the Woods in a Tree: Remembering Blaze. Newcomer Ben Dickey leads the cast as the country musician alongside Alia […]

Chicago Critics Film Festival 2018 Review – First Reformed

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First Reformed, 2018. Written and Directed by Paul Schrader. Starring Ethan Hawke, Amanda Seyfried, Cedric the Entertainer, Philip Ettinger, Michael Gaston, Victoria Hill, and Van Hansis. SYNOPSIS: A former military chaplain is wracked by grief over the death of his son. Mary is a member of his church whose husband, a radical environmentalist, commits suicide, […]

Paul Schrader’s First Reformed gets a poster and trailer

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A24 has debuted a trailer and poster for writer-director Paul Schrader’s upcoming thriller First Reformed. The film stars Ethan Hawke as a parish pastor struggling from a crisis of faith following a series of tragic events, and also features Amanda Seyfried and Cedric Kyles. Reverend Ernst Toller (Ethan Hawke) is a solitary, middle-aged parish pastor at a […]

Ethan Hawke featured on poster for 24 Hours to Live

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Ahead of its world premiere at the Austin Film Festival, the poster for 24 Hours to Live, the upcoming action thriller from the producers of John Wick, has been released online. Directed by Brian Smrz, the film stars Ethan Hawke, Xu Qing, Liam Cunningham, Rutger Hauer, and Paul Anderson in this action thriller about an assassin with […]