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Ewan McGregor and Matthew McConaughey join the Hal Jordan casting rumour mill for DC’s Lanterns

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If someone with the comic book pedigree of Josh Brolin doesn’t answer your cosmic call to play a Green Lantern, who else do you approach? That’s the conversation at DC Studios right now as they hunt for their Hal Jordan for the HBO series Lanterns. As we reported, the studio is looking to cast Josh […]

Movie Review – Mother Couch (2024)

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Mother Couch, 2024. Written and Directed by Niclas Larsson. Starring Ewan McGregor, Rhys Ifans, Taylor Russell, Lara Flynn Boyle, Lake Bell, F. Murray Abraham, Ellen Burstyn, Mar’Ques Woolford, Penelope Young, and Ozzy Davidson. SYNOPSIS: Three children are brought together when their mother refuses to move from a couch in a furniture store. There is an […]

Star Wars Mythos Obi-Wan Kenobi Premium Format Figure unveiled by Sideshow

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Sideshow has revealed official promotional images for its Obi-Wan Kenobi Mythos Premium Format figure which comes with swappable headsculpts inspired by the likeness of both Alec Guinness and Ewan McGregor as the Jedi Master in Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope and Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith. The collectible […]

Hot Toys unveils Obi-Wan Kenobi (Mandalorian Armor) Star Wars sixth scale figure

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Sideshow and Hot Toys have unveiled the sixth scale Obi-Wan Kenobi (Mandalorian Armor) figure which is inspired by the appearance of the Jedi Master in the acclaimed animated series Star Wars: The Clone Wars. Limited to 2000 pieces, Star Wars fans can join the waitlist to purchase to collectible, which is priced at $265; check […]

Ewan McGregor, Rhys Ifans and Lara Flynn Boyle have a Mother, Couch problem in trailer for comedy-drama

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Following an acclaimed festival run beginning at last year’s Toronto International Film Festival, Film Movement has now debuted a trailer for Mother, Couch, the comedy drama from writer-director Niclas Larsson, ahead of its US release in July. Starring Ewan McGregor, Rhys Ifans, Taylor Russell, Ellen Burstyn, Lara Flynn Boyle, F. Murray Abraham and Lake Bell, […]

Star Wars: The Phantom Menace at 25 – Still a franchise low-point?

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Chris Connor revisits Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace as it turns 25… It might seem a stretch for some but there was a point where George Lucas’s sci-fi juggernaut Star Wars had a 16-year big screen hiatus from 1983’s Return of the Jedi to 1999’s Phantom Menace. While we have now become […]

Movie Review – Bleeding Love (2024)

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Bleeding Love, 2024. Directed by Emma Westenberg. Starring Clara McGregor, Ewan McGregor, Kim Zimmer, Devyn McDowell, Sasha Alexander, Jake Weary, Vera Bulder, Travis Hammer, Clint Obenchain, Kristin K. Berg, Jacob Browne, J. Nathan Simmons, Willard Runsabove, Helen Trencher, Eve Kozikowski, Erica Bitton, and Ilasiea Gray. SYNOPSIS: A father takes his estranged daughter on a road […]

David Robert Mitchell’s new film with Ewan McGregor and Anne Hathaway titled Flowervale Street

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After casting Ewan McGregor (Star Wars: Obi-Wan Kenobi) and Anne Hathaway (Interstellar) in his new film, David Robert Mitchell’s new film has been given a title and release date. Flowervale Street will star McGregor and Hathaway in the lead roles in a film described as “a family adventure set in the 1980s involving dinosaurs.” No other […]

Ewan McGregor is A Gentleman in Moscow in trailer for Showtime series

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Showtime has released a poster and trailer for A Gentleman in Moscow, the upcoming drama series based on Amor Towles’ bestselling novel of the same name. The series stars Ewan McGregor as Count Alexander Rostov, a man who finds himself on the wrong side of history in the aftermath of the Russian Revolution due to […]