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Movie Review – The Good Liar (2019)

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The Good Liar, 2019. Directed by Bill Condon. Starring Ian McKellen, Helen Mirren, Jim Carter, Russell Tovey, Mark Lewis Jones, and Laurie Davidson. SYNOPSIS: A career conman ingratiates himself into the life of a wealthy widow, with the hope of stealing her life savings. The setup for The Good Liar suggests something pretty familiar. With […]

Exclusive Interview – The Good Liar director Bill Condon on nasty old people and Ian McKellen dropping C-bombs

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Tom Beasley has a chat with director Bill Condon about heist thriller The Good Liar, starring Ian McKellen and Helen Mirren… It’s not often that cinemagoers get to see older people being genuinely horrible on the big screen. But that’s set to change with The Good Liar, in which Ian McKellen portrays a con artist […]

Ian McKellen and Helen Mirren star in new trailer for The Good Liar

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Ahead of its release next month, a new trailer has arrived online for Bill Condon’s upcoming adaptation of Nicholas Searle’s thriller novel The Good Liar which stars Ian McKellen as a con artist who finds he’s met his match when he attempts to swindle a well-to-do widow (Helen Mirren); watch it here… Career con artist […]

Movie Review – Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw (2019)

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Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw, 2019. Directed by David Leitch. Starring Dwayne Johnson, Jason Statham, Idris Elba, Vanessa Kirby, Ryan Reynolds, Rob Delaney, Eiza González, Helen Mirren, Eddie Marsan, Eliana Sua, Cliff Curtis, Stephanie Vogt, David Mumeni, Axel Nu, Lampros Kalfuntzos, Lori Pelenise Tuisano, John Tui, Joshua Mauga, and Roman Reigns. SYNOPSIS: Lawman […]

Video Review – Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw

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Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw, 2019. Directed by David Leitch. Starring Dwayne Johnson, Jason Statham, Idris Elba, Vanessa Kirby, Ryan Reynolds, Rob Delaney, Eiza González, Helen Mirren, Eddie Marsan and Roman Reigns. This week sees the release of the new Fast and Furious spin-off, Hobbs & Shaw. In the video below, Flickering Myth […]

Movie Review – Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw (2019)

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Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw, 2019. Directed by David Leitch. Starring Dwayne Johnson, Jason Statham, Idris Elba, Vanessa Kirby, Ryan Reynolds, Rob Delaney, Eiza González, Helen Mirren, Eddie Marsan, Eliana Sua, Cliff Curtis, Stephanie Vogt, David Mumeni, Axel Nu, Lampros Kalfuntzos, Lori Pelenise Tuisano, John Tui, Joshua Mauga, and Roman Reigns. SYNOPSIS: Lawman […]

Helen Mirren is Catherine the Great in trailer for HBO miniseries

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HBO has released a trailer for the historical drama miniseries Catherine the Great which stars Helen Mirren in the title role as the 18th century monarch and follows the story of her affair with Russian military leader Grigory Potemkin (Jason Clarke) towards the end of her reign; watch it here… Amid scandal, intrigue and immense […]

Charlize Theron and Helen Mirren returning for Fast & Furious 9

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As filming continues on Fast & Furious 9, producer and star Vin Diesel has provided fans with an update on the sequel through a post on Instagram, during which he reveals that The Fate of the Furious stars Charlize Theron and Helen Mirren will be reprising their roles as Cipher and Magdalene Shaw respectively. https://www.instagram.com/p/Bzp7hQ1l-Po/?utm_source=ig_embed […]

Movie Review – Anna (2019)

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Anna, 2019. Directed by Luc Besson. Starring Sasha Luss, Luke Evans, Cillian Murphy, Helen Mirren, Lera Abova and Eric Godon. SYNOPSIS: A Russian woman escapes her abusive home when she is offered a chance at a new life if she agrees to work for the KGB. It’s fair to say that, if you’ve seen a […]

Movie Review – Anna (2019)

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Anna, 2019. Directed by Luc Besson Starring Sasha Luss, Luke Evans, Cillian Murphy, Helen Mirren. SYNOPSIS: Beneath Anna Poliatova’s striking beauty lies a secret that will unleash her indelible strength and skill to become one of the world’s most feared government assassins. There was a surprising lack of marketing behind Luc Besson’s latest film Anna, which […]