Variety has revealed Bridgerton star Simone Ashley will star alongside Brad Pitt in the sports racing drama F1. The news comes after Ashely was seen on the set of the film’s production this past weekend, which was shooting during the British Grand Prix as part of the film and Formula 1’s partnership to use real Grand […]
Brad Pitt feels the need for speed in trailer for F1
Apple Studios has revved its engine and dropped the teaser trailer for F1, their Joseph Top Gun: Maverick Kosinski-directed racing movie that stars Brad Pitt as former Formula 1 driver Sonny Hayes, who returns to the sport to partner with a rookie teammate. Lining up alongside Brad Pitt in F1 is Damson Idris, Academy Award nominee […]
Paramount firing up the jets for Top Gun 3 with Tom Cruise and Joseph Kosinski returning
Paramount Pictures has fired up the engines on Top Gun 3, and are hoping to reunite the team that flew Maverick to $1.5 billion at the worldwide box-office. According to The Hollywood Reporter Top Gun: Maverick co-writer Ehren Kruger is working on a script, with director Joseph Kosinski set to return for a third film in […]
Kerry Condon straps in for Kosinski and Pitt’s Formula One flick
Following her Academy Award nominated performance for being the best thing in The Banshees of Inisherin, Kerry Condon will take her place in the pit-lane for Apple’s Untitled Formula One racing movie. According to reports Condon is set to play the team’s technical director, overseeing the design and development of a sophisticated Formula One race […]
Three Masterful Technical Achievements from 2022
Tom Jolliffe looks back at three technical marvels of filmmaking which wowed audiences in 2022… 2022 was a pretty stellar year for film. We had some great indie films, some spectacular action films, some choice cuts of world cinema and we were also treated to one of the best years in horror for quite some […]
2023 Oscar Nominations: Reasons to Cheer and Reasons to Jeer
We look at the Oscar nominations. The surprises, the nods to celebrate and some glaring omissions… The Oscar nominations for the 2023 ceremony were announced this week. It’s time to warm up your slapping hands, sorry, clapping hands and ready yourself for the main event. As with every year, there are predictable choices, and pleasing […]
Top Gun: Maverick and the Success of Simplistic Cinema
Anghus Houvrouas on the success of Top Gun: Maverick… Top Gun: Maverick is the kind of massive, crowd pleasing blockbuster that felt almost extinct after a global pandemic threatened to end the theatrical experience. Loved by both audiences and critics, the movie has become a phenomenon and the most successful movie of 2022. I always […]
Quentin Tarantino goes full cinema fanboy and calls Top Gun: Maverick a “true cinematic spectacle”
We all know Quentin Tarantino has a passion for all things film. Yet, it’s rare for him to dive into his feelings on a new movie in public. Well, that’s changed this week as he offered up his take on the smash hit that is Top Gun: Maverick. The filmmaker was asked about the Top […]
Movie Review – Spiderhead (2022)
Spiderhead, 2022. Directed by Joseph Kosinski. Starring Chris Hemsworth, Miles Teller, Jurnee Smollett, Tess Haubrich, BeBe Bettencourt, Angie Miliken, Joey Vieira, Nathan Jones, Ron Smyck, and Mark Paguio. SYNOPSIS: In the near future, convicts are offered the chance to volunteer as medical subjects to shorten their sentence. One such subject for a new drug capable […]
Propelled to Greatness by Set Pieces: A Maverick Approach to Action Cinema
Tom Jolliffe looks at two of the best action films of the last decade, Mad Max: Fury Road and Top Gun: Maverick… There are great films. There are great action films. Attaining greatness through your action amounts to nailing your set pieces and imbuing proceedings, with just enough characterisation to give the propellant action some […]
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