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Is Martin Scorsese’s The Irishman a ‘vanity project’?

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Anghus Houvouras on Netflix vanity projects and The Irishman… Modern journalism is about rapid-fire reactions. That is the highest priority. Quickly getting a ‘hot take’ out for the world to see before anyone else does in the hopes of getting likes, upvotes and views. Getting things right is a distant second. Which is why I […]

Keanu Reeves in talks to join Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio’s The Devil In The White City

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Keanu Reeves has quite the film resume, but oddly the actor has never done much work on the small screen. Now, that looks to change as he looks to have joined the cast of The Devil In The White City. The Devil In The White City is an upcoming Hulu series based on Erik Larson’s […]

4K Ultra HD Review – The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)

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The Wolf of Wall Street, 2013. Directed by Martin Scorsese. Starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Jonah Hill, Margot Robbie, Matthew McConaughey, Kyle Chandler, Rob Reiner, Jon Favreau, Jean Dujardin, and Jon Bernthal. SYNOPSIS:  The Wolf of Wall Street arrives on 4K with a transfer supervised by director Martin Scorsese. Nothing new was added to the bonus features, […]

Scorsese: An all time great, and still one of the best in the business

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As Martin Scorsese turns 79, Tom Jolliffe looks back on his astounding career so far… He’s been known to give master-classes in film-making. He’s also a deeply passionate cinephile. Martin Scorsese knows film. In fact he knows film so well, that comments comparing Marvel films to theme park rides courted him some controversy last year. […]

John Lithgow joins the all-star cast of Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon

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Legendary film and television actor John Lithgow just landed a massive new project. Lithgow is joining the ever-expanding cast of the new Martin Scorsese film, Killers of the Flower Moon. Lithgow joins the upcoming Leonardo DiCaprio-led film as a prosecutor. Not much else has been released about the character, but the actor will obviously steal […]

James Gunn responds to Martin Scorsese over his “cynical” Marvel criticism

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Although he’s presently tied up with the DC Extended Universe movie The Suicide Squad and its HBO Max spinoff series Peacemaker, director James Gunn will soon be venturing back to the Marvel Cinematic Universe to round out his Guardians of the Galaxy trilogy with Vol. 3. But before he does so, he’s taken the opportunity to […]

Brendan Fraser joins Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon

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Deadline reports that Brendan Fraser (Doom Patrol) has joined the cast of Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon alongside Leonardo DiCaprio and Robert De Niro. Based on David Grann’s highly acclaimed bestselling book, Killers of the Flower Moon takes place in the 1920s and tells the story of one of the FBI’s first major investigations – the […]

Set photos show DiCaprio and De Niro in costume on Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon

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Filming is well underway in Fairfax, Oklahoma on Martin Scorsese’s $200M budgeted Killers of the Flower Moon, with some new set photos depicting stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Robert De Niro in their 1920’s costumes. 16.07 l Leonardo DiCaprio no set de seu novo filme “Killers of the Flower Moon” em Fairfax Oklahoma pic.twitter.com/oF8DtkuGUq — 𝑵𝒆𝒘𝒔 […]

When Film and TV Collide: Acclaimed Directors on the Small Screen

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Chris Connor on filmmakers venturing out onto the small screen… As television has come more and more into its own in recent years, the gaps between what we might have seen exclusively on the big screen and less so on TV has become less apparent. Certainly big budget TV series feel more cinematic and can […]

First look at Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon starring Leonardo DiCaprio

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With filming now underway on Killers of the Flower Moon, Apple has released a first look image from the latest collaboration between director Martin Scorsese and star Leonardo DiCaprio, which sees DiCaprio alongside co-star Lily Gladstone (Billions, First Cow). Based on David Grann’s highly acclaimed bestselling book, Killers of the Flower Moon is set in […]