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Anya Taylor-Joy and Miles Teller protect the world in The Gorge trailer

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Apple TV+ has shared a trailer for The Gorge, the upcoming sci-fi action thriller from director Scott Derrickson (Sinister, Doctor Strange). The film stars Anya Taylor-Joy and Miles Teller as two operatives, forbidden from communicating with each other, who are tasked with protecting a vast and secret gorge, keeping the Earth safe from the mysterious […]

Whiplash at 10: An Exploration of the Dark Side of Talent and Obsession

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Hasitha Fernando on the story behind Whiplash as the film celebrates its tenth anniversary… Hollywood has churned out its fair share of ‘musical prodigy’ movies centered around talented musicians with efforts such as Amadeus, Immortal Beloved and Shine. But Whiplash broke the mold by delivering a darker and more mature take on the timeworn story […]

Paramount firing up the jets for Top Gun 3 with Tom Cruise and Joseph Kosinski returning

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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 […]

Sigourney Weaver joins Miles Teller and Anya Taylor-Joy in The Gorge

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Fresh from returning to the world of Pandora for Avatar: The Way of Water, Sigourney Weaver has now signed on to the cast of The Gorge, the new film from director Scott Derrickson (Doctor Strange, The Black Phone).  Weaver joins the previously announced Miles Teller (Top Gun: Maverick) and Anya Taylor-Joy (Last Night in Soho) […]

Top Gun: Maverick and the Success of Simplistic Cinema

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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 […]

Scott Derrickson to direct Miles Teller in action-romance The Gorge

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Two of 2022’s kings of summer, Miles Top Gun Teller and Scott The Black Phone Derrickson, are joining forces for Skydance’s upcoming genre-bending love story The Gorge.  According to Deadline Whiplash star Teller is in final negotiations to headline The Gorge, having taken his time selecting his first project following Top Gun: Maverick‘s $1.4 billion […]

Miles Teller says he’s spoken to Tom Cruise about Top Gun 3

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Top Gun: Maverick is a box-office and pop culture juggernaut. After nearly two months, it’s still dominating in cinemas and has comfortably passed the billion dollar mark at the box office, making it the highest-grossing movie of 2022 so far. A sequel is one of the most obvious moves ever, and it seems as if […]

Movie Review – Spiderhead (2022)

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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

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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 […]