Although David Fincher’s Girl with the Dragon Tattoo was a critical and commercial success (the film even generated a lead actress Oscar nomination for Rooney Mara), it has taken roughly six years to finally get confirmation of another entry in the Millennium movie series. Bizarrely, where we stand is that the next instalment in the […]
Movie Review – Jackie (2016)
Jackie, 2016. Directed by Pablo Larrain. Starring Natalie Portman, Peter Sarsgaard, Greta Gerwig, Billy Crudup and John Hurt. SYNOPSIS: The assassination of President Kennedy in 1963, his funeral and the days immediately afterwards are related from the perspective of his wife, Jackie. One of the most shocking moments in 20th century history, one that reverberated around […]
Could This Be The End Of Hollywood’s Pay Imbalance?
This week, Neil Calloway looks at the inequality in what men and women get paid for movies… There has been much made recently of the disparity in pay between men and women across all industries, and a story this week brought the issue in Hollywood into sharp relief when Natalie Portman revealed that she was […]
Natalie Portman is the First Lady in first clip from biopic Jackie
Following its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival, the first clip has arrived online from director Pablo Larrain’s upcoming biopic Jackie which stars Natalie Portman as First Lady Jackie Kennedy; check it out here… The assassination of President John F. Kennedy in 1963 was one of those moments that defined a generation. That this handsome, charismatic […]
DVD Review – Knight of Cups (2016)
Knight of Cups, 2016. Directed by Terrence Malick. Starring Christian Bale, Cate Blanchett, Natalie Portman, Wes Bentley, Imogen Poots, Freida Pinto and Brian Dennehy. SYNOPSIS: Ray, a Hollywood screenwriter suffering from a metaphysical crisis in his existence, journeys through his life and considers the road he’s spent his life travelling on… Right at the outset […]
Natalie Portman thinks she’s done with Marvel
Back in May Marvel Studios chief Kevin Feige revealed that Natalie Portman’s Dr. Jane Foster will be absent from the God of Thunder’s third solo movie Thor: Ragnarok, and it looks as though we may have seen the last of the Oscar-winning actress in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. “As far as I know I’m done,” Portman […]
Natalie Portman to star in Marta Kauffman’s We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves for HBO
Deadline is reporting that Natalie portman has signed on to produce and star in the HBO miniseries We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves, which is being developed by Marta Kauffman (Grace and Frankie) and her Okay Goodnight production banner. Adapted from Karen Joy Fowler’s novel, the miniseries is described as “a twisty tale centered on […]
Kevin Feige confirms that Natalie Portman won’t appear in Thor: Ragnarok
Back in April it was announced that Tessa Thompson (Creed) had joined the cast of Thor: Ragnarok, with reports suggesting that Natalie Portman would not be returning as Dr. Jane Foster for the God of Thunder’s third solo outing. Well, Marvel chief Kevin Feige has now confirmed Portman’s absence to Empire, stating that: “[There are] many […]
Movie Review – Jane Got a Gun (2016)
Jane Got a Gun, 2016. Directed by Gavin O’Connor. Starring Natalie Portman, Joel Edgerton, Noah Emmerich, Rodrigo Santoro, Boyd Holbrook, and Ewan McGregor. SYNOPSIS: A woman asks her ex-lover for help in order to save her outlaw husband from a gang out to kill him. Poor Natalie Portman. What looked on paper like a somewhat […]
Creed star Tessa Thompson joins Thor: Ragnarok, Natalie Portman won’t return
It looks like the God of Thunder could be getting a new love-interest in next year’s Thor: Ragnarok, as THR has revealed that Creed star Tessa Thompson has landed the female lead in the Marvel superhero threequel. Although Thompson’s role is being kept under wraps, speculation is suggesting that she’ll play Thor’s new love interest, given that Natalie […]
