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Movie Review – Snowden (2016)

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Snowden, 2016. Directed by Oliver Stone. Starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Shailene Woodley, Melissa Leo, Zachary Quinto, Rhys Ifans, Tom Wilkinson, Timothy Olyphant, Joely Richardson, Ben Schnetzer, Scott Eastwood and Nicolas Cage. SYNOPSIS: The story of Edward Snowden, former soldier and CIA operative, who went on to work for the NSA and make public the agency’s illegal surveillance […]

Kevin Smith would like to see Superman Lives as an animated movie

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In the mid-90s, Warner Bros. and Batman producer Jon Peters enlisted Tim Burton for a reboot of the Superman franchise, hoping Burton could do for the Man of Steel what he did for the Dark Knight back in 1989. After several years in development, the studio opted to pull the plug on what ultimately became […]

Movie Review – Snowden (2016)

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Snowden, 2016. Directed by Oliver Stone. Starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Shailene Woodley, Zachary Quinto, Melissa Leo, Scott Eastwood, Tom Wilkinson, Joely Richardson, Timothy Olyphant, Ben Schnetzer, Ben Chaplin, Rhys Ifans, Nicolas Cage, and Edward Snowden. SYNOPSIS: The NSA’s illegal surveillance techniques are leaked to the public by one of the agency’s employees, Edward Snowden, in the […]

60th BFI London Film Festival Review – Snowden (2016)

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Snowden, 2016. Directed by Oliver Stone. Starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Shailene Woodley, Melissa Leo, Zachary Quinto, Tom Wilkinson, Rhys Ifans, Timothy Olyphant, Nicolas Cage. SYNOPSIS: The story of how infamous former-US government employee Edward Snowden leaked top secret state secrets about NSA surveillance techniques to the public, and the ensuing fallout that followed. No stranger to […]

Nicolas Cage and Faye Dunaway to star in Inconceivable

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According to Deadline, Oscar winners Nicolas Cage (Leaving Las Vegas) and Faye Dunaway (Network) have signed on to star alongside Nicky Whelan (Matador) in Inconceivable, a new thriller from director Jonathan Baker and screenwriter Chloe King. The film will see Whelan as Katie, a mother who moves to town with her young daughter in order […]

Why Liking Bad Films Means You’re Smarter Than Average

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If you’re constantly getting abuse from your friends about your taste in films, Neil Calloway says help may be at hand from a recent study… In what appears to be the cinematic equivalent of those studies that receive an inordinate amount of publicity when they trumpet the fact that gorging yourself on chocolate and red […]

Nicolas Cage gives an update on National Treasure 3

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Back in October of 2013, director Jon Turteltaub revealed that he hoped to go into production on National Treasure 3 “within two years”, only for things to fall deathly silent on the third chapter in Disney’s action-adventure series. During an interview with Entertainment Weekly, star Nicolas Cage has confirmed that the project remains a possibility, but […]

Don Johnson and Deborah Kara Unger join Nicolas Cage in Vengeance: A Love Story

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In news coming out of Cannes, Don Johnson (Django Unchained) and Deborah Kara Unger (The Game) have signed on to star alongside Nicolas Cage in the upcoming thriller Vengeance: A Love Story. Also featuring in the cast are Anna Hutchison (The Cabin in the Woods) and Talitha Bateman (The 5th Wave). Back in March, it […]

The Superman Films That Were Never Made

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This week, Neil Calloway looks at Superman movies that were planned but never shot… When the Christopher Reeve fronted Superman films came to a juddering halt in 1987 it would be almost twenty years before Clark Kent made another appearance on the big screen. To be fair, between Superman IV: The Quest For Peace and […]