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Zoe Saldaña, Nicole Kidman, and Morgan Freeman star in the trailer for Taylor Sheridan’s Special Ops: Lioness

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Yellowstone creator Taylor Sheridan continues his small-screen dominance with his latest star-studded vehicle for Paramount+, Special Ops: Lioness, which features Zoe Saldaña, Laysla De Oliveira, Michael Kelly, Morgan Freeman, and Nicole Kidman. The series focuses on Zoe Saldaña’s conflicted operative and the role she plays in the CIA’s Lioness Program, an organisation headed up by […]

Nicole Kidman joins spy series Lioness from Yellowstone creator Taylor Sheridan

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Nicole Kidman (The Northman) has joined Paramount+’s upcoming CIA drama Lioness from Taylor Sheridan, the creator of the Yellowstone franchise. She joins Laysla De Oliveira (Locke & Key) and Zoe Saldaña (Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3) in a series regular role. Lioness is based on a real-life CIA program and focuses on “Cruz Manuelos (De Oliveira), a rough-around-the-edges […]

4K Ultra HD Review – The Northman (2022)

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The Northman, 2022. Directed by Robert Eggers. Starring Alexander Skarsgård, Nicole Kidman, Claes Bang, Anya Taylor-Joy, Ethan Hawke, Björk, and Willem Dafoe. SYNOPSIS: Robert Eggers’ latest tour de force, The Northman, arrives on 4K Ultra HD disc not long after its theatrical run. The film looks amazing in 4K, as you might imagine, and Universal […]

Baz Luhrmann’s Australia extended cut to be reedited into the limited series Faraway Downs

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Aside from the absolutely stunning vistas captured by Elvis director Baz Luhrmann, one the few memorable things about his 2008 epic Australia was just how bloomin long it was, and now it’s about to stretch even further over that sun kissed horizon with the news that his extended cut of the film is to be […]

Nicole Kidman to star in Black List script Holland, Michigan for Amazon

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The notorious Hollywood Black List has produced some memorable movies over the years – Manchester by the Sea, Juno, Argo – and now Nicole Kidman has signed onto star in Holland, Michigan, the spec script which topped the list in 2013.  Bought by Amazon Studios back in 2016, Holland, Michigan is from Manhunt: Unabomber‘s Andrew […]

Nicole Kidman, Zac Efron and Joey King team up for Netflix comedy

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Zac Efron was last seen playing a dad to a kid with pyromaniac tendencies in Firestarter, Nicole Kidman was facing a marriage crisis while delivering an Oscar-nominated turn in Being the Ricardos, and Joey King was caught up in Welcome to the Blumhouse’s The Lie. Well, now the trio have decided to lighten up by […]

Northman the Barbarian: How Conan Courses Through The Northman

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Tom Jolliffe looks at the similarities between The Northman and Conan the Barbarian. Spoilers follow… After success and masses of acclaim for his small scale masterworks The Witch and The Lighthouse, director Robert Eggers went large scale in his third outing. The Northman is a big budget Viking revenge epic. In every way, it’s the […]

Movie Review – The Northman (2022)

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The Northman, 2022. Directed by Robert Eggers. Starring Alexander Skarsgård, Anya Taylor-Joy, Claes Bang, Nicole Kidman, Ethan Hawke, Willem Dafoe, Gustav Lindh, and Björk. SYNOPSIS: A young Viking prince embarks on an epic quest to avenge his father’s death. Robert Eggers broke into the Hollywood scene in 2015 with his period horror flick The Witch. […]

Movie Review – The Northman (2022)

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The Northman, 2022. Directed by Robert Eggers. Starring Alexander Skarsgård, Nicole Kidman, Claes Bang, Ethan Hawke, Anya Taylor-Joy, Gustav Lindh, Elliott Rose, Willem Dafoe, Phill Martin, Olwen Fouéré, Eldar Skar, Edgar Abram, Jack Gassmann, Ingvar E. Sigurðsson, Oscar Novak, Jack Walsh, Björk, Ian Whyte, Katie Pattinson, Andrea O’Neill, Rebecca Ineson, Kate Dickie, Ísadóra Bjarkardóttir Barney, […]