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Rupert Friend cast in Gareth Edwards’ Jurassic World movie

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The next Jurassic World film from director Gareth Edwards has added another to its cast. Rupert Friend is the latest to join the next installment in the long-running franchise. Friend most recently starred in Wes Anderson’s Asteroid City and is known for his roles in Obi-Wan Kenobi, Homeland, Anatomy of a Scandal and Hitman: Agent 47. Friend will star alongside Scarlett Johansson […]

Blu-ray review – Asteroid City (2023)

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Asteroid City, 2023. Directed by Wes Anderson. Starring Jason Schwartzman, Scarlett Johansson, Tom Hanks, Jeffrey Wright, Tilda Swinton, Bryan Cranston, Edward Norton, Adrien Brody, Liev Schreiber, Hope Davis, Stephen Park, Rupert Friend, Maya Hawke, Steve Carell, Matt Dillon, Hong Chau, Willem Dafoe, Margot Robbie, Tony Revolori, Jake Ryan, and Jeff Goldblum. SYNOPSIS: Wes Anderson’s latest, […]

Movie Review – The American Society of Magical Negroes (2024)

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The American Society of Magical Negroes, 2024. Written and Directed by Kobi Libii. Starring Justice Smith, David Alan Grier, An-Li Bogan, Drew Tarver, Michaela Watkins, Rupert Friend, Nicole Byer, Aisha Hinds, Tim Baltz, Mia Ford, Eric Lutz, Kees DeVos, Chase Ryan Jeffery, Moe Irvin, Ethan Herisse, Nozipho Mclean, Isayas Theodros, Aaron Jennings, Jeremiah Birkett, Gillian […]

Movie Review – Last Looks (2021)

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Last Looks, 2021. Directed by Tim Kirkby. Starring Charlie Hunnam, Mel Gibson, Morena Baccarin, Clancy Brown, Rupert Friend, Lucy Fry, Dominic Monaghan, Jacob Scipio, Paul Ben-Victor, Method Man, David Pasquesi, Sophie Fatu, Robin Givens, Xen Sams, CC Castillo, and Deacon Randle. SYNOPSIS: A disgraced ex-cop seeks solace by moving to the woods, but his quiet […]

Movie Review – Asteroid City (2023)

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Asteroid City, 2023. Directed by Wes Anderson. Starring Jason Schwartzman, Scarlett Johansson, Tom Hanks, Jake Ryan, Jeffrey Wright, Tilda Swinton, Bryan Cranston, Willem Dafoe, Edward Norton, Adrien Brody, Liev Schreiber, Hope Davis, Stephen Park, Rupert Friend, Maya Hawke, Steve Carell, Matt Dillon, Hong Chau, Margot Robbie, Jeff Goldblum, Tony Revolori, Grace Edwards, Aristou Meehan, Sophia […]

Movie Review – Asteroid City (2023)

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Asteroid City, 2023. Written and Directed by Wes Anderson. Starring Jason Schwartzman, Scarlett Johansson, Tom Hanks, Jake Ryan, Jeffrey Wright, Tilda Swinton, Bryan Cranston, Willem Dafoe, Edward Norton, Adrien Brody, Liev Schreiber, Hope Davis, Stephen Park, Rupert Friend, Maya Hawke, Steve Carell, Matt Dillon, Hong Chau, Margot Robbie, Jeff Goldblum, Tony Revolori, Grace Edwards, Aristou […]

Johansson, Hanks, Schreiber and Schwartzman feature in clips for Wes Anderson’s Asteroid City

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Hoping to make an impact when it receives its world premiere in competition at the Cannes Film Festival, Focus Features has dropped a series of clips for Wes Anderson’s Asteroid City, an off-kilter comedy with the requisite large ensemble that is centred on a fictional American desert town in 1955, where a junior stargazer convention […]

Patricia Arquette stars in trailer for Apple TV+’s High Desert

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Apple TV+ has released a trailer for High Desert, the dark comedy series from director Jay Roach. The series stars Patricia Arquette as Peggy, a former addict who decides to make the life-changing decision to become a private investigator following the death of her mother, and also features Brad Garrett, Weruche Opia, Bernadette Peters, Rupert […]

Wes Anderson’s Asteroid City trailer is very Wes Anderson

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Focus Features has debuted a trailer and poster for writer-director Wes Anderson’s next film Asteroid City, a comedy centred on a fictional American desert town in 1955, where a junior stargazer convention is disrupted by… a visitor from outer space?  That doesn’t seem to matter, as the focus instead is on the usual Wes Anderson […]