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Wes Anderson’s The French Dispatch gets a first trailer

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Searchlight Pictures has debut the first trailer for writer-director Wes Anderson’s star-studded comedy drama The French Dispatch, which brings to life a collection of stories from an American magazine published in a fictional 20th century French city; watch it here… The French Dispatch is set for release on July 24th in the US and on […]

Parasite and Snowpiercer: Class divides with Bong Joon Ho

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In the first of new series of features, Tom Jolliffe suggests a class-themed double bill of Bong Joon Ho’s Parasite and Snowpiercer… The beauty of cinema is how so many films can form a connective strand with others. Sometimes it can be a film-makers penchant for a similar message between a couple of films, or […]

Movie Review – Uncut Gems (2019)

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Uncut Gems, 2019. Directed by Josh Safdie and Benny Safdie. Starring Adam Sandler, Julia Fox, Lakeith Stanfield, Kevin Garnett, Idina Menzel, Eric Bogosian, Jonathan Aranbayev, Mike Francesa, Jacob Igielski, Noa Fisher, Paloma Elsesser, Judd Hirsch, Benjy Kleiner, Josh Ostrovsky, Sahar Bibiyan, Lana Levitin, Keith Williams Richards, Pom Klementieff, The Weeknd, Trinidad James, Tilda Swinton, and […]

Movie Review – The Personal History of David Copperfield (2019)

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The Personal History of David Copperfield, 2019. Directed by Armando Iannucci. Starring Dev Patel, Tilda Swinton, Peter Capaldi, Aneurin Barnard, Hugh Laurie, Ben Whishaw, Morfydd Clark, Daisy May Cooper, Gwendoline Christie, Paul Whitehouse, Rosalind Eleazar, Benedict Wong, Darren Boyd, Anthony Welsh, Aimee Kelly, Jairaj Varsani and Nikki Amuka-Bird. SYNOPSIS: Based on the acclaimed novel by […]

Movie Review – Uncut Gems (2019)

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Uncut Gems, 2019. Directed by Josh Safdie and Benny Safdie. Starring Adam Sandler, Julia Fox, Lakeith Stanfield, Kevin Garnett, Idina Menzel, Eric Bogosian, Jonathan Aranbayev, Mike Francesa, Jacob Igielski, Noa Fisher, Paloma Elsesser, Judd Hirsch, Benjy Kleiner, Josh Ostrovsky, Sahar Bibiyan, Lana Levitin, Keith Williams Richards, Pom Klementieff, The Weeknd, Trinidad James, Tilda Swinton, and […]

The Personal History of David Copperfield gets six new character posters

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Lionsgate has released six new character posters for Armando Iannucci’s upcoming adaptation of the classic Charles Dickens novel The Personal History of David Copperfield featuring Dev Patel, Ben Whishaw, Hugh Laurie, Peter Capaldi, Rosalind Eleazar, and Tilda Swinton; take a look here… SEE ALSO: Read our review of The Personal History of David Copperfield From […]

2019 BFI London Film Festival Review – The Personal History of David Copperfield

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The Personal History of David Copperfield, 2019. Directed by Armando Iannucci. Starring Dev Patel, Ben Whishaw, Hugh Laurie, Nikki Amuka-Bird, Peter Capaldi, Rosalind Eleazar, and Tilda Swinton. SYNOPSIS: A haunting semi-autobiographical tale of a boy who is sent away by his stepfather after his mother dies but manages to triumph over incredible adversities. Set in […]

Armando Iannucci’s The Personal History of David Copperfield gets a first trailer

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Coinciding with its UK premiere at the London Film Festival, Lionsgate has released a poster and trailer for director Armando Iannucci’s (In the Loop) take on the classic Charles Dickens novel The Personal History of David Copperfield. The film stars Dev Patel in the title role alongside a cast that includes Peter Capaldi, Hugh Laurie, […]

Movie Review – The Souvenir (2019)

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The Souvenir, 2019. Directed by Joanna Hogg. Starring Honor Swinton-Byrne, Tom Burke, Tilda Swinton, Jack McMullen and Richard Ayoade. SYNOPSIS: A young woman struggles to achieve her film school ambitions while in a destructive relationship with an older man. There’s always a lot of talk online – particularly in the world of morally questionable superhero […]

Movie Review – The Dead Don’t Die (2019)

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The Dead Don’t Die, 2019. Directed by Jim Jarmusch. Starring Bill Murray, Adam Driver, Tilda Swinton, Chloë Sevigny, Steve Buscemi, Caleb Landry Jones, Danny Glover, Rosie Perez, Selena Gomez and Tom Waits. SYNOPSIS: A sleepy, rural American town falls victim to hordes of rampaging zombies, while a group of rather lazy cops try to resolve […]