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Second Opinion – The Revenant (2016)

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The Revenant, 2015. Directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu. Starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hardy, Will Poulter, Domhnall Gleeson and Forest Goodluck. SYNOPSIS: A frontiersman on a fur trading expedition in the 1820’s fights for survival after being mauled by a bear and left for dead by members of his own hunting team. To say that The […]

Movie Review – The Revenant (2015)

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The Revenant, 2015. Directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu. Starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hardy, Will Poulter and Domhnall Gleeson. SYNOPSIS: A frontiersman on a fur trading expedition in the 1820’s fights for survival after being mauled by a bear and left for dead by members of his own hunting team. Cinema can be a beguiling, beautiful […]

Christopher Nolan’s Dunkirk movie confirmed, Tom Hardy, Kenneth Branagh and Mark Rylance to star

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Yesterday rumours emerged suggesting that Christopher Nolan’s next film would be a World War II epic about the 1940 Dunkirk evacuation, and now Warner Bros. has officially confirmed the reports, as well as revealing some casting details. As per The Hollywood Reporter, the film – which is based on an original screenplay from Nolan – will […]

Movie Review – The Revenant (2015)

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The Revenant, 2015. Directed by Alejandro G. Inarritu. Starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hardy, Will Poulter, Domhnall Gleeson, Paul Anderson, Lukas Haas, Brendan Fletcher, Forrest Goodluck, and Grace Dove. SYNOPSIS: In the 1820s, a frontiersman, Hugh Glass, sets out on a path of vengeance against those who left him for dead after a bear mauling. Production […]

DVD Review – Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)

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Mad Max: Fury Road, 2015. Directed by George Miller. Starring Tom Hardy, Charlize Theron, Nicholas Hoult, Hugh Keays-Byrne, Rosie Huntington-Whitely, Nathan Jones, Megan Gale, Zoe Kravitz, Riley Keough, Josh Helman, Jennifer Hagan, Abbey Lee Kershaw and Courtney Easton. SYNOPSIS: In a stark desert landscape where humanity is broken, two rebels just might be able to […]

The Week in Disappointment – Ghostbusters, Wolverine, Matt Damon as Daredevil, Prometheus 2, Hayden Christensen returning to Star Wars and more

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Every week the entertainment world provides us with the unfortunate, the inexcusable, and the questionable. Here are this week’s disappointments. Annie Potts and Sigourney Weaver to appear in Ghostbusters reboot. None of this is surprising or even worthy of mention. When they figure out how to get Harold Ramis to appear in the film, wake […]

Tom Hardy responds to “inelegance” of TIFF question about his sexuality

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Tom Hardy has discussed the recent controversy over a press conference question about his sexuality in Toronto, admitting he was “really, really annoyed” by the line of questioning. SEE ALSO: Tom Hardy’s Legend tops the UK box office chart SEE ALSO: Read our ★ ★ ★ ★ review of Legend Hardy was promoting the screening […]

Second Opinion – Legend (2015)

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Legend, 2015. Directed by Brian Helgeland. Starring Tom Hardy, Emily Browning, David Thewlis, Taron Egerton, Christopher Eccleston, Paul Bettany and Chazz Palminteri. SYNOPSIS: A biopic on the infamous twins, The Krays, charting their life of crime in the 1960’s. Ronnie and Reggie Kray have become the UK equivalent of Al Capone. East End gangsters, Brian […]

Who Will Be The Next Bond?

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After much speculation, Neil Calloway looks at some runners and riders to be the next 007… This week came the frankly ridiculous news that David Beckham was being lined up to be the next James Bond. Now, it could be true, or it could just be that the British tabloid the Daily Star needed a […]