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Viola Davis reaffirms Amanda Waller role in Suicide Squad

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Viola Davis jumped aboard David Ayer’s Suicide Squad adaptation back in December, and confirmed herself that she was in talks for the role in January. Now, just for good measure, she’s reaffirmed that she will indeed be playing Amanda Waller in DC’s supervillain-centric tentpole. eTalk caught up with Davis during the 87th Academy Awards this past weekend, and […]

Movie Review – Blackhat (2015)

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Blackhat, 2015. Directed by Michael Mann. Starring Chris Hemsworth, Wei Tang, Viola Davis, Manny Montana, Wang Leehom and William Mapother. SYNOPSIS: A furloughed convict and his American and Chinese partners hunt a high-level cyber crime network from Chicago to Los Angeles to Hong Kong to Jakarta. There’s a clash at the heart of Michael Mann’s […]

Potential Suicide Squad spoilers reveal plot details of The Joker, Deadshot, Harley Quinn and more

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Latino-Review have been on top of their scooping game as of late, bringing out some big guns of some of the upcoming big Hollywood movies. Today, they bring us some more “scoops” from the draft scripts of David Ayer’s Suicide Squad. Warning – there could be potential spoilers below. You have been warned. The website’s […]

Movie Review – Blackhat (2015)

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Blackhat, 2015. Directed by Michael Mann. Starring Chris Hemsworth, Wei Tang, Viola Davis, Manny Montana, Wang Leehom and William Mapother. SYNOPSIS: A furloughed convict and his American and Chinese partners hunt a high-level cybercrime network from Chicago to Los Angeles to Hong Kong to Jakarta. On paper, hacking sounds like an exciting activity to partake […]

Viola Davis confirms Amanda Waller role in Suicide Squad

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When the cast for Warner Bros. and director David Ayer’s Suicide Squad was officially announced, there was one major role from the DC supervillain ensemble unfilled in Amanda Waller, the Director of A.R.G.U.S., and head of Task Force X. Initial reports suggested that Viola Davis, Octavia Spencer and Oprah Winfrey were up for the part, […]

Viola Davis set to play Amanda Waller in Suicide Squad

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A couple of weeks back we reported the casting news for Suicide Squad now that the whole team is in place. But one name missing was the lady behind the team, Amanda Waller. Well, according to Latino Review (who are hit and miss with their reports), Viola Davis (How to Get Away with Murder) is […]

New trailer for Michael Mann’s Blackhat starring Chris Hemsworth

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Universal and Legendary Pictures have released the second trailer for the upcoming cyber thriller Blackhat starring Chris Hemsworth. Check it out here after the official synopsis… From Academy Award-nominated writer/director Michael Mann (Heat, The Insider), Blackhat is set within the world of global cybercrime and follows a furloughed convict Nicholas Hathaway (Hemsworth) and his American […]