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Trailer: “Candyman” (2020) The first trailer for the Nia DaCosta-directed and Jordan Peele-produced “Candyman” has arrived. The newest entry in the horror franchise is dubbed a ‘spiritual sequel’ to the original rather than a reboot and returns to Cabrini Green – the now-gentrified Chicago neighborhood where the legend began. Teyonah Parris, Nathan Stewart-Jarrett, Colman Domingo and Tony Todd co-star in […]
International Trailer: “The Hunt” (2020) Universal Pictures has premiered an international trailer for their controversial action-thriller “The Hunt,” one with a bunch of new footage and a tonal change that downplays the dark comedy aspect. In the film, twelve strangers wake up in a clearing. They don’t know where they are, or how they got there. They don’t know they’ve […]
“Brigsby Bear” (2017) Comedy/Drama Running Time: 97 minutes Written by: Kyle Mooney & Kevin Costello Directed by: Dave McCary Featuring: Kyle Mooney, Mark Hamill, Greg Kinnear, Matt Walsh, Michaela Watkins, Jorge Lendeborg Jr. and Ryan Simpkins It can sometimes be refreshing to watch a comedy that has a real heart but does not compromise on its set up, it characters or its eventual payoff. So many times movies […]
“Ford v Ferrari” (2019) Drama Running time: 152 minutes Written by: Jez Butterworth, John-Henry Butterworth and Jason Keller Directed by: James Mangold Featuring: Matt Damon, Christian Bale, Jon Bernthal, Caitriona Balfe, Tracy Letts, Josh Lucas, Noah Jupe, Remo Girone and Ray McKinnon Carroll Shelby: “We’re lighter, we’re faster, and if that don’t work, we’re nastier.” Released this week is what I consider to be one of the films of the year as well as […]
New Trailer: “Westworld – Season Three” (2020) HBO has released the full trailer for the third season of its science-fiction drama “Westworld” which returns to the network March 15th. The new season sees Dolores (Evan Rachel Wood), who broke free from the park confines, trading her world for a new one – ours. Set in the near-future, Jonathan Nolan and […]
Trailer: “The Plot Against America” (2020) HBO has released the full trailer for the six-episode limited drama series “The Plot Against America” based on the novel by Philip Roth, which will debut March 16th. The story is an alternate American history told through the eyes of a working-class Jewish family in New Jersey as they watch the political rise of […]
Teaser Trailer: “Stranger Things – Season Four” Netflix has released the first trailer for the upcoming fourth season of its beloved supernatural series “Stranger Things”. Titled ‘From Russia With Love’, the clip confirms that David Harbour’s Chief Hopper is alive and is in Russia at the start of the season. Filming on the new season began only last month and […]
EON Productions, MGM, Sony Pictures and have released Billie Eilish’s “No Time To Die” song, the official theme tune for the upcoming twenty-fifth James Bond film of the same name. The song is now up on Spotify and Apple Music, click the link below. Eilish and Finneas O’Connell collaborated with the film’s composer Hans Zimmer on the song which will […]
Trailer: “Green Knight” (2020) A24 have premiered the first trailer for David Lowery’s “Green Knight”. A retelling of the medieval tale of ‘Sir Gawain and the Green Knight,’ the fantasy epic sees Patel playing the knight of King Arthur’s Round Table who accepts the challenge of beheading the Green Knight. He must wait a year and a day to receive […]
“FBI: Season One” (2019) Television Drama/Thriller 22 Episodes Developed by: Dick Wolf & Craig Turk Featuring: Missy Peregrym, Zeeko Zaki, Jeremy Sisto, Ebonée Noel, Connie Nielsen, Sela Ward, Alana de la Garza and John Boyd Maggie: “We have 2 hours to get on top of this.” OA: “Kidnappers gave them 24.” Maggie: “75 percent of abducted kids never make it or killed within 3 hours. That email came an hour ago.” Released on […]
Trailer: “The French Dispatch”(2020) Searchlight Pictures has premiered the first trailer for filmmaker Wes Anderson’s newest feature “The French Dispatch”. Set to hit cinemas on July 24th, the film includes a mix of Anderson regulars and new names to work with him. The story brings to life a collection of stories from the final issue of an American magazine published […]
Trailer: “The Hunt” (2020) The latest trailer for “The Hunt” (2020) has been released following on from its postponed release date which now sees the movie arriving in March. Jason Blum and Damon Lindelof produce the film which follows twelve strangers who mysteriously wake up in a forest clearing only to discover that they are being hunted for sport by […]
“Downton Abbey” (2019) Drama Running time: 122 minutes Written by: Julian Fellowes Directed by: Michael Engler Featuring: Hugh Bonneville, Jim Carter, Michelle Dockery, Elizabeth McGovern, Maggie Smith, Imelda Staunton and Penelope Wilton Henry Talbot: “Leave Downton? We’re stuck with it, aren’t we?” Lady Mary Talbot: “Yes. Yes, I believe we are.” Released recently on blu-ray/DVD is the Julian Fellowes creation “Downton Abbey” (2019) making a jump from the small screen to […]
“Wild Rose” (2019) Musical/Drama Running time: 103 minutes Written by: Nicole Taylor Directed by: Tom Harper Featuring: Jessie Buckley, Julie Walters, Sophie Okonedo, Jamie Sives, Craig Parkinson, James Harkness, Janey Godley, Daisy Littlefeld, Ryan Kerr, Adam Mitchell and Nicole Kerr Country Singer: “No-one wants to see a convicted criminal up there.” Rose-Lynn Harlan: “Johnny Cash was a convicted criminal , you ball-bag.” Released recently on DVD is the criminally […]
“Overcomer” (2019) Drama/Family Running time: 115 minutes Writtien by: Alex Kendrick and Stephen Kendrick Directed by: Alex Kendrick Featuring: Alex Kendrick, Priscilla Shirer, Shari Rigby, Jack Sterner, Cameron Arnett and Aryn Wright-Thompson Thomas Hill: “For someone who knows the Lord, you’re acting like somebody who doesn’t. Which makes me wonder: what have you allowed to define you? When you lost your team, […]
Trailer: “F9: The Fast Saga” (2020) The first trailer for “F9: The Fast Saga,” the ninth “Fast and Furious” film, is now online as part of a major fan event and concert promotional push taking place in Miami today. Vin Diesel’s Dom Toretto is leading a quiet life off the grid with Letty and his son, little Brian, but they […]
