Book, Film & TV Reviews
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Chris Pine has closed a deal to join the DC Movie Universe as Steve Trevor in Patty Jenkins’ anticipated Wonder Woman movie, reports have confirmed this week.
Set to star opposite Gal Gadot, who will be playing the lead of Wonder Woman, these are the only two casting confirmations as of yet, and the deal also includes sequel options.
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When an episode starts with every warning going, you know that it’s going to be good. ‘Church in Ruins’ takes its time, but the final 20 minutes are some of the most haunting yet suspense-filled moments of TV that you will have seen since… well, the last series of True Detective.
Continue reading “‘True Detective’ Season 2 Episode 6 – TV Review”
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With a lot of news flying around recently about the hopes of Channing Tatum playing the Marvel superhero Gambit, and the hype raised at Comic-Con earlier this year, disappointing news comes in that Tatum’s deal may be in danger of falling apart.
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Based on the critically acclaimed 1985 novel, Heat, written by two-time Academy Award-winning writer William Goldman, who also wrote the screenplay for the film, Wild Card is a remake of the 1986 adaptation that starred Burt Reynolds.
Directed by Simon West (The Expendables 2), the film follows Nick Wild (Jason Statham), a bodyguard with lethal skills and a gambling problem, who gets in trouble with the mob whilst on a job in Las Vegas.
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After an uneven start to the new series of True Detective, ‘Other Lives’ is probably the most satisfying episode yet.
We knew that after last week’s suspense-filled ending that the leading trio wouldn’t be left in a good place, but did you expect it to move forward quite this sudden and dramatically?
Continue reading “‘True Detective’ Season 2 Episode 5 – TV Review”
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Ryan Reynolds is an actor known for his versatility… and by that, I mean that he’s had a handful of decent roles, one iconic role in a great high school comedy, a known passion for his role as Deadpool, and then some very poor role choices in between.
His role in the horror-comedy The Voices, however, is one of the best performances that you will see from him. Starring as a troubled, med-addicted (although seemingly normal looking from the outside) factory worker, The Voices sees Reynolds play the role of Jerry, a young bachelor who is dedicated to living a normal life and succeeding in his new job at the Milton Bathtub factory.
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This week’s explosive episode, ‘Down Will Come‘, gets the pace of second series of True Detective back up to speed, as we’re left with a heap of dead bodies and only three detectives left standing. Nothing is going to be the same after this, that’s for sure, as the three leads in the series find themselves in a situation that isn’t going to be easy to get out of.
Continue reading “True Detective: Season 2 Episode 4 – TV Review”
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Twentieth Century Fox has released a new clip and featurette for the upcoming young adult coming-of-age film, Paper Towns, this week.
Adapted from a novel of the same name, written by The Fault In Our Stars‘ author John Green, the story tells the story of Quentin (Nat Wolff) in his search for his neighbour Margo (Cara Delevingne), and their subsequent voyage of discovery.
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Lionsgate has released a brand new trailer and poster for the critically acclaimed Brooklyn this week, and they couldn’t be more beautiful.
Another one of the most anticipated novel adaptations of 2015, this time from author Colm Tóibín, Brooklyn is a heart-breaking story set in the early 1950s, and stars star Saoirse Ronan (The Grand Budapest Hotel), Domhnall Gleeson (About Time), Emory Cohen (The Place Beyond The Pines), Jim Broadbent (Iris), and Julie Walters (Billy Elliot).
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After last week’s unexpected cliffhanger, this week’s episode of True Detective had a lot to answer for. But, as we all predicted, everything wasn’t as it originally seemed and, fortunately, there haven’t been any character cut-off’s just yet.
Continue reading “True Detective: Season 2 Episode 3 – TV Review”
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“Write about whatever annoys you”, I was told. So, since it’s my turn on Filmoria’s Sunday Screen rota this week, I want to moan about trailers.
Trailers are like the film industry’s Marmite: you either love them, or you hate them. And it’s no surprise really, since the line between a good trailer and a bad one is so thin that they’re usually more likely to ruin a film for you completely than they are to intrigue you a decent amount.
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Six new clips from the upcoming sequel Magic Mike XXL have been released this week, and if you weren’t excited enough then you should set your eyes at some of these teasers, as we look forward to 115 more minutes of half-naked men strutting their stuff.
Continue reading “These Six New ‘Magic Mike XXL’ Clips Will Get You Hot”
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We’ve all been anticipating the new series of True Detective for two very different reasons – 1) because the first ended on such a fantastic high, unexpectedly blowing our minds episode after episode, and 2) because we wanted to see if the new casting would work.
Continue reading “True Detective: Season 2 Episode 1 – TV Review”
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Warning: the following trailer may evoke a strong emotional reaction.
The death of Robin Williams saddened us all last year. This new trailer would be impressive enough, but knowing that Boulevard sees William’s final dramatic performance makes it all the more special.
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You’ve probably seen some of the great promotion for Eli Roth’s upcoming horror, Knock Knock, on your TV over the past week. Well here’s some more.
A new poster has been released this week, featuring a distressed Keanu Reeves in between two pretty faces.
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Directed and co-written by Ira Sachs, alongside writer Mauricio Zacharias, Love Is Strange follows elderly couple Ben (John Lithgow) and George (Alfred Molina) who, after nearly four decades living together in lower Manhattan, finally tie the knot.
We’re yet to be bombarded by films scripted around the new laws of same-sex marriage, so it’s wonderful to see that one of the first films to be set around this long-awaited change is a meaningful drama full of depth, and not just a heartless comedy.
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In anticipation for the upcoming adaptation of a Nicholas Sparks novel, we’ve decided to take a look at five of the most romantic moments in the film versions of his work so far.
Directed by George Tillman Jr., with screenplay by Craig Bolotin, The Longest Ride is an adaptation of Sparks’ 17th romance novel of the same name, which was originally published in 2013. The film, set to be released on 19th June, stars Britt Robertson and Scott Eastwood in the leads, and follows a young couple who witness a car crash involving an older man, whose lives intertwine as he reflects back on a past love.
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If you were asked to think of one of the best working cinematographers around at the minute, who would you say? I’m sure a name first on your list would be Roger Deakins, so it’s great news that he has now been confirmed to be shooting the upcoming Blade Runner sequel.
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Production on the penultimate instalment of the Divergent series is officially underway, Lionsgate have announced this week.
The Divergent Series: Allegiant – Part 1, the first part of the final book in Veronica Roth‘s best-selling young adult dystopian trilogy of novels, is currently being filmed in Atlanta.
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The brand new teaser trailer for the hugely anticipated Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens is here, and it’s as epic as you like! And then Harrison Ford makes appearance, and you find yourself more excited for Christmas than ever before.
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