Ryan Coogler (Creed, Fruitvale Station) brings the latest film within the Marvel Cinematic Universe, in the form of Black Panther. Returning to the role of T’Challa, now King of Wakanda, is Chadwick Boseman (who will always be Vontae Mack from Draft Day to me). Set only weeks after the events of Captain America : Civil War, we see T’Challa returning to
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Baby Driver is an action thriller with a hint of musical, by writer director Edgar Wright (Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World) released in 2017. The film stars Ansel Elgort (Divergent series) as Baby, a young man with a gift for driving – most notably driving getaway vehicles. Due to his suffering of tinnitus, Baby
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Based on a book by Vince Flynn, American Assassin is a 2017 action thriller directed by Michael Cuesta. After his fiancée is murdered in a terrorist attack, Mitch Rapp (Dylan O’Brien) has become obsessed with revenge, engaging in relentless martial arts and weapons training. Having entered the world of fundamentalist terrorism in pursuit of that revenge, until he is recruited
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One of the most famous individuals of the 20th century, Winston Churchill, is the focus for the new historical drama Darkest Hour – with director Joe Wright. Set in a 3 week period during 1940, we see Churchill coming to power and near immediately facing the pressures from his own party to seek a potential compromise with the German army,
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Writer Director Alexander Payne (Sideways, The Descendants) returns with the 2017 satire Downsizing. In response to the increasing threat of extinction that humans face due to their own overpopulation, scientists in Norway have invented a process by which humans can be reduced to approximately 5 inches tall. Through this process of downsizing, humans can drastically reduce their impact on the
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Directed by Lee Unkrich (who also directed Toy Story 3), Pixar’s latest release is the animation ‘Coco’. Set in modern day Mexico, the film centres around Miguel, a young boy with dreams of becoming a musician. The problem is though that his family, especially his grandmother, have different plans for him. Ever since his great grandfather, abandoned his family to
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So, a few days since seeing the latest instalment of Star Wars, here we go with the review of Episode 8 or as I now shall refer to it in this – TLJ. Written and directed by Rian Johnson (Looper, The Brothers Bloom), TLJ comes at easiest the longest film in the saga. It also comes off the back of
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For what is highly likely going to be the biggest release next year, Marvel have released the official trailed for Avengers : Infinity War. Due out in May 2018, it will be the film that sees Thanos (Josh Brolin) finally make it to a full role on the big screen as he attempts to collect the various Infinity Stones. The
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George Clooney returns as director for the first time since the 2014 critical and commercial disappointment The Monuments Men, in the new film suburb become. Set in 1959 in the fictional town of Suburbicon – a peaceful and idyllic community and the perfect place to raise a family – the film film follows lows the lodge family. In the lead
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In the directorial debut of Andrew J. Cohen (previously wrote Neighbours and Neighbours 2), the new film starring Will Ferrell and Amy Poehler is The House, which Cohen also co-writes with Brendan O’Brien. The film sees Poehler and Ferrell as Scott and Kate Johansen, dutiful parents of soon to be university student Alex (Ryan Simpkins). When their local town cancels
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