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Review: NEWLY SINGLE Is A Hip, Edgy Relationship Dramedy

A dark and somewhat bitter dramedy, director-writer-star Adam Christian Clark’s Newly Single is a punchy character piece that really draws you into its orbit. The central character (loosely based on and played by Clark himself), might alienate [...]

January 2, 2019

TRUE DETECTIVE Season 3 Continues To Shape Up; Stephen Dorff Joins The Cast

Stephen Dorff (remember him?) has been cast opposite Mahershala Ali and Carmen Ejogo in season three of Nic Pizzolatto’s True Detective. The first season starring Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson drew raves from critics, but season two [...]

January 3, 2018

DVD Review: Diane Keaton And Morgan Freeman Live 5 Flights Up In RUTH AND ALEX

Sometimes all you need is a nice little movie to pass a couple of hours. Ruth And Alex (also known as 5 Flights Up) is the perfect way to spend an enjoyable evening in the company of Morgan Freeman and Diane Keaton. Richard Loncraine’s movie [...]

September 20, 2015

What Scheduling Conflicts? Steve Carell Replaces Bruce Willis In Woody Allen’s Latest Movie

Bruce Willis shot for a day on Woody Allen’s latest, as yet untitled film (see above). Willis then dropped out due to ‘scheduling conflicts’ with his Broadway turn in the stage adaptation of Stephen King’s Misery. Read into that what you [...]

August 29, 2015

Blu-ray Review: Noah Baumbach’s WHILE WE’RE YOUNG With Ben Stiller Is Astute And Entertaining

Noah Baumbach’s While We’re Young takes a wonderfully incisive look at how people exist in the 21st Century. Baumbach casts a keen eye on how we interact in a digital age, where everything is disposable and easily cast aside. That’s not just [...]

July 24, 2015

New Trailer For Woody Allen’s IRRATIONAL MAN – You’re Either Onboard Or You’re Not

Woody Allen’s 50th feature film(!!), Irrational Man hits UK screens on 11 September. Joaquin Phoenix, Emma Stone, Parker Posey and Jamie Blackley star in the comedy which sounds like it’s pure Woody Allen. You’re either onboard with this or [...]

July 4, 2015

Kevin Costner To Star In 10-Part Series Legal Series TRIAL For Amazon Prime Instant Video

Amazon Instant Prime is officially ‘killing it’ with the talent they’re getting onboard. Not only did has the online platform managed to get Woody Allen and Terry Gilliam – but now Kevin Costner is in the frame to star in a new 10-part [...]

June 26, 2015

Do The Time Warp: Ten Time Travel Movies

The latest film in a long line of time travel classics, Project Almanac follows a brilliant high school student and his friends who discover blueprints for a machine that can send them back in time. This latest foray into the popular [...]

June 8, 2015

UK Poster For Peter Bogdanovich’s SHE’S FUNNY THAT WAY Starring Owen Wilson And Imogen Poots

Here’s the new UK poster for Peter Bogdanovich’s latest screwball throwback She’s Funny That Way – Imogen Poots, Owen Wilson and Jennifer Aniston lead the cast. I’m genuinely thrilled that guys like Peter Bogdanovich and Woody Allen [...]

June 2, 2015

Review: Jason Schwartzman And Jonathan Pryce In The Quirky And Literary LISTEN UP PHILIP

An odd mash-up of a movie, Listen Up Philip is a comedy from Alex Ross Perry that plays like Woody Allen meets Wes Anderson. If that concept floats your boat, then you’ll take great enjoyment from Listen Up Philip. If it doesn’t, then you might [...]

May 28, 2015

The Bruce Willis Comeback Continues As He Scores The Lead In A New Detective Comedy

Bruce Willis is a great comedy actor and it’s a real shame that he doesn’t star in a lot of comedies. It’s a even bigger shame that when he does, he just plays Bruce Willis – and role that he’s become very good at playing in recent [...]

May 16, 2015

Woody Allen Unhappy With Amazon Deal, The Avengers And Other Assorted Woody Wonders

Woody Allen is a man who likes routine. The native New Yorker makes a film every year at his own pace (his latest Irrational Man opens soon) and he seems happy and content to do this for as long as he can. What he doesn’t appear to be happy with [...]

May 15, 2015

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