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Uncovering Curiosities: Taylor Sheridan’s WIND RIVER

The Yellowstone creator Talor Sheridan’s 2017 film, Wind River takes the classic tropes of a western and updates them to deliver an exceptional modern-day thriller. Sheridan’s film works best if you know very little about it, so try to [...]

November 18, 2021

Review: THOSE WHO WISH ME DEAD Starring Angelina Jolie Is Another Great Thriller From Taylor Sheridan

Everything about Taylor Sheridan‘s Those Who Wish Me Dead feels like it was made in 1998 and they somehow forgot to release until 2021. I mean that as a compliment, I really do. Sheridan’s film is one of the most well executed big [...]

September 2, 2021

Trailer: Strong Vibes From Kevin Costner’s YELLOWSTONE

On paper, the combination of Kevin Costner and Taylor Sheridan (Sicario, Hell Or High Water, Wind River) teaming for a 10-part TV drama sounded like perfection. The new trailer for Yellowstone seems to surpass these high expectations and if the [...]

March 1, 2018

Blu-ray Review: WIND RIVER Is An Exceptional Mystery-Thriller Starring Jeremy Renner & Elizabeth Olsen

Taylor Sheridan is having a great few years. As a writer he’s delivered the well regarded screenplays for Sicario (a sequel is on the way) and Hell Or High Water and now he’s written and directed Wind River, which once again takes western tropes [...]

January 2, 2018

Three Directors On The JAMES BOND Shortlist

Forget Christopher Nolan, it looks like only three directors have made the shortlist for the next James Bond adventure. Deadline is reporting that Yann Demange, Denis Villenueve and David Mackenzie have met with EON Productions to discuss helming [...]

July 26, 2017

Oscars 2017: The Winners At The 89th Academy Awards – And That Big Mix-Up!

It’s highly likely the 89th Academy Awards wouldn’t have been particularly memorable it hadn’t been for the major mix-up with the climatic announcement for Best Picture. However, somehow the folks from PricewaterhouseCoopers [...]

February 27, 2017

Oscars 2017: A Full List Of Nominations; Hollywood Goes Gaga For LA LA LAND

La La Land leads the charge at this year’s Academy Awards. The musical scored 14 nominations, equally the record held by All About Eve and Titanic. Damien Chapelle’s musical is the one to beat this year and it’s likely it’ll [...]

January 24, 2017

Blu-ray Review: HELL OR HIGH WATER Is Highly Recommended

A stripped down neo-western, Hell Or High Water is a freewheeling and dusty affair. David Mackenzie’s cops and robbers movie plays like a ‘70s drama, with humour and drama intertwining to give a beautifully balanced piece that’s tense and [...]

January 18, 2017

Full Nomination List For The 2017 EE BAFTA Awards

It’s that time of year again – Bafta time! 2016 had a good selection of films, but La La Land seems to be the big movie this year at the British Academy Film Awards, racking up an impressive 11 nominations. There’s always talk of [...]

January 10, 2017

Go Mel! Full List Of Golden Globe Nominations

The nominations for the 74th Golden Globe Awards have been announced – and Mel Gibson‘s Hacksaw Ridge has a strong showing (seven nods, same as La La Land). That’s what I call a comeback. Go Mel! A whole host of Movies In Focus [...]

December 12, 2016

Get A Sneak Peek At David Duchovny’s Debut Album HELL OR HIGHWATER

David Duchovny is a man with many talents. Not only is he an actor, writer, director and a novelist – but he’s now a rock star. Duchovny will unveil his musical debut, Hell Or High Water on 12 May. ThinkSay Records will release the 12 track [...]

March 31, 2015