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First Look – Jennifer Lawrence goes Russian in RED SPARROW
The first trailer for RED SPARROW has just landed online based on the book written by Jason Matthews, a former Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) operative which came out in 2013. Dominika Egorova (Jennifer Lawrence) is drafted against her will to become a “sparrow,” a trained seductress in the Russian security service. Dominika learns to use her body as a weapon, but struggles to maint...
Damon’s Downsizing Trailer
Matt Damon, the star of the Bourne movies is an actor who likes to try his hand at different things, but interestingly, despite having comic moments in a number of films, as well as a recurring guest role in the last two seasons of 30 Rock, he has made very few straight-down-the-line comedies. DOWNSIZING is a comedy. However, it’s also made by Alexander Payne (SIDEWAYS,THE DESCENDANTS) and it’s a...
Messy Christmas Trailer
From the director of Welcome to the South (LIFF11) and Welcome to the North (LIFF12), comes the hilarious new comedy Messy Christmas. Set on the small island of Porto Buio, the traditional live Christmas Nativity scene might not go ahead because the baby who’s always played Jesus has grown up and no new babies have been born on the island in years! With this fundamental tradition on the line, newl...
Abrams Chosen for Star Wars IX
J.J. Abrams the director of STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS in 2015 will complete the sequel trilogy as writer and director of STAR WARS: EPISODE IX. Abrams will co-write the film with Chris Terrio. Abrams was sought out in somewhat controversial circumstances. Colin Trevorrow had the job until he was fired for reasons which have not been made public. Trevorrow who wowed the industry with his work on...
The Room comes full circle with The Disaster Artist
The full length trailer for THE DISASTER ARTIST has just landed online directed and co-produced by James Franco, based on Greg Sestero’s non-fiction book of the same name, the film chronicles the making of Tommy Wiseau’s 2003 cult film The Room. For those who have never heard of The Room is described as the Citizen Kane of bad movies and was released in 2003 starring, written, directed...
The Disaster Artist Trailer
An aspiring actor in Hollywood meets an enigmatic stranger by the name of Tommy Wiseau, the meeting leads the actor down a path nobody could have predicted; creating the worst movie ever made.
Jenkins’ Pay Day Wonder
News released today by DC and Warner Bros that Patty Jenkins, director of the original WONDER WOMAN (2017), is now set to direct its sequel WONDER WOMAN 2. In a northern summer season when certain hoped-for blockbusters did less well than expected, WONDER WOMAN swept all before it by taking US$815 million worldwide. Wonder Woman was the DC Extended Universe’s first bona fide hit with no traces of ...
Monster Romance Wins Venice
Guillermo del Toro’s new film about a monster, THE SHAPE OF WATER has won the Golden Lion, the top award at the 74th Venice Film Festival. The jury, headed by American actor Annette Bening, chose the film ahead of contenders such as Alexander Payne’s DOWNSIZING and George Clooney’s SUBURBICON. The critical reception for the film has led many to describe the movie as the director’s best since 200...
Fifty Shades Freed Trailer
Jamie Dornan and Dakota Johnson return as Christian Grey and Anastasia Steele in Fifty Shades Freed, the third chapter based on the worldwide bestselling “Fifty Shades” phenomenon. Expanding upon events set in motion in 2015 and 2017’s blockbuster films that grossed almost $950 million globally, the new installment arrives for Valentine’s Day 2018.
IT smashes the US Box Office
IT has opened the second highested opening ever for an R-Rated Film behind Deadpool with a monster $117 million. Internationally IT brought in an estimated $62 million from 46 countries including a massive $5.9m here in Australia. What is even more interesting is that IT was made on a $35m dollar budget which yes is pretty small for a film these days but obviously the studio didn’t want to r...
Fifty Shades Freed Teaser
You’ve had quite the weekend. Hung out with loved ones and friends. Watched the footy. Maybe started a job that has been weighing on your mind for weeks. But right at the bottom of everything a question has been burning in your psyche; when is the third part of the amazing Fifty Shades trilogy going to hit the big screen? Wonder no longer, shader. The teaser has arrived like your dream lover...
Maudie Trailer
An unlikely romance in which the reclusive Everett Lewis hires a fragile yet determined woman named Maudie to be his housekeeper. Maudie, bright-eyed but hunched with crippled hands, yearns to be independent, to live away from her protective family and she also yearns, passionately, to create art. Unexpectedly, Everett finds himself falling in love. Based on a true story,