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‘Everest’: Doug Liman To Direct A New Thriller Starring Ewan McGregor, Mark Strong & Sam Heughan

June 16, 2021 12:57 pm

There are dozens of films about Mount Everest and the brave people that have attempted to summit the mountain. Like all micro-genres of films, some are good, some are bad, and some are just…whatever. Well, why...

Mark Strong Blames A Drunken Night Out With Pal Daniel Craig For Blowing Bond Villain Audition During The Pierce Brosnan Era

Christopher Marc

June 3, 2021 2:39 pm

News

British actor Mark Strong has made a career playing cinematic bad guys for big studio movies, but there has been one franchise that has been allusive to him: James Bond. The actor revealed to Sky One...

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‘1917’: Sam Mendes Crafts An Epic, Harrowing & Visceral Modern Day War Classic [Review]

Jason Bailey

November 26, 2019 10:30 am

Features, News, Reviews

There are few insights as shopworn as “war is hell,” but there’s a sequence early in Sam Mendes’s new WWI epic “1917” that brings that old chestnut into, particularly sharp focus. The film's protagonists, Lance...

‘1917’ Trailer: Sam Mendes Takes You Into The Trenches Of The Great War & A Race Against Time

Andrew Hrip

August 1, 2019 11:00 am

News, Trailers

WWI marked the confluence of terrifying new technologies unleashed on combatants of both sides and Europe itself. Machine guns—mowing down swaths of soldiers like never before. Soldiers—with tanks at their back...

‘Stockholm’: Ethan Hawke Turns In A Great Performance In An Utterly Forgettable Hostage Drama [Review]

Jonathan Christian

April 4, 2019 3:45 pm

News, Reviews

“Do you know what they call it?” A woman’s voice, delicate and faint, rings out from the darkness. Then, a man murmurs a noise, husky and low, that indicates he doesn’t know. “Stockholm syndrome,” the woman ...

Mark Strong, Benedict Cumberbatch, Colin Firth & More Join Sam Mendes’ Latest Film ‘1917’

Charles Barfield

March 28, 2019 10:59 am

News

When you’re an accomplished, Oscar-winning filmmaker like Sam Mendes, you better believe the floodgates will open with actors wanting to work with you. The filmmaker, who is probably best known for “American Be...

‘Shazam!’ Trailer: Billy Batson Makes A Big Leap Of Faith

Carlos Cruz Salido

March 4, 2019 12:03 pm

News, Trailers

It’s vox populi that DC has been dragging behind Marvel for a long time already. If we look for the most anticipated movies of 2019 in big databases such as IMDb or Fandango, or hey, even The Playlist, we’ll fi...

Mark Strong Seemingly Confirmed To Star In Upcoming ‘Bond 25’

Charles Barfield

June 21, 2018 9:43 am

News

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It feels like we already know everything about the upcoming “Bond 25.” With the director’s search taking an eternity and the status of Daniel Craig up in the air, we’ve been talking about this film for months. ...

‘The Catcher Was a Spy’ Trailer: Paul Rudd Goes From Baseball To Espionage

Jamie Rogers

May 2, 2018 6:08 pm

News, Trailers

In 1934, Morris "Moe" Berg was chosen to join the American All-Star baseball team on a trip to Japan, among the likes of Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig. While Berg did appear on some leaderboards, his career, overall...

Baseball Espionage Thriller ‘The Catcher Was A Spy’ Strikes Out [Sundance Review]

Jordan Ruimy

January 21, 2018 1:03 pm

News, Reviews

If "The Catcher Was Spy" weren't based on a true story, you'd most likely hear people say that it was far-fetched and implausible. The story of Moe Berg, a major-league baseball player whose double life had him...

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