ENTERTAINMENT NEWS, REVIEWS
Netflix and Shondaland released the official trailer, key art, and new images for their upcoming prequel series Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story. Check them out below: Logline: Centered on Queen Charlotte’s rise to prominence and power, this Bridgerton-verse prequel tells the story of how the young Queen’s marriage to King George sparked both a great love …
THE FAVOURITE (2018) Review Directed by Yorgos Lanthimos To be honest, I wasn’t feeling the first twenty minutes or so of the film. I’m not that fond of period dramas. But when Emma Stone arrived and the conflict of the story begins to go bigger, The Favourite got my attention. Synopsis: Early 18th century. England is at war …
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Leaders are born from survival. Watch the new epic trailer for Columbia Pictures’ Alpha now here: An epic adventure set in the last Ice Age. Europe, 20,000 years ago. While on his first hunt with his tribe’s most elite group, a young man (Kodi Smit-McPhee) is injured and left for dead. Awakening to find himself broken and …
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British actor-on-the-rise Jack Huston (HBO’s “Boardwalk Empire,” Starz’s “Spartacus”) plays the title role of Judah Ben-Hur in Paramount Pictures’ and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures’ epic action adventure “Ben-Hur” based on Lew Wallace’s timeless novel, Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ. Directed by Timur Bekmambetov (“Wanted”), the film is the epic story of Judah Ben-Hur, a prince falsely accused …
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“Ang Hapis at Himagsik ni Hermano Puli” (The Agony and Fury of Hermano Puli) is a historical drama based on the life and times of Apolinario de la Cruz, who led a revolt in 1841 against the Spanish colonial government in the Philippines in the name of religious freedom. The film shines a light on …
Denzel Washington and Chris Pratt went out of their way to engage fans as they introduce the new international trailer of Columbia Pictures’ upcoming action-adventure “The Magnificent Seven” which may be viewed here: Director Antoine Fuqua brings his modern vision to a classic story in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures’ and Columbia Pictures’ “The Magnificent Seven.” With the …
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From Timur Bekmambetov, the director of “Wanted” and “Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter” comes the epic action-adventure “Ben-Hur,” based on Lew Wallace’s timeless novel Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ. Watch the new “Ben-Hur” clip here: “Ben-Hur” is the epic story of Judah Ben-Hur (Jack Huston), a prince falsely accused of treason by his adopted brother Messala …
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The four principal actors of Paramount Pictures’ “Ben-Hur” are featured in the newly-released character posters for the film. They are Jack Huston as Ben-Hur, a wronged man seeking revenge and redemption; Toby Kebbell who plays Messala, Ben-Hur’s adopted brother and best friend who sets him on his path for vengeance; Morgan Freeman as Sheik Ilderim, …
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Jack Huston, who will be seen this August in Paramount Pictures and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures’ “Ben-Hur,” received this year’s “CinemaCon® Rising Star of the Year Award.” Huston was presented with this special honor at the “CinemaCon Big Screen Achievement Awards” ceremony held recently The Colosseum at Caesars Palace. CinemaCon is the official convention of The National …
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Mika Kaurismaki’s new film The Girl King might surprise viewers who are familiar with “Queen Christina”, the 1933 historical drama starring Hollywood legend Greta Garbo. The highly romanticized Garbo film presents the young 17th-century Swedish queen as a heterosexual in love with a Spanish envoy, who was played by John Gilbert, Garbo’s real-life partner. Completely …
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