ENTERTAINMENT NEWS, REVIEWS
THE NICE GUYS (2016) Review Directed by Shane Black Russell Crowe and Ryan Gosling in a buddy comedy movie? While recent buddy comedy movies are generic and offers nothing new, The Nice Guys ends that disappointing track. While both Crowe and Gosling had done some comedy films in the past, they’re both known as versatile actors, both nominated for …
The surprise worldwide hit caper “Now You See Me” which grossed over $300 million worldwide and earned the People’s Choice Award for Favorite Movie Thriller, made the Horsemen’s return to the screen inevitable for their most astounding magic act in “Now You See Me 2.” After starting out in New York City, where the first film …
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Ewan McGregor and Naomi Harris star as a married couple thrown in the obscure world of espionage and dirty politics in “Our Kind of Traitor.” Based on the acclaimed tome by John le Carré’ of the same title, the movie finds ordinary English couple Perry (McGregor) and Gail (Harris) on holiday in Marrakech, Morocco who meet …
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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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The young actors who played the Turtles via performance-capture in the 2014 hit film return in the eagerly anticipated sequel “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows” now showing (June 1) in Philippine cinemas. Reprising their roles are Pete Ploszek as Leonardo, the stoic, disciplined leader of the foursome; Alan Ritchson as Raphael, the …
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TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES: OUT OF THE SHADOWS (2016) Review Directed by Dave Green Following the 2014 film which is a decent entertaining film but still feels underwhelming for a movie that wants to expand as a franchise, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows isn’t anywhere near better than its predecessor. Megan Fox …
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Transformers has been updating its fans about its latest installment on Twitter and after the announcement of its official title, The Last Knight, its latest tweet reveals the villain (or one of the villains). A battle is coming. #transformers pic.twitter.com/XZdNHxB2KQ — Transformers (@transformers) May 31, 2016 You saw that right! Megatron, the ultimate archenemy of …
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With the hit comedies “Dodgeball” and “We’re the Millers” to his credit, Rawson Marshall Thurber, director of Universal Pictures’ new action comedy “Central Intelligence,” was looking to expand his filmmaking repertoire by incorporating a run of action in his next film. “I’ve loved action movies my whole life and I’ve been wanting to make one …
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British actress Emilia Clarke takes a 360-degree turn from her famous Mother of Dragons character, Daenerys, in “Game of Thrones” to portray the wide-eyed, endearing Louisa, in New Line Cinema’s heart-tugging romance, “Me Before You.” “What drew me to this movie were the words of Jojo Moyes, the book first and then the script,” explains …
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Disney-Pixar’s “Finding Dory” welcomes back to the big screen Dory, friends Marlin and Nemo—and composer Thomas Newman. “To me, he was one of the cast members of ‘Finding Nemo,’” says director Andrew Stanton. “We formed a close relationship ever since, and now that he is behind the score for ‘Finding Dory,’ it fees like the …
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