ENTERTAINMENT NEWS, REVIEWS
HITMAN: AGENT 47 (2015) Review “An agent’s advantage is not his body. It’s his mind.” With enough suspense and action thrills, Hitman: Agent 47 works within its genre. A video game turned into a full-length movie that is surprisingly good and interesting once the main plot takes place. The story isn’t all that new, though. …
The impressive ensemble of Warner Bros.’ new gangster thriller “Black Mass” gets the star treatment as eight castmembers receive their individual character banners which has just been released by the studio. The favored eight are Johnny Depp, Joel Edgerton, Benedict Cumberbatch, Jesse Plemons, Kevin Bacon, Peter Sarsgaard, Dakota Johnson and …
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Amplifying and transcending every rule in the action genre, the latest ultra-stylized action film “Hitman: Agent 47” introduces the latest assassin-hero to root for with Rupert Friend in the titular character along with Hannah Ware and Zachary Quinto. Friend, known to worldwide audience in the Emmy- winning Showtime series “Homeland” as Peter Quinn dons the …
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Don’t expect Alfie Allen to play a nice guy anytime soon. In “Plastic,” out this August, the Londoner portrays Yatesy, the roughest in a gang of four lads who stage a diamond heist. In “John Wick,” he played the son of a Russian mobster while Keanu Reeves stars as the titular character, a former assassin pursuing …
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The main poster and new trailer of Warner Bros.’ new gangster thriller “Black Mass” starring Johnny Depp have just been launched by the studio. Watch the trailer here: The film is based on the book Black Mass: The True Story of an Unholy Alliance Between the FBI and the Irish Mob, about the infamous gangster …
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MR. HOLMES (2015) Review “After a lifetime of detective work, there’s one mystery left to solve: his own.” A humble yet engaging journey of the famous detective. Mr. Holmes is Ian McKellen in one of his most vulnerable yet charming role. The film isn’t as lavish as the other Sherlock Holmes film where he’s in …
A lifelong New York resident, actress Laura Linney recently reunited with director Bill Condon (“Kinsey”) for “Mr. Holmes.” Based on Mitch Cullins’ “A Slight Trick of the Mind,” it looks at an aging Sherlock Holmes, as played by Ian McKellen (also reuniting with Condon after his Oscar-nominated performance in “Of Gods and Monsters”), writing about …
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