ENTERTAINMENT NEWS, REVIEWS
Joel Edgerton’s directorial debut “The Gift” opened to rave and critical acclaim (opens in Phils. cinemas this August 19) that landed in the US’ box-office top three spot despite competition from big-budget action films such as “Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation” and “Fantastic Four.” With a strong word-of-mouth, “The Gift” exceeded expectations with an estimated $12 …
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Bughuul is back and scarier the second time around in “Sinister 2” wherein a newly separated mother of twins, Courtney, played by Shannyn Sossamon has no idea that she has resettled her family to a place where murder has occurred. Through her twins, Dylan and Zach, Bughuul becomes even more powerful, stealing children’s souls and …
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A heart-stopping, thought-provoking psychological thriller, “The Gift” is from producers Jason Blum and Rebecca Yeldham (“Insidious,” “Paranormal Activity”) and actor, writer, producer and first-time director Joel Edgerton (“The Great Gatsby,” “Zero Dark Thirty,” “Warrior”) with co-stars Jason Bateman and Rebecca Hall. “The Gift” opens benignly enough, focusing on a couple ostensibly at the apex of …
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When French director Gilles Paquet-Brenner decided to follow his modest Holocaust drama Sarah’s Key with an adaptation of a nourish American novel he liked, no one took much notice. And then Gillian Flynn followed Dark Places with Gone Girl, which became a literary sensation and David Fincher’s next A-list project, and suddenly Paquet-Brenner’s movie was a lot …
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Adapted from the novel by Gillian Flynn (Gone Girl), the dramatic thriller Dark Places follows Libby Day (Charlize Theron), mother and two sisters were brutally murdered when she was only seven years old. Now 25 years later and broke, Libby agrees to appear at a gathering of true crime aficionados to help them re-examine the crime by revisiting the …
Michael Peña, who recently rose to worldwide attention after starring as the motor-mouthed best friend of Marvel’s superhero Ant-Man (Paul Rudd) stars anew in the upcoming thriller movie “The Vatican Tapes” as an ex-military soldier turned priest. In “The Vatican Tapes,” a young woman named Angela begins as a normal, healthy girl, but as the …
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Beyond its sleeper hit commercial success, the 2012 movie “Sinister” that starred Ethan Hawke also garnered acclaim from critics and at film festivals. Following its tremendous success comes “Sinister 2,” the chilling sequel set at the aftermath of the shocking events in Sinister, the evil spirit of Bughuul continues to spread with frightening intensity. The …
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The sins of the past is a couple’s present nightmare in the psychological thriller “The Gift” starring Joel Edgerton which he also wrote and directed along with Jason Bateman and Rebecca Hall. “The Gift” is produced by award-winning and blockbuster makers Rebecca Yeldham and Jason Blum who are also behind the worldwide success of films …
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In the latest and heart-stopping trailer reveal of “Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials,” the characters are again pitted against a series of death-defying obstacles in their continued search for the truth on who they really are and where they’re going after escaping the Maze. Based on the (second) bestselling book series by James Dashner, Dylan …
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Aside from THE HUNGER GAMES franchise, none of the many YA film adaptations managed to be that interesting until THE MAZE RUNNER came around. It may not have a hopeless romantic side but the film was quite the pleasant surprise. Fox has released a new trailer for the sequel, MAZE RUNNER: THE SCORCH TRIALS, which …
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