Mark Strong

Series Review: Nine Perfect Strangers Season 2 commits to a darker, more emotional personality

If there’s one thing Nicole Kidman is going to commit wholeheartedly to in any of her multitude of projects, it’s that her character will indulge in a wig or an accent.  In the case of Nine Perfect Strangers, it’s both. Four years ago, hot off the success of her “Big Little Lies” being transformed into…

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Film Review: Shadow Force; Kerry Washington and Omar Sy charm their way through enjoyable, if predictable, actioner

Having helmed such actioners as Smokin’ Aces, The A-Team, The Grey, and Boss Level, as well as writing credits on the Death Wish remake and Bad Boys For Life, director Joe Carnahan is no stranger to the genre and the excessive cheese it can give way to.  For his latest effort, Shadow Force, he’s working…

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Nicole Kidman and her Nine Perfect Strangers are back for Season 2 in first look trailer

Following the star-studded intrigue of its first season (you can read our review here), Prime Video’s Nine Perfect Strangers has finally returned for a second helping of a gloriously accented (and wigged) Nicole Kidman and her questionable methods of therapy in the first look trailer for the anticipated new seasons. In the latest episodes, nine…

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4K Ultra HD Review: 1917 is visually spectacular and undoubtedly a polished feat of filmmaking craft

Given 1917‘s rather simplistic plot – a pair of infantrymen having to cross the treacherous No Man’s Land in order to prevent a doomed attack during the height of World War 1 – it makes sense that director Sam Mendes (Skyfall) would opt for a more complex manner to detail the story.  Single camera shots…

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Film Review: Shazam! (US, 2019) is pure cinematic bliss from start to finish

It’s been a rocky road for the DC Extended Universe. From the dizzying delights of Wonder Woman to the hyper-colour mess of Suicide Squad. From the delicious ridiculousness of Aquaman to the dark and sloppy disaster of Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. And it’s hard to forget what should have been their crowning glory…

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Watch the fun-filled, action-packed first trailer for Kingsmen: The Golden Circle

If you cast your mind back to 2015, you might remember a film by the name of Kingsman: The Secret Service that became a surprising box office hit and as well as becoming a box-office hit, was regarded as a revival of the spy genre. Fast forward almost two years later, and we finally have the first…

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Film Review: Grimsby (MA15+) (UK/USA, 2016)

Offensive. Repulsive. Shocking. Unapologetic. These words are always associated with a film starring Sasha Baron Cohen as the lead. Films such as Borat, Bruno and The Dictator have brought levels of laughter due shock and wit, and with his latest film, Grimsby, it is no exception. If you hated any of those movies, punch out…

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