Category: Film

Snow White has suffered yet another blow (Picture: Disney) Disney’s live-action remake of Snow White has been banned from playing in Lebanese cinemas. Released last month, the movie is a reimagining of Walt Disney’s 1937 animated film Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. The remake stars Rachel Zegler as the titular character, while her evil stepmother the Queen is played by Gal Gadot. However, even before it hit screens, Snow White was clouded in controversy, which has only ramped up … Continue reading “Snow White banned in Lebanon as boycott of £91,000,000 box office flop ramps up”

A comedy movie starring Angelina Jolie has raced up the Netflix charts despite being panned (Picture: Diyah Pera/ New Regency/ Aei/ Kobal/ Rex/ Shutterstock) Netflix viewers haven’t been deterred by critic reviews of an Angelina Jolie movie dubbed a ‘miserable mess’. Released in 2002, the romantic comedy-drama Life or Something Like It starred the actress as television reporter Lanie Kerrigan, who is on a ‘quest to find meaning in her life’. After interviewing the self-proclaimed prophet Jack, played by Tony … Continue reading “Netflix viewers rush to watch ‘contrived’ movie starring Hollywood legend that critics panned”

The Return is the first time Ralph Fiennes and Juliette Binoche have worked together since 1996’s The English Patient (Picture: Maila Iacovelli) It’s hard to pin down exactly why it was that The Return brought Ralph Fiennes and Juliette Binoche back together for an onscreen reunion nearly 30 years after their last film, but the pair certainly seemed enchanted with the idea from the start. There’s the obvious attraction of filming a version of Homer’s mythic epic the Odyssey. ‘The … Continue reading “Ralph Fiennes and Juliette Binoche’s reunion after nearly 30 years: ‘I’ve never felt that before’”

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The Home Alone 2 director revealed why he can’t ‘cut’ Donald Trump’s cameo (Picture: 20th Century Fox / Rex) Chris Columbus has opened up about Donald Trump’s infamous cameo in Home Alone 2: Lost in New York, and why he ‘can’t cut it’. The iconic Christmas flick was released in 1992, and saw Kevin McCallister (Macaulay Culkin) accidentally hopping on a flight to New York for the festive period, after getting separated from his Miami-bound family. The quick-thinking youngster set … Continue reading “Home Alone 2 director claims terrifying reason he ‘can’t cut’ Trump’s controversial cameo”

Johnny Depp is taking on a new role in Hollywood (Picture: Lionsgate) Johnny Depp was the definition of unrecognizable after his latest movie transformation was revealed. The Pirates of the Caribbean actor is set to reunite with Penelope Cruz on the big screen in their upcoming film, Day Drinker, by director Marc Webb. Production got underway yesterday, with new pictures emerging of the 61-year-old looking drastically different for his role as a ‘mysterious’ guest on board a private yacht. In … Continue reading “Johnny Depp is unrecognisable with new movie makeover after his libel trial”

Ryan Coogler and Michael B Jordan are serving up a fresh take on the vampire movie (Picture: Warner Bros. Pictures via AP) Sinners is likely the liveliest party you’ll be invited to this year about the undead, with barn-storming music, movie-star magnetism from Michael B Jordan and a fabulously entertaining take on how to build a horror film around vampires. Writer-director Ryan Coogler offers us an atmospheric tale, and not just in the creepy sense as the film is steeped … Continue reading “Sinners is the blood-soaked rock opera horror making vampires cool again”

Mickey Rourke was a leading man in Hollywood before a box office flop changed his career (Pictures: Rex/ ITV) Across his film career spanning more than 40 years, Mickey Rourke has gone from a leading man to starring in box office flops and then staging a dramatic comeback. Last week the 72-year-old Hollywood star was booted from the Celebrity Big Brother house following a series of incidents involving inappropriate language and unacceptable behaviour. His actions have meant he will miss … Continue reading “The ‘mindless’ film that saw Celebrity Big Brother star Mickey Rourke exiled from Hollywood”

The Amityville Horror is far better than many fans and credits gave it credit for (Picture: Rex) Horror cinema in the 2000s brought the rise of ‘torture porn’, the petering out of the J-Horror era, and more remakes than you could shake a stick at. Everything from The Texas Chainsaw Massacre to Halloween, Dawn of the Dead, My Bloody Valentine, A Nightmare On Elm Street, The Fog, and The Hills Have Eyes were all rebooted for audiences, usually packed full … Continue reading “Of all the 2000s horror remakes, this eerie film doesn’t deserve its hate”

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