It’s been 18 years since Daniel Craig bagged the role of James Bond, beating a 22-year-old Henry Cavill to the role in the 2005 auditions for Casino Royale. Of course, the young hunk went on to be cast as Superman but now that the 007 part is vacant again, might …
Read More »Lucca Comics & Games: ‘I’m not a CEO, I’m a Dungeon Master’ | Films | Entertainment
If you aren’t in the know, Lucca Comics and Games 2023 is about to kick off next week in Lucca, Italy. For an entire week, the fortress town in Italy will be taken over by countless nerd culture brands, companies, and experiences to celebrate the fandom. From Netflix and Amazon …
Read More »‘It’s positively Victorian’ – Doctor Jekyll review | Films | Entertainment
“Hammer: A John Gore Company” screams a blood-red caption in director Joe Stephenson’s promising opening title sequence. After buying iconic British studio Hammer Films, the self-effacing theatre mogul quickly snapped up the distribution rights to this low-budget Gothic horror. Next, as monkish chants begin to appear in the bombastic score, …
Read More »Five Nights at Freddy’s review: ‘This joyless shocker never whirs into life’ | Films | Entertainment
Back in Sir Bobby Charlton’s glory days, there was a TV sitcom about a seedy tailor shop called Never Mind The Quality, Feel The Width. They should dust that phrase off and stick it on a sign outside the picture houses, because there’s an unusually thick roster of spooky films …
Read More »Arnold Schwarzenegger on ending ‘insane’ feud with ‘best pal’ Sylvester Stallone | Films | Entertainment
The 76-year-old bodybuilding champion, Hollywood star and former Governor of California is in the UK promoting his new book Be Useful: Seven Tools for Life. And last night, Express.co.uk attended An Evening with Arnold Schwarzenegger at London’s Royal Albert Hall. The Terminator legend shared amazing and often hilarious anecdotes from …
Read More »Maestro trailer – Bradley Cooper stars as Bernstein in film accused of ‘Jewface’ | Films | Entertainment
When the first teaser trailer for Maestro arrived in August, Bradley Cooper received a ton of backlash for what some people perceived as “Jewface”. The writer, director and star plays Jewish composer Leonard Bernstein, despite not being a Jew and wore a false nose for the part that is expected …
Read More »Streamers asked to warn about offensive depictions of villains with scars | Films | Entertainment
“If they’re shown this enough times, if they’re shown that people with visible differences are bad or evil or they’re going to hurt them, then they’re going to start treating people that way.” While Changing Faces is not asking platforms to remove content with these stigmatised portrayals, the campaign is …
Read More »John Wayne’s set feud with The Alamo co-star that tried to leave days into shoot | Films | Entertainment
Back in 1945, John Wayne decided he wanted to make an epic movie about the Battle of the Alamo. The pivotal conflict during the Texan Revolution saw a 13 day siege on the Alamo Mission. The Mexican army successfully killed most of the defenders, including American folk heroes Davy Crockett …
Read More »Robert De Niro spanked Leonardo DiCaprio for real in Killers of the Flower Moon | Films | Entertainment
Martin Scorsese’s latest epic Killers of the Flower Moon is out now in cinemas, bringing together his two greatest acting collaborators for the first time. Based on the 2017 history book of the same name, the 3-and-a-half-hour blockbuster focuses on a set of Oklahoma murders in the Osage Nation during …
Read More »Tom Cruise’s Mission Impossible 8 release date delayed and ‘will get new title’ | Films | Entertainment
Earlier this year, Tom Cruise returned in his seventh outing as IMF agent Ethan Hunt. Mission: Impossible Dead Reckoning Part 1 was critically acclaimed but was a box office disappointment making just $567.5 million on a budget of $291 million. This was partly due to competition from Barbie and Oppenheimer …
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