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Hellboy strikes again with Neil Marshall’s R-rated reboot of the cult comic book and movie series

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By Sam Bathe on 9 Jan 2019

While Ron Perlman so effortlessly embodied the Hellboy role in the 2004 and 2008 movies, when a third film in the franchise never materialised, it still didn’t feel like the greatest loss to cinema that we wouldn’t get more of the Right Hand of Doom. When it was announced that reboot was instead in the works, with Neil Marshall slated to direct, David Harbour set to star off the back of his Stranger Things success, and crucially, the film going more adult with an R-rating, suddenly the whole thing started to feel more fresh again. Of course the plot will be retreading old ground – this time an ancient sorceress seeks to destroy all of mankind – with more grit, more gore and a horror vibe that comes to naturally to Marshall’s work, and Milla Jovovich, Sasha Lane and Daniel Dae Kim rounding off an impressive cast, hopefully Red finds a new audience when Hellboy hits threatres April 12th.

Justin Lin returns to the small screen to tell the story of the San Francisco Tong Wars with ‘Warrior’

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By Sam Bathe on 19 Dec 2018

Based on an original concept by none other than Bruce Lee, Justin Lin returns to the small screen with martial arts crime-drama, Warrior. Based on the Tong Wars around the turn of the 20th century, Warrior tells the story of one immigrant lands in the American Old West to become a gang hatchet man. Starring Jason Tobin, Andrew Koji and Olivia Cheng, Warrior debuts on Cinemamax early 2019.

Writer/director M. Night Shyamalan brings his ‘Unbreakable’ trilogy to a head in with the eagerly anticipated ‘Glass’

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By Natasha Peach on 17 Oct 2018

Rounding off the Unbreakable trilogy after a surprise comeback in 2016 with secret sequel, Split, writer/director M. Night Shyamalan picks things back up with Mr. Glass (Samuel L. Jackson), David Dunn (Bruce Willis), and Kevin Wendell Crumb (James McAvoy) held captive for their porportive delusions. But with Mr. Glass conspiring to break them out, its not long before Doctor Ellie Staple (Sarah Paulson) discovers that their superhuman abilities are a lot more than mere delusions. Fingers crossed M. Night continues hit hot streak when Glass hits theatres January 18th, 2019.

There no sign of thing’s lightening up for Marty in a seriously dark season 2 of ‘Ozark’

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By Sam Bathe on 1 Aug 2018

Something of a surprise hit when it premiered July last year, Ozark returns for season 2 with Marty (Jason Bateman) and co. needing to get even deeper into the world of the cartel to keep them happy and take his business beyond simple money laundering. Don’t necessarily expect things to go according to plan when Ozark Season 2 premieres 31st August on Netflix.

Matt Groening takes on medieval fantasy with new animated series ‘Disenchantment’ for Netflix

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By Sam Bathe on 25 Jul 2018

Falling a little closer to Futurama than the Simpsons on the Matt Groening scale, Disenchantment is the new series by the lauded cartoon creator and his first series to debut on Netflix. Following the misadventures of Princess Bean (Abbi Jacobson), her companion Elfo (Nate Faxon) and a demon named Luci (Eric Andre), Bean wants to escape the simple life as the King’s daughter and get into her own scrapes outside the confines of the castle. Netflix are on a great run for animation of late, so hopefully this is the next homerun when Disenchantment premieres August 17th.

Luca Guadagnino take a horror turn with a remake of Italian cult classic ‘Suspiria’

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By Natasha Peach on 6 Jun 2018

Luca Guadagnino takes on Dario Argento’s horror classic, with an ambitious remake of cult horror, Suspiria. Set inside a world-renowned ballet company, when an ambitious young dancer (Dakota Johnson) joins the ranks, she soon discovers all is not right with the group and uncovers a mysterious secret about their past that could change everything. Starring Dakota Johnson, Tilda Swinton, Mia Goth, Jessica Harper and Chloe Grace Moretz, Suspiria hits theatres November 2nd.

Jennifer Lawrence plays a prima ballerina-turned-Soviet secret agent in steely spy thriller ‘Red Sparrow’

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By Sam Bathe on 9 Jan 2018

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Jennifer Lawrence takes the lead in Red Sparrow, a spy thriller hot off the heels of the excellent Atomic Blonde. A prima ballerina caught up in the assassination of a political enemy, Dominikia Egorova (Lawrence) is coerced into joining the Sparrow School to train to be become a Soviet secret agent. However, after graduating and placed on her first mission, when she starts to fall for her mark – an American CIA agent acting as a mole in Russia – it puts the mission and her life at risk, from both sides. With Hunger Games franchise director, Francis Lawrence, behind the camera, and a script from Justin Haythe (Revolutionary Road), hopefully the stunning, almost metallic visuals are backed up by tactile choreography and depth to the plot. Red Sparrow hits theatres March 2nd.

Netflix channel Scandi murder mysteries with new supernatural detective series ‘Dark’

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By Sam Bathe on 15 Nov 2017

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With all the overtones of a Scandi detective thriller, Dark is a tense new 10-parter from Netflix. Set in the small German town of Winden, Dark follows the investigation into the disappearance of two local children, only the series takes a supernatural twist when the question shifts to not whom kidnapped the children, but when. Shot on location in the beautiful yet thoroughly eerie German woodland, Netflix’s run of hit shows looks like its set to continue. Created by Baran bo Odar and co-written by Jantje Friese, all 10 episodes of Dark premiere Friday 1st December.

Saoirse Ronan stumbles through the last year of high school in Greta Gerwig’s directorial debut ‘Lady Bird’

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By Natasha Peach on 6 Sep 2017

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The solo directorial debut from Greta Gerwig, Lady Bird follows high school senior Christine McPherson – or ‘Lady Bird’ as she goes by – as she navigates a turbulent 12 months before leaving home for college. Starring the amazing Saoirse Ronan in the titular role, Lady Bird clashes horns with her mother (Laurie Metcalf), girls at school and a handful of love interests as she plots a route to the Big Apple. Gerwig’s mumblecore dramedy received rave reviews at Telluride Film Festival just last weekend, and hits theatres 3rd November in the US and 16th February 2018 in the UK.

Director George Clooney channels Coen Brothers farce in suburbia-gone-wrong comedy ‘Suburbicon’

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By Natasha Peach on 21 Aug 2017

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Set in a seemingly idyllic suburban community, after a home invasion robbery ends in the death of beloved wife and mother, Rose, her twin sister (Julianne Moore) moves in to help widowed Gardner (Matt Damon) and the kids cope with their great loss. However, when a company agent pays the family a visit to sign off on their life insurance claim, it becomes quickly apparent all might not be as it seems, Gardner must quickly learn to navigate the town’s dark underbelly if he’s to make it out alive. Directed by George Clooney from an all-star script by Clooney himself alongside long-term collaborator Grant Heslov and the Coen Brothers, Suburbicon is a dark comedy that hopes to hit the heights of the likes of A Serious Man. Suburbicon hits theatres in the US on October 27th, and in the UK on November 24th.

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