Joe and Anthony Russo helmed four Marvel projects that starred Chris Evans – The Winter Soldier, Civil War, Infinity War, and Endgame – but their latest film, upcoming Netflix actioner The Gray Man, sees Evans play a bad guy for the ages. At the center of The Gray Man is …
Read More »22 Best Netflix thrillers: spine-tingling films to watch now
The best Netflix thrillers aren’t too hard to find, because the streamer is jam-packed with excellent movies to enjoy. But picking just one pulse-pounding offering can be a difficult task – so that’s where we come in. We’ve rounded up the absolute best of the bunch so you can plan …
Read More »Killing Eves title role almost went to Maya Rudolph – but she turned it down
Maya Rudolph has revealed that she was originally offered the titular role in Killing Eve, but turned it down despite really wanting to work with creator Phoebe Waller-Bridge. Based on Luke Jennings’ Codename Villanelle novellas, the globe-trotting comedy thriller follows disillusioned, off-the-books MI6 operative Eve Polastri, who recovers a zest …
Read More »Chris Hemsworth’s new Netflix movie Spiderhead hits number one – as viewers call it his best performance yet
Chris Hemsworth’s new movie Spiderhead has shot straight into Netflix’s top 10 after just a few days on the platform. In fact, it’s currently ranked as the streaming platform’s number one movie in both the UK and the US. The psychological thriller stars the Thor actor opposite Miles Teller and …
Read More »Chris Hemsworth’s new Netflix movie gets first reviews – and they’re seriously mixed
Reviews have started to land for Spiderhead – the latest movie from Top Gun: Maverick director Joseph Kosinski. Chris Hemsworth stars as a prison boss with a unique approach to the justice system. He administers mind-altering drugs to the inmates in exchange for shorter sentences. Although, things get complicated in …
Read More »Is it just me, or have Agatha Christie adaptations had their day?
Watching Sir Kenneth Branagh’s star-studded, CGI-assisted and deliriously old-fashioned movie version of Death on the Nile, this pundit was struck by a number of questions. Why did writer Michael Green feel the need to give Hercule Poirot’s moustache a tragic backstory? Why were so many comics, Russell Brand and French …
Read More »Cannes 2022: the 10 must-see films from this year’s festival
Another year, another Cannes Film Festival in the, er, can. This year the prestigious cinematic showcase celebrated its 75th year (fun fact: Brief Encounter competed in the first). It was seen as something of a return to normality, with glitzy premieres for Hollywood mega-movies, like Top Gun: Maverick and Elvis, …
Read More »Ryan Gosling and Chris Evans are stuck in a cat and mouse chase in The Gray Man trailer
The first trailer for the Netflix action thriller The Gray Man is here – and Ryan Gosling and Chris Evans are two assassins going head to head. With a budget of $200 million, it’s currently the most expensive movie ever made by Netflix, so we’re expecting big things, and the …
Read More »New Netflix spy movie adds J.K. Simmons and more to cast
Netflix has added J.K. Simmons, Jackie Earle Haley, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Jessica De Gouw, and Alice Lee to the cast of Our Man from New Jersey (via Deadline). The new spy thriller stars Mark Wahlberg as Mike, a construction worker from New Jersey who is thwarted into the world of espionage …
Read More »Hunt review, Cannes: “Robust, relentless mayhem from the star of Squid Game”
Having Squid Game star Lee Jung-jae as both its director and leading man ensures Hunt will be seen far beyond its native South Korea following the midnight premiere it received at this year’s Cannes Film Festival. And it deserves to be too, this explosively entertaining combo of Heat, Infernal Affairs …
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