Category: Film

The Electric State, with a star-studded cast led by Millie Bobby Brown and Chris Pratt,is Netflix’s latest mega-budget movie (Picture: Netflix/Paul Abell) Netflix’s The Electric State is the streamer’s most expensive original movie to date – but sadly it doesn’t show much value for money as the Millie Bobby Brown flick is far from its best. At a rumoured cost of $320million (£247m), she and Chris Pratt star in a muddled sci-fi action comedy stuffed with robots that isn’t actually … Continue reading “Netflix just spent a reported $320,000,000 on soulless nostalgia bait”

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Mickey 17 teams up Robert Pattinson with Robert Pattinson – and Bong Joon Ho (Picture: Warner Bros.) Mickey 17 is a film even weirder than you can anticipate, and that’s saying something given the hype around director Bong Joon Ho and lead star Robert Pattinson’s offbeat and highly anticipated teaming up. This sci-fi’s bizarreness is actually one of its strongest qualities, given the glee with which the director leans into its madcap chaos and humour. The other, undoubtedly, is Pattinson, … Continue reading “This is the most unpredictably entertaining film you can watch this weekend”

Charli XCX is rumoured to be playing the white witch in Greta Gerwig’s adpatation of The Chronicles of Narnia (Picture: WireImage; Shutterstock) Charli XCX is reportedly being considered to play the White Witch in Greta Gerwig‘s upcoming Chronicles of Narnia film for Netflix. While it seems the news isn’t official yet, Deadline has reported that the Grammy-award-winning artist has been in serious talks with the streaming giant to take on the role of the iconic villain. To the delight of … Continue reading “One of the biggest pop stars in the world ‘to have main role’ in Greta Gerwig’s Narnia film”

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An escape movie based on a jaw-dropping true story is now streaming on Netflix (Picture: Ian Routledge) An ‘underrated’ thriller film based on a real-life prison escape has been released on Netflix. First hitting screens in 2020, Escape from Pretoria was based on the memoir Inside Out: Escape from Pretoria Prison by Tim Jenkin. In 1979 he famously escaped from South Africa’s Pretoria Local Prison with Stephen Lee and Alex Moumbaris. The anti-apartheid activist was part of the African National … Continue reading “Netflix quietly adds ‘edge of your seat suspenseful thriller’ starring Harry Potter legend”

Former 007 Pierce Brosnan has addressed the possibility of returning to play James Bond again (Picture: Matt Baron/BEI/Rex/Shutterstock) Pierce Brosnan has said he would be ‘interested’ in returning as James Bond. The 71-year-old actor portrayed 007 in four movies between 1995 and 2002 – GoldenEye, Tomorrow Never Dies, The World is Not Enough and Die Another Day – and would be tempted to reprise his role as the famous spy. However, he conceded that it would be better for ‘fresh … Continue reading “Pierce Brosnan makes surprising statement about the future of James Bond”

Fans are just realising where they recognise Samantha Quan (Picture: Getty / Paramount Pictures) Fans are realising they recognise Samantha Quan, who accepted Anora’s best picture Oscar, from one of the most beloved rom-coms of all time. At the Academy Awards at the weekend, the Independent film Anora scooped the coveted best picture award, along with four other major awards, including best director, best editing, best original screenplay and best actress for Mikey Madison. Accepting the best picture award was Canadian actress … Continue reading “Fans recognise Anora’s producer from minor role in major 00s romcom”

Snow White, Disney’s next major release, will not be receiving a UK premiere in London (Picture: Disney) Disney has decided not to roll out the red carpet in London for its upcoming massive film release, Snow White. Bosses are reportedly declining to hold a glitzy premiere in London, as would be expected for a major release such as this, in an attempt to ‘avoid backlash’ against the film. The live action remake is understood to have updated the storyline to … Continue reading “Disney scraps UK premiere for controversial Snow White film in ‘attempt to avoid backlash’”

Mercy isn’t for the faint-hearted – but not because of its artistic credentials (Picture: Paramount/Everett/REX/Shutterstock) Action thriller Mercy has soared to the top of the Netflix film charts – but it’s got a shocking Rotten Tomatoes score of 0%. Behind The Super Mario Bros movie, Minions, and Despicable Me 3 in Netflix’s most watched films in the UK today comes Mercy – the film that was savaged by critics on its release in 2023. Starring Jessica Jones’ Leah Gibson, Vikings’ … Continue reading “‘Worst movie ever seen’ soaring up Netflix’s UK chart as fans lap up thriller”