Category: Movies

It’s been over 160 years since the American Civil War, but talk of a potential second conflict features all too frequently in US media, as the gulf between a divided nation continues to grow. Writer-director Alex Garland’s latest blockbuster imagines a world of the near future where the Western Forces, a group of seceded US states led by Texas and California, battle Nick Offerman’s dictatorial president in his third term of office. Rather than giving details of what exactly sparked the Second American Civil War, this action thriller focuses on the themes and characters explored through Garland’s excellent writing. Civil War ... Read more

The Oscars, happening tonight, is one of the most sparkling events in showbiz. But they’ve had their share of scandals, leading to some people being banned from The Academy Of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences, the group behind the awards. The awards have been going since 1929, but only recently has the Academy started banning people as a form of punishment. This is usually a last resort and often for actions outside the ceremony. Many of those banned were shunned due to sexual offences. Interestingly, all the people blacklisted so far are men. Some of them might surprise you. Will ... Read more

After his Oscar-nominated role as Elvis Presley, Austin Butler stars as the villainous Feyd-Rautha Harkonnen in Dune 2 this weekend. The 30-year-old rising star of Master of the Air is certainly having his moment, but what about his chances of playing the next James Bond now the role is vacant? After all, he’s certainly got the looks and producer Michael G Wilson has said they’re looking for a man in his thirties.  During a recent appearance on The Tonight Show to promote Dune: Part Two, host Jimmy Fallon pulled up old footage of the actor confidently saying he could play ... Read more

In director Reinaldo Marcus Green’s reverential biopic of Bob Marley, the reggae singer travels to late 1970s’ London with his entourage to begin work on a new album. “I wanna make a record that can shake up the place,” he vows, having recently survived an assassination attempt in Kingston, Jamaica. Bob Marley: One Love doesn’t shake up the place. Produced in partnership with the singer’s family, Green’s polite and conventional portrait of a trailblazing artist slips on a pair of kid gloves to recreate a fertile period when Bob Marley and the Wailers recorded the LP Exodus and captured the ... Read more

It’s been seven years since Johnny Depp last starred as Captain Jack Sparrow in a Pirates of the Caribbean movie. After the fifth outing, Pirates 6 was in the works with the actor planning on giving a fond farewell to his much-loved swashbuckler. However, this was thrown in Davy Jones’ locker when Disney dropped the star following domestic abuse allegations by his ex-wife Amber Heard, which he strongly denies. Since winning his US libel case against her, fans have been hopeful that the 60-year-old will return as the pirate in a new movie, something that producer Jerry Bruckheimer would love ... Read more

Henry Cavill‘s spy movie Argylle hits cinemas this weekend and the trailer for his next action movie has now landed, reuniting the Superman star with director Guy Richie, almost a decade on from The Man From U.N.C.L.E. The 40-year-old actor (who’s a bookies’ favourite for the new 007) may have lost out to Daniel Craig for Casino Royale, but just like Argylle, The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare has a James Bond connection too. The film’s official synopsis reads: “Based upon recently declassified files of the British War Department and inspired by true events, The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare is an ... Read more

It’s been over 25 years since Johnny Depp made his directorial debut The Brave, co-starring Marlon Brando. And now the 60-year-old returns to directing with his biopic of Italian artist Amedeo Modigliani. Al Pacino is producing the film titled Modi and has a supporting role as real-life French art collector Maurice Gangnat. According to the official synopsis, Modi follows “the life of Italian artist Amedeo Modigliani in a 48-hour whirlwind, capturing a chaotic series of events through the streets and bars of war-torn Paris during World War I. “On the run from the police, Modi’s desire to end his career ... Read more

It’s been over two years since Daniel Craig bowed out as James Bond in No Time To Die. Since then we’ve had the franchise’s 60th anniversary celebrations in 2022 and the release of reality TV show 007: Road to a Million, in 2023. Attending the premiere of the latter last November, Express.co.uk asked EON Productions producer Greg Wilson for the latest on Bond 26. The man who many expect to take over the 007 movies after his father Michael G Wilson and aunt Barbara Broccoli gave a simple answer. He told us: “No plans on making the next Bond at ... Read more

Back in the 1970s, Steven Spielberg told George Lucas that he wanted to make a James Bond movie. Instead, the two teamed up with their own action hero in Indiana Jones. But when it came to casting the father of Harrison Ford’s lead in the third movie Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, the director managed to convince the original 007 Sean Connery to take the part. But did you know Connery, who died in 2020, was pursued to return as Henry Jones Sr in 2008’s Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull too? By this stage, the ... Read more

As 2023 comes to an end, another year has passed without news of the next James Bond. Nevertheless, given it’s been over two since Daniel Craig bowed out so explosively in No Time To Die we’re all the more hopeful of an announcement in 2024. In the meantime, there’s been a shake-up in the next Bond odds with Henry Cavill and James Norton still behind the favourite. Coral bookmakers’ 007 favourite Aaron Taylor-Johnson’s chances of taking up the Licence to Kill next have been slashed from 5-2 to 2-1 following a wave of support in the last 24 hours. Coral’s ... Read more