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HERETIC Review: A Diabolical Hugh Grant Takes Two Mormon Missionaries On A Hell Of A Ride

A pair of Mormon missionary sisters find themselves in a dangerous battle of wills with a charming but sinister spiritual seeker in Scott Beck and Bryan Woods’s religious themed horror puzzle box, Heretic. Sisters Paxton (Chloe East) and Barnes (Sophie...

DUNGEONS & DRAGONS: HONOR AMONG THIEVES Review: D&D on the Big Screen Done Right

Chris Pine, Michelle Rodriguez, Regé-Jean Page and Hugh Grant star in an action adventure directed by Jonathan Goldstein and John Francis Daley, opening in movie theaters worldwide.

OPERATION FORTUNE: RUSE DE GUERRE Review: Undemanding Spy Caper, Courtesy of Guy Ritchie

Jason Statham, Hugh Grant, Aubrey Plaza, Josh Hartnett and Cary Elwes star in the action-comedy, directed by Guy Ritchie, opening March 3 in U.S. movie theaters.

Notes on Streaming: A VERY ENGLISH SCANDAL Simmers, G.L.O.W. Burns Bright

The most frequent complaint about Netflix is that their flood of new series all have too many episodes that are all too long. Here is my two-pronged solution: (1) try another streaming service; (2) watch shorter shows with fewer episodes....

Review: PADDINGTON 2 Leaves the House for the Big House

When we last saw Paddington Bear on the big screen, he had happily settled in with the Brown family, nestled safely in the heart of picturesque London. This was much to chagrin of the evil villain played by Nicole Kidman,...

Review: THE MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E. Targets Style Over Spying

For its big screen reboot of the classic 60s spy series, Warner Brothers is hoping Guy Ritchie can replicate the success of their earlier Sherlock Holmes adaptations, again favouring witty banter and period detail over the material's more action-oriented elements....

Review: THE PIRATES! BAND OF MISFITS Amuses and Delights, Gently

Peter Lord, co-founder of Aardman Animations, hasn't directed a feature film since he shared credit with Nick Park for Chicken Run a dozen years ago. Still, his influence can be felt throughout most everything the company has produced, as becomes...

The Second US Trailer For Aardman's PIRATES Quests For Sparkling Booty!

While this whole multiple titles / different trailers thing for Aardman's latest - known as The Pirates! Band of Misfits in the US and and The Pirates! In An Adventure With Scientists in the UK - strikes me as unnecessary...

Let's Go Plundering! New Trailer For Aardman's PIRATES!

God bless Sony Pictures Animation. Not only did they step in to support UK animation house Aardman when their deal with Dreamworks closed but they've embraced the very silly variety of Britishness that makes Aardman Aardman in the first place,...

UK Teaser For Aardman's THE PIRATES! Now With Added Singing!

It's a tale of two titles for Aardman Animation's upcoming stop-motion feature film The Pirates. Here in North America we get The Pirates! Band of Misfits! In the UK however, it's The Pirates! In An Adventure With Scientists! Because, you...

THE PIRATES! BAND OF MISFITS Trailer Lands Ashore!

Avast! The first trailer for Aardman Animations next claymation film The Pirates! Band of Misfits has arrived. Hugh Grant, starring in his first animated role, is the luxuriantly bearded Pirate Captain - a boundlessly enthusiastic, if somewhat less-than-successful, terror of the High...