Hollywood legacy sequels, from Indiana Jones 5 to yet another Jurassic World 4, have become more common in recent years. However, one trilogy in particular has never made a comeback to the big screen, and that’s Back to the Future. Co-creator Bob Gale attended the Saturn Awards this week, where …
Read More »Henry Cavill’s James Bond audition uncovered in unseen footage | Films | Entertainment
Campbell, who had pointed out to Cavill that he was a little chubby for 007 during the process, told us nevertheless: “He looked great in the audition. His acting was tremendous. And look, if Daniel didn’t exist Henry would have made an excellent Bond. He looked terrific, he was in …
Read More »Lord of the Rings actor was ‘fired’ on 1st day and replaced | Films | Entertainment
Fans of The Lord of the Rings are only just realising a lead character had a completely different actor. Viggo Mortensen may now be hailed as the face of Aragorn in Peter Jackson’s adaptation of the J.R.R. Tolkein trilogy, but another actor had been preparing for the role. They even …
Read More »Becoming Led Zeppelin review – Sanitised rockumentary with unheard John Bonham | Films | Entertainment
The first-ever authorised Led Zeppelin documentary film is out in cinemas this weekend featuring Robert Plant, Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones as talking heads. Titled Becoming Led Zeppelin, the emphasis is very much on the “becoming” as this 2 hour and 17 minute retrospective suddenly ends just as the …
Read More »One of the most underrated British thrillers is streaming on Netflix and Amazon | Films | Entertainment
Back in 2014, Yann Demange made his feature film directorial debut with an award-winning thriller. Set in Northern Ireland, ’71 follows a British soldier separated from his unit during a riot in Belfast at the height of the Troubles. Jack O’Connell stars in the lead role alongside Sean Harris, David …
Read More »Jurassic World Rebirth trailer gives first look at Alien-inspired dino | Films | Entertainment
Film fans have just been given a first-look at the spine-chilling trailer for the upcoming blockbuster Jurassic World: Rebirth, which hints at a nightmarish new beast. Set to hit UK screens in July, this latest instalment arrives three years after the Jurassic World trilogy’s climax and features a screenplay by …
Read More »Jurassic World Rebirth trailer thrills as Scarlett Johansson takes on dinosaurs | Films | Entertainment
It’s been three years since the end of Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard’s Jurassic World trilogy. Despite bringing back Jurassic Park trilogy legacy stars Sam Neill, Laura Dern and Jeff Goldblum, Jurassic World Dominion was poorly received with just 29 per cent positive reviews. Nevertheless, dinosaurs proved as popular …
Read More »New World War 2 film tells incredible true story of sacrificial hero Bonhoeffer | Films | Entertainment
One of the most inspiring anti-Nazi German heroes of World War 2 was Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a Lutheran pastor who vocally condemned Adolf Hitler’s euthanasia program and genocidal persecution of the Jews from the pulpit. A Nazi resistance spy involved in smuggling Jews out of Nazi Germany, he was accused of being …
Read More »Fantastic Four trailer thrills ahead of Robert Downey Jr’s Avengers return | Films | Entertainment
Two incarnations of the Fantastic Four have existed over the last twenty years, and they’ve not been particularly well received. Even worse was the dark and gritty 2015 reboot, which left fans disappointed that once again, Marvel’s First Family hadn’t been given their due on the big screen. Then, the …
Read More »Meghan Markle’s ‘exciting’ romance film in the works says Netflix boss | Royal | News
Meghan Markle is still working on her romantic blockbuster for Netflix, according to one of its senior executives. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex bought the rights to Carley Fortune’s romance novel Meet Me at the Lake in 2023 for £3million through their production company, Archewell Productions, according to Penguin …
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