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How has this legendary director broken the mould?
As a new true-life thriller is set to drop, we take a look at one director’s decision to break away from Hollywood casting convention Let’s face it: on-screen heroics is a job usually left to the well-muscled professionals. Sylvester Stallone, …
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How social uproar affected this rousing thriller to the core
In the wake of Weinstein, #MeToo and the Time’s Up movement, how do directors respond when their actors are faced with harassment allegations? A new era is dawning for women everywhere, and it started in Hollywood. In this ‘woke’ –so …
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What this new movie can teach us about journalism today
Why is Steven Spielberg’s new film, The Post, so important for journalism today? In a time when news about fake news makes the headlines, journalists are deemed ‘enemy of the people’ by rulers of state and the world casts doubt …
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Is it redemption time for the ‘worst movie of all time’?
It’s impossible to sum up exactly what The Disaster Artist is all about without explaining some backstory. In 2001, Tommy Wiseau, an aspiring Hollywood actor with a distinctive accent, penned a 500-page tome about the melodramatic love triangle between ‘all-American’ …
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Better believe it, this teacher is a certified vampire authority
University lecturer by day, vampire slayer – or expert – by night, Dale Hudson is a professor of Film and New Media at NYUAD, who recently published a book looking at the evolution of the fanged monsters in film, Vampires, …
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What inspires Daniel Radcliffe after huge success?
As Daniel Radcliffe’s next movie, Jungle, is set to drop, we take a look at the actor’s indie film career post-Potter It seems that life after Hogwarts hasn’t been the easiest ride for Daniel Radcliffe. While some of his co-stars …
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Can this chilly crime film sustain Nordic thrillers’ hot streak?
Scandinavia: the land that brought us the Vikings, IKEA and, apparently, a place where gruesome murders abound, if we’re to judge from its literature. Well, not exactly – but that’s sort of the point. While we’re accustomed these days …
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Does Flatliners have its finger on the pulse?
Can Hollywood recover from reboot monotony with the new Flatliners? Last year, only two of the top ten highest grossing films in the world were original productions with no pre-existing source material. In 2015 there was just one. Reboots and …
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Live out your Hollywood dreams by visiting these neighbouring locations
From North Africa to the Middle East, Hollywood can’t get enough of the Arab world’s landmarks and topography when it comes to shooting films and shows. From epic classics like Lawrence of Arabia, to modern war thrillers and action-dramas that …
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How do you portray an iconic leader after countless others?
Can Gary Oldman bring his own spin to an iconic historical war figure? History often has a way of repeating itself – and that’s particularly true when it comes to the film industry and its love for the biopic. The …
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