Friends: The Reunion – To watch or not to watch?
Ready to get nostalgic? Friends: The Reunion is reuniting its cast and creators for a special "17 years later" celebratory retrospective. Here are our thoughts on whether you should watch or not.
The Laundromat Review – A thought-provoking, but unexciting expose of the Panama Papers
Incredibly well-acted and stylistically directed, but ultimately The Laundromat ends up trying too hard to be provocative with its political message than it does entertaining.
Meryl Streep uncovers a shell game in Netflix and Steven Soderbergh’s The Laundromat
The Laundromat is Netflix’s upcoming drama that draws its inspiration from the 2015 Panama Papers leak. Directed by Steven Soderbergh, Meryl Streep stars as an elderly widow digging into a fake insurance policy she unwittingly purchased. Her dogged investigation eventually leads her to the Panamanian law firm of Mossack Fonseca and its charismatic founders, Jürgen Mossack and Ramón Fonseca (Gary Oldman and Antonio Banderas respectively).
How do the rich stay rich? With bribery, corruption and money laundering in the trailer for Steven Soderbergh’s The Laundromat
The longer you live on earth, the more humanity disappoints you. Just when you think people couldn’t get any more corrupt or despicable, someone somewhere, most often in a high-powered position, finds a way of proving correct the phrase that power corrupts and you are left feeling sick in your mouth at where we are headed as a species. Thankfully …
NBC exec confirms that a Friends revival is never happening
Revivals of popular TV shows of old seem to be the order of the day for many studios. It seems the biggest one of them all the era-defining Friends, won't be making a comeback any time soon or perhaps ever if an NBC exec is to be believed
Extras! 22 May 2015
Welcome to The Extras! A daily dose of all the smaller movie related news, clips and just plain cool stuff that you might have missed! Last Updated: May 22, 2015
Top List Thursdays – Top 10 Actors Who Almost Played Famous Roles – Part 1
Back in 1998, Dougray Scott was busy playing the baddie in Mission: Impossible 2, when the production ran behind schedule, forcing Scott to pull out of this other little project he was working on and giving up his role to a relatively unknown Australian stage actor and soap star. The movie was X-Men, the actor was Hugh Jackman, and the rest is history. …
Movies out today: Here come the crowd pleasers
It’s all about comedies for the masses today at South African cinemas, with 2 of the 4 new releases being glossy, light-hearted efforts from big Hollywood studios. Last Updated: June 15, 2012
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