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Review | Baz Luhrmann’s ‘Elvis’ is a spectacular surprise

Review | Baz Luhrmann’s ‘Elvis’ is a spectacular surprise

Elvis | Dir: Baz Luhrmann | ★ ★ ★ ★ ★  In true Baz Luhrmann style, the opening gem-encrusted credits promise that his latest film will be absolutely spectacular, just as one would expect from the director that brought us Strictly Ballroom, Romeo and Juliet and Moulin Rouge. Some people will be expecting to be entertained by Elvis’s […]

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Tom Hanks says he wouldn’t be cast in ‘Philadelphia’ if it was made today

Tom Hanks says he wouldn’t be cast in ‘Philadelphia’ if it was made today

Tom Hanks won his first Best Actor Oscar for his portrayal of a gay man dying from complications related to HIV, but he says if the film Philadelphia was made today there’s no way he’d be cast in the part. In an interview with the New York Times Hanks says Hollywood has moved on, and he’s happy that […]

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Baz Luhrmann’s ‘Elvis’ biopic revealed in visually stunning trailer

Baz Luhrmann’s ‘Elvis’ biopic revealed in visually stunning trailer

Director Baz Lurhann has revealed the trailer for his upcoming biopic of Elvis Presley. The director has a history of creating visually stunning films that meld together film and music, his previous works include Strictly Ballroom, Romeo + Juliet, The Great Gatsby, Moulin Rouge and Australia.  Take a look at Elvis.  The film stars Austin Butler as Elvis […]

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On This Gay Day: Tom Hanks won an Oscar for AIDS drama ‘Philadelphia’

In 1994 Tom Hanks won his first Best Actor Oscar for his role in Philadelphia On this day in 1994 Tom Hanks won his first Best Actor Oscar for his portrayal of Andrew Beckett, a lawyer who faces discrimination when his colleagues discover he his gay and living with HIV. Hanks was up against some […]

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Tom Hanks wasn’t the first choice for ‘Philadelphia’

Tom Hanks wasn’t the first choice for ‘Philadelphia’

Tom Hanks won the Best Actor statue at the Academy Awards for his leading role in the 1993 film Philadelphia but the film’s screenwriter has revealed he wasn’t the first choice for the landmark role. Screenwriter Ron Nyswaner was chatting at a Q&A recently in Santa Monica and revealed that Hanks was not the first actor the role […]

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August Film Reviews: Absolutely Fabulous, Jason Bourne and more

Jason Bourne (M) Directed by Paul Greengrass ⭐⭐⭐ Not sure what former CIA assassin Jason Bourne (Matt Damon) has been doing in the last nine years, but he doesn’t seem to have changed much. We find him on the Greek/Albanian border, all buffed up and competing in bare knuckle fighting. Fully recovered from his amnesia, […]

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