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Mila Kunis Thinks The Humour In Bad Moms Is Important
Kunis has a 2-year-old daughter with actor Ashton Kutcher, and they're expecting a second child soon. So she feels like she can identify with her character's need to escape a particularly horrible day. "I think...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 29th July 2016
Dave Franco And Emma Roberts Loved The Challenge Of Nerve
Roberts enjoyed the original approach of the script. "I hadn't read anything like it," she says. "I feel like people are always trying to incorporate social media into television and movies and it's so hard...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 29th July 2016
Matt Damon Suffered To Return To Jason Bourne
Both he and director Paul Greengrass ruled out any further films, prompting the studio to make the 2012 reboot The Bourne Legacy. A few years later, Damon and Greengrass agreed to come back. "It's a...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 29th July 2016
Born to Be Blue
Writer-director Robert Budreau takes a stylised approach to this biopic of the legendary jazz artist Chet Baker, combining the achingly soulful music with an equally resonant performance from Ethan Hawke. Sometimes, the film's artistic flourishes...
Movie Review posted on 29th July 2016
Jason Bourne
It's been nine years since Matt Damon and Paul Greengrass collaborated on The Bourne Ultimatum, and now they're back. The plot feels like it was agreed by a committee, as thin as the non-title of...
Movie Review posted on 29th July 2016
![The Commune [Kollektivet]](http://www.contactmusic.com/images/reviews2/the-commune-670-380.jpg "The Commune [Kollektivet]")
The Commune [Kollektivet]
Veteran Danish filmmaker Thomas Vinterberg (Festen, The Hunt) returns to a smaller homegrown story after last year's beautiful adaptation of Hardy's Far From the Madding Crowd. Set in 1970s Denmark, this intimate drama explores a...
Movie Review posted on 29th July 2016
Divergent Signals A New Future For Teen Franchises
In recent years, Twilight and The Hunger Games have led a surge of young adult movie franchises. Many challengers (such as Mortal Instruments) never made it past the first film, while those that did (like...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 22nd July 2016
Ray Romano, Queen Latifah and John Leguizamo Reunite The 'Ice Age' Team
The fifth film in the animated franchise, Ice Age: Collision Course reunites the eclectic starring trio Ray Romano, Queen Latifah and John Leguizamo. Although they don't actually get to see each other until they hit...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 22nd July 2016
Idris Elba Wants To Be A Classic 'Star Trek' Villain
The Star Trek franchise is celebrating its 50th birthday this year with the movie Star Trek Beyond, the third in J.J. Abrams' rebooted saga. One of the new cast members this time around is Idris...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 22nd July 2016
The BFG
For his adaptation of the Roald Dahl classic, Steven Spielberg reunited with screenwriter Melissa Mathison, with whom he made E.T. nearly 35 years ago. Another story of an unlikely friendship, this film is even more...
Movie Review posted on 21st July 2016
Finding Dory
It's been 13 years since the release of the Disney/Pixar hit Finding Nemo, and filmmaker Andrew Stanton has opted to make a spin-off instead of a direct sequel, shifting the perspective to recount the life...
Movie Review posted on 21st July 2016
Star Trek Beyond
This is where the Star Trek franchise officially shifts from thoughtful drama into thunderous action. Fast & Furious director Justin Lin brings a kinetic energy to this third chapter in the rebooted space saga, leaping...
Movie Review posted on 21st July 2016
Bryan Cranston Plays Three Roles In One In The Infiltrator
This is Cranston's third real-life character in the past year, but unlike Dalton Trumbo and Lyndon Johnson (who he played in the film All the Way), Mazur is still alive. "It was a terrific advantage...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 18th July 2016
Two Jesses Dive Into Animation For Ice Age: Collision Course
Modern Family star Jesse Tyler Ferguson plays Shangri Llama, the leader of a groovy, rainbow-coloured place called Geotopia. Voicing an animated character was something new to him, but he loved the experience. "Animation is very...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 15th July 2016
Melissa McCarthy Had A Blast Making Ghostbusters
Ghostbusters (2016) reunites Melissa McCarthy with director Paul Feig (Bridesmaids, The Heat and Spy), plus Bridesmaids co-star Kristen Wiig and Saturday Night Live players Kate McKinnon and Leslie Jones.Of the social media backlash, McCarthy just...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 15th July 2016
Ice Age: Collision Course
With its fifth feature-length adventure, this franchise continues its preposterous journey at full tilt. As before, it's the zippy writing, lively vocal work and colourful animation that hold the interest. The story is merely a...
Movie Review posted on 15th July 2016
Keanu
An entertaining hybrid of satirical comedy and action thriller, this madcap adventure swerves wildly between grisly violence and silly slapstick. Thankfully, its central characters are played by the likeable Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele, with...
Movie Review posted on 15th July 2016
Ghostbusters
It's been more than 30 years since the Ghostbusters first hit the big screen with a then-original mix of comedy and supernatural action. Intriguingly, this new film is neither a sequel nor a remake; it's...
Movie Review posted on 14th July 2016
With Cell And Tarzan, Samuel L. Jackson Loves His Life
And this month he has two movies in cinemas: The Legend of Tarzan with Alexander Skarsgard, Margot Robbie and Christoph Waltz, and the Stephen King thriller Cell opposite John Cusack. He's philosophical about his hectic...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 8th July 2016
Kevin Hart Went Method For The Secret Life Of Pets
Hart's character leads a gang of stray pets living in the sewers of New York City. And the actor-comic jokes that he went method for the role. "As a thespian nothing is easy," he says....
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 8th July 2016
Zac Efron Celebrates The Love Between Mike And Dave
After Bad Grandpa and Neighbors 2 (aka Bad Neighbours 2), he's now starring in Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates alongside Pitch Perfect's Adam DeVine. "This last year has been very fun," Efron says. "I...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 8th July 2016
Now You See Me 2
While the original 2013 magical caper was a big hit, it's style-over-substance approach didn't exactly scream out for a follow-up. But here we are, with go-to sequel man Jon M. Chu at the helm (he...
Movie Review posted on 7th July 2016
The Legend of Tarzan
It's been nearly 30 years since the last live-action Tarzan movie, and yet it still feels too soon for another remake. Thankfully, this is actually a sequel (perhaps it should have been titled Tarzan Returns),...
Movie Review posted on 7th July 2016
Maggie's Plan
A New York comedy with vivid characters and a contrived plot, this feels rather a lot like a Woody Allen movie. Although writer-director Rebecca Miller keeps it rather cute and silly, avoiding the more pointed...
Movie Review posted on 7th July 2016
Alexander Skarsgard Hated The Diet For The Legend Of Tarzan
At 39, True Blood's Swedish-born star Alexander Skarsgard has become the latest actor to play Tarzan on the big screen. And he's not quite sure how he got here. "I don't really have a three-year...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 4th July 2016
Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
Nearly 25 years after the sitcom debuted, Edina and Patsy arrive on the big screen to continue their drunken antics, although without the usual enthusiastic laugh-track everything feels eerily muted. Thankfully, there's still a lot...
Movie Review posted on 3rd July 2016
Mark Rylance Let His Imagination Soar While Creating The BFG
"It's the most expensive makeup I've ever had," says Oscar-winner Mark Rylance of his performance-capture title character in The BFG, Steven Spielberg's movie adaptation of Roald Dahl's classic book.Rylance worked to develop every aspect of...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 1st July 2016
Benedict Cumberbatch Wanted To Be In Absolutely Fabulous
After running for six seasons over 21 years, from 1992 to 2013, the classic British sitcom Absolutely Fabulous arrives on the big screen in a flurry of champagne and cameos. Originally a short sketch on...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 1st July 2016
Central Intelligence
After teaming up with Will Ferrell for Get Hard and Ice Cube for two Ride Along movies, Kevin Hart takes on The Rock in this entertaining action-comedy bromance. They make a great couple, as Dwayne...
Movie Review posted on 30th June 2016
![The Colony [Colonia]](http://www.contactmusic.com/images/reviews2/the-colony-colonia-fr-670.jpg "The Colony [Colonia]")
The Colony [Colonia]
Based on a true story, this Chilean drama has a chilling edge to it that's difficult to shake. Strikingly well played by an international cast, the film's dark themes get under the skin. German director-cowriter...
Movie Review posted on 30th June 2016
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Sheffield's very own all girl group Pretty Fierce are still on a high after the recent release of their debut single - 'Ready For Me'.
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With only a few days to go before Portsmouth based songstress and producer WYSE releases her new single, 'Belladonna', we caught up with her to find...
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Bay Bryan talks to us about being a "wee queer ginger", singing with Laura Marling and being inspired by Matilda [EXCLUSIVE]
Colorado raised, Glasgow educated and Manchester based Bay Bryan is nothing if not a multi-talented, multi-faceted artist performing as both...
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Luke De-Sciscio talks to us about having the courage to be yourself, forgiving that which is outside of one's control and following whims [EXCLUSIVE]
Wiltshire singer-songwriter Luke De Sciscio, formally known as Folk Boy, is set to release is latest album - 'The Banquet' via AntiFragile Music on...
Annie Elise talks to us about the challenges a female producer has to face and "going through a year of grief and sickness" [EXCLUSIVE]
Electronic music pioneer and producer Annie Elise says that the release of her first EP - 'Breathe In, Breathe Out' feels "both vulnerable and...
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