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Doctor Strange Trailer


Stephen Strange is one of the most talented neurosurgeons in the world, he's still relatively young and has saved the lives of thousands of people. When he's in a serious car accident, his most important assets, his hands are damaged beyond intricate repair and it's an abrupt end to his most loved profession.

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Marco Polo - Featurette


"The true story of Marco Polo is so much more compelling and exciting than the mythology" explains John Fusco ('Young Guns'), series creator and Executive Producer of 'Marco Polo'. Lorenzo Richelmy who plays the title character explains his motivation, saying: "His father was a great merchant, so his dream is to become a great merchant as well." Executive Producer Daniel Minahan ('Game of Thrones') adds some insight into the story of the series, explaining how Marco travels to China with his father, but negotiations break down quickly and Marco is left as an offering to serve the court of Kublai Khan (Benedict Wong).

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Netflix Unveils First Trailer For Action Packed Original Series ‘Marco Polo’


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Sex, violence and a whole heap of adventure, that’s one way to sum up ‘Marco Polo’, a new series hitting Netflix this December. The series' first trailer has just debuted online and has already sent tongues wagging. So could it be that Netflix has got its very own 'Game of Thrones'?

NetflixMarco Polo comes to Netflix this December

Set in war-torn 13th century China, the series follows young explorer Marco Polo during his adventures in Kublai Khan’s court. The legendary Polo is played by Lorenzo Richelmy, a 24 year old Italian newcomer.

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Hummingbird [Redemption] Review


Good

Jason Statham takes a darker role than usual in a gritty London drama that never quite seems sure of itself, as writer-turned-director Knight mashes several huge social issues with a hint of action and a rather awkward romance. It's always intriguing, and has several jaw-dropping moments along the way, but ultimately leaves us wondering why Knight made the film at all.

Statham plays Joey, an ex-soldier on the run from the military police. Living homeless in central London, he breaks into a sexy loft flat and discovers that the resident will be away for eight months. So he assumes his identity, borrows his bank account and starts his life over with a job in a Chinese restaurant. Then his bosses (Wong and Lee) notice how good he is in a fight, and give him a high-paying job as a mob goon. With his new wealth, he starts helping out Cristina (Buzek), the Polish-born nun who feeds the homeless in Covent Garden. As they begin a strange friendship, he also contacts his bitter ex-wife (McClure) and young daughter.

As he did in his scripts for Dirty Pretty Things and Eastern Promises, Knight reels off the social issues in London's underbelly: illegal immigrants, human trafficking, gang violence, desperate prostitution, post-traumatic stress. But the real story here is Joey's redemption, as pointedly symbolised by the hummingbirds that flit through his drug-detox dreams. As he tries to help Cristina in a variety of sometimes contrived ways, she responds by improbably falling for him. Meanwhile, he spends a lot of time searching for a missing friend (Bewick) while also trying to make things up to his ex.

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Redemption - Clip


Joey Jones has been living on the streets for a while, but after receiving a particularly bad beating by some street thugs, he decides to re-build his life once and for all. Breaking into another person's home, he changes his identity and scrubs up (quite literally) in order to get a as a chef and security guard at a London restaurant. His help ridding the eatery of any problems they might have with his swift fighting skills motivates his boss to offer him a new job which leaves him more better off than he's ever been. He decides to set out on a mission to help the poverty stricken community in which he once lived, a decision that is dramatically increased by the murder of his best friend Isabel. However, as much as he wants to use his newfound money to help those in need, he wants more than anything to start a new life and finally get away from his past.

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Moon Trailer


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Dirty Pretty Things Review


Very Good
The title of Stephen Frears' new film Dirty Pretty Things revels in contradiction. The same might be said of the film itself, which is part melodrama, part social critique, and part black comedy all rolled into one delectably grimy treat. It's a thriller that only nominally wants to thrill, and a critique of modern society's disregard for the illegal immigrant class that only sporadically bothers to drum up the audience's indignation over its characters' plight. Willfully unwilling to be pigeonholed, the film embraces its various temperaments with a poise imparted by a director whose steady hand never allows the unconventional material to falter. That the lurching tone of the film coalesces into a satisfyingly original narrative at all speaks to Frears' keen sense of the delicate balance between sentimentality and somberness.

Okwe (newcomer Chiwetel Ejiofor) works as a cab driver by day and a hotel desk clerk by night, regularly chewing addictive plant leaves to keep himself from dozing off. An illegal immigrant and former doctor who's arrived in London to flee political forces who sought his arrest in Nigeria, Okwe now resides on the couch of fellow hotel employee Senay (Amelie's Audrey Tautou), a Turkish maid whose legal immigrant status, in a puzzling twist that's never fully explained, prohibits her from being employed. The two social outcasts keep their friendship hidden from their fellow coworkers, each interested in blending into the environment like a chameleon changing spots to elude predators. In a city that eagerly makes use of immigrant labor, Okwe and Senay are the tattered fringe of society, forced to endure humiliation and unable to fight back for fear that their presence might be detected by the immigration police who constantly scour the city's underbelly. What's not mentioned, however, is that since Okwe is an illegal immigrant, he doesn't have any right being in London, and this near-sighted portrayal of his situation - one can assume that his life in London, no matter how difficult and unpleasant, is better than the life in Nigeria that he fled, although the film glosses over this fact - saps some of our sympathy for him.

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The Avengers Must Unite For Their Biggest Battle Yet In 'Avengers: Infinity War'  Trailer

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Phase Three of the Marvel Cinematic Universe prepares to come to a climax as ‘The...

Doctor Strange Movie Review

Doctor Strange Movie Review

As Guardians of the Galaxy did two years ago, this action romp comes at the...

Doctor Strange - Trailer, Featurette and Clips Trailer

Doctor Strange - Trailer, Featurette and Clips Trailer

Before Doctor Strange was ever brought into existence, the man behind the hero was a...

Doctor Strange Trailer

Doctor Strange Trailer

Stephen Strange is one of the most talented neurosurgeons in the world, he's still relatively...

Marco Polo Trailer

Marco Polo Trailer

"The true story of Marco Polo is so much more compelling and exciting than the...

Hummingbird [Redemption] Movie Review

Hummingbird [Redemption] Movie Review

Jason Statham takes a darker role than usual in a gritty London drama that never...

Redemption Trailer

Redemption Trailer

Joey Jones has been living on the streets for a while, but after receiving a...

Hummingbird Trailer

Hummingbird Trailer

After being particularly badly beaten while living on the streets, Joey Jones is determined to...

Prometheus Movie Review

Prometheus Movie Review

There are clear echoes of Scott's last outer space thriller (1979's Alien) in this big,...

Prometheus Trailer

Prometheus Trailer

Sir Ridley Scott's first sci-fi film since 1982 film Blade Runner, 'Prometheus' is set to...

The Lady Trailer

The Lady Trailer

Aung San Suu Kyi, born in Burma, watched her father die when she was three...

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