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Speak No Evil: James McAvoy stars in movie trailerWarning - this article contains spoilers for Speak No Evil.Speak No Evil director James Watkins has opened up about his reasoning behind the biggest changes made to the original Danish thriller in his 2024 remake.The Woman in Black filmmaker spoke exclusively to Express.co.uk ahead of the film’s release this weekend, which is sure to rally a huge horror crowd.James McAvoy stars as enigmatic Brit Paddy, who, along with his wife Ciara (played by Aisling Franciosi) invites American couple Louise (Mackenzie Davis) and Ben Dalton (Scoot McNairy) to visit their idyllic home in the countryside when they meet each other on holiday.After a series of awkward culture clashes, their stay soon takes a dark turn when they realise Paddy and Ciara aren’...

He may be approaching 100, but Clint Eastwood shows little sign of slowing down in his filmmaking.The 94-year-old legend’s latest directorial effort is a thriller from Warner Bros called Juror No 2.The movie follows a juror in a high-profile murder trial who realises he actually committed the murder.Alongside the cinematic release date announcement today, the studio has released a rare new photo of Eastwood with a beard, working on set with one of his stars, Nicholas Hoult.Alongside Hoult, the new film co-stars Toni Collette, Kiefer Sutherland and JK Simmons.According to Variety’s insiders, Warner Bros is “thrilled” by what they’ve seen of the movie so far.Juror No 2 is set to have its world premiere at AFI Fest on October 27 ahead of a UK and US cinematic release on November 1, 2024. ...

John Wayne made some of the greatest Westerns of all time with his favourite collaborator director John Ford, but without a doubt, their greatest was the highly influential The Searchers.The masterpiece is considered one of the greatest films of all time and saw Duke play a Civil War veteran spending years searching for his abducted niece, played by Natalie Wood.Wayne took his role as Ethan Edwards incredibly seriously; a far cry from his usual light-heartedness during most of his movie shoots.The star was witnessed being much more focused and reticent during the making of the 1956 classic, which is also his favourite of his movies.Duke loved the character so much that he named his youngest son Ethan after the character.The 62-year-old actor and stuntman went on to feature in two of his...

The third Venom movie hits cinemas next month and the final trailer features Tom Hardy in black tie channelling James Bond.The 46-year-old has long been a bookies’ favourite to take up the Licence to Kill after Daniel Craig and the star is finally sporting a tuxedo during the Las Vegas sequences of the Marvel teaser.Stay to the end of the trailer to see him at a slot machine in one of the casinos, in which the alien symbiote takes over his body in an awkward comic moment.The film’s official synopsis reads: “In Venom: The Last Dance, Tom Hardy returns as Venom, one of Marvel’s greatest and most complex characters, for the final film in the trilogy. Eddie and Venom are on the run. Hunted by both of their worlds and with the net closing in, the duo are forced into a devastating decision th...

There have been some epic Westerns of the last 25 years from Leonardo DiCaprio’s The Revenant to No Country For Old Men, There Will Be Blood and True Grit.But the most underrated of them all was tragically overlooked for Oscars when it released in 2017.Written and directed by Scott Cooper, Hostiles stars Christian Bale as a US Army cavalry officer in 1892 New Mexico territory.He and a detail are ordered by the president to escort a cancer-stricken Cheyenne war chief (Wes Studi) and his family through the Wild West to their Montana home.This bloody and brutal Western with emotional performances from Bale and his co-stars Rosamund Pike also features Jesse Plemons and pre-fame Timothée Chalamet and Jonathan Majors.Pike barely spoke to Bale outside of shooting their scenes on the set of thi...

Sir Sean Connery starred in six official James Bond movies and the unofficial Never Say Never Again, but just which was his favourite?It turns out the late Hollywood star believed his 007 adventures peaked with the one closest to his heart and it was much earlier than expected.Following his debut in Dr No, the Scottish legend returned in 1963’s From Russia with Love.He previously shared: “Once you had done the first two you just moved forward because the rules were established.“One wound up doing less and less as it were, because you did what you were expected to do and whatever else up to a point.”

How could a three-hour movie about a theoretical physicist appeal to mass audiences?Hand it to Christopher Nolan, of course, whose adaptation of the 2005 biography American Prometheus made almost $1 billion at the box office.The highest-grossing World War II film and biggest biopic ever is split into three distinct one hour acts.The first introduces the audience to Cillian Murphy’s Oppenheimer and his scientific work, before the second takes the form of a heist movie in which he recruits his team to build and test the world’s first nuclear weapon.In the aftermath of having dropping two on Japan, ending the Second World War, the third act is a court room drama in which the Father of the Atom Bomb is suspected of having communist sympathies.A thrilling epic, Nolan uses black and white for...

Following the monumental success of Spider-Man: No Way Home in 2021, it appears that the next chapter in the Spider-Man saga is on the horizon.Destin Daniel Cretton, who previously directed Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, is reportedly in early discussions to direct the fourth film, according to Deadline.The report also suggests that previous stars Tom Holland and Zendaya have been in contact with executives and producers, with new contracts expected to be offered soon.Spider-Man: No Way Home shattered numerous records upon its release in 2021, with Tom reprising his role as Peter Parker for the third time.The film raked in over $1.9 billion worldwide against a budget of $200 million, surpassing its predecessor, Spider-Man: Far From Home, which earned a respectable $1.133 bil...

Donald Trump was an American celebrity long before the billionaire New York businessman ran for president.And now new movie The Apprentice explores his ascent to power through a Faustian deal with the influential right-wing lawyer and political fixer Roy Cohn.The film’s synopsis reads: “The origins of Donald Trump are brought to life in a provocative, electrifying portrait of the man and his mentor, Roy Cohn – a notorious lawyer who will never let the truth get in the way of winning a fight. Sebastian Stan and Jeremy Strong star as Trump and Cohn respectively, with Maria Bakalova starring as Ivana Trump and acclaimed director Ali Abbasi (Border, Holy Spider) bringing a unique perspective to this gripping, darkly funny tale of greed, power and the dark art of the deal.”Meanwhile, fans ar...

Hundreds of World War II movies have been made over the years with the very best ranked in our recent Top 10 that saw Saving Private Ryan miss out on No 1.Yet occasionally a classic goes under the radar despite critical acclaim and the most underrated of recent years is Terrence Malick’s three-hour epic set in Nazi Germany.A Hidden Life is based on the true story of an unsung hero, Franz Jägerstätter, a conscientious objector who refused to fight for Hitler.This beautiful and devastating drama follows his tale from life on his peaceful Austrian farm to being sent to prison to await his treason trial.Meanwhile, the devout Catholic’s wife and children are ostracised by their neighbours who are loyal to the Nazi regime.Tragically, Franz was sentenced to death, but the film captures his unw...