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Throughout his career, actor Matthew Modine has been a lot of things: a soldier in the Vietnam War, a World War II pilot, an earnest FBI agent and a manipulative scientist on “Stranger Things.” And next month, he can add Maverick Spirit Award winner to the list. Modine will receive the honor at the Cinequest film festival in March, joining the likes of Harrison Ford, Rosario Dawson, Nicolas Cage and Tatiana Maslany. The presentation will be part of closing night events on March 17 at the California Theatre, which will…

British filmmaker Matthew Vaughn’s helmed a gonzo fantasy with a cross-dressing Robert De Niro, a vigilante superhero flick with a foul-mouthed, killer kid, and a delirious spin on Bond with Colin Firth. But Argylle, his $200 million globe-trotting espionage thriller, has proven to be his most divisive film yet. The film follows Elly Conway (Bryce Dallas Howard), a novelist/homebody whose series of spy books about Aubrey Argylle (Henry Cavill) have captured the public’s imagination. One day, she encounters an…

Center Theatre Group presented the North American premiere of Matthew Bourne’s Romeo + Juliet on Wednesday evening, and when it ended, the entire Ahmanson Theatre audience was on its feet offering a standing ovation. After the dance company had taken final bows — with Paris Fitzpatrick’s Romeo and Monique Jonas’ Juliet receiving the love while covered in (spoiler alert!) blood-drenched white ensembles — Melissa McCarthy and Adam Shankman sat back down in their orchestra seats in row F. The good…

The rectangle of the screen itself seems to bend and twist into a giant self-satisfied smirk for an unbearably smug caper from director Matthew Vaughn. It has all the interest of a men’s magazine cover-shoot: thin, flimsy, lumbered with a dull meta-narrative and dodgy acting, and boasting a blank parade of phoned-in cameos from the supporting cast. Argylle is a high-concept elevator pitch stuck between floors, a piece of colourful would-be franchise content that Vaughn is tiresomely trying to fold into the extended…

The role of James Bond on the big screen is one of the most coveted in film. When the role is available, as it is now, the talk surrounding who it could be is nearly endless. Henry Cavill is one of the names that is being thrown around now as a potential successor for Daniel Craig, but Cavill competed with Craig for the role the last time it was up for grabs, and it sounds like he may have gotten closer to it than even he realized.Cavill and his Argylle director Matthew Vaughn were interviewed by Sirius XM recently and…

Argylle Director Matthew Vaughn On Deadpool 3’s Impact On The MCU ( Photo Credit – IMDb ) With Marvel’s dwindling situation at the box office and overall content-wise, all eyes are on Deadpool 3 now. Ryan Reynolds has proved to be commercially successful in the previous two films, and this time, Hugh Jackman is also returning as Wolverine, hence double the excitement. Others also believe this film could be the saving grace for Marvel, for example Henry Cavill’s Argylle director, Matthew Vaughn. For the…

Video: Creating the perfect version of The Last of Us Part II with director Matthew GallantCreating the perfect version of The Last of Us Part II with director Matthew GallantWe’re sorry, this feature is currently unavailable. We’re working to restore it. Please try again later.DismissSkip to sections navigationSkip to contentSkip to footerThe Last of Us Part II has just had a graphics boost for the PlayStation 5, along with some action-packed bonus content for the game. 9news.com.au caught up with Naughty Dog's game…

Tom Selleck, the man from "Magnum P.I.," took a trip down memory lane, revealing a unique connection with Matthew Perry's Chandler Bing on the set of "Friends." Here's the scoop on their interesting role reversal. Matthew Perry at the premiere of the film 17 Again in Los Angeles April 14, 2009. (File Photo)(REUTERS) Selleck steps into Chandler's shoesImagine playing Chandler Bing on "Friends" – that's what Tom Selleck did! In a quirky episode, Selleck's character, Richard Burke, decided to be a bit more…

Although plans to make Kick-Ass 3 never ended up happening following Kick-Ass 2’s release in 2013, this ultra-violent superhero property isn’t done being cinematically adapted. Back in 2018, it was announced that Kick-Ass would be rebooted under the guidance of Matthew Vaughn, who directed the first movie. Six years later, Vaughn has revealed some particularly interesting details about the reboot’s progress, though now I’m perplexed by what he has planned for the movie.Kick-Ass Will Be The Third Movie In A New…

In case you haven’t heard, I was among the many L.A. Times staffers who received layoff notices this week. This will be my last edition of L.A. Goes Out. Building this popular newsletter has been a treasure and something that I never anticipated in my career. It was exciting to experience and learn about the art landscape of L.A. along with you, finding unexpected pockets of talent in SoCal while diversifying the artists we report on. While it is sad to say goodbye to a paper that I dreamed of working for since I was an…