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ANNA ]2019]: In Cinemas Now

July 8, 2019 Dr Lenera 0

France IN CINEMAS NOW RUNNING TIME: 118 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, Official HCF Critic Anna, a young Russian woman in an abusive relationship, seems to have hit rock bottom in her life when […]

Five Stunning Clips Released For Luc Besson’s VALERIAN

July 9, 2017 Bat 0

Five beautifully created and action packed clips have landed for VALERIAN AND THE CITY OF A THOUSAND PLANETS, which is directed by the legendary Luc Besson! Stars Dane DeHaan and Cara Delevingne are joined by […]

LATEST TRAILERS: ‘VALERIAN AND THE CITY OF A THOUSAND PLACES’

March 29, 2017 Dr Lenera 0

And below we have the second trailer for Luc Besson’s latest offering and the most expensive European-funded film in history Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets, a project Besson has been wanting to make […]

Epic First Trailer Revealed For Luc Besson’s Mesmerising Sci-Fi VALERIAN AND THE CITY OF A THOUSAND PLANETS

November 10, 2016 Bat 0

The epic first trailer for Luc Besson’s VALERIAN AND THE CITY OF A THOUSAND PLANETS has arrived! Stars Dane DeHaan and Cara Delevingne are joined by Clive Owen, Ethan Hawke and Rihanna, in the ultimate […]

TV: NBC and Luc Besson developing a prequel series to ‘Taken’

September 19, 2015 Matt Wavish 0

While the sequels were lacking in quality, the first Taken film, which starred Liam Neeson as Bryan “particular set of skills” Mills, was a terrific action film. Neeson commanded the screen, and the film gave […]

THE TRANSPORTER REFUELED [2015]: in cinemas now [short review]

September 6, 2015 Dr Lenera 0

France IN CINEMAS NOW RUNNING TIME: 96 min REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, Official HCF Critic In the French Riviera in 1995, a Russian kingpin named Karasov violently take over the prostitution world. Anna, one […]

Clive Owen joins Luc Besson’s epic new sci-fi ‘Valerian’

August 20, 2015 Matt Wavish 0

Back in May Luc Besson announced that he would be adapting the graphic novel, Valerian, into what will no doubt be an epic sci-fi. He bagged Dane DeHaan (Chronicle, The Amazing Spider-Man) and Cara Delevigne […]

Luc Besson to direct new sci-fi feature ‘Valerian’, release date confirmed

May 19, 2015 Matt Wavish 0

When Luc Besson is good (Leon, Nikita, The Fifth Element, Lucy) he’s really good, so the news coming from Deadline that he is about to direct an adaptation of French graphic novel sci-fi series Valerian, […]

TAKEN 3 [2014]: in cinemas now

January 11, 2015 Dr Lenera 0

USA/France IN CINEMAS NOW RUNNING TIME: 109 min REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, Official HCF Critic In Los Angeles, a man is kidnapped and forced to open a safe, but the money isn’t there and […]

LUCY [2014]: in cinemas now

August 24, 2014 Dr Lenera 0

France IN CINEMAS NOW RUNNING TIME: 89 min REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, Official HCF Critic Lucy is a young woman both studying and partying in Taiwan. Her boyfriend handcuffs a suitcase to her so […]

LUC BESSON ASKED ABOUT ‘LEON’ SEQUEL

July 22, 2014 Dr Lenera 0

I count Luc Besson’s thrilling, blackly funny yet touching drama/thriller Leon as one of my top 50 films of all time, and consider it the director’s crowning achievement despite other great films like La Femme […]

‘Lucy’ learns to drive in action packed new clip

July 13, 2014 Matt Wavish 0

Another clip has been released from Luc Besson’s upcoming thriller, Lucy, which stars Scarlett Johansson as a drug mule turned super killer. The clip see’s Lucy (Johansson) driving a car for the first time, but […]

Scarlett Johansson shoots villains in red-band ‘Lucy’ clip, also set to star in The Coens ‘Hail Caesar’ with Jonah Hill

July 10, 2014 Matt Wavish 0

A brand new red-band clip has been released from Luc Besson’s new thriller Lucy, which stars Scarlett Johansson as a deadly killer. The clip has already been seen as a much shorter version in the […]

3 DAYS TO KILL ]2014]: in cinemas now

June 25, 2014 Dr Lenera 0

USA/FRANCE IN CINEMAS NOW RUNNING TIME: 117 min REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, Official HCF Critic Experienced CIA agent Ethan Renner is nearly disabled by an extreme cough which means that his latest target gets […]

Scarlett Johansson has dangerous “abilities” in thrilling new ‘Lucy’ trailer

May 14, 2014 Matt Wavish 0

A brand new trailer arrived yesterday for Luc Besson’s new superhero thriller (I guess you can call it that!), Lucy, and we have the excellent new trailer embedded below for your viewing pleasure. While […]

Two New Clips for BRICK MANSIONS Starring Paul Walker

May 1, 2014 Bat 0

We’ve two new clips for Camille Delamarre’s action-thriller BRICK MANSIONS, which is written and produced by Luc Besson, as well as the trailer which can be seen below. In a dystopian Detroit, abandoned brick mansions […]

Trailer: Scarlett Johansson is a sexy, violent and clever superhero (sort of) in Luc Besson’s ‘Lucy’

April 3, 2014 Matt Wavish 0

A few days ago saw the revealing of the very first official image from Luc Besson’s new action thriller, Lucy. Universal Pictures have now released the official trailer for the Scarlett Johannson starring film, […]

First image released for Luc Besson’s assassin thriller Lucy, starring Scarlett Johansson

March 29, 2014 Kirsty Wavish 0

The first image of Luc Besson’s assassin thriller Lucy has been released, starring Scarlett Johansson. Check it out below. Johansson plays a woman who is forced to become a drug mule. But the drug instead goes into her system, […]