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Comic thriller I Care a Lot heads to Prime Video, festival hit stars Rosamund Pike and Peter Dinklage

Black comedy thriller I Care a Lot is heading from the festival circuit straight to Prime Video.  Following its debut at the 2020 Toronto film fest, the movie will land on Amazon’s streaming service February 19. I Care a Lot stars Rosamund Pike (Gone Girl), Peter Dinklage (Game of Thrones), Eiza González (Baby Driver) and Dianne Wiest (Parenthood).

Here’s the set-up: Academy Award nominee Rosamund Pike plays Marla Grayson, a professional, court-appointed guardian for dozens of elderly wards whose assets she seizes and cunningly bills through dubious but legal means. It’s a well-oiled racket that Marla and her business-partner and lover Fran (Eiza González) use with brutal efficiency on their latest ‘cherry,’ Jennifer Peterson (two-time Academy Award winner Dianne Wiest),  a wealthy retiree with no living heirs or family. But when their mark turns out to have an equally shady secret of her own and connections to a volatile gangster (Golden Globe winner Dinklage), Marla is forced to level up in a game only predators can play, one that’s neither fair, nor square…

Following its debut at the 2020 Toronto Film Festival, I Care a Lot will land on Amazon’s streaming service February 19…

I Care a Lot is the latest high-profile acquisition for the platform, following on the heels of  Borat Subsequent Moviefilm and Palm Springs. It will be available to Prime members in the UK, Australia, Canada, Ireland, Italy and New Zealand.

Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie review: Wildy imaginative and riotously funny

Imagine Back to the Future made with hidden cameras, improvised dialogue and a shoestring budget; Marty McFly and Doc Brown gatecrashing a Canadian indie comedy. That’s Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie. For those unfamiliar with its peculiar lineage, this isn’t a reboot, remake or spin-off but a direct continuation of a fictional universe…

Disney x Formula 1 race towards Silverstone Grand Prix with massive merch drop

Disney is bringing a touch of magic to Silverstone as the British Grand Prix becomes the European stage for its Disney x Formula 1 ‘Fuel the Magic’ campaign. The partnership between two of the world’s biggest entertainment brands will see Disney transforming parts of Silverstone and central London, through a programme of live events and…

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