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1 month ago | flickfeast.co.uk | Katie Smith-Wong

Starring Robert de Niro in a dual role, Barry Levinson’s latest feature The Alto Knights is inspired by true events. The Academy Award-winning actor plays Frank Costello and Vito Genovese, two childhood friends who end up at odds over control of the Mafia, resulting in its downfall by the FBI. A crime drama written by Casino and The Irishman screenwriter Nicholas Pileggi, with the casting of de Niro as a gangster in 1950s America, sounds like a familiar formula to audiences.

1 month ago | flickfeast.co.uk | Katie Smith-Wong

Once upon a time, an American animation studio released a full length feature film based by a fairy tale by The Brothers Grimm. Establishing a new milestone in Hollywood, the film would become the first animated film produced by Hollywood and was the highest-grossing animated film for 55 years. With such achievements, it is no wonder that Disney’s Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs is considered a classic among animation fans.

1 month ago | flickfeast.co.uk | Katie Smith-Wong

When the Chinese animated fantasy film Ne Zha was released in 2019, it became the highest-grossing non-US animated film that year. The film garnered notable attention for having a relatively unknown cast and a director making his first feature film with an animated fantasy adventure taking on a $22 million production. The gamble paid off as it became a box office hit, eventually earning over $740 million.

1 month ago | flickfeast.co.uk | Katie Smith-Wong

The film adaptation of Edward Ashton’s 2022 novel Mickey7, Mickey 17 is the long-awaited return of South Korean filmmaker Boon Joon-Ho after Parasite made Academy Award history as the first Best Picture winner that is not in the English language in 2019. The film follows The Batman star Robert Pattinson as Mickey, known as an ‘expendable’, who goes on a journey to colonise an ice planet. It has been seven years since Okja, Bong’s last film that was mostly in English.

1 month ago | flickfeast.co.uk | Katie Smith-Wong

For many people, cinema is the ultimate form of escapism. After working at your 9-to-5 job, you meet up with friends on Friday night and sit down to watch a film to unwind and decompress after a long week. In India, its cinema industry has recently been called its strongest currency in tourism, with its box office expected to hit $2.8bn by 2028.