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ASIA ARGENTO TO CANNES PREDATORS: YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE

Asia Argento’s stunning prediction at the Cannes Film Festival has already proved to be RIGHT. Actress/director Argento delivered a fierce and detailed speech about her abusive experience with Harvey Weinstein when she took the stage to present an award on the last night of the festival. She ominously concluded her talk with a warning that “even tonight there are predators sitting among you that need to be held responsible for their conduct – YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE.” Today one of France’s biggest directors, Luc Besson (The Fifth Element) was accused of drugging and raping an actress in a Paris hotel this week.

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By Janet / May 20, 2018

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CARA DELEVINGNE: IS LOOKING GOOD REALLY ENOUGH?

The usually moody Cara Delevingne is doing her best to promote her new movie Valerian and The City of a Thousand Planets – she even cracks a smile once in awhile. But we remain in a quandary- we are HUGE fans of director Luc Busson, and we ADORED The Fifth Element, as well as Lucy and The Professional. (They all happened to have great female characters.) If we come across The Fifth Element on TV we cannot change the channel. We were excited to see Valerian UNTIL we learned it is based on a COMIC BOOK. Maybe that’s why the title makes no sense. Critics say great visuals – no story. Is that enough?

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By Janet / July 25, 2017

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RIHANNA STOLE THE SHOW AT HER MOVIE PREMIER

Rihanna made yet another incredible entrance at the Hollywood premier of her sci-fi action film Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets, directed by Luc Besson. Rihanna is gradually turning herself from pop star to actress and this movie is a big step for her. She plays a glamorous shape shifting alien working in an underground sex club where she performs in dozens of extravagant outfits. If this movie is anything like Busson’s The Fifth Element, we couldn’t be happier. Valerian has been called the “most expensive movie ever made in France.”

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By Janet / July 17, 2017

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IT’S IMPOSSIBLE NOT TO LOVE “LUCY”

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We had no expectations when we walked into a screening of “Lucy” starring Scarlett Johansson, and it turned out to be an amazing movie. If you loved Luc Besson’s The Fifth Element, The Professional, or La Femme Nikita, you will be hooked on Lucy! It has all the futuristic elements and surprises that Besson is noted for. He loves strong female characters like Milla Jovovich, and Scarlett fills the bill here. Scarlett’s party girl character Lucy is exposed to a new drug that accelerates her mental powers and a group of terrifying Chinese gangsters are determined to get the drugs back. Great story – great visuals – don’t miss it.

By Janet / July 23, 2014

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