Dakota Fanning

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  • Dakota Fanning is British, dying

    Movie Feature | Ali | 7th March 2012

    No sooner has the precocious child star grown up, she's on her bloody deathbed, in this first trailer for Brit weepie Now Is Good. And no, I'm not crying, my eyes are just allergic to sad things.

  • Watching The Runaways teaser trailer will get you arrested

    Movie Trailer | Ali | 19th December 2009

    Get your first look at the teaser trailer for The Runaways, the story of Joan Jett's proto Grrl-power band. Featuring a 15 year-old Dakota Fanning wearing stockings and a basque. Um... is this a trick?

  • The Twilight Saga: New Moon

    Movie Review | Matt | 22nd November 2009

    Let's forget for a moment that the Twilight Saga is a virus rapidly infiltrating every facet of our society and instead ask: can a global phenomenon currently smashing box-office records still warrant a negative review? The answer is yes. Yes, it can.

  • Dakota Fanning heading to Todd McFarlane's Oz?

    Movie News | Ali | 25th August 2009

    Attention easily outraged readers! A classic of cinema is in the process of being defiled! A man who makes toys for a living is 're-imagining' The Wizard Of Oz, but - wait for it - he's making it 'darker'!

  • Coraline

    Movie Review | Ben | 7th May 2009

    There's something deeply disturbing about button-eyes. Maybe it's the lack of reflection or emotion that leaves a certain 'deadness' about them. But if your Other Mother is more loving and attentive than your real mother, surely that's a good thing? Even if she has button eyes, right? Coraline (Fanning) is an adventurous but ...

  • Push

    Movie Review | Rich | 21st February 2009

    Push is a sign of things to come. Licensed comic book movies have made more than a bajillion dollars since Spidey swang back into town, so it's only natural that movie studios will want to continue this trend, without having to send wheelbarrows of money to Marvel or DC. This means they'll have to come up with original IP, whi...

  • War Of The Worlds

    Movie Review | Ali | 3rd July 2005

    I was fully prepared for invasion. Over the last few nights, the sky outside my bedroom window has been lit up by otherworldly forces, raining down thunder and lightning like the Armageddon is just around the corner. Not only that, but the alien entity known as 'Tom Cruise' has begun his slow and steady assault on my televisio...

  • Hide And Seek

    Movie Review | Ali | 5th March 2005

    Perhaps more than any other genre, horror films have the most cliches to avoid. If you're going to try and sustain any sense of tension, the last thing you want is your audience second-guessing everything, completely deflating any suspense you might have created in the process - it doesn't make for a scary movie if you flag eve...