As their marriage quietly unravels, Alex (Will Arnett) faces middle age and an impending divorce, seeking new purpose in the New York comedy scene while Tess (Laura Dern) confronts the sacrifices she made for their family—forcing them to navigate co-parenting, identity, and whether love can take a new form.

A Modern Comedy of Remarriage

Labelled a “comedy of remarriage”, a once-dominant Hollywood subgenre of the 1930s and ’40s, Is This Thing On? takes that familiar framework and flips it entirely on its head. Rather than romantic escapism, Cooper, co-writing alongside Arnett and Mark Chappell, offers a deeply personal, modern examination of marriage, separation, and the emotional whiplash that lives in between.

What makes the film truly distinctive is its framing through the world of live stand-up comedy. It’s here that relationships unravel, truths spill out, and pain is transformed, sometimes clumsily, sometimes cruelly, into laughs. The result is a film that feels current, uncomfortable, funny, and sharply honest.

Will Arnett Steps Into the Spotlight

Will Arnett delivers one of the strongest performances of his career as Alex Novak, a disillusioned financier facing the amicable end of his marriage to Tess (Laura Dern). Lost, depressed, and drifting, Alex stumbles into a comedy club one night, accidentally takes the stage, and discovers an unexpected talent for stand-up.

As Alex’s comedy career begins to take off, success brings complications, not just professionally, but emotionally and domestically. Arnett plays Alex as a deeply flawed everyman, searching for meaning in all the wrong places, and his performance anchors the film’s emotional weight while guiding audiences through its surprising narrative turns.

A Character-Driven Swing That Keeps You Guessing

Cooper also steps in front of the camera, delivering a wildly unhinged supporting turn as Alex’s best friend, Balls — a performance that injects chaos and energy into an already volatile emotional landscape. With a script that leans heavily on dialogue and performance, the cast is given room to explore the messiness, contradictions, and unresolved tensions that define real marriages.

One of the film’s boldest strengths is its refusal to play things safe. Is This Thing On? happily zigzags narratively, particularly in a third act that takes an unexpected, and genuinely daring, turn. It’s here that Cooper shows real confidence as a filmmaker, trusting the audience to stay with the story rather than spoon-feeding resolution.

Chemistry That Carries the Film

At the heart of it all is the chemistry between Arnett and Laura Dern. Together, they’re electric — believable both in moments of warmth and shared history, and in the sharper, more antagonistic beats that follow. Their dynamic gives the film its emotional backbone, and when the story shifts gears late in the game, their performances ensure the impact truly lands.

Final Verdict

Is This Thing On? is smart, clever, and wildly surprising; a comedy that understands that laughter and heartbreak often share the same breath. Bradley Cooper is firmly on his A-game here, delivering a character-driven film that fires on all cylinders and refuses to conform to expectations. For audiences looking for something sharp, different, and emotionally alive — where character, narrative, and comedy take centre stage, Is This Thing On? delivers pure, unexpected cinematic joy.

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Here’s the official synopsis:

As their marriage quietly unravels, Alex (Will Arnett) faces middle age and an impending divorce, seeking new purpose in the New York comedy scene while Tess (Laura Dern) confronts the sacrifices she made for their family—forcing them to navigate co-parenting, identity, and whether love can take a new form.

Celebrated Hollywood star steps behind the camera once more for Is This Thing On?, and in uniting with comic star Will Arnett he delivers something radically different in a movie that almost feels like a throwback to the cinema of the mid 1990s or early 2000s, and there’s a lot going on in Is This Thing On? and this is shaping up to be a very clever watch for audiences.

Looking deeper into the subject matter of this film, and its exploration of marriage, divorce, parenthood, family and love, it feels like Cooper has dug from a very personal place to bring this story to life, and that there’s almost an element of catharthis present in this story that he’s looking to explore to a more fuller range with what he presnets here in Is This Thing On?.

As a space for Arnett to explore his dramatic chops, Is This Thing On? is perfect space for the actor to play in and by my reckoning I think audiences are going to be in for a real surprise with this one, and with it’s narrative layering, subtle comedic and dramatic depth, Is This Thing On? is going to be something unepcted for audiences.

Delivering laughs and heart, Is This Thing On? will arrive in cinemas soon.

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Peter Quill/Star-Lord (Peter Quill), still reeling from the loss of Gamora (Zoe Saldana), must rally the Guardians of the Galaxy on a mission to defend the universe and protect one of their own.

Described by James Gunn as the concluding chapter of his Guardians of the Galaxy saga, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.3 looks to be a film of big drama and emotion as the Guardians take on their most personal mission to not only save the universe, but each other as well.

James Gunni throwing everything of himself as a filmmaker into this project, and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.3 is ready to take audiences to the furthest uncharted sections of the cosmic side of the MCU yet. And it’s going to be very exciting to see what happens with this film.

Within the world of the MCU, the Guardians of the Galaxy rank as my favourite characters of all time, and I’m extremely excited to see how this movie shapes up and the surprises and action that awaits. While this teaser trailer does move fast, audiences get a closer look at new threats that are posed to the Guardians who include the sociopathic nemesis of the High Evolutionary (Chukwudi Iwuji), along with the cosmic force of Adam Warlock (Will Poulter).

The heart and crux of this teaser trailer is also focused around the character of Rocket Raccoon (Bradley Cooper) who has become an integral part of the MCU, and I’m certain his appearance and performance in this picture will result in plenty of tears. Just watching this teaser trailer I can feel the emotion and I have no doubt that its about to be a very heavy watch.

Get ready for one hell of a final ride when Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.3 arrives in cinemas next year on May 4, 2023.

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When charismatic but down-on-his-luck Stanton Carlisle (Bradley Cooper) endears himself to clairvoyant Zeena (Toni Collette) and her has-been mentalist husband Pete (David Strathairn) at a travelling carnival, he crafts a golden ticket to success, using this newly acquired knowledge to grift the wealthy elite of 1940s New York society. With the virtuous Molly (Rooney Mara) loyally by his side, Stanton plots to con a dangerous tycoon (Richard Jenkins) with the aid of a mysterious psychiatrist (Cate Blanchett) who might be his most formidable opponent yet.

Long regarded by Guillermo del Toro as a passion project, Nightmare Alley which is an adaptation of the classic noir novel by William Lindsay Gresham takes audiences back in time to the late 1930s and early 1940s and into the world of travelling carnivals, huckster showman and manipulation of the soul. Always a passionate filmmaker who gives everything of himself to the projects he works on, del Toro brings a great vision to Nightmare Alley and strives to bring audiences back into the fold of classic film noir tropes of the time period. With a finely attuned sense for detail and story, del Toro lets the narrative of Nightmare Alley plays out at its own pace and this is a slow-burn thriller that takes its time and wraps you up in its twisting and complex narrative.

With Nightmare Alley del Toro presents a lavish canvas of time gone by. We are first introduced to the nomadic world of the travelling carnival and its strange inhabitants via the film’s protagonist Stanton Carlisle (Bradley Cooper) who stumbles into their world and soon becomes a part of it. As the story grows we then see Stanton drift off to the pull of the big city and del Toro juxtaposes a sepia landscape of Rockwell inspired carnival imagery with the austere might and power of Art Deco Chicago and the harsh shadows and sterns lines that make up its skyline. With frequent cinematographer Dan Laustsen, del Toro produces some incredibly gorgeous imagery that pulls you further into the narrative stylings of the time. With its gorgeous visual trappings, Nightmare Alley is a film that is hard to avert your eyes from and as the narrative moves deeper into the abyss the images grow stronger and stronger.

Being a Guillermo del Toro film, audiences can also expect the usual accompaniments of the directors’ noted style. Dark shadows, dynamic colour palettes, misunderstood and complex characters and a haunted, creepy atmosphere all make their way into the production. Along with a good helping of gore. With Nightmare Alley Guillermo del Toro peers into the mind of a dark and troubled individual who’ll go to any means necessary to get what he wants and what begins as a tale of the American Dream soon turns into a total nightmare. A noted fan of the noir genre, as a director del Toro works to keep Nightmare Alley firmly entrenched in the scope of the genre, but also injects his own unique visual and narrative ideas and the results make this film a very intriguing and heightened watch.

Standing front and centre in Nightmare Alley as its haunted, no-good protagonist Stanton ‘Stan’ Carlisle is Hollywood A-lister Bradley Cooper and he cuts an impressive figure in the part. As the dashing and handsome Stanton, Cooper builds a character who begins as a dreamer who soon takes a darker turn and as he tastes the power that his act gives him, he’ll go to any length to keep it no matter how dark or traumatic the results. Cooper is a pure hustler as Stanton and his good looks, charm and ability to read people take him a long way as master psychic ‘The Great Stanton’, but his haunted past gives him a dangerous and feral edge and god help anyone who gets in his way. On-screen Cooper is very reminiscent of Clark Gable in his performance and he brings a matinee idol sense to Stanton and his gift and control over drama makes for an interesting character who will pull you into his dark side.

Playing opposite Cooper is Academy Award-winning actress Cate Blanchett and she brings out her inner vamp as the calculating and clever Dr Lilith Ritter. A classic femme fatale in every sense, Lilith is an excellent foil for Cooper’s Stanton and when she exposes his con she can’t help but fall into his game. Giving Lilith a keen intelligence and cat-like poise, Blanchett brings a dangerous sexuality to the role and slowly but subtly works her way into Stanton’s plan to con as many wealthy spiritualists as he can. As adversarial lovers, these two characters make for very interesting eye candy and each plays off the other with lustful zeal. As the narrative progresses in Nightmare Alley we begin to see Lilith’s claws come out and they’re sharp and ready to draw blood and it’s as the tension builds that Blanchett lets her bad girl persona out.

Stuck in between Stanton and Lilith is Rooney Mara as carnival ingenue Mary Elizabeth “Molly” Cahill who falls blissfully in love with Stanton and who builds a life with him early in his career as ‘The Great Stanton’. Mara brings an innocence to the role of Molly and gives audiences another perspective to view Stanton in as he becomes enamoured by his power and his ability to work ‘spook shows’; clairvoyant cons where he claims to speak to the dead. As the tension of the narrative heats up, Mara’s Molly moves in an interesting direction and her presence is key to the third act and the make or break decision that Stanton is forced to make.

Rounding out the rest of Nightmare Alley is a list of total A-list performers including the likes of Toni Collette, Willem Dafoe, Richard Jenkins and Del Toro’s good friend and long time collaborator Ron Perlman. Collete brings a sensual maternity to psychic Zeena Krumbein, who takes Stanton under her wing in more ways than one and guides him in the art of her act with her alcoholic husband and Stanton’s mentor Pete (David Strathairn). Then there’s the great Willem Dafoe who is an utter scene-stealer as carny ringmaster Clem Hoately. Best described as a pimp and a peddler, Clem is a devious and dangerous individual who prides himself on presenting the most grotesque attractions including the infamous ‘Geek Act’ for his patrons and Dafoe dives into the role with plenty of zeal. There’s a sly, cutthroat quality to his performance and Dafoe holds your attention with his menacing character.

Haunting, menacing, thrilling and beautiful, Nightmare Alley is a cinematic presentation that delivers a true spectacle to the big screen. Holding to the tropes of film noir, while also working with the director’s style, Nightmare Alley is a film of considerable grandeur and spectacle and it presents a narrative packed out with twists and turns that deliver on the unexpected.

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Watch the brand new trailer for Nightmare Alley here:

When charismatic but down-on-his-luck Stanton Carlisle (Bradley Cooper) endears himself to clairvoyant Zeena (Toni Collette) and her has-been mentalist husband Pete (David Strathairn) at a traveling carnival, he crafts a golden ticket to success, using this newly acquired knowledge to grift the wealthy elite of 1940s New York society. With the virtuous Molly (Rooney Mara) loyally by his side, Stanton plots to con a dangerous tycoon (Richard Jenkins) with the aid of a mysterious psychiatrist (Cate Blanchett) who might be his most formidable opponent yet.

Building off of the noir edge of the first teaser trailer, this second trailer for Nightmare Alley takes audiences further into the dangerous con game of the charismatic, yet dangerous trickster Stanton Carlisle (Bradley Cooper). Cooper brings a charming charisma to the the role of Stanton, while also hiding his characters darker intentions and it becomes clear rapidly that his con game has the stakes raised all the way up.

Facing off against Cooper’s Stanton is Cate Blanchett as the clever and calculating psychologist Dr. Lilith Ritter who sees through Stanton’s game and while at first trying to reveal him as the fraud he is, soon begins to revel and take a role in his dangerous scheme. Blanchett brings an alluring femme fatale style to the role of Ritter and she goes toe-to-toe with Cooper’s Stanton and you can tell that there’s certainly going to be some solid give and take between the two of them here.

Nightmare Alley is a visual splendour to look upon thanks to the gorgeous photography of cinematographer Dan Laustsen and cinema fans who ache for a feeling that is evocative of Hollywood’s golden age will be very pleased with the setting, tone and style that Del Toro brings to the screen here in Nightmare Alley.

Prepare yourself to be on edge from beginning to end with Nightmare Alley and brace yourselves for an utterly memorable cinema event when it arrives in cinemas on January 20, 2022.

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Stan Carlisle (Bradley Cooper), an ambitious carny with a talent for manipulating people with a few well-chosen words, hooks up with Dr. Lilith Ritter (Cate Blanchett), a psychiatrist who is even more dangerous than he is.

Based upon the classic psychological thriller published in 1946 by William Lindsay Gresham, Nightmare Alley stars Bradley Cooper as Stanton ‘Stan’ Carlisle, a drifter with a talent for showmanship and the con job, who decides to strike out on his own and build a fortune by any means necessary. This brings him to the attention of calculating psychiatrist Dr. Lilith Ritter (Cate Blanchett), who at first sets to expose him, but then becomes intrigued by Stan’s game of cat and mouse and that’s when things really get dangerous.

Nightmare Alley represents new territory for Guillermo del Toro who is swapping his usual monster horrors for a story of man’s darkest side and the result is a tense and calculating film noir experience that will be certain to leave your heart pumping.

This first look trailer sets up the world that the story takes place in and it’s a setting where the lowest fringes and high society meet on equal turns and there’s plenty of spooky moments that will have you gripping your seat with tension.

Cooper and Blanchett lead an all-star cast that includes the likes of Willen Dafoe, Toni Colette, David Strathairn, Rooney Mara and Ron Perlman, and this a-list cast is certain to bring their all and they all look perfectly cast in their respective parts.

For Guillermo del Toro, Nightmare Alley is a project that has been long in the making with the filmmaking being introduced to it back in 1992 by frequent collaborator Ron Perlman, and this first look certainly has our attention.

With its standout casting, uneasy story and beautifully rendered imagery, Nightmare Alley is a piece of cinema you’re certainly not going to be able to look away from and there’s serious awards buzz building for this project.

Get ready to discover the dark side of man when Nightmare Alley arrives in cinemas on January 20, 2022.

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In a special presentation from Vanity Fair, we now have our first look at this edgy new production which stars Bradley Cooper, Cate Blanchett, Willen Dafoe, Toni Colette, David Strathairn, Rooney Mara and Ron Perlman, and it’s got the trappings of an incredibly interesting and intense watch.

Nightmare Alley which is based on the 1946 novel by William Lindsay Gresham, and which was filmed in 1947 starring Tyrone Power, is new territory for del Toro, but the director wanted to go back to the source for this project.

“From the beginning, our interest was to go for the novel, but it’s almost impossible to adapt because it has a very kaleidoscopic, very peculiar voice. You would need a six-hour miniseries and shifting points of view, and this and that. We started from the novel, and didn’t want to do a remake as much as a new adaptation.”

The director also confirmed that the project was first brought to his attention back in 1992 by his friend and frequent collaborator Ron Perlman who suggested they work on it together. Always wanting to do a film noir, del Toro found the right subject matter with Nightmare Alley, although the director is very upfront in that he wants to bring something different to the genre.

“Curiously enough, in approaching Nightmare Alley, I said I’m not going to do any of the clichés associated with the genre. I’m not going to do an artifact. I’m not going to do the Venetian blinds, and voiceover, and detectives walking with fedoras in wet streets. I wanted to do the universe of the novel, which is a little gritty, but also strangely magical. It has a very strange, mystical allure— and mythical. I was very attracted to that possibility.”, said del Toro.

del Toro is also looking to invert the expectations of audiences with Nightmare Alley and the genre of film noir and this is clearly seen through Bradley Cooper’s performance as the lead character and ambitious carny Stanton Carlisle. Where normally audiences are used to an alluring and seductive female presence, in Nightmare Alley del Toro is looking to switch that up instead

“Thematically, I’m very interested in exploring the genre from a different point of view,” the director says with a chuckle. “Instead of a femme fatale, I have three very strong female figures and an homme fatale.”

Nightmare Alley is shaping up to be one of 2021’s most intriguing pictures and audiences and film fans will be ready to step into its dark corners when it arrives in cinemas in January 2022.

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Earl Stone (Eastwood), a man in his 80s who is broke, alone and facing foreclosure on his business when he is offered a job that simply requires him to drive. Easy enough, but, unbeknownst to Earl, he’s just signed on as a drug courier for the cartel. He does well – so well, in fact, that his cargo increases exponentially, and Earl is assigned a handler. But he isn’t the only one keeping tabs on Earl; the mysterious new drug mule has also hit the radar of a hard-charging DEA agent (Bradley Cooper). And even as his money problems become a thing of the past, Earl’s past mistakes start to weigh heavily on him, and it’s uncertain if he’ll have time to right those wrongs before law enforcement, or the cartel’s enforcers, catch up to him.

When it comes to cinema there is no set formula for Eastwood and the director is absolutely fearless in his desire to tell any story that interests him. And that’s exactly where The Mule comes in. Based on a remarkable true-crime story of a ninety-year-old man who became a drug mule for the Sinola Cartel to fund his retirement, The Mule is a film that instantly grabs you with its concept and Eastwood really runs with it here.

As a character, Earl Stone is a whole new type of outlaw for Eastwood to play and he really leaves an impression on the audience. Fun loving, rambunctious and a total dude, Earl is a man who is the absolute life of the party, but whose life of constant running has cost him everything that matters in life. Out of desperation, he’s forced back into the run, with the rewards arriving fast and his gregarious personality winning over the hardened cartel soldiers he ends up working for. But while success comes easy in the drug game it’s then that Earl’s conscience really begins to weigh on him as his outlaw status rises and the balance between his good and bad actions begins to tear at his soul.

If I were to describe The Mule in any form I would definitely label it as a ‘sad country song’. While it’s a tale of a reluctant outlaw character who makes one last big gamble there’s a tremendous level of sadness to Earl’s plight and his desire to do the right thing before it all ends. As a portrait of a man who is on his last legs and running out of options, while maintaining a desperate desire to hold onto the past, the metaphorical symbolism of Earl’s life and contemporary American society is definitely not lost on the audience.

While I would class The Mule as a slow burn type of a movie its tension does wrap up quickly and then suddenly moves into breakneck speed as the narrative reaches a fever pitch. As a filmmaker, Eastwood is no stranger to building tension and he really keeps his audience on the edge of their seats as Earl’s easy-going nature begins to wear thin on a dangerously evolving cartel. As Earl’s runs ramp up the risks and rewards grow steeper and things get tense very quickly. Eastwood really pushes his narrative to the extreme and you really grip your seat as it reaches its tipping point and it becomes all too clear that no man can run forever.

As expected, a figure like Eastwood certainly draws a great supporting cast to his projects and here he re-teams with his American Sniper collaborator Bradley Cooper for a great on-screen game of cat and mouse. As hotshot DEA agent Colin Bates, Cooper is slick, smart and clever in his dealings with this dangerous world and he can almost sense at what is at play here. His interactions with Eastwood’s Earl have plenty of weight to them and there’s a deep sense of understanding that resonates between the two men. While Cooper is rapidly coming into his own as a filmmaker and could be considered to be the Eastwood-esque figure of his generation, his presence within The Mule leads to a great performance and helps to elevate the performance of Eastwood and the story that the great director is telling.

No outlaw can run forever and with The Mule Clint Eastwood delivers a moving portrait of one man’s final ride. With its remarkable narrative and a committed and introspective performance from a Hollywood legend, The Mule is a film that demands to be watched and it’ll absolutely hold your attention from beginning to end.

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Musician Jackson Maine (Bradley Cooper) helps a young singer named Alley (Lady Gaga) find fame, even as age and alcoholism send his own career into a downward spiral.

From the moment that the screen flickers to light, A Star Is Born explodes with a thunderous rock rift and you’re pulled into a dynamic rock drama that never lets up for a moment. As a director Bradley Cooper has full control over his film and his passion as a creative artist shines through. With his directorial debut its clear that he wants his audience to be invested in his film and to experience something incredible….and he absolutely delivers here.

Cooper draws you into the ‘play fast, live faster’ world of blockbuster recording artists and he truly takes you behind the music. As an audience member you’re constantly engaged and his smart narrative takes you in a whole range of directions that you won’t see coming, and when the credits do begin to roll you’ll feel your heart beating at an extraordinary pace. Movies don’t get more alive than this.

Along with directing the film Cooper also takes on the role of hard-charging rockstar Jackson Maine who is slowly and almost deliberating beginning to fall into the shadows through progressive hearing loss and some serious substance abuse problems. If I were to use a word to describe Jackson then its definitely authentic. He feels like a real person, with real problems, who is experiencing life at a million miles an hour and who having touched the sun is approaching burnout at an incredibly alarming rate. It’s Cooper’s most intense and honest performance to date and knowing Cooper’s own history, which itself was tinged by deep depression and drug abuse in his early years, you understand that he wants to capture the heartache of that lifestyle when it just becomes too much.

As Jackson Cooper channels a character who is equal parts Neil Young and Kurt Cobain and he really opens up when it comes to the performances. Rocking a vintage Gibson Les Paul guitar, Cooper attacks the neck and slams out his rough blues-inspired grunge that echoes the cords of the 1970s and radiates cool. It’s a rift that gets inside your skin and you feel the electricity that flows through his whole being. Cooper clearly wanted to capture the rockstar spirit up on screen with Jackson and he definitely succeeds.

While Cooper might be directing A Star Is Born the film belongs to Lady Gaga who gives one of the most thought-provoking and beautiful performances that I’ve ever witnessed as a young woman who is struggling to find her voice.

As Alley, a young would-be singer songwriter who has so far not achieved her dreams and is living a life that has destroyed her creative soul you find a character who inspires incredible sympathy. It’s only after a chance encounter with Jackson that her life begins to spin upwards and her journey to the top is like a rocket and its one hell of an exciting journey.

Lady Gaga’s performance is simply extraordinary and she really wipes away any presence of her own self in the role and instead presents the character of Alley completely. While watching the film you don’t see Gaga you see Alley and for any actress that’s an incredibly hard thing to perform. Not so with Lady Gaga here and when she does finally unleash her voice you find yourself completely and totally mesmerized with what unfolds on screen. And along with her voice and performance you completely buy into the love that Alley and Jackson share together and their tumultuous rockstar love affair will rarely spin you around.

Everything comes together with A Star Is Born and watching it you feel that Cooper has been readying himself for this film his entire life and all of the work he’s done before has been in preparation for this cinematic event. The details truly matter in A Star Is Born and everyone involved in the project works to deliver something extraordinary. I have to praise the cinematography of Matthew Libatique who captures the film with a beautiful eye that radiates the unique glam pallet of Alley’s pop star world and the rustic tones of Jackson’s cowboy life.

Every detail in this film is designed to push the narrative further and the film’s incredible score plays a crucial part in this. Singing live both Cooper and Lady Gaga craft some incredible tunes that will become instant classics. With the music you get a vast range from Cooper’s blues tinged rock tracks such as ‘Black Eyes’ and ‘Alibi’ to Lady Gaga’s soul inspired tracks such as ‘Always Remember Us This Way’ and the heartfelt ‘I’ll Never Love Again’. But it’s the film’s signature duet track ‘Shallow’ which will really command your attention and which will leave you completely enchanted.

A Star Is Born is a simply incredible piece of cinema come to life and from beginning to end it will enchant you completely. It’s story is timeless and it is heart-wrenchingly beautiful in its presentation. Experience this masterpiece now and be transformed.

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Based upon the classic 1937 film, which itself has been remade two times, both in 1954 with Judy Garland and James Mason and in 1976 with Barbra Streisand and Kris Kristofferson, Coopers take on the classic story finds him as rough-around-the-edges country singer Jackson Maine who is beginning to falter thanks to serious substance abuse and burnout issues, but who finds love and the possibility of redemption with the talented, but shy singer-songwriter Ally (Lady Gaga).

Cooper appears to have thrown himself into the film and again challenges himself with a tough character and heart-pounding story of dream chasing and what it means to truly find your soulmate. Lady Gaga also steps up to the plate as Ally, a young woman who has lost her place in the world, but who with Jackson at her side just might have the chance of doing something extraordinary.

The production values look incredible on A Star Is Born and as an audience member you can expect some seriously amazing vocals from both Cooper and Gaga who really meld well together and who both shine up on screen.

A Star is Born is definitely for the dreamers out there and your heart is sure to flutter a little bit when this cinematic experience arrives on screen on October 4.

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