The Eyes of My Mother, 2016. Written and Directed by Nicolas Pesce. Starring Kika Magalhães, Olivia Bond, Diana Agostini, and Paul Nazak. SYNOPSIS: A young, lonely woman is consumed by her deepest and darkest desires after tragedy strikes her quiet country life. You can’t but applaud director Nicolas Pesce for lack of vision. His streamlined feature […]
East Loves West: The ever growing Chinese interest in Hollywood
Tom Jolliffe on the ever-growing Chinese interest in Hollywood… It used to be that the success or failure of a Hollywood film rested on its domestic box office results. In fact success or failure was often established by the time the opening weekend results had come in, and even further you could say by the […]
Supergirl Season 2 Episode 16 Review – ‘Star-Crossed’
Martin Carr reviews the sixteenth episode of Supergirl season 2… Back after a two week hiatus Supergirl combines art theft, intergalactic family feuds and lovelorn relationship issues in grand style. Guest starring Teri (Lois Lane) Hatcher as one part of the Daxam royal entourage, we get a non-threatening Airforce One frigate parked within Earth’s atmosphere […]
Lacie launches #PushPlay competition to discover the best undiscovered filmmaking talent
The rise of social media and video production sites such as YouTube, along with easier access to film making technology and software, has led to a rise in creative talent. Storytelling is a remarkable craft and LaCie wants to help discover the best talent within the creative professional industry. Launching today, LaCie’s #PushPlay competition gives […]
DVD Review – Zombie Lake (1981)
Zombie Lake, 1981. Directed by Jean Rollin. Starring Howard Vernon, Pierre-Marie Escourrou, Anouchka, Antonio Mayans, and Lynn Monteil. SYNOPSIS: A French village becomes overrun with Nazi soldiers killed in World War II who have returned as zombies. The launch title for new label Black House Films, 1981’s Zombie Lake is considered something of a classic […]
Future Star Wars movies won’t rely on legacy characters and story elements
We’re two films into the Disney Star Wars canon, and while both Star Wars: The Force Awakens and Rogue One: A Star Wars Story have went down well with the majority of fans and critics – and earned a fortune at the box office – there has been some criticism that the movies are relying […]
Interview – Beauty and the Beast star Luke Evans
Amon Warmann chats with Beauty and the Beast star Luke Evans… While ‘Tale as Old as Time’ may be the most well-known song in Beauty and the Beast, the musical number for the Gaston is arguably even more beloved. Finding an actor who could not only do justice to that iconic song but also embody […]
Star Wars Identities – The Exhibition @ The O2 London Review
Thomas Harris reviews Star Wars Identities – The Exhibition at the O2… The 02 Arena, somewhat appropriately, looks a hell of a lot like a monolithic spacecraft descended upon Greenwich. With it’s protruding antennae and it’s vast almost cityscape-come-Brazil-capitalist-hell hole underbelly, it’s an appropriate fit for an exhibition celebrating all things Star Wars. Past restaurants, an […]
John Krasinski and Emily Blunt head to A Quiet Place
Husband and wife duo of John Krasinski and Emily Blunt have signed on to star in the Paramount and Platinum Dunes project A Quiet Place, which Krasinski will also write and direct. Deadline reports that the story for A Quiet Place is being kept tightly under wraps, but is based on a spec script from […]
Paramount snaps up sci-fi spec script Infinite
According to Deadline, Paramount Pictures has picked up Ian Shorr’s sci-fi spec script Infinite, tapping Lorenzo Di Bonaventura and Mark Vahradian to produce the project. The site describes Infinite as “an ambitious sci-fi in the vein of Wanted meets The Matrix”; based on an unpublished novel by D. Eric Maikranz, it follows “a schizophrenic who […]
