Thomas Harris chats with Raw director Julia Ducournau… There’s currently an unprecedented buzz around Julia Ducournau’s feminist, cannibal-come-coming-of-age horror, Raw. It helps in part that during its debut screening at Toronto film festival last year, it was met by audience members fainting, vomiting and a collective sea of shock gasps. Rather proudly, I was not one […]
DVD Review – Caltiki, The Immortal Monster (1959)
Caltiki, The Immortal Monster, 1959. Directed by Riccardo Freda & Mario Bava. Starring John Merivale, Didi Sullivan, Gérard Herter, Giacomo Rossi Stuart, Gail Pearl, and Daniela Rocca. SYNOPSIS: A group of scientists investigating the disappearance of an ancient Mayan civilisation discover a remnant of an alien species that infects one of their crew. Caltiki, The […]
Brie Larson discusses her take on Captain Marvel
During an interview with SciFi Now (via Reddit), Oscar-winner Brie Larson has been speaking about her upcoming role as Captain Marvel in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, discussing her interpretation of Carol Danvers and the character’s motivations and abilities. “To be fair, there are a lot of iterations of her, so there’s going to be some […]
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story was originally conceived as an idea for TV
During an interview with Comic Book Resources to promote the home entertainment release of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, ILM’s John Knoll has revealed that he originally conceived the idea as a potential pitch for an episode of Star Wars: Underworld, the live-action Star Wars TV project that was in development at Lucasfilm following the […]
Rumoured details on a Star Wars: The Last Jedi battle sequence
After offering some details on Kylo Ren’s updated costume and Benicio del Toro’s mystery character, the folks at Making Star Wars are back with more Star Wars: The Last Jedi news, this time offering up some details regarding a battle on a previously unseen world. According to the site, the Resistance has a base on […]
Assassin’s Creed director set for WWII revenge thriller Ruin
It looks like Assassin’s Creed director Justin Kurzel may have found his next project, with The Tracking Board reporting that the Australian filmmaker is attached to Ruin, a gritty revenge thriller from writers Ryan and Matt Firpo. According to the site, the film follows “a nameless ex-Nazi captain who navigates the ruins of post-WWII Germany […]
Movie Review – I Am Not Your Negro (2016)
I Am Not Your Negro, 2016. Directed by Raoul Peck. Narrated by Samuel L. Jackson. SYNOPSIS: Director Raoul Peck envisions the book James Baldwin never finished – a radical narration about race in America, using the writer’s original words. He draws upon James Baldwin’s notes on the lives and assassinations of Medgar Evers, Malcolm X, […]
Movie Review – Raw (2016)
Raw, 2016. Written and Directed by Julia Ducournau. Starring Garance Marillier, Ella Rumpf, Rabah Nait Oufella, Laurent Lucas, Joana Preiss, Bouli Lanners, Marion Vernoux, and Jean-Louis Sbille. SYNOPSIS: When a young vegetarian undergoes a carnivorous hazing ritual at vet school, an unbidden taste for meat begins to grow in her. A coming-of-age cannibal movie could […]
TV and feature film adaptation of fantasy series Xanth in development
Variety is reporting that development is underway on a feature film and TV series based upon Piers Anthony’s fantasy book series Xanth, which is being produced by Steven Paul’s SP Entertainment Group. Launching in 1977 with the first book A Spell for Chameleon, the Xanth series takes place in an enchanted realm occupied by humans, […]
Movie Review – Mad to Be Normal (2017)
Mad to Be Normal, 2017. Written and Directed by Robert Mullan. Starring David Tennant, Elisabeth Moss, Michael Gambon, Gabriel Byrne, and David Bamber. SYNOPSIS: Mad To Be Normal tells the story of world-renowned Scottish psychiatrist RD Laing and his unique community at Kingsley Hall, East London, during the 1960’s. Robert Mullan’s Mad to Be Normal, […]
