Harrison Abbott chats with VFX supervisor Shawn Hillier… A costly collab between HBO, BBC Studios, New Line Cinema, and Bad Wolf: His Dark Materials has a lot of resources propping it up. So, as you would expect, the production value on this Philip Pullman adaptation is absolutely top-notch – boasting ornate sets, lavish costume-design and […]
Exclusive Interview – It Chapter Two Make-up Designer Sean Sampson on creating Pennywise, Spider-Heads, and those Fortune Cookie Demons
Harrison Abbott chats with It Chapter Two make-up designer Sean Sampson… It Chapter Two might not have quite recaptured the magic of its predecessor, at least as far box-office and critical reviews were concerned, but one aspect of the film that could not be faulted were its excellent practical effects. From the gory child corpses, to […]
Movie Review – Blood Myth (2019)
Blood Myth, 2019. Directed by Sean Brown and Luke Gosling Starring Jonathan McClean, Anna Dawson, Hannah Chalmers and Matt Ray Brown. SYNOPSIS: A journalist desperately tries to find his missing fiancee and finally uncover the truth behind a sinister folklore, leading him down a dangerous road of discovery. When producers asked Aaron Sorkin to trim […]
Movie Review – Terminator: Dark Fate (2019)
Terminator: Dark Fate, 2019. Directed by Tim Miller. Starring Mackenzie Davis, Linda Hamilton, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Natalia Reyes, Diego Boneta and Gabriel Luna. SYNOPSIS: More than two decades have passed since Sarah Conner (Linda Hamilton) rewrote the future and seemingly put a stop to Judgement Day once and for all. In this alternate timeline, a young […]
Exclusive Interview – Mackenzie Davis on Terminator: Dark Fate, her ”outrageous” body coordination and watching yourself in IMAX
Harrison Abbott chats with Terminator: Dark Fate star Mackenzie Davis… Rounding off the junket interviews for Terminator: Dark Fate is our chat with Mackenzie Davis, who plays the time-traveling Grace. Much like Kyle Reese in the franchise progenitor, Grace is sent back from a desolate future in order to rescue a potential savior of mankind […]
Exclusive Interview – Natalia Reyes on Terminator: Dark Fate, its Mexican setting and auditioning with Linda Hamilton
Harrison Abbott chats with Terminator: Dark Fate star Natalia Reyes… Based on the early Twitter reactions, it would seem that a positive consensus is starting to form around Terminator: Dark Fate, with the reboot-quel being likened to the Force Awakens on more than one occasion. The comparison is certainly an apt one, as the new […]
Exclusive Interview – Gabriel Luna on Terminator: Dark Fate, training with Arnie and the struggles of not blinking
Harrison Abbott chats with Terminator: Dark Fate star Gabriel Luna… Touted as an overdue comeback for the seminal action franchise, Terminator: Dark Fate will soon be hitting theatres across the globe. And right from the off, it seems to have all the requisite ingredients for a course correction. Not only does it feature the iconic […]
Exclusive Interview – Billy Senese on The Dead Center
Harrison Abbott chats with The Dead Center director Billy Senese… Recently we interviewed Jeremy Childs, star of festival favourite The Dead Center. As a quick reminder, the psychological thriller tells the story of Daniel Forrester, an emergency psychiatrist (played by Primer director Shane Curruth) who admits a violent amnesiac, known only as John Doe, into […]
Exclusive Interview – Jeremy Childs on The Dead Center
Harrison Abbott chats with The Dead Center star Jeremy Childs… Having toured the festival circuit for months, Billy Senese’s The Dead Center will soon be embarking on a limited theatrical release, before making its way onto VOD and physical media. The slow-burn horror tells the story of Daniel Forrester, an emergency psychiatrist (played by Primer […]
Exclusive Interview – Visual Effects Producer Alejandro Diego von Dorrer on Godzilla: King of the Monsters
Harrison Abbott chats with Visual Effects Producer Alejandro Diego von Dorrer… An industrious entrepreneur, Alejandro Diego von Dorrer has embarked on storied career that’s taken him from software distribution, to marketing and eventually special effects. He has a keen eye for recognising gaps in the market (his company actually introduced Adobe into Mexico) and has […]