Max Barbakow’s Palm Springs was one of the outstanding films of 2020, and he’s set to follow it up with a body-swap comedy starring the blockbuster pairing of Jennifer Aniston and Julia Roberts. According to Deadline Amazon Studios won a four-way battle for the rights to Barbakow’s untitled pitch, which will be produced by LuckyChap […]
Movie Review – Eight for Silver (2021)
Eight for Silver, 2021. Written and directed by Sean Ellis. Starring Boyd Holbrook, Kelly Reilly, Alistair Petrie, Roxane Duran, and Áine Rose Daly. SYNOPSIS: In rural 19th-century France, a mysterious, possibly supernatural menace threatens a small village. John McBride, a pathologist, comes to town to investigate the danger – and exorcise some of his own demons […]
Avatar 2 sails to seventh week at the top, while Infinity Pool drowns with $2.7m
Unopposed, Avatar: The Way of Water cruised passed $620 million at the domestic box office this weekend, and in the process became the fourth-highest grossing movie of all time with $2.117 billion globally. On Friday James Cameron’s behemoth overtook Star Wars: The Force Awakens ($2.071 billion) to sit behind only it’s predecessor Avatar ($2.92 billion), […]
Kevin Feige address how he avoids “superhero fatigue” with over 7 MCU releases a year
With Marvel releasing so many films and shows a year, it’s easy to assume fans will get tired of all the comic book madness. But the man behind Marvel Studios feels like the stories are so good that fans will keep tuning in. In an interview with The Movie Business Podcast, Marvel Studios President and […]
The beast is back in trailer for Medusa’s Venom
Devilworks has released a poster and trailer for Medusa’s Venom, the upcoming sequel to the 2021 horror Medusa. Directed by Chase Martins, the film follows newcomer Lola (Becca Hirani) as she endures a powerful ritual after she is invited into Medusa’s circle. Medusa’s Venom tells the story of newcomer Lola, who is welcomed into […]
The Essential Video Game Adaptations
Olly Dyche on the essential video game adaptations… Video game adaptations have notoriously garnered a reputation of being fairly awful, with the likes of Doom, Super Mario Bros., Mortal Kombat: Annihilation and House the Dead being great examples. However, within the fold of poor video game adaptations there have also been some good – and […]
Movie Review – When It Melts (2023)
When It Melts, 2023. Directed by Veerle Baetens. Starring Charlotte De Bruyne, Rosa Marchant, Sebastien Dewaele, Naomi Vellisariou, Amber Metdepenningen, Anthony Vyt, Matthijs Meertens, Charlotte Van Der Eecken, Femke Van Der Steen, Simon Van Buyten, Olga Leyers, and Spencer Bogaert. SYNOPSIS: Many years after a sweltering summer that spun out of control, Eva returns to […]
2023 Sundance Film Festival Review – Shortcomings
Shortcomings, 2023. Directed by Randall Park. Starring Justin H. Min, Sherry Cola, Ally Maki, Debby Ryan, Tavi Gevinson, Sonoya Mizuno, Jacob Batalon, and Timothy Simons. SYNOPSIS: Follows a trio of young Bay Area urbanites – Ben Tanaka, Miko Hayashi, and Alice Kim – as they navigate a range of interpersonal relationships, traversing the country in […]
Netflix’s We Have a Ghost gets a poster, trailer and images
Netflix has debuted the first trailer, poster and images for the upcoming comedy horror We Have a Ghost. Written and directed by Christopher Landon (Freaky), the film stars Anthony Mackie as Kevin, a man who finds his family become an overnight social media sensation when they discover their new home is haunted by a friendly […]
Netflix psychological thriller The Strays gets first trailer and images
Netflix has released a trailer and images for The Strays, the British psychological thriller from writer-director Nathaniel Martello-White. The film centres on Neve (Ashley Madekwe), a deputy head teacher who finds her carefully crafted life turned upside down when two shadowy figures from her past turn up in here idyllic country town. Watch the trailer […]
