Back in November of 2001 it was announced that Rob Savage, director of the hit Shudder horror Host, would be directing a feature-film adaptation of the fan-favourite Stephen King short The Boogeyman for the streaming service Hulu. Well, as reported by Deadline, Disney has now had a change of heart and has instead set a […]
2023 Sundance Film Festival Review – The Tuba Thieves
The Tuba Thieves, 2023. Directed by Alison O’Daniel. SYNOPSIS: From 2011 to 2013, tubas were stolen from Los Angeles high schools. This is not a story about thieves or missing tubas. Instead, it asks what it means to listen. From its title alone, d/Deaf filmmaker Alison O’Daniel’s The Tuba Thieves may invite expectations of a thrill-a-minute, […]
Action thriller Among the Beasts gets a trailer and poster
Gravitas Ventures has released a poster and trailer for the upcoming action thriller Among the Beasts. Written and directed by Matthew Newton, the film stars Tory Kittles (Colony, Dragged Across Concrete) as a former Marine who teams up with a gangster’s daughter to rescue her young cousin from kidnappers. Check out the trailer below… When […]
2023 Sundance Film Festival Review – Magazine Dreams
Magazine Dreams, 2023. Written and directed by Elijah Bynum. Starring Jonathan Majors, Haley Bennett, Taylour Paige, Mike O’Hearn, Harrison Page, and Harriet Sansom Harris. SYNOPSIS: A Black amateur bodybuilder struggles to find human connection in this exploration of celebrity and violence. Elijah Bynum (Hot Summer Nights) turns in an assured sophomore feature; a hugely depressing […]
James Cameron’s Avatar: The Way of Water passes $2 billion at the global box office
Although James Cameron has since admitted his comments about Avatar: The Way of Water needing to become “the third or fourth highest-grossing film in history” to break even were on the hyperbolic side, the long-awaited sequel is now fast approaching that landmark having become only the sixth movie ever to cross the $2 billion mark […]
2023 Sundance Film Festival Review – Sometimes I Think About Dying
Sometimes I Think About Dying, 2023. Directed by Rachel Lambert. Starring Daisy Ridley, Dave Merheje, Parvesh Cheena, Marcia Debonis, Meg Stalter, and Brittany O’Grady. SYNOPSIS: Fran, who likes to think about dying, makes the new guy at work laugh, which leads to dating and more. Now the only thing standing in their way is Fran […]
2023 Sundance Film Festival Review – Kim’s Video
Kim’s Video, 2023. Directed by David Redmon and Ashley Sabin. SYNOPSIS: Playing with the forms and tropes of various cinema genres, the filmmaker sets off on a quest to find a legendary lost video collection of 55,000 movies in Sicily. It’s hardly a startling revelation that streaming killed the rental store, but following a glut […]
Olivia Cooke to lead nun horror Visitation
House of the Dragon star Olivia Cooke has signed on to lead the cast of Visitation, a horror film from director Nicolas Pesce (The Eyes of My Mother, Piercing). Based on an award-winning script by first-time feature writer Helen Gaughran, the film follows Maria, a 14-year-old girl “who is sent away to live with Catholic […]
Liam Neeson hopes to shoot The Naked Gun reboot in the summer
Back in January 2021 it was announced that Liam Neeson was circling a reboot of the classic Leslie Nielsen spoof The Naked Gun for Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane, before the project was granted the official green light this past October by Paramount. Now, during an interview with Collider to promote his 100th career film Marlowe […]
Mia Goth in Pearl and why it needs to break the Oscars Horror curse
EJ Moreno dives into Pearl’s unlikely journey to the Academy Awards… “It has to be me.” While sitting in on her big audition, Pearl repeats, “It has to be me.” We are seeing a young woman’s drive and hunger for fame push her to do anything to achieve it. While our sweet Pearl doesn’t land […]
