Jurassic Punk, 2022. Directed by Scott Leberecht. Starring Steve “Spaz” Williams, Phil Tippett, Robert Patrick, Jamie Hyneman, Mark Dippe, Scott Ross, Stefen Fangmeier, Bill Kimberlin, John Schlag, and Jody Duncan. SYNOPSIS: Steve “Spaz” Williams is a pioneer in computer animation. His digital dinosaurs for Jurassic Park transformed Hollywood in 1993, but an appetite for anarchy and reckless […]
Chicago Film Critics Association give The Banshees of Inisherin 4 awards including Best Feckin Picture
As most of you wonderful regular readers know, I am a voting member of the Chicago Film Critics Association, an organization filled with distinct voices and incredible people. The existential sci-fi familial drama comedy Everything Everywhere All at Once led the pack with twelve nominations (a record for the group that should prove difficult to […]
New trailer for Women Talking starring Rooney Mara, Claire Foy, Jessie Buckley and Frances McDormand
MGM has released a poster and trailer for writer-director Sarah Polley’s critically-acclaimed drama Women Talking. Based on Miriam Toews’ book of the same name, the film centres on a group of women from a remote Mennonite community as they struggle to reconcile with the brutal reality of their faith, and grapple with the decision of […]
James Gunn addresses Superman’s future and Henry Cavill rumours
James Gunn took to Twitter to celebrate 44 years of Richard Donner’s Superman: The Movie this past weekend while shading some nagging Superman rumors. The past week has been quite interesting for DC, as the new era for the studio kicked off with some wild news. There was the cancellation of Patty Jenkins’ Wonder Woman […]
Winnie the Pooh prequel movie and TV series in development
Filmmakers have continued venturing into Hundred Acre Wood to bring us melancholy dramas (Christopher Robin), an A.A. Milne biography (Goodbye Christopher Robin), and even a forthcoming R-rated horror (Blood & Honey), but now it looks as though we’re going to be returning to the recognisably wholesome world of Winnie the Pooh with the news that […]
Movie Review – Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths (2022)
Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths, 2022. Directed by Alejandro G. Iñárritu. Starring Daniel Giménez Cacho, Griselda Siciliani, Ximena Lamadrid, and Iker Sanchez Solano. SYNOPSIS: A renowned Mexican journalist and documentary filmmaker returns home and works through an existential crisis as he grapples with his identity, familial relationships, and the folly of his […]
Video Review – Avatar: The Way of Water is a beautiful mess
EJ Moreno with a video review of Avatar: The Way of Water… James Cameron’s Avatar: The Way of Water is the film version of that beautiful person with no personality. Avatar 2 tries to say and do a lot but comes off as a striking shell for a lackluster core. The spectacle is there, and […]
Adam Driver battles dinosaurs in trailer for sci-fi 65
Sony Pictures has released the trailer for their forthcoming sci-fi monster movie 65. From Scott Beck and Bryan Woods, the co-writers of A Quiet Place, and produced by Sam Raimi, 65 stars Adam Driver as an astronaut who crash lands on a mysterious planet, only to discover that he’s back on Earth – albeit 65 […]
Blonde director Andrew Dominik was surprised by the American backlash to the film
Blonde seemingly came and went this award season. The Ana de Armas-led Marilyn Monroe movie was a controversial film upon release by Netflix, and the reaction quickly fizzled out any chances Blonde had at the major awards. The filmmaker behind the piece, Andrew Dominik, now explored his feelings on the reaction to Blonde. During an […]
Movie Review – Gone in the Night (2022)
Gone in the Night, 2022. Co-written and Directed by Eli Horowitz. Starring Winona Ryder, Dermot Mulroney, John Gallagher Jr, Owen Teague, and Brianne Tju. SYNOPSIS: Upon arriving at a remote cabin in the redwoods, Kath and her boyfriend find a mysterious younger couple already there. A seemingly typical cabin-in-the-woods romp becomes something different both for […]
