Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio, 2022. Directed by Guillermo del Toro and Mark Gustafson. Featuring the voice talents of Gregory Mann, David Bradley, Ewan McGregor, Christoph Waltz, Tilda Swinton, Cate Blanchett, Ron Perlman, Finn Wolfhard, Tim Blake Nelson, John Turturro, and Burn Gorman. SYNOPSIS: During the rise of fascism in Mussolini’s Italy, a wooden boy brought […]
Exclusive Interview – Tori & Lokita directors the Dardennes and leading actress Joely Mbundu
Jasmine Valentine chats with Tori & Lokita directors Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne and leading actress Joely Mbundu… The stories that are the hardest to hear aren’t always the hardest to tell. In their latest film Tori & Lokita, the Dardennes follow two unaccompanied migrant minors in Belgium who are fighting against the odds to settle […]
Movie Review – Christmas Bloody Christmas (2022)
Christmas Bloody Christmas, 2022. Directed by Joe Begos. Starring Riley Dandy, Sam Delich and Abraham Benrubi. SYNOPSIS: A robotic shopping mall Santa Claus comes to life and promptly embarks upon a Christmas Eve killing spree. Christmas and horror are excellent bedfellows, with the forced smiles of the festive season easily twisted into vile grimaces. If […]
Tour the Mushroom Kingdom in first The Super Mario Bros. Movie clip
Coinciding with The Game Awards last night, Illumination has released the first clip from the animated feature adaptation The Super Mario Bros. Movie which sees Toad take Mario on a tour through the Mushroom Kingdom; check it out below… The film features the voice talents of Chris Pratt as Mario, Anya Taylor-Joy as Princess Peach, […]
Movie Review – Emancipation (2022)
Emancipation, 2022. Directed by Antoine Fuqua. Starring Will Smith, Ben Foster, Charmaine Bingwa, Steven Ogg, Gilbert Owuor, Mustafa Shakir, Grant Harvey, Ronnie Gene Blevins, Jayson Warner Smith, Jabbar Lewis, Michael Luwoye, Aaron Moten, Imani Pullum, Paul Ben-Victor, Jesse C. Boyd, David Denman, Jeremiah Friedlander, Jordyn McIntosh, Landon Chase Dubois, Austin Alexander, and Britton Webb. SYNOPSIS: […]
The Mean One director on parodying a Christmas classic with his Grinch horror
The Mean One is a gnarly little independent horror film that puts a spin on Dr. Seuss’ children’s story How the Grinch Stole Christmas! and its movie adaptations. The filmmaker, Steven LaMorte, is opening up to Entertainment Weekly about tackling the parody and explaining how he got away with it without a significant lawsuit. “Well, […]
Exclusive Interview – Composer Chris Bezold on scoring Saban Films’ action-packed Repeater
Find. Kill. Repeat. These are the only words that hitman John Smith lives by in Saban Films’ new action feature Repeater. Available in theaters on December 9th and on demand and digital on December 13th, the film is directed by R. Ellis Frazier from a script he co-wrote with Benjamin Budd. It stars Paul Sidhu, […]
Reese Witherspoon and Alexander Payne to run again for Election sequel Tracy Flick Can’t Win
Paramount Pictures has announced that Alexander Payne is to direct Tracy Flick Can’t Win, a sequel to 1999’s Election, and that his running mate will once again be Reese Witherspoon as the titular go-getting student. Deadline reports that Tracy Flick Can’t Win will be made for Paramount+, and that it is based on Tom Perotta’s […]
Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves poster assembles its party of adventurers
Paramount Pictures and eOne have shared a new poster for the upcoming fantasy adventure Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves, featuring its party of unlikely heroes: Edgin (Chris Pine), Holga (Michelle Rodriguez), Xenk (Regé-Jean Page), Simon (Justice Smith), Doric (Sophia Lillis), and Forge (Hugh Grant); check it out here… A charming thief and a band […]
Viral horror Skinamarink acquired by Shudder for release in January
Shudder has announced that has acquired writer-director Kyle Edward Ball’s festival hit Skinamarink for distribution, and will release the film in theaters this January alongside IFC Midnight. Shot on a budget of just $15,000, the horror went viral on TikTok earlier this year following its premiere at the 26th Fantasia Film Festival in July. Check […]