Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie, 2023.Directed by Davis Guggenheim. Starring Michael J. Fox.SYNOPSIS:Follows the life of beloved actor and advocate Michael J. Fox, exploring his personal and professional triumphs and travails, and what happens when an incurable optimist confronts an incurable disease.It’s incredibly rare for an actor who has stepped back from public view […]
Disney shifts Stephen King adaptation The Boogeyman from Hulu to theatrical
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 June […]
2023 Sundance Film Festival Review – Fair Play
Fair Play, 2023.Written and directed by Chloe Domont. Starring Phoebe Dynevor, Alden Ehrenreich, and Eddie Marsan.SYNOPSIS:An unexpected promotion at a cutthroat hedge fund pushes a young couple’s relationship to the brink, threatening to unravel far more than their recent engagement.Guaranteed to be one of the most talked-about films from this year’s Sundance, writer-director Chloe Domont’s […]
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 a gangster’s […]
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, stranger-than-fiction documentary about a […]
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 but utterly transfixing drama […]
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 – 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 of documentaries endlessly pining […]
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 nuns […]
2023 Sundance Film Festival Review – Talk to Me
Talk to Me, 2022.Written and directed by Danny and Michael Philippou. Starring Sophie Wilde, Miranda Otto, Alexandra Jensen, Joe Bird, Otis Dhanji, and Zoe Terakes.SYNOPSIS:When a group of friends discover how to conjure spirits using an embalmed hand, they become hooked on the new thrill, until one of them goes too far and opens the […]
