Parallel Mothers, 2021.Written and Directed by Pedro Almodóvar. Starring Penélope Cruz, Milena Smit, Israel Elejalde, Aitana Sánchez-Gijón, Rossy de Palma, Daniela Santiago, Julieta Serrano, Ainhoa Santamaría, Adelfa Calvo, and Aitana Sánchez-Gijón.SYNOPSIS:Two unmarried women who have become pregnant by accident and are about to give birth meet in a hospital room: Janis, middle-aged, unrepentant and happy; […]
Kathryn Bigelow to direct Aurora for Netflix
Oscar-winning filmmaker Kathryn Bigelow looks set to get back behind the camera for the first time since 2017’s Detroit, with THR reporting that Netflix has tapped the director for an adaptation of Aurora, the upcoming novel from screenwriter David Koepp (Jurassic Park, Spider-Man).The novel is described as exploring the collapse of social order against a […]
Medicom’s Zack Snyder’s Justice League Cyborg figure available to pre-order now
Medicom has revealed its new Cyborg collectible figure which is based on the likeness of Ray Fisher from Zack Snyder’s Justice League. The figure is available to pre-order now from Sideshow, priced at $99; check out the promotional images here…Sideshow and Medicom present Cyborg (Zack Snyder’s Justice League Version) Collectible Figure! This figure stands approximately […]
Movie Review – Catch the Fair One (2022)
Catch the Fair One, 2022.Written and Directed by Josef Kubota Wladyka. Starring Kali Reis, Mainaku Borrero, Daniel Henshall, Michael Drayer, Kevin Dunn, Lisa Emery, Kimberly Guerrero, Jonathan Kowalsky, Gerald Webb, Tiffany Chu, Isabelle Chester, and Wesley Leung.SYNOPSIS:A former champion boxer embarks on the fight of her life when she goes in search of her missing […]
Morbius overcomes bad reviews with $84 million global opening
Looking at the critical score on Rotten Tomatoes for Morbius, you wouldn’t expect a solid opening weekend at the cinemas. But a glance at the audience score will tell you that Morbius has found its audience.Yes, the much-maligned Sony Marvel movie has secured a $39.1 million opening weekend at the domestic box office. Many expected […]
New footage revealed in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness promo
With tickets set to go on sale this coming Wednesday, Marvel Studios has released a new promo for the next instalment in the MCU, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, which offers a look at more new footage of Doctor Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch), Scarlet Witch, (Elizabeth Olsen), Wong (Benedict Wong) and Mordo (Chiwetel Ejiofor) […]
Samuel L. Jackson and Uma Thurman set for The Kill Room
Pulp Fiction co-stars Samuel L. Jackson and Uma Thurman have signed on for The Kill Room, a dark comedy thriller from director Nicol Paone (Friendsgiving).As per THR, the film will follow “a hitman, his boss (Jackson), an art dealer (Thurman) and a money-laundering scheme that accidentally turns the assassin into an overnight avant-garde sensation, one […]
Blu-ray Review – Superhost (2021)
Superhost, 2021.Directed by Brandon Christensen. Starring Sara Canning, Osric Chau, Gracie Gillam, and Barbara Crampton.SYNOPSIS:A pair of travel vloggers stay at an isolated house to make a video for their ailing channel, helped along by an owner very keen to get a good review.Everybody wants to be liked, and for a certain generation of people […]
The Cinematic DNA of The Batman
Tom Jolliffe looks at Matt Reeves’ The Batman, and the movie influences littered within…So The Batman has settled itself in cinemas across the world. The box office coffers are merrily heaving and the industry itself is given a much needed extra shot of adrenaline to keep death from its door. The verdicts have largely settled […]
Rachel Zegler to lead voice cast of Apple and Skydance’s Spellbound
Rachel Zegler (West Side Story) will lead the voice cast of Spellbound, an animated musical from Apple Original Films and Skydance.Zegler will play Princess Ellian, a “tenacious princess who must go on a daring quest to save her family and kingdom after a mysterious spell transforms her parents into monsters and threatens to cover Lumbria in […]
