Tom Jolliffe takes a look at directors following in their parents’ footsteps… Undoubtedly the influence of your parents plays a big part in shaping you as a person. In the almost surreal world of cinema and movie-making, there will be a kind of magical allure at the power a film director can wield. Offspring of […]
Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark at 40
On its 40th anniversary, Tom Jolliffe looks back at Raiders of the Lost Ark and its genre defining legacy… Steven Spielberg was well and truly announced by the the beginning of the 80’s. A number of successful features in and he was on a roll. Jaws became a pop cultural phenomenon and really was a […]
Taylor Russell gets peckish in not-for-the-squeamish Bones and All clip
If you want to get a taste of what to expect from Luca Guadagnino’s dreamy cannibal love-story, Bones And All, then you can read our ★★★ review, or you can check out this gruesome three-minute apéritif that MGM have dropped for your viewing displeasure. The clip features Taylor Russell’s Maren sneaking out to a sleepover, […]
Broken Lizard’s Quasi sets 2023 release date
Broken Lizard is back and venturing into the fantasy genre. The comedy troupe will helm Quasi, a satirical take on The Hunchback of Notre Dame, originally a French Gothic novel by Victor Hugo from 1831. The story will reportedly follow “a hapless hunchback who only yearns for love but finds himself in the middle of […]
Jenna Ortega hopes Neve Campbell’s Scream 6 absence won’t be an issue thanks to all the action and gore
After relaunching the franchise to much success earlier this year, Radio Silence filmmakers Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett are back for a sixth entry in the Scream franchise – although they are doing so without the series’ final girl after Neve Campbell turned down the opportunity to return as Sidney Prescott after failed contract negotiations. […]
Movie Review – Voyagers (2021)
Voyagers, 2021. Written and Directed by Neil Burger. Starring Lily-Rose Depp, Tye Sheridan, Fionn Whitehead, Colin Farrell, Lou Llobell, Viveik Kalra, Archie Madekwe, Chanté Adams, Madison Hu, Quintessa Swindell, Veronica Falcón, Wern Lee, Reda Elazouar, and Isaac Hempstead-Wright SYNOPSIS: A crew of astronauts on a multi-generational mission descend into paranoia and madness, not knowing what […]
Movie Review – Here Before (2021)
Here Before. 2021 Written and Directed by Stacey Gregg. Starring Andrea Riseborough, Martin McCann, Jonjo O’Neill, Eileen O’Higgins, Louise Mathews, Niamh Dornan, and Lewis McAskie. SYNOPSIS: When a new family moves in next door to Laura and her family, their young daughter, Megan, quickly captivates her, stirring up painful memories of her own daughter, Josie, […]
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever worldwide box office opens with $330 million
We knew the much-anticipated sequel to Black Panther would do well, but the opening weekend for Wakanda Forever proves this franchise is a global force. Black Panther: Wakanda Forever brought in significant numbers, shaking up a sleeping box office that desperately needed a hit. Domestically, the film opened to $180 million, making it the biggest […]
Steven Spielberg shares frustrations over day-and-date releases and rise of streaming
Steven Spielberg tells The New York Times the business of making films has almost changed too much since the pandemic began. “The pandemic created an opportunity for streaming platforms to raise their subscriptions to record-breaking levels and also throw some of my best filmmaker friends under the bus as their movies were unceremoniously not given […]
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, Íker Sánchez Solano, Grantham Coleman, Andrés Almeida, Omar Leyva, Edison Ruiz, Mar Carrera, Grace Shen, Daniel Damuzi, Misha Arias De La Cantolla, and Jorge Gidi. SYNOPSIS: An acclaimed journalist-turned-documentarian goes on an oneiric […]
