Critics of film and television came together to honor the very best in entertainment with the 27th annual Critics Choice Awards. The award show took place on Sunday evening with a joint production based in Beverly Hills with another group in London following the BAFTAS.Both of the shows shared a few winners like Jane Campion, […]
2022 SXSW Film Festival Review – The Unknown Country
The Unknown Country, 2022.Written and Directed by Morrisa Maltz. Starring Lily Gladstone, Raymond Lee, Richard Ray Whitman, Lainey Bearkiller Shangreaux, Devin Shangreaux, Jasmine “Jazzy” Bearkiller Shangreaux, Pam Richter, Dale Leander Toller, Florence R. Perrin, and Scott Stampe.SYNOPSIS:An invitation to reunite with her estranged Oglala Lakota family launches a grieving young woman on an unexpected road […]
SXSW Film Festival 2022 Review – Master
Master, 2022.Written and Directed by Mariama Diallo. Starring Regina Hall, Zoe Renee, Amber Gray, Talia Ryder, Talia Balsam, Ella Hunt, Noa Fisher, Kara Young, Bruce Altman, Jennifer Dundas, Joel de la Fuente, and Anna Van Patten.SYNOPSIS:Two African American women begin to share disturbing experiences at a predominantly white college in New England.It’s tough to call […]
R.I.P. William Hurt (1950 – 2022)
Some sad news this evening as it has been announced that Oscar-winning American actor William Hurt has passed away of natural causes, aged 71.A graduate of the Juilliard School, Hurt began his career on stage in the 1970s before making his feature film debut in 1980 with Ken Russell’s Altered States, receiving a Golden Globe […]
SXSW Film Festival 2022 Review – The Prank
The Prank, 2022.Directed by Maureen Bharoocha. Starring Rita Moreno, Kate Flannery, Connor Kalopsis, Ramona Young, Keith David, Meredith Salenger, Jonathan Kimmel, Nathan Janak, Betsy Sodaro, and Romel de Silva.SYNOPSIS:Ben and his slacker friend, Tanner play a prank on their high school physics professor. When she fails them on a test, they teach the demanding instructor […]
SXSW Film Festival 2022 Review – To Leslie
To Leslie, 2022.Directed by Michael Morris. Starring Andrea Riseborough, Allison Janney, Stephen Root, Derek Phillips, Matt Lauria, Owen Teague, Andre Royo, Chris Coy, Marc Maron, Mac Brandt, and James Landry Hébert.SYNOPSIS:Inspired by true events. A West Texas single mother wins the lottery and squanders it just as fast, leaving behind a world of heartbreak. Years […]
Blu-ray Review – Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (1983)
Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence, 1983.Directed by Nagisa Ōshima. Starring David Bowie, Tom Conti, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Takeshi Kitano, and Jack Thompson.SYNOPSIS:Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence, starring the sadly departed David Bowie, arrives on a Region B Blu-ray from Australia’s Umbrella Entertainment. The disc includes a small batch of bonus features and is locked to Region B, so […]
Creature horror Reed’s Point gets a trailer, poster and images
Ahead of its release this April, Uncork’d Entertainment has shared a trailer, post and images for director Dale Fabrigar’s upcoming creature feature Reed’s Point which follows a couple who return to the New Jersey Pine Barrens a year after they survived an RV crash, only to find themselves stuck in the woods and terrorised by […]
Rob Zombie’s The Munsters adds Elvira, will be PG rated
As filming continues on his feature film reboot of The Munsters, Rob Zombie has taken to social media to announce that The Mistress of the Dark is heading to Mockingbird Heights, with Zombie revealing on his Instagram that Cassandra Peterson – a.k.a. horror hostess Elvira – is set to appear in the role of real […]
Michael Giacchino to direct Marvel’s Werewolf By Night
Fresh from scoring The Batman, it seems that Michael Giacchino is swapping the recording studio for the director’s chair on his next project, with The Wrap reporting that the Oscar-winning composer is set to direct Marvel Studios’ upcoming Disney+ Halloween special Werewolf By Night.Giacchino already has a well-established relationship with Marvel, having scored Doctor Strange, […]
