The winners of the 37th annual Film Independent Spirit Awards were announced in Hollywood on Sunday, with Maggie Gyllenhaal’s feature directorial debut The Lost Daughter taking home the top honour, adding the Best Feature award to Gyllenhaal’s two wins for Best Director and Best Screenplay.Other winners from the ceremony included Simon Rex (Red Rocket) and […]
The Batman’s GCPD HBO Max spin-off has “evolved” to focus on Arkham Asylum
With The Batman dominating the box office this weekend, all eyes are on the future for director Matt Reeves’ new franchise. While an HBO Max spin-off series is still in development, the focus has now evolved from it being centred on the Gotham City Police Department to Arkham Asylum, the prison that holds many of Batman’s most […]
Movie Review – The Catcher Was a Spy (2018)
The Catcher Was a Spy, 2018.Directed by Ben Lewin. Starring Paul Rudd, Jeff Daniels, Mark Strong, Sienna Miller, Guy Pearce, Paul Giamatti, Hiroyuki Sanada, Connie Nielsen, Shea Whigham, Giancarlo Giannini, Pierfrancesco Favino, William Hope, and Tom Wilkinson.SYNOPSIS:A major league baseball player, Moe Berg, lives a double life working for the Office of Strategic Services.As a […]
Movie Review – Titane (2021)
Titane, 2021.Directed by Julia Ducournau. Starring Vincent Lindon, Agathe Rousselle, Garance Marillier, Laïs Salameh, Mara Cissé, Marin Judas, Diong-Kéba Tacu, Myriem Akeddiou, Bertrand Bonello, Céline Carrère, and Adèle Guigue.SYNOPSIS:Following a series of unexplained crimes, a father is reunited with the son who has been missing for 10 years. Titane: A metal highly resistant to heat […]
Netflix launches trailer for Richard Linklater’s Apollo 10 ½: A Space Age Childhood
Employing the same rotoscoping techniques used on his 2006 Philip K. Dick adaptation A Scanner Darkly, Richard Linklater returns with Apollo 10 ½: A Space Age Childhood, which tells the story of the first moon landing in 1969 from two different perspectives – the astronaut and mission control, and through the eyes of a boy […]
DC League of Super-Pets trailer introduces Keanu Reeves’ Batman
Warner Bros. has released a new trailer for the upcoming animated feature DC League of Super-Pets which offers a first look at Keanu Reeves’ Batman as he bonds with his new canine sidekick Ace; check it out here…In “DC League of Super-Pets,” Krypto the Super-Dog and Superman are inseparable best friends, sharing the same superpowers […]
4K Ultra HD Review – Escape From L.A. (1996)
Escape From L.A., 1996.Directed by John Carpenter. Starring Kurt Russell, Stacy Keach, Steve Buscemi, Peter Fonda, Georges Corraface, Cliff Robertson, and Pam Grier.SYNOPSIS:Escape From L.A. makes its 4K debut in an edition that’s lacking an accompanying Blu-ray, although there is a code for a digital copy. Unfortunately, the film’s trailer is the only bonus feature. […]
New images from Brad Pitt action thriller Bullet Train
Following on from last week’s first trailer, Sony Pictures has released a batch of images from David Leitch’s upcoming action thriller Bullet Train which features Brad Pitt alongside co-stars, Joey King, Brian Tyree Henry, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Bad Bunny, and Hiroyuki Sanada; take a look here…Based on the novel “Maria Beetle” by Kōtarō Isaka, Bullet Train […]
Movie Review – Blue Bayou (2021)
Blue Bayou, 2021.Written and Directed by Justin Chon. Starring Justin Chon, Alicia Vikander, Mark O’Brien, Linh Đan Phạm, Emory Cohen, Sydney Kowalske, Vondie Curtis-Hall, Brad Blanchard, Martin Bats Bradford, and Geraldine Singer.SYNOPSIS:As a Korean-American man raised in the Louisiana bayou works hard to make a life for his family, he must confront the ghosts of […]
Jonathan Groff and Ben Aldridge join M. Night Shyamalan’s Knock at the Cabin
Director M. Night Shyamalan’s new secret project Knock at the Cabin has added two additional names to its growing cast as Deadline is reporting that Ben Aldridge (Pennyworth) and Jonathan Groff (Mindhunter, The Matrix Resurrections) have signed on to the film. Aldridge and Groff are set to join a cast that already includes Rupert Grint […]
