Roadside Attractions has released a trailer for director Phyllis Nagy’s 1960’s set drama Call Jane. Inspired by true events, the film stars Elizabeth Banks as Joy, a suburban housewife who is refused an abortion when her pregnancy leads to a life-threatening condition, desperate for a solution she joins forces with Virginia (Sigourney Weaver), an advocate […]
Movie Review – Orphan: First Kill (2022)
Orphan: First Kill, 2022. Directed by William Brent Bell. Starring Isabelle Fuhrman, Rossif Sutherland, and Julia Stiles. SYNOPSIS: After orchestrating a brilliant escape from an Estonian psychiatric facility, Esther travels to America by impersonating the missing daughter of a wealthy family. Jaume Collet-Serra’s 2009 horror film Orphan may have been a modest box office success […]
Trailer for crime drama Bandit starring Josh Duhamel, Mel Gibson and Elisha Cuthbert
Quiver Distribution has released a poster and trailer for director Allan Ungar’s upcoming crime drama Bandit. Based on the true story of The Flying Bandit, the film stars Josh Duhamel as a charming criminal who assumes a new identity after escaping prison and turns to robbing banks to fund his life with his new girlfriend […]
A sequel to The Black Phone is already being discussed, reveals Scott Derrickson
The Black Phone has been one of the success stories of 2022. In a box-office landscape still fluctuating following the pandemic, Scott Derrickson’s creepy horror has managed to dial into $152 million at the worldwide box-office, and so it’s no surprise to learn that conversations have already begun regarding a sequel. To coincide with The […]
Dwayne Johnson pushed to keep Black Adam & Shazam origin films separate
Black Adam and Shazam are DC Comics characters whose history dates back to 1945. For many fans, the film debut of one character should have included an appearance from the other, but the DCEU had other plans, though those plans came from an unlikely source. Recently, producer and actor Dwayne Johnson spoke to Vanity Fair […]
Hawkeye directors to ride Big Thunder Mountain for Disney’s latest theme park adaptation
We’ve had plenty of goes on Pirates of the Caribbean, taken a Jungle Cruise, visited a Haunted Mansion, and will do so again in 2023, and now Disney have tapped Hawkeye directors Bert & Bertie with directing a big screen take on their Big Thunder Mountain ride. People scoffed at the idea of movies based […]
Robert De Niro and Barry Levinson to reunite for Mob drama Wise Guys
Oscar winners Robert De Niro and Barry Levinson are set to reunite for Warner Bros.’ mob drama Wise Guys. The two most recently worked together on 2017’s Emmy-nominated Bernie Madoff TV-movie The Wizard of Lies, having previously teamed up on two of Levinson’s most-acclaimed offerings; Wag The Dog (1997) and Sleepers (1996). Deadline reports that […]
Emily Watson’s world is turned upside down in trailer for A24 drama God’s Creatures
Fresh off the boat following its debut at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival, A24 has released the trailer for God’s Creatures, the latest film from acclaimed directors Saela Davis & Anna Rose Holmer (2015’s award-winning The Fits), which stars Emily Watson (Chernobyl, Punch-Drunk Love), Paul Mescal (Normal People, The Lost Daughter), and Aisling Franciosi (The […]
Creepy new poster and images for Paramount horror Smile
Paramount will be hoping that audiences are screaming rather than smirking when it comes to their latest horror film Smile, and so they’ve released a creepy poster and a set of new images to help establish the mood. Check them out below… Directed by Parker Finn (Laura Hasn’t Slept) and starring Sosie Bacon (Mare of […]
Movie Review – Paris, 13th District (2021)
Paris, 13th District, 2021. Directed by Jacques Audiard. Starring Noémie Merlant, Lucie Zhang, Makita Samba, Jehnny Beth and Camille Léon-Fucien. SYNOPSIS: A selection of young people navigate sex and relationships in Paris. Is there anything more French than a multi-stranded, monochrome drama about young Parisians having sex with each other? That’s what Jacques Audiard has […]
