After shocking audiences with 1986’s Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer, actor Michael Rooker and director John McNaughton are set to reunite for the vigilante thriller Road Rage. Intended as the first in a series, the film will see Rooker playing another serial killer, although unlike Henry, this one ” only kills those who deserve […]
Movie Review – There Are No Saints (2022)
There Are No Saints, 2022. Directed by Alfonso Pineda Ulloa. Starring José María Yazpik, Tommy Flanagan, Ron Perlman, Karla Souza, Shannyn Sossamon, Tim Roth, Paz Vega, Neal McDonough, Brian Cox, and Keidrich Sellati. SYNOPSIS: A man nicknamed “the Jesuit,” is imprisoned for a crime he didn’t commit. When his wife is murdered, and his son […]
Blu-ray Review – Rock ‘N’ Roll High School (1979)
Rock ‘N’ Roll High School, 1979. Directed by Allan Arkush. Starring P.J. Soles, Clint Howard, Dick Miller, Vincent Van Patten, Paul Bartel, Don Steele, and The Ramones. SYNOPSIS: A strict regime in a high school forces some of the pupils to rebel, with a little help from punk band The Ramones. You know you are […]
Movie Review – Language Lessons (2021)
Language Lessons, 2021. Written and Directed by Natalie Morales. Starring Natalie Morales, Mark Duplass, and Desean Terry. SYNOPSIS: A Spanish teacher and her student develop an unexpected friendship. Given the opening scene of Language Lessons, which sees a confused online Spanish instructor named Cariño not even sure who she is supposed to be teaching, it’s […]
It’s a box office tie as Elvis and Top Gun: Maverick take $30.5 million over the weekend
Number nerds will know that the last time a weekend box-office race was this close also involved a Tom Cruise movie, when Minority Report and Lilo & Stitch opened to $36M back in 2002. Well he’s at it again this weekend, because in its fifth weekend of release Top Gun: Maverick tied at the top […]
Nope featurette focuses on Daniel Kaluuya and Keke Palmer’s sibling strength
With just under a month to go until Jordan Peele’s alien-invasion horror Nope lands in cinemas, Universal Pictures have released a featurette which focuses on the relationship between OJ and Em, played by Oscar winner Daniel Kaluuya (Judas and the Black Messiah) and Keke Palmer (Hustlers), siblings forced to work together as a mysterious event […]
Movie Review – 18 1/2 (2022)
18 1/2, 2022. Directed by Dan Mirvish. Starring John Magaro, Jon Cryer, Bruce Campbell, Richard Kind, Willa Fitzgerald, Vondie Curtis-Hall, Ted Raimi, Lloyd Kaufman, Catherine Curtin, Sullivan Jones, Marija Abney, Alanna Saunders, Claire Saunders, Gina Kreiezmar, and Chris Quintos Cathcart. SYNOPSIS: In 1974, a White House transcriber is thrust into the Watergate scandal when she […]
David Dastmalchian joins horror Late Night With the Devil
Variety reports The Suicide Squad’s David Dastmalchian has been cast in the upcoming horror Late Night With the Devil from directors Colin and Cameron Cairnes (100 Bloody Acres). Dastmalchian will play a talk-show host whose live broadcast takes a haunting turn. Late Night With the Devil will follow “the live broadcast of a late-night talk show in […]
Hammer classics The Mummy and Frankenstein and The Monster From Hell receiving new limited edition Blu-ray releases
Second Sight Films has announced the Peter Cushing-starring Hammer Horror classics The Mummy and Frankenstein and The Monster From Hell are set for special limited edition Blu-ray releases in the UK this August; check out the details here… In 1890s Egypt, a team of British archaeologists, John Banning (Peter Cushing), his father Stephen Banning […]
Maverick joins the Autobots with Transformers Collaborative Top Gun Mash-Up
Hasbro has unveiled its latest Transformers Collaborative Mash-Up action figure which features the iconic F-14 Tomcat from Top Gun and Top Gun: Maverick. It goes on sale on October 1st, priced at $44.99; check out the promotional images here… Worlds collide in this Transformers-Top Gun mash-up pack! The iconic Grumman F-14 Tomcat jet from […]
