Universal’s Renfield is bringing together quite the cast: first, Nicholas Hoult, and then Nicolas Cage. Now, Awkwafina has joined the Dracula-inspired film.Deadline reports that the comedian/actress has joined the film in a still undisclosed role. She’ll star alongside the previously announced Hoult, who plays the titular role, and Cage, who will play Dracula.The Tomorrow War […]
Book Review – Charles Boyer: The French Lover
Rachel Bellwoar reviews Charles Boyer: The French Lover…According to the flap copy, John Baxter’s Charles Boyer: The French Lover “is the first biography of Boyer (1899-1978) to exist in English in almost forty years.” The last one, as cited in Baxter’s bibliography, would appear to be Larry Swindell’s The Reluctant Lover: Charles Boyer, which was published […]
Movie Review – Black Bear (2020)
Black Bear, 2020.Directed by Lawrence Michael Levine. Starring Aubrey Plaza, Christopher Abbott and Sarah Gadon.SYNOPSIS:A filmmaker visits a couple at their secluded lakeside cottage in the hope of finding inspiration for her new screenplay.Films about filmmakers can often feel rather tired. It feels like the ultimate symptom of a creative person who’s out of ideas […]
Tom Cruise does another insane Mission: Impossible stunt, this time by hanging upside down on a biplane
While Mission: Impossible 7 awaits its release date later in 2022, Tom Cruise is already busy filming his next crazy movie stunt.Recent photos from the set show Tom Cruise flying a 1941 Boeing B75N1 Stearman biplane and then hanging off the wing as it makes a mid-air loop. We have no idea why Cruise’s Ethan […]
Sony downplays reports of new Spider-Man trilogy
While fans are thrilled at the possibility of more Spider-Man movies, it seems that insiders at Sony are not as cheerful, and are even looking to lower expectations for now.In a new report from The Hollywood Reporter, the trade notes that the second trilogy announced by producer Amy Pascal is not set in stone even […]
The Multiverse Era: When a Cinematic Universe Isn’t Enough
Tom Jolliffe on the current preoccupation with the multiverse…Cinema is all about cycles. Genres flit in and out of prominence. An action landscape which was once dominated by Westerns was then temporarily displaced by gangster films, then epics, then Westerns again, then a brief parley into pessimistic cinema, before Star Wars laid a significant blueprint […]
Zachary Levi believes Shazam! Fury of the Gods is better than the first film
Back in September, director David F. Sandberg revealed that the highly anticipated sequel to 2019’s Shazam!, titled Shazam! Fury of the Gods, had wrapped filming, and now, star Zachary Levi has teased what fans can expect in the next film.In an interview with Collider, Levi stated that while he is proud of the first Shazam! film, he believes that […]
Scream receives R rating for “strong bloody violence, language throughout and some sexual references”
Ahead of its release on January 14th 2022, the fifth instalment in the long-running horror franchise Scream, simply titled Scream, has officially received an R rating for “strong bloody violence, language throughout and some sexual references” from the MPAA.This age rating will not come as a surprise to fans of the series as every film in the […]
Movie Review – Back to the Outback (2021)
Back to the Outback, 2021.Directed by Clare Knight & Harry Cripps. Featuring the voice talents of Isla Fisher, Tim Minchin, Eric Bana, Guy Pearce, Miranda Tapsell, Angus Imrie, Keith Urban, Aislinn Derbez, Diesel La Torraca, Jack Charles, Celeste Barber, Gia Carides, Rachel House, Wayne Knight, Aaron Pedersen, Lachlan Ross Power, Kiara Marr and Jacki Weaver.SYNOPSIS:Tired […]
Jurassic World Dominion rated PG-13 for “intense sequences of action, some violence and language”
Ahead of its release in June 2022, the third instalment in the Jurassic World franchise, titled Jurassic World: Dominion, has received a PG-13 rating from the MPAA for “intense sequences of action, some violence and language.”In comparison, the first two instalments in the Jurassic World series both received PG-13 ratings. However, the one difference is Jurassic World and Jurassic World: Fallen […]
