He does it multiple times in No Way Home, and now Spider-Man has once again climbed back to the top having been knocked down following this weekends $14.1M take at the U.S. box office. That was enough to dethrone the latest instalment of Scream, which bled-out with a -58.7% drop-off from last weeks impressive debut […]
Meet Ewan McGregor’s Cricket in the first teaser for Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
In what feels like the perfect marriage of director and material, Guillermo del Toro’s long-gestating take on the classic tale of Pinocchio is finally coming to life thanks to your Netflix subscription dollars. Officially titled Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio, the Academy Award winning director’s unique take features an all-star voice cast with Ewan McGregor as […]
Movie Review – Sundown (2022)
Sundown, 2022. Written and Directed by Michel Franco Starring Tim Roth, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Iazua Larios, Henry Goodman, Albertine Kotting, and Samuel Bottomley SYNOPSIS: Neil and Alice Bennett are the core of a wealthy family on vacation in Mexico until a distant emergency cuts their trip short. When one relative disrupts the family’s tight-knit order, simmering […]
Netflix confirms that Wallace & Gromit are set to return in 2024
Nick Park has spoken previously about his desire to return to the world of Wallace & Gromit, and now it seems that following the success of Aardman’s festive collaboration with Netflix in the form of the critically acclaimed Robin Robin, they are once again teaming up with the streaming giant and the BBC for a […]
Children of Blood and Bone moves from Lucasfilm to Paramount
Already the subject of one development reshuffle when it moved to Lucasfilm following Disney’s acquisition of Fox, an adaptation of Tomi Adeyemi’s YA fantasy Children of Blood and Bone has once again changed hands, this time finding a home at Paramount. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Children of Blood and Bone, which was announced with […]
Movie Review – Brighton 4th (2022)
Brighton 4th, 2022. Directed by Levan Koguashvili. Starring Levan Tedaishvili, Giorgi Tabidze, Kakhi Kavsadze, Nadezhda Mikhalkova, Irakli Kavsadze, Tornike Bziava, Anastasia Romashko, Giorgi Kipshidze, Laura Rekhviashvili, Stefaniya Makarova, Lew Gardner, Yuri Zur, and Archil Makalatia. SYNOPSIS: Georgian wrestler, Kakhi, travels to Brooklyn to help his son out of a gambling debt. It’s only fitting that […]
2022 Sundance Film Festival Review – Sirens
Sirens, 2022. Written and directed by Rita Baghdadi. SYNOPSIS: Lilas and Shery, co-founders and guitarists of the Middle East’s first all-female metal band, wrestle with friendship, sexuality, and destruction in their pursuit of becoming thrash metal rock stars. Moroccan-American director Rita Baghdadi’s (My Country No More) new documentary Sirens certainly doesn’t want for fascinating subjects, […]
The Riddler strikes in first clip from The Batman
With its March release date fast approaching, Warner Bros. has shared a first clip from The Batman which sees The Riddler (Paul Dano) using his latest target, missing District Attorney Gil Colson (Peter Sarsgaard), to gatecrash a funeral with a message for Robert Pattinson’s Dark Knight. Watch it here… Meanwhile, speaking to Movie Maker, director […]
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness gets new promotional artwork
With additional photography now in the can and director Sam Raimi deep in post-production ahead of the film’s delayed May release (COVID pending), a new banner for Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness has surfaced online this week, showcasing Doctor Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch), Wong (Benedict Wong), and Scarlet Witch (Elizabeth Olsen) and America Chavez (Xochitl […]
2022 Sundance Film Festival Video Review – 892
EJ Moreno with a Sundance video review of 892… 892 breaks your heart with each scene, telling the real-life story of Brian Easley. John Boyega stars in the film and brings his best to what is likely his career-defining role. Honestly, we should start the awards campaign for him now as Boyega is bound to […]