Snakehead, 2021. Written and Directed by Evan Jackson Leong. Starring Shuya Chang, Jade Wu, Richie Ng, Devon Diep, Sung Kang, Celia Au, Perry Yung, and Catherine Jiang. SYNOPSIS: A Chinese immigrant gets caught up in an international crime ring of human smuggling while attempting to make a better life for her family. Brief opening text […]
Movie Review – Good Luck to You, Leo Grande (2022)
Good Luck to You, Leo Grande, 2022. Directed by Sophie Hyde. Starring Emma Thompson, Daryl McCormack, and Isabella Laughland. SYNOPSIS: Follows Nancy Stokes, a 55-year-old widow yearning for some adventure, human connection, and some sex, good sex. Nancy Stokes (a self-conscious, insecure, courageous, pitch-perfect performance from Emma Thompson that ranks among her career best) has […]
DC League of Super-Pets lacks bite at the box office while Nope slips to second
The box-office played out as predicted over the weekend, although DC League of Super-Pets wasn’t a pedigree performer, taking the #1 spot with a low-end of expectations $23M debut. With the vocal talents of Dwayne Johnson, Kevin Hart and Natasha Lyonne, DC League of Super-Pets (read our ★★★ review here) underwhelmed to the tune of […]
Mutated Soviet sharks attack in teaser for sci-fi horror Shark Side of the Moon
Tubi has released a trailer for The Asylum’s new sci-fi horror Shark Side of the Moon which follows a group of American astronauts as they find themselves in an epic fight for their lives while on a mission to repair a module on the moon when they are attacked by hyper-aggressive mutant sharks sent to […]
Movie Review – Aquaslash (2020)
Aquaslash, 2020. Directed by Renaud Gauthier. Starring Brittany Drisdelle, Lanisa Dawn, Madelline Harvey, Paul Zinno, Nicolas Fontaine, Samantha Hodhod, and Cameron Geller. SYNOPSIS: Thrills, chills, and screwball comedy meets tiny bikinis and gory dismemberment in this chlorine and blood-drenched murder mystery. Renaud Gauthier’s faux-American Aquaslash sullies the “water park horror” subgenre worse than Piranha 3DD. […]
Hot Toys’ RoboCop 3 Movie Masterpiece Series figure is back to lay down the law
Sideshow has released promotional images for Hot Toys’ Movie Masterpiece Diecast Series special edition RoboCop figure from Fred Dekker and Frank Miller’s 1993 sci-fi action RoboCop 3 which is available to pre-order now, priced at $375; take a look here… RoboCop is assigned to clean out the less desirable neighborhoods of Detroit by harassing […]
Alicia Vikander out as Lara Croft after MGM loses Tomb Raider movie rights
Bad news for any fans looking forward to the further adventures of Alicia Vikander’s Lara Croft, as The Wrap has revealed that MGM has lost the movie rights to the video game franchise Tomb Raider. Vikander became the second actress after Angelina Jolie to portray the iconic video game heroine when she took on the […]
David Cronenberg’s Videodrome gets new 4K Ultra HD release from Arrow Video
Arrow Video has announced that David Cronenberg’s 1983 cult classic Videodrome is coming to 4K Ultra HD this October with a brand new 4K restoration of both the theatrical and director’s cuts, approved by Cronenberg himself. Check out the details here… Max Renn (James Woods) is looking for fresh new content for his TV […]
R.I.P. Nichelle Nichols (1932 – 2022)
Some sad news to report this evening as it has been announced that Star Trek legend Nichelle Nichols has passed away aged 89. Born in Robbins, Illinois in 1932, Nichols began her career as a singer and stage actress in the late 1950s, and enjoyed several small film and TV roles in the early part […]
Movie Review – DC League of Super-Pets (2022)
DC League of Super-Pets, 2022. Directed by Jared Stern. Starring Dwayne Johnson, Kevin Hart, John Krasinski, Keanu Reeves, Kate McKinnon, Vanessa Bayer, Natasha Lyonne, Diego Luna, Jameela Jamil, Marc Maron, Dascha Polanco, Olivia Wilde, Jemaine Clement, Daveed Diggs, John Early, Ben Schwartz, Thomas Middleditch, David Pressman, and Richard Arnold. SYNOPSIS: Krypto the Super-Dog and Superman […]
