7 Days, 2021.Co-written and directed by Roshan Sethi. Starring Karan Soni, Geraldine Viswanathan, and Mark Duplass.SYNOPSIS:As if their pre-arranged date, organized by their traditional Indian parents, wasn’t uncomfortable enough, Ravi and Rita are forced to shelter in place together as COVID-19’s reach intensifies.18+ months into the pandemic, audiences can’t really be blamed for being thoroughly […]
Being an Indie Genre Screenwriter
Tom Jolliffe on the ups and downs and ins and outs of being an indie screenwriter specialising in genre cinema…As a screenwriter plying my trade in the low budget world of independent genre films, quantifying success can be difficult. I’ve had a number of horror films released across the world in the last few years. […]
57th Chicago International Film Festival Capsule Review – Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy
Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy, 2021.Written and Directed by Ryûsuke Hamaguchi. Starring Kotone Furukawa, Ayumu Nakajima, Hyunri, Kiyohiko Shibukawa, Katsuki Mori, Shouma Kai, Fusako Urabe, and Aoba Kawai.SYNOPSIS:An unexpected love triangle, a failed seduction trap and an encounter that results from a misunderstanding, told in three movements to depict three female characters and trace the […]
Warner Bros. teases The Batman ahead of DC FanDome
With a new trailer set arrive during this weekend’s DC FanDome virtual event, the official Twitter account for The Batman has shared a brief new teaser for the Matt Reeves-directed reboot which features some new dialogue from Robert Pattinson’s Dark Knight. Check it out below, along with a piece of promotional artwork…SEE ALSO: Zoë Kravitz opens […]
Scott Derrickson’s new horror The Black Phone gets a first trailer
Universal Pictures has released a trailer for The Black Phone, director Scott Derrickson’s (Sinister, Doctor Strange) upcoming adaptation of Joe Hill’s short story of the same name. The horror follows teenager Finney Shaw (Mason Thames) as he finds himself trapped inside the soundproof basement of a sadistic serial killer (Ethan Hawke), where he begins to […]
October Horrors 2021 – The Witch (2015)
The Witch, 2015.Directed by Robert Eggers. Starring Anya Taylor-Joy, Ralph Ineson, Kate Dickie, Harvey Scrimshaw, Ellie Grainger and Lucas Dawson.SYNOPSIS:In 1630s New England, a family of puritan settlers confront evil forces besieging their new isolated home.Every culture is steeped in folklore and folk tale. The best of these old stories tinged with darkness and horror, […]
First trailer for George Clooney’s The Tender Bar starring Ben Affleck
The trailer for George Clooney’s drama The Tender Bar starring Ben Affleck has been released. Directed by Clooney, the film sees Affleck as the bar tender who provides his nephew, played by Tye Sheridan (Ready Player One), with several pieces of advice for life. Watch the trailer below… TENDER BAR[/caption]It tells the story of J.R., a fatherless […]
M. Night Shyamalan announces new film Knock at the Cabin
Known for being a modern master of suspense and horror, the announcement of a new M. Night Shyamalan movie always sparks a debate. The polarizing filmmaker is fresh off his latest film Old and has officially teased his next project.Shyamalan will return with another film he’s written and will direct, this one called Knock at […]
Clifford the Big Red Dog barks up some laughs in new trailer
Clifford the Big Red Dog is a fan-favorite children’s book that won over an entire generation. The pure joy from those books has seemingly translated to this fun-loving and adorable new trailer for the film.In the final trailer before its November release, Clifford the Big Red Dog teases that “some dogs have a way of […]
The Asylum mockbuster Planet Dune gets a trailer and poster
The Asylum has revealed a poster and trailer for its latest mockbuster Planet Dune which follows a crew on a rescue mission as they find themselves hunted by giant sand worms on a desert planet; check them out here…A crew on a mission to rescue a marooned base on a desert planet turns deadly when […]
