You Are Not My Mother, 2022. Written and Directed by Kate Dolan. Starring Paul Reid, Hazel Doupe, Ingrid Craigie, Jordanne Jones, Carolyn Bracken, Colin Peppard, Martin O’Sullivan, Katie White, Jade Jordan, and Florence Adebamo. SYNOPSIS: In a North Dublin housing estate Char’s mother goes missing. When she returns Char is determined to uncover the truth […]
Video Review – Sonic The Hedgehog 2 is how you make a great kid’s movie
EJ Moreno with a video review of Sonic The Hedgehog 2… Coming off its surprising first entry, Sonic The Hedgehog 2 turns up the dial on the action, comedy, and video game references. While it’s not perfect (the runtime drags and humor doesn’t always land), the film feels like Hollywood’s best attempt at a kid’s […]
Jennifer Lopez’s Shotgun Wedding going straight to streaming in the U.S.
Jennifer Lopez’s latest matrimony themed rom-com is following the same route as her most recent outing Marry Me by heading straight to streaming in the U.S. According to Deadline, Shotgun Wedding, which already had its fair share of problems when the production had to replace Armie Hammer with Josh Duhamel, has been sold by Lionsgate in […]
Michael Bay reveals he “made too many” Transformers movies and Spielberg told him to “stop at three”
Currently basking in the aftermath of some of the best critical reactions to one of his movies in a long time for Ambulance (read our review here), Michael Bay has been reflecting on his five-film Transformers legacy, admitting that “they were fun to do” but he “made too many of them”. He of the hyperactive […]
Movie Review – Parallel Mothers (2021)
Parallel Mothers, 2021. Written and Directed by Pedro Almodóvar. Starring Penélope Cruz, Milena Smit, Israel Elejalde, Aitana Sánchez-Gijón, Rossy de Palma, Daniela Santiago, Julieta Serrano, Ainhoa Santamaría, Adelfa Calvo, and Aitana Sánchez-Gijón. SYNOPSIS: Two unmarried women who have become pregnant by accident and are about to give birth meet in a hospital room: Janis, middle-aged, […]
The Best Film Scores of 2021
Hasitha Fernando on the best film scores of 2021… The COVID-19 pandemic cast a bleak spell during 2021, holding us all in its merciless vice-like grip. Thankfully though there were enough and more entertainment available to offer us with some degree of escapism. And accompanying these fantastic films were some top-notch scores, which transformed these […]
The Batman passes $700 million at the global box office
Although it’s found itself slipping down the chart thanks to The Lost City and fellow comic book movie Morbius (the latter of which defied negative reviews to claim top spot with a worldwide opening of $84 million), Warner Bros. and DC Films’ The Batman hit another significant box office milestone this past weekend. With $349 […]
Euphoria’s Sydney Sweeney joins Dakota Johnson in Sony’s Madame Web
It looks like Sony has gained another leading actress for its upcoming Marvel film Madame Web as Sydney Sweeney (Euphoria) is joining Dakota Johnson in the Spider-Man spinoff movie. Johnson is set for the title role as Madame Web, a mysterious woman with psychic powers and connections to spiders, while Sweeney’s character is being kept […]
Kathryn Bigelow to direct Aurora for Netflix
Oscar-winning filmmaker Kathryn Bigelow looks set to get back behind the camera for the first time since 2017’s Detroit, with THR reporting that Netflix has tapped the director for an adaptation of Aurora, the upcoming novel from screenwriter David Koepp (Jurassic Park, Spider-Man). The novel is described as exploring the collapse of social order against […]
Medicom’s Zack Snyder’s Justice League Cyborg figure available to pre-order now
Medicom has revealed its new Cyborg collectible figure which is based on the likeness of Ray Fisher from Zack Snyder’s Justice League. The figure is available to pre-order now from Sideshow, priced at $99; check out the promotional images here… Sideshow and Medicom present Cyborg (Zack Snyder’s Justice League Version) Collectible Figure! This figure stands […]