According to The Hollywood Reporter, 80s animatronic bear Teddy Ruxpin is set for a return to the screen, with DJ2 Entertainment acquiring the rights to the IP with plans for both a movie and new animated television series.DJ2 – the company behind the video game adaptation Sonic the Hedgehog – are currently meeting with potential […]
Toronto International Film Festival 2021 Review – The Devil’s Drivers
The Devil’s Drivers, 2021.Written and directed by Mohammed Abugeth and Daniel Carsenty.SYNOPSIS:Chased by the army, two Beduin smuggle Palestinian workers through the Negev desert. A portrait filmed over eight years about men living on the edge in one the most fragile regions of the world.Mohammed Abugeth and Daniel Carsenty’s upsetting, infuriating documentary is a powerful […]
Movie Review – Prisoners of the Ghostland (2021)
Prisoners of the Ghostland, 2021.Directed by Sion Sono. Starring Nicolas Cage, Sofia Boutella, Bill Moseley, Nick Cassavetes, Tak Sakaguchi, Yuzuka Nakaya, Young Dais, Lorena Kotô, Canon Nawata, Charles Glover, Cici Zhou, Louis Kurihara, Tetsu Watanabe, Takato Yonemoto, Shin Shimizu, Matthew Chozick, Ilsa, and Yurino.SYNOPSIS:A notorious criminal must break an evil curse in order to rescue […]
No Time to Die is the longest Bond movie to date, new featurette showcases Ana de Armas and Lashana Lynch
James Bond fans have faced a lengthy wait for No Time To Die, and it seems we’ll also face a lengthy time in the cinema when the long-delayed film opens at the end of the month.As revealed by IndieWire, Daniel Craig’s fifth and final outing as 007 is said to run for 163 minutes, making […]
Toronto International Film Festival 2021 Review – Jagged
Jagged, 2021.Directed by Alison Klayman. Starring Alanis Morissette.SYNOPSIS:A documentary centered on the life and work of Canadian singer-songwriter Alanis Morissette.The second entry into HBO and Bill Simmons’ Music Box series – following the riveting Woodstock 99: Peace, Love, and Rage – offers up a breezy-yet-substantial exploration of Alanis Morissette’s formative years in the music industry, […]
Venom: Let There Be Carnage has a 90 minute running time
With the average movie length seemingly increasing by the year and blockbusters typically running anywhere from two to two-and-a-half hours (or on occasion, even more), it seems that Sony Pictures is about to buck that trend with Venom: Let There Be Carnage.As revealed by several theater chains in the U.S., the Tom Hardy-led follow-up to […]
Movie Review – Claw (2021)
Claw, 2021.Directed by Gerald Rascionato. Starring Chynna Walker, Richard Rennie, Mel Mede, and Ken Mertz. SYNOPSIS:Two friends get trapped inside a remote desert ghost town with a deadly velociraptor on the loose.As if the prospect of another impending Jurassic World movie, in which a billionaire (probably) opens another park with more dinosaurs – or a T-Rex […]
Blu-ray Review – Black Widow (2021)
Black Widow, 2021.Directed by Cate Shortland. Starring Scarlett Johansson, Florence Pugh, David Harbour, O-T Fagbenle, Olga Kurylenko, William Hurt, Ray Winstone, and Rachel Weisz.SYNOPSIS:Disney brings Black Widow to home video on a high-definition Blu-ray disc that comes with a code for a digital copy. The film is good but not great, and the bonus features on […]
Marvel Studios sets four mystery MCU movies for 2024
Remember when everyone thought two movies per year was the most audiences could take from Marvel Studios? Well, that time is long past, and with only ELEVEN films dated between now and the end of 2023 the studio has moved to set its 2024 line-up by reserving four dates for theatrical releases.As revealed this week, […]
Filming wraps on Dan Trachtenberg’s Predator sequel Skulls
In typical Dan Trachtenberg style, it was announced sometime last year that the 10 Cloverfield Lane director was working on a covert sequel to Predator which had the working title of Skulls. Well, now it appears that the movie is finished, with cinematographer Jeff Cutter using his Instagram account to announce “that’s a wrap on […]
