Ted Lasso star Juno Temple has signed on to portray Ruth Mallory, the wife of Ewan McGregor’s George Mallory, in Everest, an adventure thriller from director Doug Liman (Edge of Tomorrow). The official synopsis for the film reads:1921. Everest remains the very last great unconquered challenge on earth. Many have sacrificed their sanity and often […]
Disney’s Haunted Mansion adds Rosario Dawson
Following hot on the heels of the casting of Owen Wilson (Loki), Deadline is now reporting that Rosario Dawson (The Mandalorian) is on board to star in Disney’s upcoming Haunted Mansion remake.Dawson is set to star alongside Owen Wilson (Marvel’s Loki) whose role is currently undisclosed as well as LaKeith Stanfield and Tiffany Haddish. The outlet is also […]
Shang-Chi holds better than Black Widow at the box office, while Malignant stalls
Shang-Chi earned more than Ten Rings atop the U.S. Box Office this weekend, collecting $35.8 million in a healthy sophomore frame for the Marvel blockbuster.The Simu Liu and Awkwafina staring superhero movie suffered a decline of -53% at the North American box-office, which isn’t unusual for a Marvel blockbuster, particularly those released in this pandemic-era world […]
Mad Max spinoff Furiosa pushed back to 2024
It looks like we’re going to have to wait a little longer for a return to The Wasteland, as Warner Bros. Pictures has pushed back the release of George Miller’s upcoming Mad Max: Fury Road spinoff Furiosa back a year to 2024.The prequel, which has cast Anya Taylor-Joy (The Queen’s Gambit, Last Night in Soho) […]
Movie Review – The Mad Women’s Ball (2021)
The Mad Women’s Ball, 2021.Directed by Mélanie Laurent. Starring Mélanie Laurent, Lou de Laâge, Emmanuelle Bercot, Benjamin Voisin, Lauréna Thellier, Grégoire Bonnet, Cyril Kuhnholtz, Martine Chevallier, Vincent Nemeth, Cédric Kahn, André Marcon, Lomane de Dietrich, Christophe Montenez, Coralie Russier, Valérie Stroh, Valentine Cadic, Alice Barnole, Martine Schambacher, and Morgan Perez.SYNOPSIS:A woman who is unfairly institutionalized […]
Exclusive clip from Western drama Gunfight at Dry River
Coinciding with its release, we’ve got an exclusive clip from the new Western drama Gunfight at Dry River, which is directed by Daniel Simpson and stars Michael Moriarty (Law & Order), Charlie Creed-Miles (The Fifth Element), and Ann Mitchell (Widows). Check it out below courtesy of Quiver Distribution…The closing years of the nineteenth century Old […]
Toronto International Film Festival 2021 Review – The Wheel
The Wheel, 2021.Directed by Steve Pink. Starring Amber Midthunder, Taylor Gray, Bethany Anne Lind, and Nelson Lee.SYNOPSIS:Walker and Albee were thrown together in a children’s group home and quickly became inseparable. When they married at the tender age of 16, Albee was rescued from her rough foster family. It’s now eight years later and they […]
Movie Review – Terrified (2017)
Terrified, 2017.Directed by Demian Rugna. Starring Agustín Rittano, Elvira Onetto, George Lewis, Julieta Vallina, and Maxi Ghione.SYNOPSIS:A husband returns home to find his wife terrified to enter the bathroom because there are voices coming from the pipes. Voices promising to kill her. As she turns into a bloody human pinball, their entire neighbourhood turns into […]
Toronto International Film Festival 2021 Review – Becoming Cousteau
Becoming Cousteau, 2021.Directed by Liz Garbus.SYNOPSIS:A look at the life, passions, achievements, and tragedies surrounding the famous explorer and environmentalist Jacques Cousteau, featuring an archive of his newly restored footage.Veteran filmmaker Liz Garbus (What Happened, Miss Simone?) knows the merits of a documentary that skirts glossy presentational tricks and simply gets to the point, as […]
Toronto International Film Festival 2021 Review – The Middle Man
The Middle Man, 2021.Written and directed by Bent Hamer. Starring Pål Sverre Hagen, Tuva Novotny, Paul Gross, Nina Andresen Borud, Don McKellar, Rossif Sutherland, Nicolas Bro, Kenneth Welsh, Trond Fausa Aurvåg, Aksel Hennie, and Sheila McCarthy.SYNOPSIS:Frank Farrelli takes on the job of a middle man in the God-forsaken town of Karmack, USA, a community in […]
