Per Deadline, Ivory Aquino has joined the cast of HBO Max’s upcoming Batgirl movie as Alysia Yeoh, a transgender bartender, an aspiring chef, and best friend to the titular superhero. Yeoh will be the first major transgender character ever to appear in a live-action film adaptation of DC comics. Aquino is best known for turns in the […]
2022 Sundance Film Festival Review – Downfall: The Case Against Boeing
Downfall: The Case Against Boeing, 2022. Directed by Rory Kennedy. SYNOPSIS: An investigation into the two Boeing 737 MAX crashes that killed 346 people, exploring both the root causes and the human cost. Oscar nominee Rory Kennedy’s (Last Days in Vietnam) new documentary may offer a fairly by-the-numbers treatment of the Boeing 737 MAX scandal, […]
Movie Review – The Midnight Swim (2014)
The Midnight Swim, 2014. Directed by Sarah Adina Smith Starring Lindsay Burdge, Jennifer Lafleur, Aleksa Palladino, Ross Partridge, Beth Grant SYNOPSIS: Spirit Lake is unusually deep. No diver has ever managed to find the bottom, though many have tried. When Dr. Amelia Brooks disappears during a deep-water dive, her three daughters travel home to settle […]
2022 Sundance Film Festival Review – Emergency
Emergency, 2022. Directed by Carey Williams. Starring RJ Cyler, Donald Elise Watkins, Sebastian Chacon, Maddie Nichols, Madison Thompson, and Sabrina Carpenter. SYNOPSIS: Ready for a night of legendary partying, three college students must weigh the pros and cons of calling the police when faced with an unexpected situation. Carey Williams follows up his middling debut R#J […]
Andra Day, Octavia Spencer and Glenn Close heading to Netflix for Lee Daniels’ exorcism horror
Netflix aren’t shy when it comes to throwing around your cash, so they’ve pulled out all the stops and a $65M cheque in order to secure Precious director Lee Daniels’ next movie. According to Deadline several bidders were involved in negotiations, with Netflix emerging victorious over the likes of MGM and Miramax for the film, which […]
Chris Evans joins Dwayne Johnson for Amazon’s holiday action flick Red One
Chris Evans has signed on to co-star with Dwayne Johnson in Amazon Studios’ upcoming holiday action film Red One. Red One, which was described as a “globe-trotting, four-quadrant action-adventure comedy” which will open up “a whole new universe to explore within the holiday genre” when it was announced last year, will reunite Johnson with his […]
2022 Sundance Film Festival Review – Summering
Summering, 2022. Directed by James Pondsolt. Starring Lia Barnett, Madalen Mills, Eden Grace Redfield, Sanai Victoria, Lake Bell, Sarah Cooper, Ashley Madekwe, Megan Mullally, Colleen Baum, and Dale McKeel. SYNOPSIS: Four best friends on the brink of starting middle school, realize their lives are about to change forever. So on the last weekend of summer, […]
Spider-Man swings back to the top spot as Scream loses blood at the box office
He does it multiple times in No Way Home, and now Spider-Man has once again climbed back to the top having been knocked down following this weekends $14.1M take at the U.S. box office. That was enough to dethrone the latest instalment of Scream, which bled-out with a -58.7% drop-off from last weeks impressive debut […]
Meet Ewan McGregor’s Cricket in the first teaser for Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
In what feels like the perfect marriage of director and material, Guillermo del Toro’s long-gestating take on the classic tale of Pinocchio is finally coming to life thanks to your Netflix subscription dollars. Officially titled Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio, the Academy Award winning director’s unique take features an all-star voice cast with Ewan McGregor as […]
Movie Review – Sundown (2022)
Sundown, 2022. Written and Directed by Michel Franco Starring Tim Roth, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Iazua Larios, Henry Goodman, Albertine Kotting, and Samuel Bottomley SYNOPSIS: Neil and Alice Bennett are the core of a wealthy family on vacation in Mexico until a distant emergency cuts their trip short. When one relative disrupts the family’s tight-knit order, simmering […]
