Adam Wingard’s Godzilla vs. Kong seemingly brought the curtain down on a four-film MonsterVerse that has grossed almost $2 billion worldwide, but with box-office behemoth numbers like that there was no way these Titans were going to lay dormant for long, they’re just going to have to squeeze onto a smaller screen to do it. […]
2022 Sundance Film Festival Review – When You Finish Saving the World
When You Finish Saving the World, 2022. Written and directed by Jesse Eisenberg. Starring Finn Wolfhard, Julianne Moore, and Alisha Boe. SYNOPSIS: Evelyn and her oblivious son Ziggy seek out replacements for each other as Evelyn desperately tries to parent an unassuming teenager at her shelter, while Ziggy fumbles through his pursuit of a brilliant […]
Iko Uwais stars in trailer for Netflix’s Fistful of Vengeance
Netflix has released a trailer, poster and images for Fistful of Vengeance, the feature length follow-up to the action crime drama Wu Assassins. Directed by Roel Reine, the film sees Iko Uwais, Lewis Tan, Lawrence Kao and JuJu Chan reprise their roles from the series, and are joined in the cast by Jason Tobin, Pearl […]
2022 Sundance Film Festival Review – Tantura
Tantura, 2022. Co-written and directed by Alon Schwarz. SYNOPSIS: In the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, hundreds of Palestinian villages were depopulated. Israelis call it “The War of Independence.” Palestinians call it “Nakba” (or “catastrophe”). The film examines one village, Tantura, and why Nakba is taboo in Israeli society. Director Alon Schwarz’s (Aida’s Secrets) sophomore documentary feature […]
Trailer for thriller Expired starring Ryan Kwanten and Hugo Weaving
Lionsgate has released a trailer, poster and images for writer-director Ivan Sen’s upcoming thriller Expired which stars Ryan Kwanten as a hitman who comes down with a deadly illness after meeting a mysterious woman. Joining Kwanten in the cast are Hugo Weaving and Jillian Nguyen; take a look here… As Jack (Kwanten) works as a […]
Movie Review – The Royal Treatment (2022)
The Royal Treatment. 2022 Directed by Rick Jacobson. Starring Laura Marano, Mena Massoud, Chelsie Preston Crayford, Jacque Drew, Jen Van Epps, Amanda Billing, Jay Simon, Taylor Barrett, Paul Norell, Teuila Blakely, and Cameron Rhodes. SYNOPSIS: New York hairdresser Izzy seizes the chance to work at the wedding of a charming prince, but when sparks between […]
Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania star Evangeline Lilly says sequel might be the “best one yet”
Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania star Evangeline Lilly, who plays Hope van Dyne, a.k.a. The Wasp, has teased that while the threequel is the “hardest one we’ve made” so far, it could possibly be “the best one yet.” “We finished filming at the end of November, and I think, hands down, it was the hardest […]
Video Review – Guillermo del Toro strikes again with twisted Nightmare Alley
EJ Moreno with a video review of Guillermo del Toro’s Nightmare Alley… Constantly firing all cylinders, Guillermo del Toro hits a new level with Nightmare Alley. Gone is the filmmaker’s supernatural tinge, and in its place is something even scarier…the darkness of the human soul. Nightmare Alley is unlike anything from del Toro, and it […]
Robert Pattinson to star in Bong Joon-Ho’s new film
Bong Joon-Ho is gearing up for another film, following his massively successful Parasite, and will turn to Robert Pattinson to star. The film is currently untitled but will be an adaptation of the upcoming novel Mickey7 from Edward Ashton. As per Deadline, “The novel’s story follows, Mickey7, an Expendable: a disposable employee on a human […]
Movie Review – The Tiger Rising (2022)
The Tiger Rising, 2022. Written and Directed by Ray Giarratana. Starring Christian Convery, Madalen Mills, Dennis Quaid, Queen Latifah, Sam Trammell, Katharine McPhee, Angela Giarratana, Selah Kimbro Jones, Faith Dillon, and Nicholas Ryan Hernandez. SYNOPSIS: When 12-year-old Rob Horton discovers a caged tiger in the woods near his home, his imagination runs wild and life […]