Memory Box: Echoes of 9/11, 2021. Directed by David Belton and Bjørn Johnson. Featuring Donald Byrd, Daisy Khan, Rik Parker. SYNOPSIS: A feature documentary collecting accounts of 9/11 submitted via a video booth in the months after the attack. The same witnesses are revisited 20 years later. How we cope with traumatic memories is the […]
Daniel Radcliffe to play Weird Al Yankovic in a moment of genius casting
Sometimes the movie gods smile down on us with great joy, like today when it was announced that Daniel Radcliffe had a brand new role to prepare for. Which role is it? The former Harry Potter actor will play Weird Al Yankovic in the upcoming “biopic,” Weird: The Al Yankovic Story! Yankovic co-wrote the film […]
Movie Review – A Shot Through the Wall (2022)
A Shot Through the Wall, 2022. Written and Directed by Aimee Long. Starring Kenny Leu, Ciara Renée, Tzi Ma, Fiona Fu, Dan Lauria, Clifton Davis, Lynn Chen, Derek Goh, Damian Young, Kelly AuCoin, Michelle Wilson, Dan Lauria, and Catherine Curtin. SYNOPSIS: A Chinese-American police officer’s life unravels after he accidentally shoots an innocent Black man. […]
Movie Review – Last Night in Soho (2021)
Last Night in Soho, 2021. Directed by Edgar Wright. Starring Thomasin McKenzie, Anya Taylor-Joy, Matt Smith, Terence Stamp, Diana Rigg, Synnøve Karlsen, Rita Tushingham, Lisa McGrillis, Michael Jibson, Andrew Bicknell, and Michael Ajao. SYNOPSIS: An aspiring fashion designer is mysteriously able to enter the 1960s where she encounters a dazzling wannabe singer. But the glamour […]
Movie Review – 13 Minutes (2021)
13 Minutes, 2021. Directed by Lindsay Gossling. Starring Trace Adkins, Thora Birch, Peter Facinelli, Anne Heche, William Peltz, Amy Smart, Paz Vega, Yancey Arias, Tokala Black Elk, Davi Santos, Laura Spencer, Sofia Vassilieva, Allyson Cristofaro, Gabriel Jarret, James Austin Kerr, and Shaylee Mansfield. SYNOPSIS: Four families in a Heartland town are tested in a single […]
Movie Review – The Addams Family 2 (2021)
The Addams Family 2, 2021. Directed by Conrad Vernon and Greg Tiernan. Featuring the voice talents of Oscar Isaac, Charlize Theron, Chloë Grace Moretz, Nick Kroll, Javon ‘Wanna’ Walton, Bette Midler, Wallace Shawn, Snoop Dogg, Conrad Vernon, Cherami Leigh, and Bill Hader. SYNOPSIS: The Addams get tangled up in more wacky adventures and find themselves […]
Barbara Gordon prepares for action in Batgirl set photos
Last week, Warner Bros. and DC Films officially unveiled the first look at In the Heights actress Leslie Grace in full costume as Batgirl from the upcoming HBO Max movie, and with filming continuing on the streets of Glasgow, Scotland, we’ve now got a few set photos and video showing Barbara Gordon out on patrol […]
Joss Whedon tears into Justice League cast, digging himself into a bigger hole
When Joss Whedon made his first public comments after the Justice League drama, many didn’t know what to expect. Some thought he could be remorseful or a bit defensive. I don’t think anyone could predict just how angry the filmmaker sounds, even if he wants to call “one of the nicer showrunners that’s ever been.” […]
Sundance horror Hatching cracks open a living nightmare with first trailer
Ahead of its virtual Sundance premiere next week, IFC Films has released a trailer for the Finnish creature horror Hatching which is directed by Hanna Bergholm and follows a 12-year-old Tinja (Siiri Solalinna) whose discovery of a mysterious egg in the woods turns into a grotesque living nightmare. Watch it here… In HATCHING, 12-year-old gymnast, […]
Exclusive Interview – Cinematographer John Orphan breaks down the look of Stoker Hills
While Scream is currently holding number one on the box office chart, there were a few other horror titles that were released this past week, including Saban Films’ The Legend of La Llorona and Screen Media Films’ Stoker Hills starring horror icon Tony Todd (Candyman). The synopsis for the latter is as follows: In the […]
