The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences have announced the nominations for the 92nd Academy Awards have been announced today, with the likes of Martin Scorsese’s The Irishman, Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Sam Mendes’ 1917, Noah Baumbach’s Marriage Story, and Bong Joon Ho’s Parasite all vying for recognition. However, it’s […]
2019 sets worldwide box office record with $42.5 billion
While domestic box office business dropped 4%, a $31.1 billion international haul helped boost theatrical receipts to a record $42.5 billion in 2019. Here’s a look at the studio domestic and international figures for the year, courtesy of Deadline: Studio Domestic Gross International Gross Total Gross Disney/Fox (combined) $4.328B $8.823B $13.153B Warner Bros. $1.582B $2.850B […]
Movie Review – Troop Zero (2020)
Troop Zero, 2020. Directed by Bert & Bertie. Starring Viola Davis, Mckenna Grace, Allison Janney, Milan Ray, Jim Gaffigan, Mike Epps, Ashley Brooke, Johanna Colón, Bella Higginbotham, Charlie Shotwell, and Edi Patterson. SYNOPSIS: In a tiny Georgia town in 1977, a motherless girl dreams of life beyond the confines of her trailer-park home in Troop […]
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Fleabag and Succession lead 2020 Critics’ Choice Awards winners
Last night, the Broadcast Film Critics Association and Broadcast Television Journalists Association presented the winners of the 2020 Critics’ Choice Awards, with Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time in Hollywood named Best Picture, and Fleabag and Succession leading the TV winners as Best Comedy Series and Best Drama Series respectively. On the film side, Sam […]
Disney’s Mulan gets a new international poster
Disney has revealed a new Korean poster for this year’s live-action adventure Mulan, which gives us another look at Yifei Liu in the title role as Hua Mulan… SEE ALSO: Watch the latest trailer for Mulan here When the Emperor of China issues a decree that one man per family must serve in the Imperial […]
Movie Review – Disturbing the Peace (2020)
Disturbing the Peace, 2019. Directed by York Alec Shackleton. Starring Guy Pearce, Devon Sawa, Kelly Greyson, Barbie Blank, Michael Sirow, Dwayne Cameron, Michael Bellisario, Jacob Grodnik, John Lewis, and Terence J. Rotolo. SYNOPSIS: A small-town marshal who hasn’t carried a gun since he left the Texas Rangers after a tragic shooting, must pick up his […]
Exclusive Interview – It Chapter Two Make-up Designer Sean Sampson on creating Pennywise, Spider-Heads, and those Fortune Cookie Demons
Harrison Abbott chats with It Chapter Two make-up designer Sean Sampson… It Chapter Two might not have quite recaptured the magic of its predecessor, at least as far box-office and critical reviews were concerned, but one aspect of the film that could not be faulted were its excellent practical effects. From the gory child corpses, to […]
Brian K. Vaughan’s Ex Machina receiving a big screen adaptation
THR is reporting that Legendary Entertainment has snapped up the big screen rights to Ex Machina, the sci-fi comic book series from Brian K. Vaughan (Runaways, Y: The Last Man), and is in development on a feature film version under the title of The Great Machine. Launching in 2004 and running for 50 issues through […]
Movie Review – The Marshes (2020)
The Marshes. 2020. Directed by Roger Scott. Starring Dafna Kronental, Sam Delich, Mathew Cooper, and Eddie Baroo. SYNOPSIS: Deep in a remote marshland, three young biologists conduct research but when they encounter evil, science ends and survival begins. The Marshes is muddier and cloudier than the bog waters actors splash through. Australia’s Roger Scott attempts […]
The Matrix 4 enlists Sense8 star Max Riemelt
Sense8 actor Max Riemelt has announced that he is reuniting with the show’s co-creator Lana Wachowski for the upcoming fourth instalment in The Matrix franchise. https://www.instagram.com/p/B7CAjHMiLLd/ The Matrix 4 was a surprise announcement last year, and will see Wachowski directing the returning Keanu Reeves (Neo), Carrie-Anne Moss (Trinity) and Jade Pinkett Smith (Niobe), along […]