Deadline is reporting that Keegan-Michael Key (Key & Peele) will star alongside Timothee Chalamet in Warner Bros.’ upcoming Willy Wonka prequel. Key’s role in the film is currently being kept under wraps. Wonka will reportedly “focus on a young Willy Wonka and his adventures before opening the world’s most famous chocolate factory.” Chalamet, who will […]
Toronto International Film Festival 2021 Review – The Rescue
The Rescue, 2021. Directed by E. Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin. SYNOPSIS: A frantic search and rescue mission begins when a boys’ soccer team becomes trapped deep inside a system of caves in Thailand. Oscar-winning Free Solo filmmakers Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin could very well add more gold statues to their mantlepiece next […]
Teddy Ruxpin returning for movie and animated series
According to The Hollywood Reporter, 80s animatronic bear Teddy Ruxpin is set for a return to the screen, with DJ2 Entertainment acquiring the rights to the IP with plans for both a movie and new animated television series. DJ2 – the company behind the video game adaptation Sonic the Hedgehog – are currently meeting with […]
Toronto International Film Festival 2021 Review – Scarborough
Scarborough, 2021. Directed by Shasha Nakhai and Rich Williamson. Starring Liam Diaz, Essence Fox, Anna Claire Beitel, Felix Jedi Ingram Isaac, Ellie Posadas, Cherish Violet Blood, Conor Casey, and Aliya Kanani. SYNOPSIS: Three children become friends while living in a low-income neighborhood. Filmmakers Shasha Nakhai and Rich Williamson adapt Catherine Hernandez’s acclaimed 2017 novel Scarborough to […]
Toronto International Film Festival 2021 Review – The Devil’s Drivers
The Devil’s Drivers, 2021. Written and directed by Mohammed Abugeth and Daniel Carsenty. SYNOPSIS: Chased by the army, two Beduin smuggle Palestinian workers through the Negev desert. A portrait filmed over eight years about men living on the edge in one the most fragile regions of the world. Mohammed Abugeth and Daniel Carsenty’s upsetting, infuriating […]
Movie Review – Prisoners of the Ghostland (2021)
Prisoners of the Ghostland, 2021. Directed by Sion Sono. Starring Nicolas Cage, Sofia Boutella, Bill Moseley, Nick Cassavetes, Tak Sakaguchi, Yuzuka Nakaya, Young Dais, Lorena Kotô, Canon Nawata, Charles Glover, Cici Zhou, Louis Kurihara, Tetsu Watanabe, Takato Yonemoto, Shin Shimizu, Matthew Chozick, Ilsa, and Yurino. SYNOPSIS: A notorious criminal must break an evil curse in […]
The Top 10 Rejected Film Scores
Hasitha Fernando on the top ten rejected film scores… Hans Zimmer once famously quipped that, ‘You haven’t made it as a film composer until you’ve had a film score rejected.’ Hollywood plays nasty like that. So much so that having a film score kicked to the curb, at least once in your career, has become […]
No Time to Die is the longest Bond movie to date, new featurette showcases Ana de Armas and Lashana Lynch
James Bond fans have faced a lengthy wait for No Time To Die, and it seems we’ll also face a lengthy time in the cinema when the long-delayed film opens at the end of the month. As revealed by IndieWire, Daniel Craig’s fifth and final outing as 007 is said to run for 163 minutes, […]
Toronto International Film Festival 2021 Review – Jagged
Jagged, 2021. Directed by Alison Klayman. Starring Alanis Morissette. SYNOPSIS: A documentary centered on the life and work of Canadian singer-songwriter Alanis Morissette. The second entry into HBO and Bill Simmons’ Music Box series – following the riveting Woodstock 99: Peace, Love, and Rage – offers up a breezy-yet-substantial exploration of Alanis Morissette’s formative years […]
Venom: Let There Be Carnage has a 90 minute running time
With the average movie length seemingly increasing by the year and blockbusters typically running anywhere from two to two-and-a-half hours (or on occasion, even more), it seems that Sony Pictures is about to buck that trend with Venom: Let There Be Carnage. As revealed by several theater chains in the U.S., the Tom Hardy-led follow-up […]
