The Asylum has revealed a poster and trailer for its latest mockbuster Planet Dune which follows a crew on a rescue mission as they find themselves hunted by giant sand worms on a desert planet; check them out here… A crew on a mission to rescue a marooned base on a desert planet turns deadly […]
San Diego Comic-Con International 2018 Cosplay Gallery
With this year’s annual San Diego Comic-Con International now in full swing, the cosplayers have been out in full force on the convention floor today. We’ve seen Incredibles, White Walkers, Dark Wizards, Wakandan warriors, Assassins, Power Rangers, Princesses of Power, Atlantean royalty and of course the occasional Harley Quinn. Check out a gallery of cosplay […]
Vampirella is returning to the screen with new feature film adaptation
Dynamite Entertainment has announced that Mike The Pike Productions and its subsidiary Arowana Media Holdings have acquired the worldwide film, television and digital media rights to the iconic comic book character Vampirella and are working on a feature film adaptation. “We are thrilled with the opportunity to bring this amazing character to screen in a big […]
57th Chicago International Film Festival Capsule Review – Antlers
Antlers, 2021. Directed by Scott Cooper. Starring Keri Russell, Jesse Plemons, Jeremy T. Thomas, Graham Greene, Scott Haze, Rory Cochrane, Amy Madigan, Cody Davis, Sawyer Jones, Arlo Hajdu, Glynis Davies, Dorian Kingi, Andy Thompson, Jesse Downs, Dendrie Taylor, and Emily Delahunty. SYNOPSIS: In an isolated Oregon town, a middle-school teacher and her sheriff brother become […]
2021 BFI London Film Festival Review – Babi Yar. Context
Babi Yar. Context, 2021. Directed by Sergei Loznitsa. SYNOPSIS: Nazi troops massacre more than 30,000 Jews over a two-day period in September 1941. Given that the world is typically used to seeing aggressively narrative-driven depictions of the Holocaust – whether cinematic feature or documentary – Sergei Loznitsa’s (Donbass) new doc Babi Yar. Context may seem rather […]
Edgar Wright’s Last Night in Soho gets another trailer
With just a couple of weeks to go until its theatrical release, Universal Pictures has released a new (and presumably final) trailer for Last Night in Soho, the new time-bending psychological thriller from acclaimed director Edgar Wright; check it out here… Eloise, an aspiring fashion designer, is mysteriously able to enter the 1960s where she […]
2021 BFI London Film Festival Review – Little Palestine (Diary of a Siege)
Little Palestine (Diary of a Siege), 2021. Directed by Abdallah Al-Khatib. SYNOPSIS: After the Syrian Revolution, Al-Assad’s regime besieges the district of Yarmouk, the largest Palestinian refugee camp in the world. Yarmouk is cut off. The director records the daily deprivations while celebrating the people’s courage. Abdallah Al-Khatib’s deeply upsetting, righteously angry in-the-trenches documentary captures […]
Marvel’s Eternals gets a new TV spot and featurette
With its November release creeping closer, another two TV spots have arrived online for Marvel’s Eternals, along with a ‘In the Beginning’ featurette which includes interviews with director Chloe Zhao, producers Kevin Feige and Nate Moore, and stars Gemma Chan, Salma Hayek, Kumail Nanjiani, and Angelina Jolie; check them out here… “The story takes place […]
Chicago International Film Festival Capsule Review – Paris, 13th District
Paris, 13th District, 2021. Directed by Jacques Audiard. Starring Noémie Merlant, Makita Samba, Lucie Zhang, Jehnny Beth, Geneviève Doang, Pol White, Line Phé, Annabelle Milot, Lumina Wang, Camille Léon-Fucien, Stephen Manas, Rong-Ying Yang, Raphaelle Doyle, Oceane Cairaty, and Anaïde Rozam. SYNOPSIS: Émilie meets Camille who is attracted to Nora, who crosses paths with Amber. Three […]
October Horrors 2021 – The Poughkeepsie Tapes (2007)
The Poughkeepsie Tapes, 2007. Directed John Erick Dowdle. Starring Stacy Chbosky, Ben Messmer, Ivar Brogger, Lou George, Michael Lawson, Samantha Robson and Ron Harper. SYNOPSIS: Authorities stumble upon a cache of hundreds of VHS tapes recorded by and depicting the crimes of a meticulous and sadistic serial killer. It seems not a week goes by […]
