Coinciding with its release, we’ve got an exclusive clip from the new Western drama Gunfight at Dry River, which is directed by Daniel Simpson and stars Michael Moriarty (Law & Order), Charlie Creed-Miles (The Fifth Element), and Ann Mitchell (Widows). Check it out below courtesy of Quiver Distribution… The closing years of the nineteenth century […]
Toronto International Film Festival 2021 Review – The Wheel
The Wheel, 2021. Directed by Steve Pink. Starring Amber Midthunder, Taylor Gray, Bethany Anne Lind, and Nelson Lee. SYNOPSIS: Walker and Albee were thrown together in a children’s group home and quickly became inseparable. When they married at the tender age of 16, Albee was rescued from her rough foster family. It’s now eight years […]
10 Villains Who Achieved Victory Against The Hero
Ricky Church on the villains who achieved victory over the hero… Most stories follow the same typical pattern: the hero is on a life or death journey against a powerful villain and after a long, arduous battle and some sacrifice, they win against the villain. We’ve seen the story play out in superhero adventures, detective […]
Movie Review – Terrified (2017)
Terrified, 2017. Directed by Demian Rugna. Starring Agustín Rittano, Elvira Onetto, George Lewis, Julieta Vallina, and Maxi Ghione. SYNOPSIS: A husband returns home to find his wife terrified to enter the bathroom because there are voices coming from the pipes. Voices promising to kill her. As she turns into a bloody human pinball, their entire […]
Toronto International Film Festival 2021 Review – The Middle Man
The Middle Man, 2021. Written and directed by Bent Hamer. Starring Pål Sverre Hagen, Tuva Novotny, Paul Gross, Nina Andresen Borud, Don McKellar, Rossif Sutherland, Nicolas Bro, Kenneth Welsh, Trond Fausa Aurvåg, Aksel Hennie, and Sheila McCarthy. SYNOPSIS: Frank Farrelli takes on the job of a middle man in the God-forsaken town of Karmack, USA, […]
Toronto International Film Festival 2021 Review – Becoming Cousteau
Becoming Cousteau, 2021. Directed by Liz Garbus. SYNOPSIS: A look at the life, passions, achievements, and tragedies surrounding the famous explorer and environmentalist Jacques Cousteau, featuring an archive of his newly restored footage. Veteran filmmaker Liz Garbus (What Happened, Miss Simone?) knows the merits of a documentary that skirts glossy presentational tricks and simply gets […]
Toronto International Film Festival 2021 Review – The Guilty
The Guilty, 2021. Directed by Antoine Fuqua. Starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Ethan Hawke, Riley Keough, Christina Vidal Mitchell, Eli Goree, Da’Vine Joy Randolph, David Castañeda, Paul Dano, and Peter Sarsgaard. SYNOPSIS: A demoted police officer assigned to a call dispatch desk is conflicted when he receives an emergency phone call from a kidnapped woman. Mere months […]
Batgirl star Leslie Grace confirms that Batman won’t appear in the HBO Max movie
Some three and a half years after Joss Whedon “stepped down” from the director’s chair, Warner Bros. and DC Films are pushing ahead with their plans for a Batgirl movie, with Bad Boys For Life directors Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah set to direct Leslie Grace (In the Heights) as Barbara Gordon for an […]
Filming has officially wrapped on Mission: Impossible 7
It seems like forever now since cameras first began rolling on Mission: Impossible 7, but a year and a half after production first got underway – and numerous shutdowns and delays due to COVID later – director Christopher McQuarrie has taken to Instagram to announce that filming has finally wrapped on the next instalment in […]
Shang-Chi’s China release in doubt due to past remarks from Simu Liu
While Marvel Studios’ Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings continues to defy initial expectations, having grossed over $200 million in its first week of release, the superhero blockbuster’s overall box office prospects could be about to suffer a blow with reports that a release in China is now in doubt. According to Deadline, […]
