Encounter, 2021. Co-written and directed by Michael Pearce. Starring Riz Ahmed, Octavia Spencer, Rory Cochrane, Janina Gavankar, Lucian-River Chauhan, and Aditya Geddada. SYNOPSIS: Two brothers embark on a journey with their father, who is trying to protect them from an alien threat. Beast director Michael Pearce impressively scales-up for his sophomore feature, delivering another tricksy, […]
True Lies TV series sets Steve Howey as Harry Tasker
Having been revived earlier this year by CBS, the long-gestating small screen reboot of James Cameron’s action comedy True Lies has now found its Harry Tasker, with Variety reporting that Reba and Shameless actor Steve Howey has been cast as the main lead in the pilot. Howey will follow in the footsteps of Arnold Schwarzenegger, […]
Movie Review – Bad Candy (2020)
Bad Candy, 2020. Directed by Scott B. Hansen and Desiree Connell. Starring Corey Taylor, Zach Galligan, Riley Sutton, Derek Russo, Michael Aaron Milligan and Hayley Leary. SYNOPSIS: A Halloween-themed radio broadcast tells a series of spooky stories set in and around the town of New Salem. Last summer, the horror anthology Nightmare Radio arrived on […]
The Matrix Resurrections synopsis ignores the sequels as Yahya Abdul-Mateen II confirms Morpheus role
Warner Bros. invited fans back into The Matrix this week with the release of the first trailer for The Matrix Resurrections, the fourth instalment in the iconic sci-fi action series. And, while the trailer certainly posed plenty of questions, do too does the new official synopsis – most interestingly, the lack of any mention of […]
Toronto International Film Festival 2021 Review – Lo Invisible
Lo Invisible, 2021. Co-written and directed by Javier Andrade. Starring Anahi Hoeneisen, Matilde Lagos, Gerson Guerra, Juan Lorenzo Barragán, Paola Navarrete, and Cristina Marchán. SYNOPSIS: When Luisa returns from a psychiatric clinic after a bout of severe postpartum depression, she enters a new confinement in her dazzling home, surrounded by family members and a brigade […]
Movie Review – Small Engine Repair (2021)
Small Engine Repair, 2021. Directed by John Pollono. Starring Jon Bernthal, Shea Whigham, Ciara Bravo, John Pollono, Spencer House, Jordana Spiro, Josh Helman and Jay Bulger. SYNOPSIS: Frankie (John Pollono), Swaino (Jon Bernthal) and Packie (Shea Whigham) have known each other a lifetime. Frankie’s daughter Crystal (Ciara Bravo) makes that bond stronger than blood, meaning […]
Toronto International Film Festival 2021 Review – Aloners
Aloners, 2021. Written and directed by Hong Sung-eun. Starring Gong Seung-yeon, Jung Da-eun, Seo Hyun-woo, and Park Jeong-hak. SYNOPSIS: A solitary woman re-evaluates her isolated existence after her neighbor dies alone in his apartment. People’s inability to connect with others face-to-face has been one of the most psychologically defeating aspects of the pandemic, causing isolation […]
Toronto International Film Festival 2021 Review – Comala
Comala, 2021. Written and Directed by Gian Cassini. SYNOPSIS: A man’s journey to face the scattered members of his dysfunctional family and understand the life of his absent father, a failed hit man murdered years ago in a Mexican border town. Part-investigative journalism, part-moving familial mosaic, Gian Cassini’s filmmaking debut Comala sees the director re-examining […]
Toronto International Film Festival 2021 Review – All My Puny Sorrows
All My Puny Sorrows, 2021. Written and directed by Michael McGowan. Starring Alison Pill, Sarah Gadon, Mare Winningham, Amybeth McNulty, and Donal Logue. SYNOPSIS: The story of two Mennonite sisters who have left their strict religious upbringing behind. While one sibling struggles in love and life, the other is a world-famous concert pianist. Michael McGowan’s […]
Christopher Nolan shopping World War II atomic bomb movie around Hollywood
It’s a rather strange situation when the big news about a new Christopher Nolan project isn’t the movie itself, but rather the fact that the filmmaker is currently shopping said project around the major Hollywood studios as his long tenure at Warner Bros. looks to have come to an end. Nolan was one of the […]
