The Boy Next Door, 2015 Directed by Rob Cohen Starring Jennifer Lopez, Ryan Guzman, Ian Nelson, John Corbett, Kristin Chenoweth SYNOPSIS: A newly divorced woman falls for a younger man who has recently moved in across the street from her, but their torrid affair soon takes a dangerous turn. Those disappointed that Jupiter Ascending and Fifty Shades […]
Movie Review – The Handmaiden (2016)
The Handmaiden, 2016. Directed by Park Chan-wook Starring Min-hee Kim, Tae-ri Kim, Jung-woo Ha, and Jin-woong Jo. SYNOPSIS: Japanese heiress Hideko employs a new handmaiden, Sook-hee, but what she doesn’t know is that the girl is a pickpocket. She’s been recruited by a con artist who aims to marry her mistress and swindle her out […]
Movie Review – Cam (2018)
Cam, 2018. Directed by Daniel Goldhaber. Starring Madeline Brewer, Patch Darragh, and Melora Walters. SYNOPSIS: An erotic webcam performer finds her followers stolen by a doppelganger who hijacks her channel, pushes the sexual envelope farther, and otherwise seems determined to destroy her life. The cyber-thriller genre has routinely proven to be a tough nut to […]
Toronto International Film Festival 2021 Review – Violet
Violet, 2021. Written and directed by Justine Bateman. Starring Olivia Munn, Justin Theroux, and Luke Bracey. SYNOPSIS: Violet realises that her entire life is built on fear-based decisions, and must do everything differently to become her true self. Actor Justine Bateman makes a disarming filmmaking debut with a bold, skillfully wrought drama about the destructive […]
First look at Benedict Cumberbatch in The Electrical Life of Louis Wain
Coinciding with its world premiere at the Telluride Film Festival, Amazon has released a first-look clip from the biographical drama The Electrical Life of Louis Wain which stars Benedict Cumberbatch as the eccentric British artist alongside Claire Foy as his wife Emily Richardson; take a look here… The extraordinary true story of eccentric British artist […]
Toronto International Film Festival 2021 Review – The Story of My Wife
The Story of My Wife, 2021. Written and directed by Ildikó Enyedi. Starring Gijs Naber, Léa Seydoux, and Louis Garrel. SYNOPSIS: Sea captain Jacob Störr makes a bet in a café with a friend to marry the first woman who enters the place. And in walks Lizzy. Ildikó Enyedi follows up her outstanding 2017 Oscar-nominated […]
Toronto International Film Festival 2021 Review – Jockey
Jockey, 2021. Co-written and directed by Clint Bentley. Starring Clifton Collins Jr., Molly Parker, and Moisés Arias. SYNOPSIS: An aging jockey is determined to win one last championship, but his dream is complicated when a young rookie shows up claiming to be his son. Clint Bentley has entered the world of feature films with a powerhouse […]
Christopher Nolan slams Warner Bros.’ 2021 HBO Max release plan
Last week, Warner Bros. made a shocking announcement that it is moving its entire 2021 release slate to a simultaneous HBO Max and theatrical release model starting with this year’s DC title, Wonder Woman 1984. However, one director – who has had a long-running partnership with Warner Bros. – has heavily criticised their decision. In an interview […]
Transformers: Rise of the Beasts set video shows Optimus Prime’s G1-inspired truck mode
As filming on Transformers: Rise of the Beasts continues under director Steven Caple Jr. (Creed II), a spy video has surfaced from the set of the seventh Transformers movie which show heroic Autobot leader Optimus Prime in his truck mode – and we’re talking, iconic G1-inspired truck mode here. Take a look for yourself… […]
Toronto International Film Festival 2021 Review – As In Heaven
As In Heaven, 2021. Written and directed by Tea Lindeburg. Starring Flora Ofelia Hofmann Lindahl, Ida Cæcilie Rasmussen, Palma Lindeburg Leth, Anna-Olivia Øster Coakley, Flora Augusta, Kirsten Olesen, Lisbet Dahl, Stine Fischer Christensen, Thure Lindhardt, and Albert Rudbeck Lindhardt. SYNOPSIS: On a farm in the late 1800s, an intense waiting game begins when a mother […]
