Needle in a Timestack, 2021. Directed by John Ridley. Starring Leslie Odom Jr., Cynthia Erivo, Freida Pinto, Orlando Bloom, Laysla De Oliveira, Alessandro Juliani, James Kirk, Hiro Kanagawa, Ulka Simone Mohanty, Gourav Shah, Kaylah Zander, Elizabeth Weinstein, Natalie D’Amico, Charles Singh, Samantha Hum, and Jadyn Wong. SYNOPSIS: Nick and Janine live in marital bliss until […]
No Time To Die brings in $56 million from North American opening weekend
The numbers for the final Daniel Craig-era James Bond movie are in, and it’s not as explosive as many were hoping. No Time To Die has brought in an estimated $56 million from its North American opening weekend. The latest James Bond film is the fifth-best domestic opening of the pandemic era, but it still falls […]
Exclusive Interview – Halloween Kills director David Gordon Green on the original film and early horror memories
David Gordon Green sits down with EJ Moreno for a Halloween Kills chat… Halloween Kills is the second entry in David Gordon Green’s Halloween series, and possibly the wildest entry in the franchise yet. The filmmaker sits down with me to discuss the story of the film, his early memories of horror, and why he […]
Movie Review – The Harder They Fall (2021)
The Harder They Fall, 2021. Directed by Jeymes Samuel. Starring Jonathan Majors, Idris Elba, Zazie Beetz, Delroy Lindo, LaKeith Stanfield, Danielle Deadwyler, Edi Gathegi, R.J. Cyler, Damon Wayans Jr., Deon Cole, and Regina King. SYNOPSIS: Nat Love (Jonathan Majors) is an outlaw for the common man. Stealing from those who do the heavy lifting, he […]
The Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City international trailer delivers a much darker tone for the reboot
When Sony Pictures debuted the first trailer for Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City, it’s fair to say that the reaction split viewers down the middle, with most commenting on the strange choice of music. Well now they’ve released an international trailer for the new R-rated action horror reboot based on the iconic video game […]
Timothee Chalamet unwraps first photo of Wonka
Timothee Chalamet took to social media to give fans their look at the actor’s take on the iconic Willy Wonka. On Sunday, Chalamet posted the first look image at Wonka, a new prequel film from Paul King and Warner Bros. In the post, Chalamet captioned the photo with “The suspense is terrible, I hope it […]
2021 BFI London Film Festival Review – Encounter
Encounter, 2021. 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. Michael Pearce burst onto the scene with his acclaimed 2017 debut Beast. His follow-up film, […]
2021 BFI London Film Festival Review – La Mif
La Mif, 2021. Written and directed by Fred Baillif. Starring Claudia Grob, Amélie Tonsi, Anaïs Uldry, Amandine Golay, Kassia Da Costa, Joyce Ndayisenga, Charlie Areddy, and Sara Tulu. SYNOPSIS: A group of teenage girls have been placed in a residential care home with social workers. This forced “family” experience creates unexpected tensions and intimacies. An […]
2021 BFI London Film Festival Review – Hinterland
Hinterland, 2021. Co-written and directed by Stefan Ruzowitzky. Starring Murathan Muslu and Liv Lisa Fries. SYNOPSIS: When an ex-prisoner of the Great War returns home and finds his comrades brutally murdered, he decides to bring the serial killer to justice. In 2007, Stefan Ruzowitzky’s World War II drama The Counterfeiters won the Best International Feature Oscar, […]
Movie Review – Freeland (2021)
Freeland, 2021. Written and Directed by Mario Furloni and Kate McLean. Starring Krisha Fairchild, Frank Mosley, Lily Gladstone, John Craven, Cameron James Matthews, and Michelle Maxson. SYNOPSIS: An aging pot farmer finds her world shattered as she races to bring in what could be her final harvest. At face value, Freeland depicts a series of […]
