It’s yet to open in some of the major territories, but Denis Villeneuve’s Dune is mining some impressive spice at the international box, where its takings in France, Russia, Germany, Italy, and Spain, among others, have seen its total rise to $77M. The much anticipated sci-fi opus took $26.3M from 32 marketplaces, with the key […]
Movie Review – Gaia (2021)
Gaia, 2021. Directed by Jaco Bouwer. Starring Monique Rockman, Carel Nel, Alex van Dyk, and Anthony Oseyemi. SYNOPSIS: An injured forest ranger on a routine mission is saved by two off-the-grid survivalists whose devotion to the forest has nightmarish consequences. One of the stranger movies to have been screened at this year’s FrightFest, South African […]
Tom Hardy says an R-rating was considered for Venom: Let There Be Carnage
While the first film managed to succeed without straying beyond the boundaries of PG-13, there remains some disappointment among fans that Sony opted against an R-rating for its upcoming sequel Venom: There There Be Carnage, particularly as the film will see Tom Hardy’s Eddie Brock and his symbiote squaring off against one of Marvel’s deadliest […]
John Cena and Kathy Bates to run for President in thriller The Independent
John Cena (The Suicide Squad) and Kathy Bates (Misery) are set to portray Presidential candidates in The Independent, a political thriller starring Brian Cox (Succession) and Jodie Turner-Smith (Queen & Slim). Directed by Amy Rice (By The People: The Election of Barack Obama) and from a Black List script by Evan Parter, The Independent is […]
Assassin Club recruits Henry Golding, Daniela Melchior, Noomi Rapace and Sam Neill
Deadline is reporting that director Camille Delamarre (Transporter: Refueled) has just wrapped filming on Assassin Club, an action thriller starring Henry Golding (Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins), Daniela Melchior (The Suicide Squad), Noomi Rapace (Prometheus) and Sam Neill (Jurassic Park). As revealed by the trade, Assassin Club is set in the world of international espionage […]
Jim Cummings’ The Beta Test trailer teases an adulterous horror story
Blue Finch Releasing has shared a UK poster and trailer for The Beta Test, the new film from Jim Cummings (Thunder Road, The Wolf of Snow Hollow), which is described as “a scathing satire of outdated Hollywood sleaze, rampant consumerism and an adulterous horror story for a hyper-connected digital generation.” Check them out here… Shortly […]
Sam Raimi says seeing Doc Ock return in the Spider-Man: No Way Home trailer was “beautiful”
Sam Raimi gave comic book fans some lifelong memories with his Spider-Man films, none more so than Alfred Molina slaying it as Doc Ock in Spider-Man 2. Fast-forward to 2021, and Raimi is making his return to Marvel as the director for Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. But more surprisingly, Molina is about […]
Don’t Look Up clip features Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Lawrence and Meryl Streep
Netflix has released a clip from the sci-fi comedy drama Don’t Look Up which sees Dr. Mindy (Leonardo DiCaprio) and astronomy grad student Kate (Jennifer Lawrence) struggle to convince President Orlean (Meryl Streep) and her staff that a comet will hit Earth within six months, causing catastrophic events; watch it here… Kate Dibiasky (Jennifer Lawrence), […]
Pilou Asbæk to play Richard Straker in Salem’s Lot movie
THR is reporting that Pilou Asbæk has become the latest addition to New Line Cinema’s Stephen King adaptation Salem’s Lot. The Game of Thrones actor set to portray the villainous Richard Straker, familiar to master vampire Kurt Barlow. Asbæk follows in the footsteps of James Mason, who appeared in the classic 1979 TV miniseries, as […]
Taiwanese horror video game adaptation Detention gets US trailer and release date
Dekanalog has announced that it is bringing Taiwan’s acclaimed horror hit, the video game adaptation Detention, to U.S. cinemas this October, and you can check out the official poster and trailer here… 1962 Taiwan, during the time of the White Terror. Martial law is in full force across the country. In a time of extreme […]
