Offseason, 2021. Written and directed by Mickey Keating. Starring Joe Swanberg, Jocelin Donahue, Melora Walters, Richard Brake, and Jeremy Gardner. SYNOPSIS: After receiving a mysterious letter, a woman travels to a desolate island town and soon becomes trapped in a nightmare. Are there any films more frustrating to watch – let alone review – than superbly […]
Universal sets Puss in Boots: The Last Wish release date
Among the seemingly endless list of movies clawing for a post-pandemic release date, a sequel to 2011’s Puss in Boots is likely one that you’d forgotten about, but when the original has grossed $555 million at the worldwide box-office, you can bet the fat cats over at Universal certainly hadn’t, which is why they’ve set […]
2021 SXSW Film Festival Review – Ninjababy
Ninjababy, 2021. Directed by Yngvild Sve Flikke. Starring Kristine Kujath Thorp, Arthur Berning, Nader Khademi, Tora Christine Dietrichson, Silya Nymoen and Herman Tømmeraas. SYNOPSIS: An unplanned pregnancy leaves an amateur cartoonist with some tough choices to make. “Has a car. Has sperm with superpowers. Smells like butter.” No, not the contents of a Tinder bio […]
2021 SXSW Film Festival Review – United States vs. Reality Winner
United States vs. Reality Winner, 2021. Directed by Sonia Kennebeck. SYNOPSIS: A state of secrets and a ruthless hunt for whistleblowers – this is the story of 25-year-old Reality Winner, who disclosed a document about Russian election interference to the media and became the number one leak target of the Trump administration. Sonia Kennebeck’s (National […]
Movie Review – Searching For Skylab (2019)
Searching for Skylab, 2019. Directed by Dwight Steven Boniecki. Featuring Joe Kerwin, Paul Weitz, Jack Lousma, Owen Garriott, Gerald P Carr, Ed Gibson, Lubos Kohoutek, Vance Brand and Bruce Candless II. SYNOPSIS: From May to November 1973, NASA launched a series of missions which would define space travel for decades. Searching For Skylab is a […]
2021 SXSW Film Festival Review – Recovery
Recovery, 2021. Directed by Mallory Everton and Stephen Meek. Starring Whitney Call, Mallory Everton, Anne Sward Hansen, Julia Jolley, Baylee Thornock, Jessica Drolet, Stephen Meek, Tyler Andrew Jones, Noah Kershisnik, and Justin Call. SYNOPSIS: Two directionless sisters brave a cross-country road trip to rescue their grandmother from a COVID outbreak at her nursing home. The last […]
2021 SXSW Film Festival Review – Our Father
Our Father, 2021. Written and directed by Bradley Grant Smith. Starring Baize Buzan, Allison Torem, Austin Pendleton, Corey Hendrix, Tim Hopper, Ann Whitney, Keith Kupferer, Guy Massey, Lance Baker, and D’Wayne Taylor. SYNOPSIS: Two estranged sisters go in search of their uncle, a mysterious figure who may hold the key to their father’s suicide and their […]
Disney+ adding Star Wars: Clone Wars, Ewoks movies and animated series, and Boba Fett’s first appearance
Here’s some exciting news for Star Wars fans – and completionists in particular – as Disney+ has announced that it is set to bring the Star Wars Vintage Collection to the streaming service on April 2nd. Along with Genndy Tartakovsky’s Star Wars: Clone Wars animated series from 2003, the new additions include Lucasfilm’s two Ewoks TV […]
2021 SXSW Film Festival Review – Clerk
Clerk, 2021. Directed by Malcolm Ingram. Featuring Kevin Smith. SYNOPSIS: A documentary on the career and life of filmmaker and raconteur Kevin Smith. It won’t surprise anyone to learn that this travelogue of Kevin Smith’s inimitable filmmaking career is a for-the-fans outing above all else – after all, it’s directed by Smith’s longtime friend, documentarian Malcolm […]
Justice League’s Joe Manganiello discusses DC Films’ abandoned Deathstroke plans
Way back in 2016 when the DC Extended Universe was still in its infancy, actor Joe Manganiello was brought on board to portray the character of Slade Wilson, a.k.a. the mercenary Deathstroke. The studio seemingly had big plans for Manganiello and the character; initially cast as the villain for Ben Affleck’s incarnation of The Batman, […]
