WeWork: Or the Making and Breaking of a $47 Billion Unicorn, 2021. Directed by Jed Rothstein. SYNOPSIS: Explores the rise and fall of one of the biggest corporate flameouts and venture capitalist bubbles in recent years – the story of WeWork, and its hippie-messianic leader Adam Neumann. The latest documentary from Oscar-nominated filmmaker Jed Rothstein […]
Movie Review – Retaliation (2017)
Retaliation, 2017. Directed by Ludwig Shammasian and Paul Shammasian. Starring Orlando Bloom, Janet Montgomery, Anne Reid, James Smillie, Charlie Creed-Miles and Alex Ferns. SYNOPSIS: Decades after he was molested by a Catholic priest, a man deals with his abuser’s return as he is tasked with demolishing the church where the crimes took place. Over the […]
Smash hit Japanese anime Demon Slayer The Movie: Mugen Train gets a U.S. trailer and release date
Aniplex and Funimation have announced the upcoming North American release of Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba the Movie: Mugen Train, the awkwardly-titled but insanely successful anime feature which has already grossed over $415 million worldwide to become the biggest Japanese movie of all time, and the highest-grossing R-rated movie in history. Watch the trailer here… […]
2021 SXSW Film Festival Review – Not Going Quietly
Not Going Quietly, 2021. Directed by Nicholas Bruckman. SYNOPSIS: An intimate, inspiring look at activist and loving father Ady Barkan, diagnosed with ALS at age 32 and who, in spite of declining physical abilities, embarks on a nationwide campaign for healthcare reform. It’s no secret to anyone with their eyes open that the American healthcare system […]
Horror film The Voices gets a trailer, poster and images
Ahead of its release this April, a trailer, poster and images have arrived online for director Nathaniel Nuon’s upcoming horror The Voices which follows Lilly, a pregnant woman who discovers that her unborn child has become a vessel for souls stuck in limbo to be reborn; take a look here… After visiting her father’s grave, […]
Trailer for blaxploitation-inspired splatter horror Death Ranch
A trailer, poster and images have arrived online for writer-director Charlie Steeds’ Blaxploitation-inspired splatter horror Death Ranch which follows three African American siblings on the run from the law, who soon discover that the abandoned ranch in which they’ve taken refuge is on the hunting grounds of a cannibalistic Ku Klux Klan cult. 1970s USA. […]
Idris Elba and Caleb McLaughlin star in trailer for Netflix’s Concrete Cowboy
Netflix has released a poster and trailer for the upcoming drama Concrete Cowboy. Directed by Ricky Staub, the film is based on Greg Neri’s novel Ghetto Cowboy and stars Stranger Things’ Caleb McLaughlin as a troubled teen who discovers the world of urban horseback riding while spending the summer with his estranged father (Idris Elba); […]
The Russo Brothers begin production on The Gray Man
The Russo Brothers (Avengers: Endgame) have announced that their latest film, the action thriller The Gray Man, has begun production. The pair made the announcement via Twitter, showing off the film’s logo with Stephen Windon serving as the Director of Photography. The Gray Man stars Ryan Gosling (Blade Runner 2049), Chris Evans (Avengers: Endgame), Ana de […]
Disney’s live-action Peter Pan & Wendy has started filming
Yet another live-action Disney adaptation is heading into production as Disney has announced that filming is underway in Vancouver for Peter Pan & Wendy, the upcoming live-action remake of its beloved 1953 animated film. Peter Pan & Wendy will be directed by David Lowery and produced by Jim Whitaker, who are set to re-team after […]
James Herbert’s Shrine comes to the screen in trailer for The Unholy
Sony Pictures has released two posters and trailer for The Unholy, the upcoming adaptation of James Herbert’s 1983 novel Shrine. Directed by Evan Spiliotopoulos, the horror stars Jeffrey Dean Morgan as a disgraced journalist who travels to a small New England town to investigate the story of a young girl who claims to have been […]