Ahead of its release this October, a poster, trailer and images have been released for writer-director Masaya Kato’s action horror Ouija Japan that follows Karen, an American housewife living in Japan when peer pressure forces her to play Kokkuri-san, which leads the friends being forced to fight each other in a deadly battle royal when […]
Toronto International Film Festival 2021 Review – Zalava
Zalava, 2021. Co-written and directed by Arsalan Amiri. Starring Navid Pourfaraj, Pouria Rahimi Sam, Hoda Zeinolabedin, Baset Rezaei, Fereydoun Hamedi, and Shaho Rostami. SYNOPSIS: Investigating reports of demonic possessions in a remote village, a skeptical military officer finds his beliefs tested by an enigmatic exorcist. Exorcism movies are a dime-a-dozen, and so this new riff […]
Toronto International Film Festival 2021 Review – Charlotte
Charlotte, 2021. Directed by Eric Warin and Tahir Rana. Starring Keira Knightley, Brenda Blethyn, Jim Broadbent, Sam Claflin, Henry Czerny, Eddie Marsan, Helen McCrory, Sophie Okonedo, and Mark Strong. SYNOPSIS: An account of German-Jewish artist Charlotte Salomon living in the south of France between 1941 and 1943. Tacky thought it might seem to decry the […]
DASHCAM: The Future of Horror is Here! | TIFF 2021 Video Review
EJ Moreno with a video review of Rob Savage’s DASHCAM… Toronto International Film Festival premiered one of the year’s most interesting horror films with DASHCAM. Director Rob Savage returns after his breakout hit, 2020’s Host, with a new found-footage romp from Blumhouse. Critic EJ Moreno breaks down why this is one of his favorite films […]
Marvel’s Eternals images offer new look at the MCU’s next superhero team
With Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings now in the rear-view mirror, attention is quickly turning to the next instalment in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and thanks to Total Film we’ve now got three new images from the Chloe Zhao-directed Eternals, offering a new look at Ikaris (Richard Madden), Sersi (Gemma Chan), Kingo […]
Joaquin Phoenix teams with A24 & Mike Mills in trailer for C’mon C’mon
The film festival darling C’mon C’mon has its first trailer, and based on this first impression we could see Joaquin Phoenix heading to another Oscar win. In the upcoming A24 film trailer, director Mike Mills brings his signature style to another harrowing story. The 20th Century Women and Beginners director is known for emotional movies, each […]
Movie Review – Mandibles (2021)
Mandibles, 2021. Written and Directed by Quentin Dupieux. Starring Grégoire Ludig, David Marsais, Adèle Exarchopoulos, India Hair, Bruno Lochet, Coralie Russier, Roméo Elvis, Raphaël Quenard, Philippe Dusseau, Jean-Paul Solal, and Jézabel Marques. SYNOPSIS: Two simple-minded friends discover a giant fly in the trunk of a car and decide to domesticate it to earn money with […]
First look images from Guillermo del Toro’s Nightmare Alley
With the first trailer set to drop this Thursday, Searchlight Pictures has released the first images from Guillermo del Toro’s noir thriller Nightmare Alley featuring Bradley Cooper, Cate Blanchett, Rooney Mara, Willem Dafoe, and Toni Collette; check them out here… In NIGHTMARE ALLEY, an ambitious carny (Bradley Cooper) with a talent for manipulating people with […]
Swoon over the sumptuous trailer for Steven Spielberg’s West Side Story
Having been delayed by over a year, Steven Spielberg’s remake of West Side Story is finally arriving this December, and now 20th Century Studios and The Walt Disney Company have released the stunning full trailer, which you can swoon over below…. An adaptation of the original Broadway musical, WEST SIDE STORY explores young love and […]
Movie Review – Vacation Friends (2021)
Vacation Friends, 2021. Directed by Clay Tarver. Starring John Cena, Meredith Hagner, Lil Rel Howery, Yvonne Orji and Robert Wisdom. SYNOPSIS: Ron (John Cena) and Kyla (Meredith Hagner) are a free spirited couple on vacation in Mexico. Marcus (Lil Rel Howery) and Emily (Yvonne Orji) their uptight counterparts. This is what happens when circumstance brings […]
