The Handmaiden, 2016. Directed by Park Chan-wook Starring Min-hee Kim, Tae-ri Kim, Jung-woo Ha, and Jin-woong Jo. SYNOPSIS: Japanese heiress Hideko employs a new handmaiden, Sook-hee, but what she doesn’t know is that the girl is a pickpocket. She’s been recruited by a con artist who aims to marry her mistress and swindle her out […]
Movie Review – Cam (2018)
Cam, 2018. Directed by Daniel Goldhaber. Starring Madeline Brewer, Patch Darragh, and Melora Walters. SYNOPSIS: An erotic webcam performer finds her followers stolen by a doppelganger who hijacks her channel, pushes the sexual envelope farther, and otherwise seems determined to destroy her life. The cyber-thriller genre has routinely proven to be a tough nut to […]
Toronto International Film Festival 2021 Review – Violet
Violet, 2021. Written and directed by Justine Bateman. Starring Olivia Munn, Justin Theroux, and Luke Bracey. SYNOPSIS: Violet realises that her entire life is built on fear-based decisions, and must do everything differently to become her true self. Actor Justine Bateman makes a disarming filmmaking debut with a bold, skillfully wrought drama about the destructive […]
First look at Benedict Cumberbatch in The Electrical Life of Louis Wain
Coinciding with its world premiere at the Telluride Film Festival, Amazon has released a first-look clip from the biographical drama The Electrical Life of Louis Wain which stars Benedict Cumberbatch as the eccentric British artist alongside Claire Foy as his wife Emily Richardson; take a look here… The extraordinary true story of eccentric British artist […]
Toronto International Film Festival 2021 Review – The Story of My Wife
The Story of My Wife, 2021. Written and directed by Ildikó Enyedi. Starring Gijs Naber, Léa Seydoux, and Louis Garrel. SYNOPSIS: Sea captain Jacob Störr makes a bet in a café with a friend to marry the first woman who enters the place. And in walks Lizzy. Ildikó Enyedi follows up her outstanding 2017 Oscar-nominated […]
Toronto International Film Festival 2021 Review – Jockey
Jockey, 2021. Co-written and directed by Clint Bentley. Starring Clifton Collins Jr., Molly Parker, and Moisés Arias. SYNOPSIS: An aging jockey is determined to win one last championship, but his dream is complicated when a young rookie shows up claiming to be his son. Clint Bentley has entered the world of feature films with a powerhouse […]
Christopher Nolan slams Warner Bros.’ 2021 HBO Max release plan
Last week, Warner Bros. made a shocking announcement that it is moving its entire 2021 release slate to a simultaneous HBO Max and theatrical release model starting with this year’s DC title, Wonder Woman 1984. However, one director – who has had a long-running partnership with Warner Bros. – has heavily criticised their decision. In an interview […]
Transformers: Rise of the Beasts set video shows Optimus Prime’s G1-inspired truck mode
As filming on Transformers: Rise of the Beasts continues under director Steven Caple Jr. (Creed II), a spy video has surfaced from the set of the seventh Transformers movie which show heroic Autobot leader Optimus Prime in his truck mode – and we’re talking, iconic G1-inspired truck mode here. Take a look for yourself… […]
Toronto International Film Festival 2021 Review – As In Heaven
As In Heaven, 2021. Written and directed by Tea Lindeburg. Starring Flora Ofelia Hofmann Lindahl, Ida Cæcilie Rasmussen, Palma Lindeburg Leth, Anna-Olivia Øster Coakley, Flora Augusta, Kirsten Olesen, Lisbet Dahl, Stine Fischer Christensen, Thure Lindhardt, and Albert Rudbeck Lindhardt. SYNOPSIS: On a farm in the late 1800s, an intense waiting game begins when a mother […]
Netflix and WWE announce interactive horror movie Escape the Undertaker
Netflix and World Wrestling Entertainment have announced the upcoming release of Escape the Undertaker, a new interactive horror movie heading to the streaming service in time for Halloween. As per Bloody Disgusting, Escape the Undertaker features legendary WWE Superstar The Undertaker alongside Kofi Kingston, Xavier Woods and Big E of The New Day. The official synopsis […]
