Ron’s Gone Wrong, 2021.Directed by Sarah Smith and Jean-Philippe Vine. Featuring the voice talents of Zach Galifianakis, Jack Dylan Grazer, Olivia Colman, Ed Helms, Justice Smith, Rob Delaney, Kylie Cantrall, and Ricardo Hurtado.SYNOPSIS:The story of Barney, an awkward middle-schooler, and Ron, his new walking, talking, digitally connected device. Ron’s malfunctions set against the backdrop of […]
Cillian Murphy to play J. Robert Oppenheimer in new Christopher Nolan film
Christopher Nolan is reuniting with a handful of his frequent collaborators for his new film Oppenheimer. Not only will Nolan re-team with the director of photography Hoyte Van Hoytema, editor Jennifer Lame, and composer Ludwig Göransson, but we’ll see a regular Nolan actor returning.Cillian Murphy is now confirmed to star in the film. Murphy will […]
Movie Review – Knocking (2021)
Knocking, 2021.Directed by Frida Kempff. Starring Cecilia Milocco, Krister Kern, Albin Grenholm, Ville Virtanen, and Alexander Salzberger.SYNOPSIS:A woman leaves a psychiatric ward after a nervous breakdown, only to start hearing mysterious knocking sounds in her apartment.Frida Kempff’s feature debut Knocking boasts a premise sure to swiftly attract the attention of anyone who’s ever had to suffer through […]
Cruel Intentions TV series in the works at IMDb TV
Five years on from NBC’s aborted attempt at a sequel series, IMDb TV is taking another stab at bringing Cruel Intentions to the small screen with plans for a television reboot of the 1999 teen thriller.The potential series is being written by Phoebe Fisher and Sara Goodman, the writing team behind Amazon’s upcoming I Know […]
New trailer for The 355 starring Jessica Chastain, Penelope Cruz, Diane Kruger, Lupita Nyong’o and Fan Bingbing
Universal Pictures has released a poster and trailer for The 355, the espionage thriller from director Simon Kinberg which follows a CIA Agent (Jessica Chastain) as she joins forces with three international agents (Diane Kruger, Lupita Nyong’o and Penelope Cruz) to retrieve a top secret weapon and stay one step ahead of the mysterious woman […]
Movie Review – John and the Hole (2021)
John and the Hole, 2021.Directed by Pascual Sisto. Starring Charlie Shotwell, Taissa Farmiga, Jennifer Ehle, Michael C. Hall, Lucien Spelman, Ben O’Brien, Georgia Lyman, Samantha LeBretton, and Tamara Hickey.SYNOPSIS:A coming-of-age psychological thriller that plays out the unsettling reality of a kid who holds his family captive in a hole in the ground.Early on in John […]
2021 BFI London Film Festival Review – 7 Days
7 Days, 2021.Directed by Roshan Sethi. Starring Geraldine Viswanathan, Karan Soni, Gita Reddy, Zenobia Shroff and Mark Duplass.SYNOPSIS:After being set up by their parents, a man and a woman on a date are forced to isolate together when the COVID-19 pandemic strikes.We’re going to see a lot of films like 7 Days in the next […]
2021 BFI London Film Festival Review – Azor
Azor, 2021.Directed by Andreas Fontana. Starring Fabrizio Rongione, Stéphanie Cléau, Juan Pablo Geretto and Elli Medeiros.SYNOPSIS:A Swiss banker takes over accounts in Argentina from his colleague in the 1980s, finding himself forced to navigate the complex, febrile politics of a military junta.Dark, murky intrigue is the order of the day when it comes to thriller […]
57th Chicago International Film Festival Capsule Review – The Beta Test
The Beta Test, 2021.Directed by Jim Cummings. Starring Jim Cummings, Virginia Newcomb, PJ McCabe, Kevin Changaris, Olivia Grace Applegate, Jessie Barr, Malin Barr, Jacqueline Doke, Wilky Lau, Grant Rosenmeyer, Laura Coover, and Keith Powell.SYNOPSIS:A married Hollywood agent receives a mysterious letter for an anonymous sexual encounter and becomes ensnared in a sinister world of lying, […]
2021 BFI London Film Festival Review – Humidity Alert
Humidity Alert, 2021.Directed by Bong Soo Ko. Starring Baek Seung-Hwan, Lee Hee-Jun and Ko Ju-Hwan.SYNOPSIS:A special Q&A screening of a new film causes chaos for a cinema trying to deal with COVID-19 restrictions.We all know that cinemas have faced a tough time during the COVID-19 pandemic. Initially forced to close as the world went into […]
