News of the World, 2020. Directed by Paul Greengrass. Starring Tom Hanks, Helena Zengel, Tom Astor, Travis Johnson, Andy Kastelic, Ray McKinnon, Mare Winningham and Elizabeth Marvel. SYNOPSIS: Captain Kidd (Tom Hanks) travels from town to town reading the news to anyone who will pay money. His discovery of a young girl (Helena Zengel) abandoned […]
Movie Review – Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar (2021)
Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar, 2021. Directed by Josh Greenbaum. Starring Kristen Wiig, Annie Mumolo, Jamie Dornan, Wendi McLendon-Covey, Damon Wayans Jr., Kwame Patterson, Reyn Doi, Michael Hitchcock, Phyllis Smith, Vanessa Bayer, Rose Abdoo, Fortune Feimster, Mark Jonathan Davis, Tom Lenk, Andy García, and Reba McEntire. SYNOPSIS: Lifelong friends Barb and Star […]
Face/Off sequel coming from Godzilla vs. Kong director Adam Wingard
Deadline reports that the 1997 cult classic Face/Off will get a modern update, which the director says is not a remake but rather a direct sequel to the John Travolta and Nicolas Cage action thriller. Paramount has tapped Adam Wingard, the man behind The Guest, You’re Next, and Godzilla vs. Kong, for this new project. […]
Movie Review – Willy’s Wonderland (2021)
Willy’s Wonderland, 2021. Directed by Kevin Lewis. Starring Nicolas Cage, Emily Tosta, Ric Reitz, Chris Warner, Kai Kadlec, Christian Del Grosso, Caylee Cowan, Terayle Hill, Jonathan Mercedes, David Sheftell, and Beth Grant. SYNOPSIS: A quiet drifter is tricked into a janitorial job at the now-condemned Willy’s Wonderland. The mundane tasks suddenly become an all-out fight for […]
Jack Black to play Claptrap in Eli Roth’s Borderlands movie
Lionsgate has announced that Jack Black is set to join Cate Blanchett, Jamie Lee Curtis and Kevin Hart in Borderlands, the upcoming video game adaptation from director Eli Roth (Hostel). The project, based on the hugely successful video game franchise from Gearbox Software, will reunite Black with Roth and Blanchett, the trio having recently worked […]
Benedict Wong shares Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness behind-the-scenes pic
Nevermind the Multiverse of Madness, Marvel are simply doing their best to stretch their array of superheroes across the globe at the moment, as multiple productions, from Hawkeye to Thor: Love & Thunder go before the cameras in various locations. One such place is Longcross Studios, England, where Sam Raimi is filming Doctor Strange in […]
Jen Bartel to pay tribute to the Women of Marvel with Women’s History Month variant covers
In honor of Women’s History Month, Marvel will celebrate its female characters this March in an all-new variant cover collection by Eisner Award-winning artist Jen Bartel, which will adorn eight issues throughout the month. Here’s a look at the first four, featuring She-Hulk, Wildcat, Silk and Emma Frost… UPDATE: And here are the additional four, […]
Film Through the Years Part 1 with Jim Bloom, Associate Producer on Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back | The Writer Experience #132
Listen to the latest episode of The Writer Experience… In the first of a two part interview, Court and Harry are joined by Jim Bloom, whose career in the movie and entertainment industries began when he worked with George Lucas on American Graffiti. Soon after he became an assistant director working alongside many noted filmmakers […]
Netflix developing Redwall film and TV series
Netflix has announced it has acquired the rights to Brian Jacques’ Redwall fantasy series and plans on developing both a film adaptation and TV series around the franchise. Jacques, who passed away in 2011 shortly before the release of his final Redwall novel, began writing the series in 1986. The series followed Martin The Warrior and other animals living […]
2021 Sundance Film Festival Review – At the Ready
At the Ready, 2021. Directed by Maisie Crow. SYNOPSIS: A group of seniors train to become police officers and Border Patrol agents at El Paso’s Horizon High School, near the U.S./Mexico border. Documentaries about the American experience often prove especially eye-opening to outsiders, and that’s certainly the case with Maisie Crow’s (Jackson) new film At the […]
