It seems like forever now since cameras first began rolling on Mission: Impossible 7, but a year and a half after production first got underway – and numerous shutdowns and delays due to COVID later – director Christopher McQuarrie has taken to Instagram to announce that filming has finally wrapped on the next instalment in […]
Shang-Chi’s China release in doubt due to past remarks from Simu Liu
While Marvel Studios’ Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings continues to defy initial expectations, having grossed over $200 million in its first week of release, the superhero blockbuster’s overall box office prospects could be about to suffer a blow with reports that a release in China is now in doubt.According to Deadline, leading […]
Toronto International Film Festival 2021 Review – Encounter
Encounter, 2021.Co-written and directed by Michael Pearce. Starring Riz Ahmed, Octavia Spencer, Rory Cochrane, Janina Gavankar, Lucian-River Chauhan, and Aditya Geddada.SYNOPSIS:Two brothers embark on a journey with their father, who is trying to protect them from an alien threat.Beast director Michael Pearce impressively scales-up for his sophomore feature, delivering another tricksy, subversive genre film – […]
True Lies TV series sets Steve Howey as Harry Tasker
Having been revived earlier this year by CBS, the long-gestating small screen reboot of James Cameron’s action comedy True Lies has now found its Harry Tasker, with Variety reporting that Reba and Shameless actor Steve Howey has been cast as the main lead in the pilot.Howey will follow in the footsteps of Arnold Schwarzenegger, who […]
Movie Review – Bad Candy (2020)
Bad Candy, 2020.Directed by Scott B. Hansen and Desiree Connell. Starring Corey Taylor, Zach Galligan, Riley Sutton, Derek Russo, Michael Aaron Milligan and Hayley Leary.SYNOPSIS:A Halloween-themed radio broadcast tells a series of spooky stories set in and around the town of New Salem.Last summer, the horror anthology Nightmare Radio arrived on VOD formats. Just as […]
The Matrix Resurrections synopsis ignores the sequels as Yahya Abdul-Mateen II confirms Morpheus role
Warner Bros. invited fans back into The Matrix this week with the release of the first trailer for The Matrix Resurrections, the fourth instalment in the iconic sci-fi action series. And, while the trailer certainly posed plenty of questions, do too does the new official synopsis – most interestingly, the lack of any mention of […]
Toronto International Film Festival 2021 Review – Lo Invisible
Lo Invisible, 2021.Co-written and directed by Javier Andrade. Starring Anahi Hoeneisen, Matilde Lagos, Gerson Guerra, Juan Lorenzo Barragán, Paola Navarrete, and Cristina Marchán.SYNOPSIS:When Luisa returns from a psychiatric clinic after a bout of severe postpartum depression, she enters a new confinement in her dazzling home, surrounded by family members and a brigade of servants who […]
Movie Review – Small Engine Repair (2021)
Small Engine Repair, 2021.Directed by John Pollono. Starring Jon Bernthal, Shea Whigham, Ciara Bravo, John Pollono, Spencer House, Jordana Spiro, Josh Helman and Jay Bulger.SYNOPSIS:Frankie (John Pollono), Swaino (Jon Bernthal) and Packie (Shea Whigham) have known each other a lifetime. Frankie’s daughter Crystal (Ciara Bravo) makes that bond stronger than blood, meaning there is nothing […]
Toronto International Film Festival 2021 Review – Aloners
Aloners, 2021.Written and directed by Hong Sung-eun. Starring Gong Seung-yeon, Jung Da-eun, Seo Hyun-woo, and Park Jeong-hak.SYNOPSIS:A solitary woman re-evaluates her isolated existence after her neighbor dies alone in his apartment.People’s inability to connect with others face-to-face has been one of the most psychologically defeating aspects of the pandemic, causing isolation and loneliness to become […]
Toronto International Film Festival 2021 Review – Comala
Comala, 2021.Written and Directed by Gian Cassini.SYNOPSIS:A man’s journey to face the scattered members of his dysfunctional family and understand the life of his absent father, a failed hit man murdered years ago in a Mexican border town.Part-investigative journalism, part-moving familial mosaic, Gian Cassini’s filmmaking debut Comala sees the director re-examining his own sprawling family […]
