In The Earth, 2021. Directed by Ben Wheatley. Starring Joel Fry, Ellora Torchia, Hayley Squires, and Reece Shearsmith. Filmmaker Ben Wheatley recently debuted his remake of Rebecca on Netflix and it was met with mixed reactions. Thankfully Wheatley quickly returned to horror as this will surely be one of his most memorable films ever. In […]
2021 Sundance Film Festival Review – On the Count of Three
On the Count of Three, 2021. Directed by Jerrod Carmichael. Starring Jerrod Carmichael, Christopher Abbott, Tiffany Haddish, J.B. Smoove, Lavell Crawford, and Henry Winkler. SYNOPSIS: Two guns. Two best friends. And a pact to end their lives when the day is done. In one of this film’s most memorable scenes, Christopher Abbott’s suicidal Kevin asks his […]
2021 Sundance Film Festival Review – Censor
Censor, 2021. Co-written and directed by Prano Bailey-Bond. Starring Niamh Algar, Nicholas Burns, Vincent Franklin, Sophia La Porta, Adrian Schiller, and Michael Smiley. SYNOPSIS: After viewing a strangely familiar video nasty, Enid, a film censor, sets out to solve the past mystery of her sister’s disappearance, embarking on a quest that dissolves the line between fiction […]
The Little Things tops the U.S. box office alongside simultaneous HBO Max release
Even in the face of a pandemic, lackluster reviews and a simultaneous release on HBO Max, Denzel Washington’s moody detective drama The Little Things (read our review here) managed to get people into the 2,172 theatres that were showing it over the weekend, earning the number one spot and $4.8 million. Ordinarily these kind of […]
Wrong Turn 2021 – The Horror Reboot No One Expected | Video Review
Wrong Turn, 2021. Directed by Mike P. Nelson. Starring Charlotte Vega, Adain Bradley, Emma Dumont, Dylan McTee, Daisy Head, Bill Sage, and Matthew Modine. The latest installment in the long-running slasher franchise Wrong Turn is getting a brand-new 2021 makeover. Gone are the deformed mountain men of previous entries, and we are meeting The Foundation. […]
Samara Weaving to play Elizabeth Patterson Bonaparte in Liz
THR is reporting that Ready or Not and The Babysitter star Samara Weaving is set to portray Elizabeth Patterson Bonaparte, the American socialite (and sister-in-law to Napoleon) in the historical drama Liz. According to the trade, Adam Leon is on board to direct the film, which will detail the life of the Baltimore socialite and […]
Movie Review – Land (2021)
Land, 2021. Directed by Robin Wright. Starring Robin Wright, Demián Bichir, Kim Dickens, Warren Christie, Brad Leland, and Sarah Dawn Pledge. SYNOPSIS: A bereaved woman seeks out a new life, off the grid in Wyoming. Initially setting itself up as a tale of reclusive and isolated grieving, Land surprises and takes the form of a […]
2021 Sundance Film Festival Review – The Blazing World
The Blazing World, 2021. Co-written and directed by Carlson Young. Starring Udo Kier, Carlson Young, Dermot Mulroney, Vinessa Shaw, John Karna, and Soko. SYNOPSIS: Decades after the accidental drowning of her twin sister, a self-destructive young woman returns to her family home, finding herself drawn to an alternate dimension where her sister may still be […]
Neon-soaked surreal fantasy Playdurizm set for release through Artsploitation Films
Artsploitation Films has announced that it has acquired director Gem Deger’s bizarre and neon-soaked fantasy romance Playdurizm for release in North America. The English-language Czech film blends violence, romance, sex and wry comedy into a story about a young man who awakens to finds himself in an exciting but troubling new reality. Watch the trailer […]
2021 Sundance Film Festival Review – Taming the Garden
Taming the Garden, 2021. Written and directed by Salomé Jashi. SYNOPSIS: Documentary follows trees that are transported, at great expense and inconvenience, from the coast of the Republic of Georgia to the private garden of that country’s former prime minister. Documentarian Salomé Jashi captures environmental disarray in a singularly startling – if extremely methodical – manner […]
