Ahead of its release this Friday, Vertical has shared a poster and trailer for The Passenger, the upcoming thriller from director Vadim Perelman. Djimon Hounsou stars as Hassan, a struggling airport shuttle driver who illegally takes a passenger (Kodi Smit-McPhee) after he asks him to drive him to Chicago to see his dying mother, but […]
Movie Review – Masters of the Universe (2026)
Masters of the Universe, 2026. Directed by Travis Knight. Starring Nicholas Galitzine, Camila Mendes, Alison Brie, James Purefoy, Morena Baccarin, Jóhannes Haukur Jóhannesson, Kristen Wiig, Jared Leto, Idris Elba, Sam C. Wilson, Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson, Kojo Attah, Charlotte Riley, Dolph Lundgren, Sasheer Zamata, Jon Xue Zhang, Christian Vunipola, Arun Bassi, Artie Wilkinson-Hunt, Eire Farrell, Christiaan […]
Venom joins LEGO’s Marvel Bust collection
The LEGO Group has officially unveiled the upcoming Venom Bust (76356) set, which is inspired by the appearance of the symbiote in the 2018 Tom Hardy-headlined Sony Spider-Man Universe blockbuster Venom. It is available to pre-order now, and goes on sale on July 1st, priced at $49.99; check it out here… Evoke Venom’s sinister style […]
Movie Review – Chum (2026)
Chum, 2026. Directed by Jonathan Zuck. Starring Alice Eve, Eric Michael Cole, Elle Haymond, Sarah Siadat, Johnny Gaffney, Lisa Yaro, and Jim Klock. SYNOPSIS: A newlywed couple joins friends on a Mediterranean yacht excursion, only to find themselves caught between a predatory shark and a psychopathic killer in their midst-transforming a sun-drenched escape into a […]
Go behind-the-scenes of Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey with new featurette
Universal Pictures has released a new featurette for Christopher Nolan’s upcoming adaptation of Homer’s The Odyssey which takes us behind the scenes of the mythological epic and includes interviews with director Nolan and stars Matt Damon, Zendaya, Tom Holland, and Robert Pattinson. Check it out below… “After the Trojan War, Odysseus faces a dangerous voyage […]
Movie Review – I Want Your Sex (2026)
I Want Your Sex, 2026. Written and Directed by Gregg Araki. Starring Olivia Wilde, Cooper Hoffman, Mason Gooding, Chase Sui Wonders, Daveed Diggs, Charli xcx, Johnny Knoxville, Margaret Cho, Roxane Mesquida, George Todd McLachlan, and James Duval. SYNOPSIS: Elliot lands a job for Erika Tracy as her sexual muse. Curator of a sexuality-based art gallery, […]
Star Wars craters as Backrooms and Obsession post stunning box office numbers
This weekend at the box-office Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu hasn’t been downed by The Galactic Empire or another Disney-owned IP, but by Gen Z filmgoers turning up in huge numbers to support two critically acclaimed horror films. The results are extraordinary. A24’s Backrooms took a whopping $81 million at North American ticket offices, […]
First trailer for heist thriller How to Rob a Bank starring Nicholas Hoult and Zoë Kravitz
Amazon MGM Studios has debuted the first trailer for How to Rob a Bank, the upcoming crime thriller from director David Leitch (Deadpool 2, Bullet Train). The film centres on a crew of bank robbers who broadcast their heists on social media, unaware that a veteran FBI agent and a brilliant software engineer are closing […]
8 Essential Nordic Noir Movies
We head across the Nordic region to bring you a selection of essential and grim noir movies…. Wintry surroundings with cold, stark, and grey landscapes. Nordic cinema does certain things as well as, if not better than, anyone else. The halcyon days of Ingmar Bergman saw intense character studies that scraped back the psyche of […]
New Coyote vs ACME spot spoofs Avengers: Doomsday
A new TV spot for the Looney Tunes film Coyote vs. ACME takes aim at the cryptic trailers Avengers: Doomsday, spoofing the line that has become one of the latest memes while teasing fans with more of Bugs Bunny’s role in the anticipated film. Directed by Dave Green, Coyote vs. ACME sees Will E. Coyote get fed up with […]
