Tom Jolliffe on why the iconic spy character Harry Palmer could be perfect material for a reboot…With Daniel Craig’s final Bond film No Time To Die seeming as distant from release as it’s ever been, talk still bubbles away about who will replace Craig for a character who’s rapidly becoming outdated, and almost too iconic […]
Movie Review – Dead (2020)
Dead, 2020.Directed by Hayden J. Weal. Starring Thomas Sainsbury, Hayden J. Weal, Jennifer Ward-Lealand, Tomai Ihaia, and Jess Sayer.SYNOPSIS:A down-on-his-luck stoner who has the ability to see the dead gets dragged into an unsolved investigation lead by a recently deceased wannabe super-cop.Over the years New Zealand has created a niche of sorts with the deliciously […]
Shailene Woodley and Miles Teller reuniting for The Fence
Deadline is reporting that Shailene Woodley and Miles Teller are set to reunite on The Fence, a political satire from Icelandic director Grimur Hakonarson (Rams).The Fence will see Woodley and Teller as two liberal newlyweds who find themselves increasingly at odds with their ultra-conservative ex-marine neighbour, who insists on building a nine-foot-tall fence around his property […]
Selena Gomez set for In the Shadow of the Mountain
THR is reporting that Selena Gomez is set to portray Peruvian mountaineer and social entrepreneur Silvia Vásquez-Lavado in a biopic entitled In the Shadow of the Mountain, which is being produced by Scott Budnick (Just Mercy) and Donna Gigliotti (Shakespeare in Love).Mayans M.C. co-creator Elgin James is set to write and direct the film, which […]
World War II survival thriller Werewolf gets a U.S. poster and trailer
Indiecan Entertainment has released a poster and trailer for the Polish WWII survival thriller Werewolf. Written and directed by Adrian Panek, the film follows a group of children recently liberated from a Nazi concentration camp who find themselves fighting for survival against a pack of wild dogs released by the SS; take a look here…Summer […]
Management 101 with Isabella Mastrodicasa of Heroes and Villains | The Writer Experience #122
Listen to the latest episode of The Writer Experience…In this episode of The Writer Experience, Court and Harry are joined by Isabella Mastrodicasa, a literary manager and producer at Heroes and Villains Entertainment. She started her career at Verve Talent and Literary Agency in the motion picture literary department, transitioned to The Kennedy/Marshall Company, and […]
He’s Dynamite, but Michael Jai White is still hugely underrated
Tom Jolliffe looks at action star Michael Jai White, who has never quite got the attention he deserves…For whatever reasons, some stars never quite reach the level their ability deserves. It can be a variety of reasons holding some back, and generally many stars tend to get that one shot at the big league. If […]
Beware Bloody Bobby in trailer for monster horror Black Pumpkin
A trailer and images have arrived online for the upcoming horror Black Pumpkin, ahead of its release this December. Directed by Ryan McGonagle, the film follows two teenagers who accidentally awaken an evil known as Bloody Bobby on Halloween Night; check them out here…On October 31, 2018, two preteens in a small town accidentally awaken […]
Zack Snyder would have cast Carla Gugino as Catwoman in the DC Extended Universe
While he never got to fully flesh out his plans for the DC Extended Universe, Zack Snyder has revealed that his Watchmen and Sucker Punch star Carla Gugino would have been his choice for the role of Selina Kyle, a.k.a. Catwoman, if he’d had the opportunity to bring the character into the DCEU.“Probably I would […]
Tom Hanks’ News of the World will release internationally on Netflix
Although plans remain in place for Universal to release the movie in the United States this Christmas Day, Deadline is reporting that the studio has made a deal with Netflix to release the upcoming Paul Greengrass and Tom Hanks film News of the World direct to the streaming service internationally.According to the trade, Universal is […]
