Love and Monsters, 2021. Directed by Michael Matthews. Starring Dylan O’Brien, Jessica Henwick, Dan Ewing, Michael Rooker, and Ariana Greenblatt. SYNOPSIS: In a monster-infested world, Joel (Dylan O’Brien) learns his girlfriend is just 80 miles away. To make the dangerous journey, Joel discovers his inner hero to be with the girl of his dreams. Had […]
Movie Review – I Care a Lot (2020)
I Care a Lot, 2020. Directed by J Blakeson. Starring Rosamund Pike, Peter Dinklage, Eiza González, Chris Messina, Macon Blair, Alicia Witt, Damian Young, Isiah Whitlock Jr., Dianne Wiest, and Nicholas Logan. SYNOPSIS: A crooked legal guardian who drains the savings of her elderly wards meets her match when a woman she tries to swindle […]
Michael B. Jordan explains why Sylvester Stallone isn’t returning as Rocky for Creed III
Last week, it was announced that Sylvester Stallone wouldn’t be reprising his role as Rocky Balboa in Creed III, the third instalment in the Creed franchise, and now lead actor and director Michael B. Jordan has revealed why the Italian Stallion won’t be appearing in the next instalment. In an interview with IGN, Jordan explained that the creative […]
Lucy Liu joins Shazam: Fury of the Gods as villain Kalypso
Another villain is will torment Billy Batson a.k.a. Shazam as Lucy Liu (Elementary) has joined the sequel as Kalypso, the sister of Helen Mirren’s Hespera. The film sees David F. Sandberg returning to the director’s chair alongside stars Asher Angel and Zachary Levi, who play Billy and his superhero alter-ego Shazam. Like Hespera, Kalypso has […]
Joe Cornish to write and direct adaptation of Mark Millar’s Starlight
While the rumours of an Attack the Block sequel continue to do the rounds, Joe Cornish has settled on his next project for 20th Century Studios with an adaptation of Mark Millar’s comic Starlight. According to Deadline, Cornish will write and direct Starlight, which tells the story of ‘a space hero who saved the universe […]
Movie Review – The Sound of Metal (2019)
The Sound of Metal, 2019. Directed by Darius Marder. Starring Riz Ahmed, Olivia Cooke, Paul Raci, Lauren Ridloff, Mathieu Amalric, Domenico Toledo, Chelsea Lee, Shaheem Sanchez and Chris Perfetti. SYNOPSIS: Ruben (Riz Ahmed) is forced to face some home truths, as a life altering event sees everything he values slip away. As sound is replaced […]
Movie Review – The Banishing (2021)
The Banishing, 2021. Directed by Christopher Smith. Starring Jessica Brown Findlay, Sean Harris, John Lynch, John Heffernan, and Anya McKenna-Bruce. SYNOPSIS: The Banishing tells the story of the most haunted house in England. Set in the 1930s, before the onset of the Second World War, Marianne (Jessica Brown Findlay) moves to an old manor house with […]
Eighth Grade’s Elsie Fisher to star in My Best Friend’s Exorcism
Originally announced a couple of years ago, the adaptation of Grady Hendrix’s cult horror novel My Best Friend’s Exorcism has been summoned to the headlines again with the news that Eighth Grade‘s Elsie Fisher is set to star. The Hollywood Reporter has revealed that Fisher will head up an ensemble that includes Amiah Miller (War […]
Box Office: Mortal Kombat fights its way towards $11 million overseas as Godzilla vs. Kong tops $358 million
Isn’t it nice to be reading about box-office statistics again? And not the depressing kind which have accompanied the decimation of the moviegoing business over the last year or so. We’re getting to report healthy numbers on a Monday morning, and long may it continue as the multiplexes of the world begin to sanitise their […]
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, Damon Wayans Jr., Vanessa Bayer, Wendi McLendon-Covey and Reyn Doi. SYNOPSIS: Two middle-aged friends travel to an idyllic Florida resort, where they become embroiled in an elaborate criminal plot. There’s a long-running theory in film […]
