Florence Pugh is set to join the Marvel Cinematic Universe with the Phase Four-launching Black Widow movie, the Lady Macbeth and Fighting With My Family actress set to take on the role of Yelena Belova, sister-figure to Scarlett Johansson’s Natasha Romanoff and a fellow spy from the Black Widow Program. In the comics, Yelena succeeds […]
Mackenzie Davis says Terminator: Dark Fate suffered due to franchise fatigue
Despite Terminator: Dark Fate receiving the best reviews for a Terminator film in decades, the sixth instalment had disappointing worldwide box office numbers which have put the future of the franchise in jeopardy. Now, during an appearance on the Happy Sad Confused podcast, star Mackenzie Davis pointed out that she believes the film suffered as a result of audiences growing […]
Movie Review – Sinister (2012)
Sinister, 2012. Directed by Scott Derrickson. Starring Ethan Hawke, Juliet Rylance, James Ransone, Fred Thompson, Clare Foley and Michael Hall D’Addario. SYNOPSIS: Found footage helps a true-crime novelist realize how and why a family was murdered in his new home, though his discoveries put his entire family in the path of a supernatural entity. It’s […]
Movie Review – RED 2 (2013)
RED 2, 2013. Directed by Dean Parisot. Starring Bruce Willis, John Malkovich, Mary-Louise Parker, Helen Mirren, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Lee Byung-hun, and Anthony Hopkins. SYNOPSIS: Retired C.I.A. agent Frank Moses reunites his unlikely team of elite operatives for a global quest to track down a missing portable nuclear device. Bruce Willis has been making British headlines […]
Movie Review – 10 Cloverfield Lane (2016)
10 Cloverfield Lane, 2016. Directed by Dan Trachtenberg. Starring John Goodman, Mary Elizabeth Winstead and John Gallagher Jr. SYNOPSIS: A woman awakes in an underground bunker after being knocked unconscious in a car accident. Two men are with her, claiming the world up above has been devastated by a chemical attack. Back in 2007, a […]
Movie Review – Chef (2014)
Chef, 2014. Directed by Jon Favreau. Starring Jon Favreau, Sofia Vergara, Robert Downey Jr., Scarlett Johansson, Emjay Anthony, John Leguizamo, Dustin Hoffman and Oliver Platt. SYNOPSIS: A Chef stuck in a creative rut goes back to basic cooking after a very public breakdown, reconnecting with his son and family along the way. Before you see […]
Studio Ghibli’s Howl’s Moving Castle gets 15th Anniversary Edition Collector’s Edition boxset
StudioCanal has announced that it is celebrating the 15th anniversary of Studio Ghibli and Hayao Miyazaki’s anime masterpiece Howl’s Moving Castle with the release of an Amazon-exclusive special limited edition boxset; check out the details and artwork here ahead of its release on December 14th… Based on the book by British author Diana Wynne Jones […]
Studio Ghibli goes CGI with first trailer for Earwig and the Witch
Ahead of its premiere in Japan later this month, a trailer has arrived online for Studio Ghibli’s first CG animated feature Earwig and the Witch. Directed by Goro Miyazaki (Tales from Earthsea), the film is based on Diana Wynne Jones’ novel of the same name and follows Earwig, a young orphan who is adopted into […]
Movie Review – Mank (2020)
Mank, 2020. Directed by David Fincher. Starring Gary Oldman, Amanda Seyfried, Lily Collins, Tom Pelphrey, Arliss Howard, Tuppence Middleton, Monika Grossmann, Joseph Cross, Sam Troughton, Toby Leonard Moore, Tom Burke and Charles Dance. SYNOPSIS: Holed up in a cabin devoid of alcohol and distractions Herman J. Mankiewicz (Gary Oldman) is being paid to write something […]
Movie Review – The Happytime Murders (2018)
The Happytime Murders, 2018. Directed by Brian Henson. Starring Melissa McCarthy, Bill Barretta, Elizabeth Banks, Maya Rudolph, Leslie David Baker, Joel McHale, Michael McDonald, Ben Falcone, Dorien Davies, Cynthy Wu, Mitch Silpa, Hemky Madera, Ryan Tran, Fortune Feimster, Brekkan Spens, Benjamin Cole Royer, Jimmy O. Yang, Ryan Gaul, Jim Palmer, Dennis Keiffer, Michael Croner, Brett […]
