Les Misérables, 2019. Directed by Ladj Ly. Starring Damien Bonnard, Alexis Manenti, Djebril Zonga, Issa Perica, Al-Hassan Ly, Steve Tientcheu, Almamy Kanoute, Raymond Lopez and Jeanne Balibar. SYNOPSIS: A trio of cops patrol the streets of a troubled French neighbourhood, only for an interaction with some local teenagers to go south in a hurry. Perhaps […]
Julianne Moore joins Dear Evan Hansen
The cast of the film adaptation of the Tony Award-winning Broadway stage musical Dear Evan Hansen continues to grow as the project has added Julianne Moore (After The Wedding). Ben Platt (The Politician), who performed the title role on stage, is expected to star in the film as Evan Hansen, a sociacially-awkward teenager who unintentionally gets caught […]
No County for Old Men with filmmaker Dan Pringle | The Pick of the Flicks Podcast #94
On The Pick of the Flicks Podcast, a different guest drops in every week to chat about their favourite film. This week, filmmaker Dan Pringle delves into the Coen Brothers’ dark masterpiece No Country for Old Men… On this week’s episode of The Pick of the Flicks Podcast, filmmaker Dan Pringle joins the podcast to […]
Movie Review – Sócrates (2018)
Sócrates, 2018. Directed by Alexandre Moratto. Starring Christian Malheiros, Tales Ordakji, Jayme Rodrigues, Wagner Viana, Andrielly De Melo Chaves, Rosane Paulo and Caio Martinez Pacheco. SYNOPSIS: Following his mother’s death, a Brazilian teenager struggles to earn enough money to stay afloat in his deprived area of São Paulo. We talk a lot about movies that […]
Jeff Goldblum and Taika Waititi are working on a secret project together
Jeff Goldblum and Taika Waititi are apparently working on a secret project together according to the Thor: Ragnarok star. The pairing of Jeff Goldblum and Taika Waititi in Thor: Ragnarok was certainly a sweet one. Goldblum fit perfectly into the wacky and zany road that director Waititi created for the film and it would be […]
Mulan: Why its move to streaming isn’t necessarily a death rattle for cinema
Sean Wilson examines the potential consequences of Disney’s Mulan bypassing theatrical for the streaming market… If 2020 was a movie, perhaps 28 Days Later sums it up best. (Forgive the somewhat obvious parallel.) We are currently beset on all sides with COVID-19 related doom and gloom, from infection rates to collapsing airlines and imminent recessions. […]
The Batman star says the Batmobile was one of the script’s most exciting elements
Jeffrey Wright, one of the stars of The Batman, says that the Batmobile was one of the script’s most exciting components. A key component of any new take on Batman is the Batmobile. We have had many different versions of Bruce Wayne’s favourite car and Matt Reeves’ The Batman is set to debut another. We […]
Marvel never considered The New Mutants joining the MCU says director Josh Boone
Josh Boone, the director of The New Mutants, says Disney and Marvel never planned for the film to become part of the MCU. The New Mutants is finally available to the public after all these many months of delays and uncertainty. While the film started off life before Fox was purchased by Disney, the deal […]
Monster horror A Dark Path gets a poster and trailer
Ahead of its release later this month, a poster and trailer have arrived online for writer-director Nicholas Winter’s upcoming horror A Dark Path which follows sisters Abi (Makenna Guyler) and Lily (Mari Beaseley) while they become stranded deep in a strange forest in eastern Europe while travelling home from a party; take a look here… […]
Pierce Brosnan to star in true WWII veteran story The Last Rifleman
Former James Bond star Pierce Brosnan is set to star in The Last Rifleman, based on the true story of World War II veteran Bernard Jordan according to Deadline. Brosnan will portray Artie Crawford, “a World War II veteran living in a care home in Northern Ireland who has just lost his wife. On the 75th anniversary of […]
