Having gathered dust for a couple of years on 20th Century Fox’s shelf, the studio’s final X-Men movie The New Mutants finally saw the light of day this weekend courtesy of Disney, and perhaps rather unsurprisingly the movie isn’t exactly setting the world alight. It’s been met with a mixed response from fans (to put […]
Arrow Video FrightFest 2020 Review – They’re Outside
They’re Outside, 2020. Directed by Airell Anthony Hayles and Sam Casserly. Starring Emily Booth, Nicholas Vince, Tom Clayton-Wheatley, and Chrissy Randall. SYNOPSIS: While filming a documentary about an agoraphobic woman, a celebrity psychologist is drawn into supernatural events. For low-budget horror filmmakers, the found footage subgenre is one of the safer bets, and one that […]
G.I. Joe spinoff Snake Eyes gets October 2021 release
Having been pulled from its release date back in July due to the ongoing global health crisis, Paramount and Hasbro’s G.I. Joe spinoff movie Snake Eyes has now secured a new date in 2021. The film – an origin story of the fan-favourite Joe starring Henry Golding (Crazy Rich Asians) as the ninja commando – […]
Arrow Video FrightFest 2020 Review – Blind
Blind, 2019. Directed by Marcel Walz. Starring Sarah French, Jed Rowen, Caroline Williams, and Tyler Gallant. SYNOPSIS: Faye, a former actress who lost her vision due to botched laser eye surgery, struggles to put her life back together while living alone in her dream house in the Hollywood Hills. When a masked stranger named Pretty […]
Arrow Video FrightFest 2020 Review – The Columnist
The Columnist, 2020. Directed by Ivo van Aart. Starring Katja Herbers, Genio de Groot, Rein Hofman, and Bram van der Kelen. SYNOPSIS: Columnist and author Femke is flooded with anonymous nasty messages and death threats on social media. One day she has enough and decides to take revenge. Social media-minded horror films are a dime […]
Exclusive Interview – Production Designer Melanie Jones on Bill & Ted: Face The Music
Production designer Melanie Jones has worked on numerous projects in film and television across a twenty year career which includes The Purge and Whiplash. She recently took the time to talk to Martin Carr about her involvement with Bill & Ted: Face The Music. How did you first get approached for this project? I got […]
Kyle MacLachlan shares his excitement for Denis Villeneuve’s Dune reboot
Kyle MacLachlan, the star of 1984’s Dune movie, says that he is really looking forward to watching Denis Villeneuve’s new adaptation. When it comes to compelling sci-fi films, director Denis Villeneuve really seems to have the recipe down after Arrival and Blade Runner 2049. This certainly makes his adaptation of Dune for the big screen […]
Vinnie Jones cast in Rise of the Footsoldier: Origins
Hardman actor Vinnie Jones has signed on for a role in Rise of the Footsoldier: Origins, the fifth instalment in the British crime thriller series, ahead of principal photography this October. Jones is set to portray Bernard O’Mahoney, an associate of Essex Boys member Tony Tucker, once again played by Terry Stone who returns to […]
Casting begins on Urban Legend reboot
Collider is reporting that Sydney Chandler (SKAM Austin), Katherine McNamara (Arrow) and Keith Powers (Straight Outta Compton) are in talks to star in a reboot of the 1998 slasher Urban Legend for Sony’s Screen Gems. According to the site, the new movie will bring the franchise into the digital age and focus on “a diverse […]
Giallo-inspired slasher The Last Laugh gets a trailer, poster and images
Ahead of its VOD release this September, High Octane Pictures as unveiled a trailer, poster and images for writer-director Jeremy Berg’s upcoming slasher horror The Last Laugh which follows Myles (Steve Vanderzee), a stand-up comedian on the edge of success who discovers a murderer is on the loose in the theatre where he’s about to […]
