Having generated plenty of excitement when it was first announced, Lionsgate’s R-rated Hellboy has proven to be one of the big busts of 2019, with the film mauled by both critics and much of the audience alike [read our reviews here and here], as well as tanking at the box office when it opened this past weekend. While […]
October Horrors 2020 – Us (2019)
Us, 2019. Directed by Jordan Peele. Starring Lupita Nyong’o, Winston Duke, Evan Alex, Shahadi Wright Joseph, Elisabeth Moss and Tim Heidecker. SYNOPSIS: Gabe and Adelaide Wilson take their children on a vacation to their beach house hoping to enjoy some sunshine and relaxation. The family’s fun, however, is ruined by the arrival of a […]
2020 BFI London Film Festival Review – Shadow Country
Shadow Country, 2020. Directed by Bohdan Sláma. Starring Magdaléna Borová, Stanislav Majer, and Csongor Kassai. SYNOPSIS: Chronicles the events of a village on the Czech-Austrian border from the 1930s to 1950s, where genocide occurred due to fallout between German citizens and Czechs who collaborated with the Nazi regime during the war. Intimate in style yet […]
Disney to shift its primary focus to streaming rather than theatrical
Disney has annouced that it is shifting its focus to the streaming space while still utilising theatrical distribution. The world of movies is changing, exasperated by the pandemic crisis, with more studios looking to the streaming space to get their content to audiences. Disney has found big success with Disney+ and has now revealed that […]
Ana de Armas on transforming into Marilyn Monroe for Blonde
Following her breakout performance in last year’s acclaimed murder mystery Knives Out, Ana de Armas is set to portray the new Bond girl Paloma alongside Daniel Craig in No Time to Die, after which she’ll take on the role of Marilyn Monroe in Blonde. Speaking to Allure (via Yahoo! Movies), de Armas has discussed her […]
Movie Review – Wolfwalkers (2020)
Wolfwalkers, 2020. Directed by Tomm Moore and Ross Stewart Featuring the voice talents of Honor Kneafsey, Eva Whittaker, Sean Bean, Maria Doyle Kennedy, and Simon McBurney. SYNOPSIS: A young apprentice hunter and her father journey to Ireland to help wipe out the last wolf pack. But everything changes when she befriends a free-spirited girl from […]
Isolation horror-thriller Darkness in Tenement 45 gets a trailer and poster
A poster and trailer have been released for writer-director Nicole Groton’s upcoming horror-thriller Darkness in Tenement 45 which follows troubled teenager Joanna (Nicole Tompkins) as she finds herself in a desperate fight for survival after she is trapped in her building, along with the rest of the residents of the tenement, following the threat of […]
2020 BFI London Film Festival Review – A Common Crime
A Common Crime, 2020. Co-written and directed by Francisco Márquez. Starring Elisa Carricajo, Mecha Martínez, and Eliot Otazo. SYNOPSIS: Cecilia is a sociology teacher. One night the son of her maid desperately knocks on the door of her house. She doesn’t open. The next day, his body shows up murdered by the police. Cecilia begins to […]
Movie Review – Never Gonna Snow Again (2020)
Never Gonna Snow Again, 2020. Directed by Malgorzata Szumowska and Michal Englert. Starring Alec Utgoff, Maja Ostaszewska, Agata Kulesza, Weronika Rosati, Katarzyna Figura, Lukasz Simlat, Andrzej Chyra, Krzysztof Czeczot, Astrid Nanowska, Wojciech Starostecki, Maciej Drosio and Olaf Marchwicki. SYNOPSIS: Zhenia, a Russian-speaking immigrant from the East, works as a masseur in Poland and becomes a […]
Movie Review – Mogul Mowgli (2020)
Mogul Mowgli, 2020. Directed by Bassam Tariq. Starring Riz Ahmed, Alyy Khan, Anjana Vasan, Aiysha Hart, Kiran Sonia Sawar, Abdul Hakim Joy, Hussain Manawer, Nabhaan Rizwan, Sudha Bhuchar, Ali Barouti, Mitesh Soni, Jeff Mirza, Khariis Ubiaro and Afraz Hussain. SYNOPSIS: A British-Pakistani rapper is on the cusp of his first world tour, but is struck […]
