Shirley, 2020. Directed by Josephine Decker.Starring Elisabeth Moss, Odessa Young, Michael Stuhlbarg, Logan Lerman, Victoria Pedretti, Robert Wuhl, Paul O’Brien, Orlagh Cassidy, Allen McCullough, Bisserat Tseggai and Edward O’Blenis. SYNOPSIS: A famous horror writer finds inspiration for her next book after she and her husband take in a young couple. A charged dynamic propels Shirley, […]
Elisabeth Moss to play former Congresswoman Katie Hill for Blumhouse
Following on from the recent news that Elisabeth Moss is set to reteam with Blumhouse for the psychological thriller Mrs. March, we now have word that The Invisible Man star will be teaming with the studio once again, this time for an adaptation of former U.S. Congresswoman Katie Hill’s upcoming book She Will Rise: Becoming […]
Ewan McGregor says Obi-Wan Kenobi Star Wars TV series will start shooting in March
Having been delayed once to undergo a retooling under a new creative team, it seems that Disney and Lucasfilm are now firmly back on track with their Obi-Wan Kenobi Star Wars series, with star Ewan McGregor revealing on the UK’s The Graham Norton Show that filming is set to get underway in March. “We start […]
Co-Writing a Screenplay 101 with Mikki Daughtry and Tobias Iaconis | The Writer Experience #118
Listen to the latest episode of The Writer Experience… Mikki Daughtry and Tobias Iaconis are screenwriting partners and the co-writers of Five Feet Apart and The Curse of La Llorona. They’re currently co-writing a new Dirty Dancing film from Lionsgate and a live action feature film Nightbooks for Netflix, which starts filming October 14th, and […]
2020 BFI London Film Festival Review – Wildfire
Wildfire, 2020. Written and directed by Cathy Brady. Starring Nora Jane Noone, Nika McGuigan, Kate Dickie, and Martin McCann. SYNOPSIS: The story of two sisters who grew up on the fractious Irish border. When one of them, who has been missing, finally returns home, the intense bond with her sister is re-ignited. Together they unearth their […]
Gal Gadot to reunite with Wonder Woman director Patty Jenkins for Cleopatra
Gal Gadot and her Wonder Woman director Patty Jenkins are set to swap Themyscira for Ancient Egypt, with Deadline reporting that the star and filmmaker are set to reunite for Cleopatra, a new biographical drama of the legendary Egyptian ruler. As revealed by the trade, Paramount Pictures has won an auction for the package, fending […]
2020 BFI London Film Festival Review – I Am Samuel
I Am Samuel, 2020. Directed by Pete Murimi. SYNOPSIS: A gay couple in Kenya deal with the fact their relationship is illegal, as well as their disapproving families. “This is Alex. I am Sammy. Alex is the love of my life.” So opens Kenyan documentary I Am Samuel, without a “can I make it any […]
Angelina Jolie and Christoph Waltz in talks for Every Note Played
According to a report from Variety, STXfilms is eyeing Oscar winners Angelina Jolie and Christoph Waltz to star in the romantic drama Every Note Played., which is being directed by Michael Sucsy (The Vow, 13 Reasons Why). Based on the novel by Lisa Genova (Still Alice), the film will see Jolie playing Karina, “the ex-wife […]
2020 BFI London Film Festival Review – Genus Pan
Genus Pan, 2020. Written and directed by Lav Diaz. Starring Nanding Josef, Bart Guingona, and Don Melvin Boongaling. SYNOPSIS: A look at how much human beings are like animals. Lav Diaz’s (Norte, the End of History) new 157-minute film will likely seem like a positively restrained effort to his followers, given that it isn’t uncommon for […]
October Horrors 2020 – Cure (1997)
Cure, 1997. Directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa. Starring Koji Yakusho, Masato Hagiwara, Tsuyoshi Ujiki and Anna Nakagawa. SYNOPSIS: Detective Takabe is perplexed by a series of grisly murders in which the perpetrators claim to have no memory of the crime. While seemingly random and unrelated, the murders all share one common trait, the carving of the […]
