According to a new report, MGM’s decision to delay No Time to Die will cost the studio $1 million a month in interest. When we think about the abundance of movie delays in the wake of the pandemic, we don’t tend to think about the financial cost. After all, aren’t these films being delayed so […]
Movie Review – TOPOWA! Never Give Up (2020)
TOPOWA! Never Give Up, 2020. Directed by Inigo Gilmore and Philip Sansom. SYNOPSIS: A dozen young musicians from the slums of Uganda are given the opportunity to take their brass band to a major performance in the UK. There’s a lot of talk in the UK right now about the value of the arts, with […]
Movie Review – Eighteam (2014)
Eighteam, 2014. Directed by Juan Rodriguez-Briso. Starring Kalusha Bwalya, Dennis Liwewe, Christopher Katongo, Ciro Ferrara, Mauro Tassotti and Hervé Renard. SYNOPSIS: The against-the-odds story of how Zambia rebuilt its national football team after an air disaster led to the death of almost their entire squad in 1993. Football loves an underdog story. And it’s difficult […]
James Gunn praises David Ayer for his Suicide Squad castings
Warner Bros. and DC Films’ Suicide Squad franchise has been in the headlines often as of late, what with James Gunn now deep in post-production on next year’s The Suicide Squad, and David Ayer frequently commenting about his original cut of the first movie on social media as some fans look to mount a #ReleaseTheAyerCut […]
First images from Netflix’s The Dig featuring Carey Mulligan, Ralph Fiennes, Lily James and Johnny Flynn
Netflix has released seven first look images from Simon Stone’s upcoming adaptation of John Preston’s novel The Dig which stars Carey Mulligan, Ralph Fiennes, Lily James, Johnny Flynn, Ben Chaplin, Ken Stott and Monica Dolan; check out the images, along with the official synopsis… As WWII looms, a wealthy widow hires an amateur archaeologist to […]
First trailer for David Bowie biopic Stardust starring Johnny Flynn
IFC Films has released a poster and trailer for the upcoming drama Stardust which stars Johnny Flynn as David Bowie, and follows the young music icon as he is sent to America in 1971 to promote his latest record and embark on a coast-to-coast tour; take a look here… David Bowie is one of the […]
Marvel’s Shang-Chi star praises crew after “marathon” shoot
Simu Liu, the star of Marvel’s Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, has praised the movie’s crew after its “marathon” shoot finally wrapped. For films already underway when the pandemic hit, the normal stresses and difficulties of a movie shoot were taken to an extreme, with delays and stringent health precautions all making […]
No Time to Die: Rami Malek’s “unsettling” Bond villain is a former SPECTRE assassin
Rami Malek’s villain in No Time to Die has been confirmed as a former SPECTRE assassin with an “unsettling” quality to him. While No Time to Die is dealing with its latest delay, news about the film is continuing to find its way into the public, including details about Rami Malek’s villain Safin. In an […]
Psychological horror Sleepless Beauty gets a trailer, poster and images
Ahead of its release next month, a trailer, poster and images have arrived online for director Pavel Khvaleev’s psychological horror Sleepless Beauty which stars Polina Davydova as Mila, a young woman who is kidnapped by a mysterious organisation and given a strict set of instructions to stay awake and take part in a series of […]
John Boyega says his Star Wars co-stars were supportive of his Sequel Trilogy criticism, open to returning as Finn
Many Star Wars fans found themselves underwhelmed by Disney and Lucasfilm’s Sequel Trilogy – including one who just so happened to be part of the core cast of The Force Awakens, The Last Jedi and The Rise of Skywalker. John Boyega, who plays the Stormtrooper-turned-Resistance big shot Finn, certainly hasn’t been shy when it comes […]
