Gary Collinson reviews BenQ’s W2700 4K HDR Projector… With theaters the world over closing their doors due to the public health crisis, movie lovers have been forced to rely on their home cinema setups these past few months. I’ve been fortunate enough to spend some of that time testing out BenQ’s W2700 4K HDR Projector, […]
Grease prequel Summer Lovin’ to be directed by Brett Haley
Paramount has found a director for its Grease prequel Summer Lovin’. According to Deadline, the studio has hired Brett Haley (Hearts Beat Loud) to helm the film. Grease followed John Travolta’s Danny and Olivia Newton-John’s Sandy and their high school romance even though Danny is a greaser and Sandy is a valley girl. Summer Lovin’ comes from the song […]
Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review – The Cameraman (1928)
The Cameraman, 1928. Directed by Edward Sedgwick & Buster Keaton (uncredited). Starring Buster Keaton, Marceline Day and Harold Goodwin. SYNOPSIS: Hopelessly in love with a woman working at MGM Studios, a clumsy man attempts to become a motion picture cameraman to be close to the object of his desire. Today the name Buster Keaton means […]
Christopher Nolan’s Tenet has been delayed indefinitely
The wait for Christopher Nolan’s long-awaited Tenet just got longer as Warner Bros. has removed Tenet from its release calendar in the wake of the ongoing health crisis. “We will share a new 2020 release date imminently for Tenet, Christopher Nolan’s wholly original and mind-blowing feature,” said Warner Bros. chairman Toby Emmerich in a statement. […]
Movie Review – The Rental (2020)
The Rental, 2020. Directed by Dave Franco. Starring Dan Stevens, Alison Brie, Sheila Vand, Jeremy Allen White, Toby Huss, and Anthony Molinari. SYNOPSIS: Two couples rent a vacation home for what should be a celebratory weekend get-away. While first attempting to rent the remote vacation home, the pair of couples at the center of The […]
Blu-ray Review – Mr. Vampire (1985)
Mr. Vampire, 1985. Directed by Ricky Lau. Starring Ching-Ying Lam, Siu-Ho Chin, Ricky Hui, Billy Lau, Ha Huang, and Wah Yuen. SYNOPSIS: A Taoist priest and his two bumbling assistants go to battle against a very angry hopping vampire. You could say he’s hopping mad… A well-known and highly influential movie from 1985, Mr. Vampire […]
Supernatural horror Echoes of Fear gets a UK trailer
Coinciding with its digital release today, a trailer has arrived online for Brian and Laurence Avenet-Bradley’s supernatural horror Echoes of Fear which stars Trista Robinson as Alisa, a young woman investigating her grandfather’s death and the evil that hides inside the house she inherited from him; watch it here… When her grandfather dies suddenly, Alisa […]
Exclusive Interview – Neil Rowe on the films that inspired Alien Outbreak
New British sci-fi horror Alien Outbreak is the second feature film from UK writer, director, producer and award-winning VFX artist Neil Rowe. His first film Robot World, proved to be a hit among indie sci-fi fans, and Alien Outbreak ups the stakes again for an even more ambitious outing as terrifying alien creatures prey on […]
The Walking Dead creator offers an update on the Rick Grimes movie
Robert Kirkman, the creator of The Walking Dead, has offered an update on the upcoming Rick Grimes feature film, starring Andrew Lincoln following his departure from the long-running TV series. During this weekend’s virtual Skybound Xpo panel, Kirkman discussed how the ongoing global health crisis has inadvertently made the project better as they can spend […]
Taika Waititi explains how Immigrant Song helped define Thor: Ragnarok
One of the most memorable moments from Thor: Ragnarok is the use of Led Zeppelin’s Immigrant Song during the film’s final battle sequence where Chris Hemsworth’s Thor is taking down Hela’s army of undead soldiers on the Bifrost. According to director Taika Waititi during a recent episode of the Russo Brothers’ Pizza Film School, the song helped […]
