Babyteeth, 2019. Directed by Shannon Murphy. Starring Eliza Scanlen, Toby Wallace, Essie Davis, Ben Mendelsohn and Emily Barclay. SYNOPSIS: A teenager seriously ill with cancer discovers first love with a troubled drug addict she meets at a train station. There’s always something exciting about watching a promising debut feature, which also introduces the world to […]
Trailer for British WWII action film Behind the Line: Escape to Dunkirk
Trinity Creative Partnership has unveiled a poster and trailer for the new British World War II action film Behind the Line: Escape to Dunkirk, which follows a group of Allied soldiers looking to make their great escape from a German P.O.W. camp. A WWII POW is recognized as a boxing champion and targeted by a […]
Disney’s Mulan secures theatrical release in China
Disney’s live-action Mulan may be skipping most cinemas around the world following this month’s news that the remake of the 1998 animated movie will be made available for $29.99 on the Disney+ streaming service, but we now have confirmation that it will be receiving a theatrical run in the lucrative market of China. On a […]
Movie Review – Pinocchio (2019)
Pinocchio, 2019. Directed by Matteo Garrone. Starring Federico Ielapi, Roberto Benigni, Marine Vacth, Massimo Ceccherini, Rocco Papaleo and Gigi Proietti. SYNOPSIS: The timeless, and constantly retold, story of a sentient wooden puppet who dreams of becoming a real boy. Everybody knows the story of Pinocchio. Thanks mostly to the magical 1940 Disney adaptation, Carlo Collodi’s […]
The Short Lived Maestro of Second Fiddle: John Cazale
Tom Jolliffe looks back at the career of John Cazale… On the 12th of August, John Cazale would have been 85. Who is John Cazale? Well here’s the thing…A late bloomer in Hollywood, Cazale broke into cinema at the same time as a good friend of his: Al Pacino. Pacino, five years Cazale’s junior, was […]
Searching director’s new thriller Run heading to Hulu instead of theatrical release
Lionsgate’s Run, the new thriller from Searching director Aneesh Chaganty, is heading to at-home streaming instead of its originally scheduled theatrical release. According to Deadline, Aneesh Chaganty’s new thriller has found a home at Hulu while also noting that Run will be released theatrically in some overseas territories, but not in the United States. There is no premiere […]
Movie Review – Sea Fever (2019)
Sea Fever, 2019. Directed by Neasa Hardiman. Starring Connie Nielsen, Hermione Corfield, Dougray Scott, Olwen Fouere, Jack Hickey, Ardalan Esmaili and Elie Bouakaze. SYNOPSIS: The crew of a marooned trawler in the West Coast of Ireland face a battle for their lives against a parasite growing in their water supply. The open sea is a […]
Cabaret with Perfect 10 director Eva Riley | The Pick of the Flicks Podcast #91
On The Pick of the Flicks Podcast, a different guest drops in every week to chat about their favourite film. This week, filmmaker Eva Riley chats about her new film Perfect 10 and her all-time favourite – classic musical Cabaret… On this week’s episode of The Pick of the Flicks Podcast, Eva Riley chats to […]
Christopher Nolan warned Tenet editor it might be the hardest movie ever to cut
When his regular editor Lee Smith was working on Sam Mendes’ 1917, Christopher Nolan hired Jennifer Lame (Manchester by the Sea, Hereditary, Marriage Story) to edit his latest feature film, Tenet. However, in an interview with ICG Magazine (via IndieWire), the director detailed the introductory conversation between the pair which included warning Lame that Tenet might be the hardest […]
Movie Review – Color Out of Space (2020)
Color Out of Space, 2020. Directed by Richard Stanley. Starring Nicolas Cage, Joely Richardson, Madeleine Arthur, Tommy Chong, Julian Hilliard, Elliot Knight, and Brendan Meyer. SYNOPSIS: A town is struck by a meteorite and the fallout is catastrophic. What Richard Stanley’s Color Out Of Space best understands about Lovecraftian adaptations is an intentionally inexplicable source […]
