Before the release of Doctor Sleep, director Mike Flanagan was attached to create a prequel to The Shining titled, Hallorann, which would have focused on Dick Hallorann, the cook who educated Danny Torrance on his power in the original film. However, during a recent appearance for the Fantasia International Film Festival, Flanagan offered a disappointing update on The Shining prequel which makes […]
Jason Statham and Guy Ritchie to re-team for spy thriller Five Eyes
Action star Jason Statham (Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw) and director Guy Ritchie (The Gentlemen) are set to re-team once again on Miramax’s spy thriller Five Eyes. The pair have collaborated on several films such as Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, Snatch and Ritchie’s upcoming Wrath of Man. Statham will star as MI6 guns-and-steel agent Orson […]
The Most Disappointing: Pushing Reset on the Hollywood Happy Ending
Anghus Houvouras on Hollywood resetting its happy endings… Sequels have always been a sore subject for some. Hollywood’s penchant for rewarding successful movies with uninspired follow-ups is a feature of the film industry, not a bug. While some movies lend themselves to serialization, there are other cinematic successes that garner sequels in spite of not […]
September: The Movie Dumping Ground
Tom Jolliffe looks back through the years at the month of September in Hollywood’s release calendar… Pretty much since Star Wars changed the face of film and ushered in the notion of the blockbuster, the cinema calendar has increasingly been segmented into pockets. Studios bet big and look to secure the summer releases. They tended […]
First poster and trailer for The Glorias starring Julianne Moore, Alicia Vikander, Bette Midler and Janelle Monáe
Ahead of its arrival on digital and streaming on Amazon Prime Video later this month, a trailer, poster and images have been released for director Julie Taymor’s upcoming drama The Glorias. Based on feminist icon, journalist, and activist Gloria Steinem’s autobiography My Life on the Road, the film stars Julianne Moore, Alicia Vikander, Bette Midler, […]
Movie Review – Nail in the Coffin: The Fall and Rise of Vampiro (2019)
Nail in the Coffin: The Fall and Rise of Vampiro, 2019. Directed by Michael Paszt. Featuring Ian “Vampiro” Hodgkinson, Dasha Hodgkinson, John Hennigan, Jeff Jarrett and Kevin Kross. SYNOPSIS: The story of Canadian wrestler Vampiro, who rose up the ranks in Mexican wrestling to become a top star both in front of the camera and […]
Black Adam producer discusses filming schedule and the Justice Society of America
Although it remains dated for release in December 2021, Black Adam has yet to start filming due to a delay in production as a result of the ongoing global health crisis. Now, in an interview with Collider, Black Adam producer Hiram Garcia has addressed when production is likely to begin the upcoming DC superhero adventure starring Dwayne […]
Movie Review – Adrift (2018)
Adrift., 2018 Directed by Baltasar Kormakur. Starring Shailene Woodley, Sam Claflin, Grace Palmer, Jeffrey Thomas, and Elizabeth Hawthorne. SYNOPSIS: Based on the true story of survival, a young couple’s chance encounter leads them first to love, and then on the adventure of a lifetime as they face one of the most catastrophic hurricanes in recorded […]
Thoughts on… G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (2009)
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra, 2009. Directed by Stephen Sommers . Starring Channing Tatum, Marlon Wayans, Sienna Miller, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Rachel Nichols, Dennis Quaid, Arnold Vosloo, Saïd Taghmaoui, Ray Park, Byung-hun Lee, Christopher Eccleston, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje and Jonathan Pryce. SYNOPSIS: An elite military unit comprised of special operatives known as G.I. Joe take on an […]
Movie Review – Dinner for Schmucks (2010)
Dinner for Schmucks, 2010. Directed by Jay Roach. Starring Steve Carell, Paul Rudd, Zach Galifianakis, Jemaine Clement and Bruce Greenwood. SYNOPSIS: An ambitious young exec stumbles across the perfect candidate for his superiors’ dinner for idiots. Schmuck [shmuhk] –noun, Slang. an obnoxious or contemptible person. From the Yiddish ‘shmok’; literally, a dick. The schmucks in […]
