Possessor, 2020. Directed by Brandon Cronenberg. Starring Andrea Riseborough, Christopher Abbott, Tuppence Middleton, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Rossif Sutherland, Gabrielle Graham, Kaniehtiio Horn, and Sean Bean. SYNOPSIS: Tasya Vos (Andrea Riseborough) is a special operative for a secret organisation who carry out assassinations for high-paying clients. The USP is that they use brain-implant technology to inhabit […]
October Horrors 2020 – Sleepy Hollow (1999)
Sleepy Hollow, 1999. Directed by Tim Burton. Starring Johnny Depp, Christina Ricci, Miranda Richardson, Michael Gambon, Casper Van Dien and Christopher Walken. SYNOPSIS: In the year 1799, New York police constable Ichabod Crane is sent to the small village of Sleepy Hollow to investigate a spate of grisly decapitations all seemingly committed by the supernatural […]
Movie Review – If It Were Love (2020)
If It Were Love, 2020. Directed by Patric Chiha. SYNOPSIS: Documentary exploring the process of constructing a dance piece inspired by 1990s rave culture. Dance is inherently cinematic. In fact, the widescreen delight of elaborate bodily contortions has featured in a number of movies at this year’s LFF, including the booze-soaked Danish drama Another Round […]
Blu-ray Review – 976-EVIL (1988)
976-EVIL, 1988. Directed by Robert Englund. Starring Stephen Geoffreys, Patrick O’Bryan, Jim Metzler, J.J. Cohen, Robert Picardo, and Lezlie Dean. SYNOPSIS: A bullied teenager finds the Devil’s phone number and gets some help in sorting out his problems. It’s that time of year again when Eureka Entertainment delve deep into the vault of 1980s cult […]
Movie Review – A Common Crime (2020)
A Common Crime, 2020. Directed by Francisco Márquez. Starring Elisa Carricajo, Mecha Martinez and Eliot Otazo. SYNOPSIS: A woman is tormented by guilt when she comes to believe that her actions contributed to someone being killed. Genre fans would be forgiven for getting excited during the opening moments of A Common Crime. The movie rolls […]
Batman: Death in the Family clip pits Robin against Two-Face
Coinciding with its digital release, another new clip has arrived online for the DC animated interactive feature Batman: A Death in the Family which sees Robin taking on Two-Face; check it out here, courtesy of IGN… Produced, directed and written by Brandon Vietti, Batman: Death in the Family offers an inventive take on the long-demanded […]
George Clooney to adapt John Grisham’s Calico Joe
Variety is reporting that George Clooney has signed on to produce and potentially direct a feature film adaptation of the John Grisham novel Calico Joe. Published in 2012, Calico Joe tells the story of a promising baseball player who is put into a coma for three decades after being hit by a pitch. It was […]
Movie Review – Body of Water (2020)
Body of Water, 2020. Written and directed by Lucy Brydon. Starring Siân Brooke, Amanda Burton, Fabienne Piolini-Castle, Nick Blood and Kazia Pelka. SYNOPSIS: A mother suffering from anorexia struggles to repair the relationship with her estranged teenage daughter. The poignancy of writer/director Lucy Brydon’s debut feature unfurls with a potent, twofold timeliness. Body of Water, […]
Jai Courtney talks The Suicide Squad and The Flash
During an interview with Collider to promote his new film Honest Thief, actor Jai Courtney has been speaking about his impending DC Extended Universe return as Captain Boomerang in James Gunn’s The Suicide Squad, and how the film will differ from his first outing in David Ayer’s 2016 supervillain team-up Suicide Squad. “It’s a big-ass […]
October Horrors 2020 – Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me (1992)
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me, 1992. Directed by David Lynch. Starring Sheryl Lee, Moira Kelly, David Bowie, Chris Issak, Harry Dean Stanton, Ray Wise and Kyle MacLachlan. SYNOPSIS: In the town of Twin Peaks, prom queen Laura Palmer struggles through a troubled life with sex and drugs, all the while attempting to uncover the […]
