Ultraviolence, 2020. Written and directed by Ken Fero. SYNOPSIS: Since 1969, there have been over 2000 deaths in police custody in the UK. It is a frightening statistic that Ken Fero approaches with seasoned conviction. Ultraviolence employs unflinching archival footage to document the tragic and undignified deaths that took place between 1995 and 2005. Ken Fero’s […]
Scream 5 star says the sequel will have some of the “magic” of the original
With the upcoming fifth instalment in the Scream franchise currently in production, one of the newest members to the cast has shared his thoughts on the highly-anticipated sequel. In an interview with Collider, Kyle Gallner discussed how the fifth film in the long-running horror franchise will be going back to its roots and will include some of […]
Movie Review – 180 Degree Rule (2020)
180 Degree Rule, 2020. Directed by Farnoosh Samadi. Starring Sahar Dolatshahi, Pejman Jamshidi, Hassan Pourshirazi and Mohammad Heidari. SYNOPSIS: In the wake of a traumatic event, a mother becomes trapped in a rapidly unravelling web of deceit. Everyone does strange things in the wake of trauma. That’s something with which we can all sympathise. And […]
Movie Review – The Opening Act (2020)
The Opening Act, 2020. Written and Directed by Steve Byrne. Starring Jimmy O. Yang, Neal Brennan, Jermaine Fowler, Cedric the Entertainer, Alex Moffat, Bill Burr, Debby Ryan, Ken Jeong, Roy Wood Jr., Russell Peters, Courtney Pauroso, Jackie Tohn, Tom Segura, Alonzo Bodden, Mircea Monroe, Iliza Schlesinger, Brooks Wheelan, Anjelah Johnson-Reyes, Kathleen Madigan, Jessimae Peluso, and […]
Paul W.S. Anderson doubts he will ever return for another Resident Evil movie
After writing and/or directing every instalment in the original Resident Evil film series, filmmaker Paul W.S. Anderson has discussed his future with Capcom’s beloved horror franchise. Speaking during a New York Comic Con Metaverse panel, Anderson revealed that he doubts he will return to the world of Resident Evil because he and his wife/franchise lead Milla Jovovich told the […]
2020 BFI London Film Festival Review – Cicada
Cicada, 2020. Directed by Matt Fifer and Kieran Mulcare. Starring Matt Fifer, Sheldon D. Brown, and Sandra Bauleo. SYNOPSIS: New York City, 2013. A young bisexual man enters an interracial relationship. In the midst of the Sandusky trial, against the backdrop of a cicada summer, he comes to terms with his own childhood trauma. Multi-hyphenate filmmaker […]
Happy Death Day star Jessica Rothe discusses the future of the horror franchise
Although director Christopher Landon’s Happy Death Day series is currently on hold right now after the release of 2019’s Happy Death Day 2U, the franchise lead Jessica Rothe has discussed the possibility of a third instalment – which the director has revealed its working title is Happy Death Day To Us. In an interview with The […]
The Batman set photos and video feature Robert Pattinson, Zoe Kravitz and Colin Farrell
With filming now back underway for The Batman in the UK following Robert Pattinson’s recent bout of coronavirus, some set photos have surfaced from Matt Reeves’ upcoming reboot offering a new look at Robert Pattinson’s Bruce Wayne and Zoe Kravitz’s Selina Kyle, along with a spy video which appears to show a confrontation between Wayne […]
Movie Review – Siberia (2020)
Siberia, 2020. Co-written and directed by Abel Ferrara. Starring Willem Dafoe, Dounia Sichov, and Simon McBurney. SYNOPSIS: A barman in Siberia heads to a nearby cave where he explores his dreams and memories. Abel Ferrara’s sixth collaboration with Willem Dafoe is by a measure their most challenging – if perhaps not their most successful – […]
Watch an exclusive clip from Alberto and the Concrete Jungle
Ahead of its world premiere later this month at the Bushwich Film Festival, we’ve got an exclusive clip from writer-director Chris Shimojima’s “urban indie comic-opera” Alberto and the Concrete Jungle; check it out below, along with the poster and official synopsis… Alberto Buenaventura is that increasingly common breed — a digital nomad living on the […]
