As awards season begins to heat up ahead of the Academy Award nominations this January, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences have announced that 20 films have advanced to the next round of voting for the Best Visual Effects Oscar; here they are: Ad Astra The Aeronauts Aladdin Alita: Battle Angel Avengers: Endgame […]
Movie Review – Motherless Brooklyn (2019)
Motherless Brooklyn, 2019. Written and Directed by Edward Norton. Starring Edward Norton, Bruce Willis, Willem Dafoe, Leslie Mann, Ethan Suplee, Alec Baldwin, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Josh Pais, Michael K. Williams, Cherry Jones, Fisher Stevens, Bobby Cannavale, and Dallas Roberts. SYNOPSIS: Set against the backdrop of 1950s New York, Motherless Brooklyn follows Lionel Essrog, a lonely private […]
Edgar Wright is not opposed to the idea of directing a DCEU movie
Given all of the drama surrounding Marvel’s Ant-Man a few years ago, one would be forgiven to assume that director Edgar Wright (Baby Driver) is out of the comic-book adaptation game for good. Well, maybe not. Screen Geek recently interviewed Edgar Wright, and asked the director if he would consider helming a movie in the DC […]
Movie Review – Red Joan (2019)
Red Joan, 2019. Directed by Trevor Nunn. Starring Judi Dench, Sophie Cookson, Tom Hughes, Tereza Srbová, Laurence Spellman, Kevin Fuller, Ciarán Owens, Stephen Campbell, and Moore Ben Miles. SYNOPSIS: The story of Joan Stanley, who was exposed as the KGB’s longest-serving British spy. Scientists and physics experts being exploited for the purposes of war generally […]
Movie Review – Teen Spirit (2019)
Teen Spirit, 2019. Written and Directed by Max Minghella. Starring Elle Fanning, Rebecca Hall, Zlatko Burić, Millie Brady, Agnieszka Grochowska, Archie Madekwe, Ria Zmitrowicz, Vivian Oparah, Olive Gray, Andrew Ellis, and Jordan Stephens. SYNOPSIS: Violet is a shy teenager who dreams of escaping her small town and pursuing her passion to sing. With the help […]
Star Wars: The Last Jedi has created “new rules” for the franchise, according to Adam Driver
It looks like Star Wars: The Last Jedi is going to shake-up the Star Wars formula a bit, according to Kylo Ren himself. Adam Driver recently sat down for an interview with The Huffington Post where the actor shared his enthusiasm for director Rian Johnson, and the new ideas he is bringing to the franchise: “[Johnson] created […]
Movie Review – Fast Color (2018)
Fast Color, 2018. Directed by Julia Hart. Starring Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Lorraine Toussaint, Saniyya Sidney, Christopher Denham, and David Strathairn. SYNOPSIS: A woman is forced to go on the run when her superhuman abilities are discovered. Years after having abandoned her family, the only place she has left to hide is home. It is movingly fitting […]
Guillermo del Toro is a huge fan of Edgar Wright’s Baby Driver
With filmmaker Edgar Wright having to step away from Marvel’s Ant-Man due to creative differences, and recently hearing about how painful it was for the director at the time of the movie’s release, one really wants Wright to score a win with his latest offering Baby Driver. Luckily, the buzz is high for the movie, with the film […]
Movie Review – Little Woods (2019)
Little Woods, 2019. Written and Directed by Nia DaCosta. Starring Tessa Thompson, Lily James, Luke Kirby, James Badge Dale, Lance Reddick, Elizabeth Maxwell, Morgana Shaw, Jeremy St. James, Charlie Ray Reid, and Elizabeth Jackson. SYNOPSIS: A modern Western about two sisters who work outside the law to better their lives When it comes to films […]
Movie Review – The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then The Bigfoot (2019)
The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then The Bigfoot, 2019. Written and Directed by Robert D. Krzykowski. Starring Sam Elliott, Aidan Turner, Caitlin Fitzgerald, Larry Miller, Ellar Coltrane, Sean Bridgers, Rizwan Manji, Mark Steger, and Ron Livingston. SYNOPSIS: A legendary American war veteran is recruited to hunt a mythical creature. Less about killing Hitler and Bigfoot, […]
