Robin Hood, 2018. Directed by Otto Bathurst. Starring Taron Egerton, Jamie Foxx, Ben Mendelsohn, Eve Hewson, Tim Minchin, Paul Anderson, F. Murray Abraham, Ian Peck, Cornelius Booth, Scott Greenan, and Jamie Dornan. SYNOPSIS: A war-hardened Crusader and his Moorish commander mount an audacious revolt against the corrupt English crown in a thrilling action-adventure packed with […]
Movie Review – Shoplifters (2018)
Shoplifters, 2018. Written and Directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda. Starring Lily Franky, Sakura Ando, Mayu Matsuoka, Kirin Kiki, Jyo Kairi, Miyu Sasaki, Sosuke Ikematsu, Chizuru Ikewaki, Akira Emoto, Kengo Kora, Yôko Moriguchi, Yuki Yamada, Moemi Katayama, and Naoto Ogata. SYNOPSIS: A family of small-time crooks take in a child they find on the street. Rendering a […]
Sometimes Dead Is Better: Reviewing Pet Sematary (1989), Pet Sematary Two (1992) and Pet Sematary (2019)
Shaun Munro reviews all three Pet Sematary movies… The Pet Sematary remake is out now on DVD and Blu-ray, so as well as offering up our opinion on the new movie, what better time to revisit both the 1989 Stephen King adaptation which brought the story to the masses, and also the ill-fated sequel that […]
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker promo celebrates the saga, offers glimpse of Ed Sheeran and Lin-Manuel Miranda
During last night’s American Music Awards, Disney and Lucasfilm unveiled a new promotional video for Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker and indeed the entire Star Wars saga, with a ‘special look’ video which celebrates not only the franchise but the fandom which turned George Lucas’ space opera into a cultural phenomenon. Included in the […]
Movie Review – The Two Popes (2019)
The Two Popes, 2019. Directed by Fernando Meirelles. Starring Jonathan Pryce, Anthony Hopkins and Juan Minujín. SYNOPSIS: Pope Benedict XVI and the future Pope Francis meet as the latter proposes his retirement from the church. Netflix really wants some big Oscars this year. It has a lot of hope pinned to Martin Scorsese’s career-capping gangster […]
Wes Craven’s estate reportedly taking pitches for A Nightmare on Elm Street movies and TV shows
It seems that Freddy Krueger may be readying for a return to haunt our dreams, as Bloody Disgusting is reporting that the estate of late filmmaker Wes Craven is now taking pitches for a revival of the iconic A Nightmare on Elm Street horror franchise. The U.S. rights to A Nightmare on Elm Street and […]
Jet Troopers attack in first clip from Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
Disney has released the first action-packed clip from Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker which sees Resistance heroes Rey, Chewbacca, Finn, Poe, BB-8 and C-3PO pursued by First Order Jet Troopers on the new planet of Pasaana; watch it here… SEE ALSO: Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker promo celebrates the saga, offers glimpse of […]
Composer Danny Elfman isn’t aware of the current status of Beetlejuice 2, admits he is “always the last one to hear”
Composer Danny Elfman has revealed he isn’t aware of the current status of Beetlejuice 2 but admits that this doesn’t mean the project isn’t in development as he is “always the last one to hear.” “No, you know, oddly, he has not mentioned it to me. The last… a year ago, I saw Michael Keaton, and […]
Movie Review – Judy and Punch (2019)
Judy and Punch, 2019. Directed by Mirrah Foulkes. Starring Mia Wasikowska, Damon Herriman, Benedict Hardie, Brenda Palmer, Terry Norris, Virginia Gay, Tom Budge and Kiruna Stamell. SYNOPSIS: A twisted odyssey of violence and revenge, inspired (sort of) by the classic British seaside tale. The tradition of the Punch and Judy show is one of the […]
Doug Liman exits Justice League Dark, It director rumored to step in
Director Doug Liman was recently very vocal about the upcoming DCEU film Justice League Dark, explaining how different in tone the movie would be from the typical comic book film, and also the classic horror movies that would serve as inspiration. Which is why it now comes as such a surprise that the director has abruptly […]
