Todd Phillips, the director of Joker, has discussed reasons for leaving the film’s ending intentionally ambiguous. One of the biggest objections to a Joker origin movie was that it would remove the mystery from the character. Well, Todd Phillips’ Joker looked to retain some of that mystery by leaving the film’s ending intentionally ambiguous, casting […]
2019 BFI London Film Festival Review – Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound
Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound, 2019. Directed by Midge Costin. Starring Walter Murch, Ben Burtt, Steven Spielberg, David Lynch, Sofia Coppola, and Ryan Coogler. SYNOPSIS: An exploration of the history, artistry, and emotional power of cinema sound, as revealed by legendary sound designers and visionary directors, via interviews, clips from movies, and a […]
Chinese animated feature White Snake gets a poster and trailer
Ahead of its US release this November, a poster and trailer have arrived online for GKids’ animated fantasy White Snake; take a look here… From Light Chaser Animation, one of China’s premiere animation studios, comes a visually stunning new take on a classic legend. One day a young woman named Blanca is saved by Xuan, […]
Trailer for Light From Light starring Marin Ireland and Jim Gaffigan
Ahead of its release next month, a poster and trailer have arrived online for the upcoming ‘ghost story’ Light From Light. Written and directed by Paul Harrill, the film stars Marin Ireland as a paranormal investigator who is asked to look into a potential haunting at a farmhouse by a man (Jim Gaffigan) who believes […]
2019 BFI London Film Festival Review – Rewind
Rewind, 2019. Directed by Sasha Joseph Neulinger. Starring Sasha Joseph Neulinger. SYNOPSIS: Digging through the vast collection of his father’s home videos, a young man reconstructs the unthinkable story of his boyhood and exposes vile abuse passed through generations. Is there a more noble use of filmmaking, especially the documentary form, than to lay one’s […]
Beware the beast in new trailer for horror Animal Among Us
Uncork’d Entertainment has unveiled a new poster and trailer for Animal Among Us, director John Woodruff’s throwback horror starring Christian Oliver (Sense8) and Larisa Oleynik (10 Things I Hate About You). Check them out here… Fifteen years ago, two teenage girls were murdered at Merrymaker Campgrounds. The case was filed as an animal attack, the […]
2019 BFI London Film Festival Review – A White, White Day
A White, White Day, 2019. Written and directed by Hlynur Pálmason. Starring Ingvar E Sigurðsson and Ída Mekkín Hlynsdóttir. SYNOPSIS: In a remote Icelandic town, an off duty police chief begins to suspect a local man for having had an affair with his wife, who recently died in a car accident. Gradually his obsession for […]
Matthew Vaughn still aspires to direct a Fantastic Four movie for the MCU
Matthew Vaughn would still like to direct a Fantastic Four movie and thinks the characters can rival Spider-Man in terms of popularity. Now that Fantastic Four is a part of the MCU, the directing gig for their debut is seemingly up for grabs. Someone who has been wanting the job for a while now is […]
Exclusive trailer for Dolph Lundgren’s new film Hard Night Falling
Thanks to Lionsgate, we’ve got an exclusive trailer for Dolph Lundgren’s new film Hard Night Falling, which sees the action legend taking on the role of an Interpol agent who must battle a ruthless crime boss and his mercenaries at an Italian villa in order to save his wife and daughter. After years fighting crime […]
Movie Review – Holiday Hell (2019)
Holiday Hell, 2019. Directed by Jeremy Berg, David Burns, Jeff Ferrell, and Jeff Vigil. Starring Jeffrey Combs, Joel Murray, Jeff Bryan Davis, Lisa Coronado, and Meagan Karimi-Nase. SYNOPSIS: On Christmas Eve, a woman enters a shop looking for a last-minute gift. She meets a mysterious shopkeeper (Combs) who tells her the horrific stories behind four […]
