WARNING: Potential spoilers for The Rise of Skywalker follow… While any and all specifics about Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker are being kept securely under lock and key by Disney and Lucasfilm, we do know that the Sith Lord Darth Sidious is set to factor into Episode IX in some way, shape or form […]
New poster and trailer for Ford v Ferrari starring Matt Damon and Christian Bale
20th Century Fox has released a new trailer and poster for the biographical drama Ford v Ferrari (titled Le Mans ’66 in the UK). Directed by James Mangold, the film stars Matt Damon as American car designer Carroll Shelby and Christian Bale as British racer Ken Miles who worked together under the instruction of Henry Ford […]
Matt Reeves to produce sci-fi thriller Way Station for Netflix
Matt Reeves (Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, War for the Planet of the Apes) and his 6th & Idaho production company are set to produce a feature film adaptation of Clifford D. Simak’s Hugo Award-winning sci-fi novel Way Station for Netflix. Via Deadline, the official logline for Way Station reads: For more than […]
Movie Review – Once Upon a Time in Deadwood (2019)
Once Upon a Time in Deadwood, 2019. Directed by Rene Perez. Starring Robert Bronzi, Michael Pare, Karin Brauns and Lauren Compton. SYNOPSIS: A notorious gunslinger is slipped a slow-acting poison by an heiress and told he has three days to track down and rescue her sister, who has been kidnapped by a gang of hoodlums […]
Dan Aykroyd confirms that he’ll appear in Ghostbusters 2020
Franchise co-creator and star Dan Aykroyd has confirmed that he’ll be making an appearance in next year’s Ghostbusters 2020, director Jason Reitman’s return to the original Ghostbusters continuity established by his father Ivan Reitman with the original 1984 movie and its 1989 sequel. “Ivan Reitman’s son Jason has written a new movie, called — well, […]
Despite controversy, Jojo Rabbit takes home the TIFF Audience Award
Even with mixed reviews and a polarizing subject matter, Jojo Rabbit has been announced as the winner of Toronto International Film Festival’s 2019 Audience Award. Director Taika Waititi’s “anti-hate” satire beat out Noah Baumbach’s Marriage Story and Bong Joon Ho’s Parasite for the win. The TIFF Audience Award has, in recent years, became an indicator […]
Hustlers delivers STX’s biggest ever box office opening weekend
Coming off the back of strong reviews out of the Toronto International Film Festival and potential awards talk for Jennifer Lopez, the stripper crime dramedy Hustlers has given STX Entertainment its best ever opening weekend at the North American box office with $33.2 million across the Friday to Sunday period. Although it finished up in […]
Amanda Seyfried to star in Netflix horror Things Heard & Seen
THR is reporting that Amanda Seyfried (The Art of Racing in the Rain) is in final talks to star in the new Netflix-produced horror Things Heard & Seen, which is being written and directed by Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini (American Splendor). The film is based upon Elizabeth Brundage’s All Things Cease to Appear […]
Frank Darabont doesn’t believe he could get The Shawshank Redemption made today
Frank Darabont’s acclaimed Stephen King adaptation The Shawkshank Redemption celebrates its 25th anniversary this year, and during an interview with Indiewire to mark the occasion, the filmmaker has suggested that the movie – widely considered as one of the greatest of all time – wouldn’t be able to get made in today’s Hollywood given that […]
Exclusive Interview – David Thewlis and Laysla De Oliveira talk Guest of Honour at TIFF 2019
Ricky Church chats with David Thewlis and Laysla De Oliveira about their new film Guest of Honour… Over the Toronto International Film Festival, I got the chance to speak with David Thewlis and Laysla De Oliveira, who both star as father and daughter in Atom Egoyan’s latest film Guest of Honour. The film sees Thewlis […]
