Can You Ever Forgive Me?, 2018. Directed by Marielle Heller. Starring Melissa McCarthy, Richard E. Grant, Dolly Wells, Ben Falcone, Gregory Korostishevsky, Jane Curtin, Stephen Spinella, Christian Navarro, Anna Deavere Smith, and Kevin Carolan. SYNOPSIS: When Lee Israel falls out of step with current tastes, she turns her art form to deception. An adaptation of […]
Ridley Scott now teases “one or two” Alien: Covenant sequels, says he approached Prometheus wrong
Ridley Scott seems to be having trouble deciding, not if, but how many sequels he will be making to his new movie Alien: Covenant. Having previously said there will “definitely” be four sequels, the director gave a pretty laid back answer to a question from Yahoo Movies about the future of the franchise. The director stated: “I […]
Radiohead’s Thom Yorke to score the upcoming Suspiria remake
It looks like the Suspiria remake is getting a perfect pairing in Radiohead’s Thom Yorke! It has been revealed that the iconic songwriter/musician/frontman will be providing all of the music for the upcoming movie. Sitting down with Variety, director Luca Guadagnino provided his thoughts on collaborating with the Radiohead frontman: “Thom’s art transcends the contemporary. […]
Movie Review – London Fields (2018)
London Fields, 2018 Directed by Mathew Cullen. Starring Amber Heard, Billy Bob Thornton, Theo James, Jim Sturgess, Johnny Depp, Cara Delevingne, Jaimie Alexander, Gemma Chan, Lily Cole, Michael Schaeffer, Henry Garrett, Emily Kincaid, and Jason Isaacs SYNOPSIS: Clairvoyant femme fatale Nicola Six has been living with a dark premonition of her impending death by murder. She […]
Movie Review – Halloween (2018)
Halloween, 2018. Directed by David Gordon Green. Starring Jamie Lee Curtis, Judy Greer, Andi Matichak, Will Patton, Virginia Gardner, Haluk Bilginer, Rhian Rees, Jefferson Hall, Toby Huss, Dylan Arnold, Miles Robbins, Drew Scheid, James Jude Courtney, and Nick Castle. SYNOPSIS: Laurie Strode comes to her final confrontation with Michael Myers, the masked figure who has […]
54th Chicago International Film Festival Review – What They Had (2018)
What They Had, 2018. Written and directed by Elizabeth Chomko. Starring Hilary Swank, Michael Shannon, Blythe Danner, Robert Forster, Taissa Farmiga, and Josh Lucas SYNOPSIS: WHAT THEY HAD centers on a family in crisis. Bridget (Hilary Swank) returns home to Chicago at her brother’s (Michael Shannon) urging to deal with her ailing mother (Blythe Danner) and […]
Original Hellboy writer talks Hellboy: Silverlance, the Abe Sapien spin-off movie that never happened
Peter Briggs, writer of the original Hellboy, has revealed some fascinating news in reaction to the announcement that the Hellboy franchise is being rebooted, and that Ron Perlman is being replaced by David Harbour (Stranger Things). The writer took to Facebook to reveal a now-defunct project that was in active-development for quite some time: a spin-off […]
Ridley Scott to start production on Alien: Covenant sequel “within 14 months”
It looks like Ridley Scott wasn’t kidding when he said that the Alien franchise is going to have at least four more installments, and it seems that the first sequel to the new sci-fi/ horror Alien: Covenant is going into production sooner than you may think. Very soon, in fact. Speaking to IGN UK, the director […]
Movie Review – The Oath (2018)
The Oath, 2018. Written and Directed by Ike Barinholtz. Starring Ike Barinholtz, Tiffany Haddish, Carrie Brownstein, Nora Dunn, John Cho, Billy Magnussen, Max Greenfield, Meredith Hagner, Jon Barinholtz, Chris Ellis, Priah Ferguson, and Jay Duplass. SYNOPSIS: In a politically divided America, a man struggles to make it through the Thanksgiving holiday without destroying his family. […]
Movie Review – Mid90s (2018)
Mid90s, 2018. Written and Directed by Jonah Hill. Starring Sunny Suljic, Lucas Hedges, Olan Prenatt, Na-kel Smith, Gio Galicia, Ryder McLaughlin, Jerrod Carmichael, and Katherine Waterston. SYNOPSIS: Follows Stevie, a thirteen-year-old in 90s-era LA who spends his summer navigating between his troubled home life and a group of new friends that he meets at a […]
