Dragged Across Concrete, 2019. Directed by S. Craig Zahler. Starring Mel Gibson, Vince Vaughn, Tory Kittles, Michael Jai White, Jennifer Carpenter, Laurie Holden, Fred Melamed, Thomas Kretschmann, and Don Johnson. SYNOPSIS: When two cops are suspended after a leaked video of their strong-arm tactics spreads in the media, they descend into the criminal underworld to […]
First trailer for Dragged Across Concrete starring Mel Gibson and Vince Vaughn
Ahead of its VOD and theatrical release next month, Lionsgate has released the first official trailer and a poster for writer-director S. Craig Zahler’s (Brawl in Cell Block 99) upcoming crime thriller Dragged Across Concrete which stars Mel Gibson, Vince Vaughn, Tory Kittles, Michael Jai White, Jennifer Carpenter, Laurie Holden, Fred Melamed, Thomas Kretschmann, and […]
Happy Death Day 2U resurrects the dying slasher genre
EJ Moreno on Happy Death Day 2U and the slasher genre… It might sound a little hyperbolic, but Happy Death Day and its new sequel Happy Death Day 2U are bringing new life into a tired genre like slashers. And this is coming from someone who loves everything from Sleepaway Camp to the classic Halloween. […]
When Will the Oscars Get It Right?
Olly Krizan on the Oscars… While we’re warming our winter woes with the glitz and glamour of awards season, The Academy are having yet another nightmare of a year. This time around they’ve decided to get ahead of the game by airing these issues before the ceremony has even taken place. From what I can […]
The Favourite’s Yorgos Lanthimos to write and direct Pop. 1280
Deadline is reporting that The Favourite director Yorgos Lanthimos is set to write and direct an adaptation of Jim Thompson’s crime novel Pop. 1280 for Imperative Entertainment. The 1964 novel follows “a corrupt sheriff of a small town who manipulates the people in his orbit in order to win the next election.” Lanthimos – whose other […]
If Beale Street Could Talk leads winners of 2019 Film Independent Spirit Awards
Ahead of tonight’s Academy Awards, the 2019 Film Independent Spirit Awards were presented last night, with If Beale Street Could Talk taking home the top prize, the Best Feature Award. Beale Street also collected Best Director (Barry Jenkins) and Best Supporting Female Actor (Regina King), while other winners included Sorry to Bother You (Best First […]
Road to the Oscars 2019 – Can Vice win Best Picture?
In the week before the 91st Academy Awards are handed out, Tom Beasley takes a look at each Best Picture nominee and its chances of Oscars victory. Finally, it’s Christian Bale’s transformative take on Dick Cheney in Vice… Adam McKay made the pivot to serious filmmaking a few years ago when he looked under the […]
Rick Famuyiwa to direct Children of Blood and Bone adaptation
Dope director Rick Famuyiwa has found his next project. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Famuyiwa is set to direct an adaptation of the young adult fantasy novel Children of Blood and Bone. The film comes from Fox 2000 with Temple Hill and Sunswept Entertainment. Children of Blood and Bone is set in a magic-infused kingdom named Orisha, where […]
Haley Bennett, Riley Keough and Jason Clarke join The Devil All the Time
Antonio Campos (Simon Killer, The Sinner) continues to fill out the cast of his upcoming adaptation Donald Ray Pollock’s 2011 novel The Devil All the Time, with Variety reporting that Haley Bennett (Thank You for Your Service), Riley Keough (Under the Silver Lake) and Jason Clarke (The Aftermath) have boarded the film. Set to feature […]
Movie Review – Abduction 101 (2018)
Abduction 101, 2018. Directed by Robin Entreinger. Starring Brianna Shewbert Rouse, Nixi Oblivion, Adrienne Stone, Luna Labelle and Kayla Kilby. SYNOPSIS: We all know the story: three women find a strange house within the woods. But what the women discover inside is only the beginning of a heinous nightmare. “Show, don’t tell.” That’s the first phrase that […]
