Eighth Grade, 2018. Directed by Bo Burnham. Starring Elsie Fisher, Josh Hamilton, Emily Robinson and Jake Ryan. SYNOPSIS: With one week of eighth grade left, an introverted 13-year-old girl tries to make it to the end. 1986’s Stand By Me sees four young boys on a cross-country hike to find a dead body. The story […]
Guillermo del Toro to direct Zanbato for J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot
As revealed by Collider, Oscar-winning filmmaker Guillermo del Toro (The Shape of Water) is teaming with J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot Productions for Zanbato, a new project which he is set to write and direct. While plot details are being kept under wraps, the film reportedly follows a young girl between the ages of 10 and […]
Mahershala Ali set for sci-fi feature Sovereign
Coming off his Academy Award win for Best Supporting Actor in Green Book, Oscar winner Mahershala Ali has been cast in the sci-fi feature Sovereign, which is being produced by Entertainment One along with Shawn Levy’s 21 Laps. The film is being directed by Marc Muden (Electric Dreams) from a script by Scott Beck and […]
Edge of Tomorrow sequel Live Die Repeat and Repeat officially moving ahead
It looks like the stars are finally aligning for the Edge of Tomorrow sequel, with Deadline reporting that Warner Bros. is looking to move forward on the long-rumoured Live Die Repeat and Repeat. According to the trade, screenwriter Matthew Robinson (The Invention of Lying) has been brought in the work on the script for the follow-up […]
Margot Robbie to produce musical Big Gay Jamboree
Margot Robbie’s LuckyChap Entertainment is set to produce a period musical entitled Big Gay Jamboree, which is set up at Paramount Pictures. Described as a mix of Oklahoma! and The Book of Mormon, Deadline reports that the film will follow “a young, raunchy woman who is transported into a 1940s musical and must find her […]
Pokemon goes CGI with trailer for Pokemon: Mewtwo Strikes Back Evolution
This summer sees the Japanese release of Pokemon: Mewtwo Strikes Back Evolution, a CG-animated remake of 1998’s Pokemon: The First Movie: Mewtwo Strikes Back, and you can check out a new trailer for the anime feature here… Pokemon: Mewtwo Strikes Back Evolution is set for release in Japan on July 12th. Meanwhile, the first live-action Pokemon movie, Pokemon: Detective […]
Movie Review – We Are Boats (2019)
We Are Boats, 2019. Directed by James Bird. Starring Luke Hemsworth, Angela Sarafyan, Graham Greene, Jack Falahee, Amanda Plummer, Gaia Weiss, Booboo Stewart, and Uzo Aduba. SYNOPSIS: Francesca travels through the world of the living, encountering many strangers along the way. She either sends them on a path towards happiness or towards a tragic end. All of […]
X-Men: Dark Phoenix director on why the trailer spoils a major death and how it impacts the plot
This week saw the release of the latest trailer for 20th Century Fox’s upcoming Marvel swansong X-Men: Dark Phoenix, and somewhat surprisingly, it decided to reveal one of the movie’s most closely-guarded secrets: that Jennifer Lawrence’s Mystique is set to fall victim to Sophie Turner’s Jean Grey as she transforms into the Phoenix. Well, during […]
Avengers: Endgame on course to break Infinity War’s record box office opening weekend
Although it’s still a couple of months away from release, early box office predictions for Avengers: Endgame are suggesting that the Marvel blockbuster is on track to smash the record for the biggest ever opening weekend at the domestic box office. According to Researcher Exhibitor Relations (via Dark Horzions), Avengers: Endgame looks set to open to […]
Watch the first nine minutes of Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
With Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse set to arrive on Blu-ray and DVD later this month, Sony Pictures has released the first nine minutes of the Academy Award-winning animated feature, which you can watch right here… SEE ALSO: Peter Parker offers some advice in Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse deleted scene Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, the creative […]
