Lizzie, 2018. Directed by Craig William Macneill. Starring Chloë Sevigny, Kristen Stewart, Jay Huguley, Jamey Sheridan, Fiona Shaw, Kim Dickens, Denis O’Hare, and Jeff Perry. SYNOPSIS: A psychological thriller based on the infamous 1892 murders of the Borden family. Craig William Macneill’s (The Boy) Lizzie Borden biopic couldn’t be further from prior campy adaptations of the […]
Matthew McConaughey, Henry Golding and Kate Beckinsale cast in Guy Ritchie’s Toff Guys
After finishing up with Disney’s live-action Aladdin, Guy Ritchie is set for a return to the crime genre with his next film Toff Guys, and Miramax has announced that Matthew McCononaughey (White Boy Rick) is set to lead the cast alongside Henry Golding (Crazy Rich Asians) and Kate Beckinsale (Underworld: Blood Wars). Toff Guys has […]
Meet Lou Diamond Phillips’ Johnny Kane in exclusive Big Kill clip
Thanks to Archstone Distribution, we’ve got an exclusive clip from the new Western Big Kill, which introduces the character of Johnny Kane, played by Lou Diamond Phillips. Check it out here… SEE ALSO: Watch the trailer for Big Kill https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GefocRtkmMY A tenderfoot from Philadelphia, two misfit gamblers on the run, and a deadly preacher have […]
2018 BFI London Film Festival Review – The Breaker Upperers
The Breaker Upperers, 2018. Directed by Madeleine Sami and Jackie van Beek. Starring Madeleine Sami, Jackie van Beek, James Rolleston, Celia Pacquola, and Ana Scotney. SYNOPSIS: Two professional cynics, Jen (Jackie van Beek) and Mel (Madeleine Sami), run an agency where they offer their unique talents in breaking up couples so that the individual can move on […]
First Man featurette takes us behind-the-scenes of the lunar landing
Coinciding with its release, a new IMAX Behind the Frame featurette has arrived online for First Man which sees director Damien Chazelle, star Ryan Gosling, producer Wyck Godfrey, and cinematographer Linus Sandgren take us behind the scenes of the acclaimed biographical drama and discuss how the film’s lunar sequences were brought to life on the […]
2018 BFI London Film Festival Review – Sorry to Bother You
Sorry to Bother You, 2018. Directed by Boots Riley. Starring Lakeith Stanfield, Tessa Thompson, Jermaine Fowler, Omari Hardwick, Terry Crews, Patton Oswalt, David Cross, Danny Glover, Steven Yeun and Armie Hammer. SYNOPSIS: In an alternate present-day version of Oakland, telemarketer Cassius Green discovers a magical key to professional success, propelling him into a universe of greed. […]
2018 BFI London Film Festival Review – Girl
Girl, 2018. Directed by Lukas Dhont. Starring Victor Polster, Arieh Worthalter, Oliver Bodart, Tijmen Govaerts, Valentijn Dhaenens and Katelijne Damen. SYNOPSIS: Fifteen-year-old Lara’s transitioning is further complicated by her pursuit of a professional career in ballet at a prestigious Belgian dance academy. Written and directed by Lukas Dhont, and in the running in the first […]
Exclusive Interview – Director Karey Kirkpatrick talks Smallfoot and ‘Zendaya is Meechee’
Thomas Harris chats with Karey Kirkpatrick about Smallfoot… Zendaya is Meechee; so says comedian Gabriel Gundacker, who inadvertently brought Smallfoot into the global zeitgeist. I spoke to director Karey Kirkpatrick – who had just introduced the film in Leicester Square – about his love of slapstick, Looney Tunes and as to whether Zendaya was indeed […]
Kurt Russell is Santa Claus in first poster and trailer for The Christmas Chronicles
Netflix has released a poster and teaser trailer for the festive family adventure The Christmas Chronicles. Directed by Clay Kaytis, the film stars Kurt Russell as Santa Claus alongside Darby Camp and Judah Lewis; check them out here, along with a couple of images from the film… THE CHRISTMAS CHRONICLES, a holiday adventure from producer […]
2018 BFI London Film Festival Review – The Guilty
The Guilty, 2018. Directed by Gustav Möller. Starring Jakob Cedergren, Jessica Dinnage, and Johan Olsen. SYNOPSIS: A police officer assigned alarm dispatch duty enters a race against time when he answers an emergency call from a kidnapped woman. The Danish entry into the upcoming race for the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar is a tight, unpretentious low-budget […]
