Back in November of 2016 it was revealed that Shawn Levy is set to produce a big screen musical based upon the long-running children’s series Sesame Street, and now Variety is reporting that the project has found a director in Portlandia co-creator Jonathan Krisel. Sesame Street will mark the feature directorial debut for Krisel, who […]
Venom producers say movie was always PG-13, no R-rated cut exists
When it was first announced that Sony was moving ahead with its long-planned Venom solo movie, many expected the studio to follow Fox’s lead with Deadpool and Logan by going down the R-rated route. However, as we know now, Venom is rated PG-13, and according to producers Avi Arad and Matt Tolmach, the plan was […]
Movie Review – The Snarling (2018)
The Snarling, 2018. Directed by Pablo Raybould. Starring Laurence Saunders, Chris Simmons, Ben Manning, and Pablo Raybould. SYNOPSIS: An English village is taken over by a film crew making a zombie movie. A group of locals finds a way onto the production in hopes of getting famous. The real horror begins when something starts killing locals and crew, […]
Venom producer says Morbius the Living Vampire movie is up next
This coming week sees the release of Venom, the first of a planned series of Spider-Man spinoff movies (minus Spidey) in a shared cinematic universe under the banner of ‘Sony’s Universe of Marvel Characters’. Sony has several projects in the pipeline for this venture, including Morbius, Black Cat, Silver Sable, Kraven the Hunter, Silk, Nightwatch, and Jackpot, and it seems […]
Second Opinion – A Star Is Born (2018)
A Star Is Born, 2018. Directed by Bradley Cooper. Starring Bradley Cooper, Lady Gaga, Sam Elliott, Dave Chapelle, Anthony Ramos and Michael Harney. SYNOPSIS: Legendary rock star, Jackson Maine, is facing the demise of his career because of drink and drugs. But when he discovers talented singer/songwriter Ally and falls in love, life starts to […]
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald gets a batch of new images
Earlier this week we saw the final trailer for Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald, and now Warner Bros. has released a batch of new images from the next chapter in J.K. Rowling’s Wizarding World featuring Newt Scamander (Eddie Redmayne) and Pickett, Tina Goldstein (Katherine Waterston), Nagini (Claudia Kim), Leta Lestrange (Zoe Kravitz), Credence Barebone (Ezra […]
Why Creed II appears to be ticking the right boxes
Tom Jolliffe on why Creed II looks like it could match, or even surpass the previous film… The new Creed II trailer dropped just a matter of days ago. The first trailer looked good. The second looks great. We’re not seeing anything ground breaking here, but there are a number of things the trailer suggests, […]
Friday the 13th rights become very murky as screenwriter wins legal battle with producer
For the past year, Friday the 13th writer Victor Miller has been embroiled in a legal battle with producer Sean Cunningham over the rights to the slasher series, and now a court has ruled in his favour, leaving the future of the franchise and its iconic killer Jason looking very murky indeed. Miller filed suit […]
Spider-Man: Far From Home set photos confirm returning Homecoming cast members
Yesterday we got a look at Tom Holland’s Peter Parker in his new all-black Spider-man costume with a video from the set of Spider-Man: Far From Home, and now some new photos have arrived online of the cast shooting scenes in Italy. Featured alongside Holland’s Parker, Zendaya’s Michelle and Jacob Batalan’s Ned are a number […]
Fractured Visions Film Festival Review – Children of the Fall (2017)
Children of the Fall, 2017. Directed by Eitan Gafny. Starring Noa Maiman, Aki Avni, Yafit Shalev, Tamara Klingon, Danny Leshman, and Michael Ironside. SYNOPSIS: A young woman looking to escape her past flees to Israel in 1973. On the eve of Yom Kippur, she and other young immigrants encounter more hostility than they could have […]
