Utøya – July 22, 2018. Directed by Erik Poppe. Starring Andrea Berntzen, Aleksander Holmen, and Solveig Koløen Birkeland. SYNOPSIS: After detonating a bomb in a government building on 22 July 2011, far-right terrorist Anders Behring Breivik took his murderous attack to the heart of Norway: a summer camp on Utøya island. With the victims unable to escape, […]
Movie Review – Sink (2018)
Sink, 2018. Written and directed by Mark Gillis. Starring Martin Herdman, Ian Hogg, Josh Herdman, Tracey Wilkinson, Marlene Sidaway, Mark Gillis and Sadie Shimmin. SYNOPSIS: A factory worker is hit with the double whammy of losing his job and being forced to care for his dementia-suffering father when the care home in which he has […]
Exclusive Interview – Cinematographer Juan Sebastian Baron on shooting Searching and the perks of the Digital Age
Red Stewart chats with Juan Sebastian Baron about Searching…. Juan Sebastian Baron is an American cinematographer who has been working in the film and television industries since the 2010s. He is best known for his work on the horror film The House on Pine Street and the recent thriller Searching. Flickering Myth had the privilege […]
Disney’s live-action Aladdin gets a first teaser trailer
After unveiling a first teaser poster earlier in the week, Disney has now debuted a teaser trailer for director Guy Ritchie’s live-action remake of the animated classic Aladdin. Although there’s no sign of Will Smith’s Genie or Naomi Scott’s Jasmine, we do get a look at Mena Massoud’s title character as he enters the Cave […]
2018 BFI London Film Festival Review – Ash Is Purest White
Ash Is Purest White, 2018. Directed by Jia Zhangke. Starring Zhao Tao and Liao Fan. SYNOPSIS: A story of violent love within a time frame spanning from 2001 to 2017. The latest epic drama from revered Chinese director Jia Zhangke (A Touch of Sin, Mountains May Depart) feels less-assured than his prior efforts while also raking over similar […]
Robin Hood featurette takes us ‘behind the hood’
A new ‘Behind the Hood’ featurette has arrived online for Robin Hood ahead of its release next month, which takes us behind the scenes of the upcoming action adventure and includes interviews with director Otto Bathurst, and stars Taron Egerton, Jamie Foxx, Eve Hewson, Jamie Dornan, and Ben Mendelsohn; watch it here… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXxiEgZBptk Robin of […]
Rachel Brosnahan joins Benedict Cumberbatch in Ironbark
Deadline is reporting that Golden Globe and Emmy Award-winning actress Rachel Brosnahan (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel) has signed on to star opposite Benedict Cumberbatch in the Cold War drama Ironbark. The film is being directed by Dominic Cooke (On Chesil Beach) from a script by Tom O’Connor (The Hitman’s Bodyguard) and tells the true story […]
Ryan Coogler closes deal to write and direct Marvel’s Black Panther 2
After delivering an enormous critical and commercial success for Marvel Studios earlier this year with Black Panther, THR is reporting that Ryan Coogler has now closed his deal to return to Wakanda as writer and director on Black Panther 2. According to the site, Marvel was keen to secure Coogler’s services as soon as the […]
Trailer for Indonesian action thriller The Night Comes For Us starring Joe Taslim and Iko Uwais
With a little over a week to go until it arrives on Netflix, a poster and trailer have been released for Timo Tjahjanto’s Indonesian action thriller The Night Comes For Us which stars Joe Taslim, Iko Uwais, Julie Estelle, Sunny Pang, Zack Lee, Shareefa Daanish The Night Comes For Us follows Ito (played by Joe Taslim), a […]
Toho releases Godzilla: The Planet Eater poster and trailer
Ahead of its Japanese release next month, Toho Animation has released a trailer and poster for Godzilla: The Planet Eater,the third and final instalment in the King of the Monsters’ animated trilogy; check them out here… SEE ALSO: Toho planning a Godzilla Cinematic Universe “The human race is on the brink of oblivion. The “wings of […]
