Helen Murdoch on the problem with Hereditary’s marketing… All of the recent 5 star reviews of Ari Aster’s horror Hereditary have got me thinking about what we expect going into a film versus what we actually see. Hereditary depicts the most horrific displays of grief that I’ve ever seen committed to screen, but based on […]
Terry Gilliam loses the rights to The Man Who Killed Don Quixote
Having taken him the best part of 30 years, filmmaker Terry Gilliam finally completed his passion project The Man Who Killed Don Quixote this year, only for the saga to have one final twist in the tale. In May, former producer Paulo Branco launched a legal dispute over the rights to the movie, which cost […]
Evangeline Lilly is “pissed off” about Ant-Man and the Wasp’s UK release date
Here in the UK we’ve become accustomed to getting Marvel movies one or two weeks earlier than our friends across the Pond, but that isn’t going to be the case this summer with the studio’s latest superhero blockbuster Ant-Man and the Wasp. While the sequel is set to open in North America on July 6th, […]
Bryan Singer will receive directing credit on Bohemian Rhapsody despite his dismissal
Back in December 20th Century Fox announced that it had fired Bryan Singer from Bohemian Rhapsody with just two weeks of filming remaining on the biopic of Queen frontman Freddie Mercury, with Dexter Fletcher (Eddie the Eagle) subsequently taking over to complete the picture. Singer was removed from the film amid rumours that he’d been […]
Danny McBride wanted to shoot two Halloween movies back-to-back
Michael Myers returns to Haddonfield this October some forty years after his original killing spree to face Jamie Lee Curtis’ Laurie Strode for a final time in the new Halloween movie from director David Gordon Green and co-writer Danny McBride. In an interview with Entertainment Weekly following the release of the first trailer, McBride has […]
Aquaman director James Wan discusses Patrick Wilson’s villain Ocean Master
This past week delivered a first look at Patrick Wilson’s villainous Orm / Ocean Master from Warner Bros. and DC Films’ next superhero offering Aquaman, and now director James Wan has given us some insight into the character and his motivations in the film during an interview with Entertainment Weekly. “He’s kind of an eco-warrior,” […]
Jeremy Renner says the Russos received death threats over Hawkeye’s Avengers: Infinity War absence
Throughout the promotional campaign for Avengers: Infinity War, it became increasingly clear that Hawkeye would be sitting out the battle between Earth’s Mightiest Heroes and Thanos, and sure enough Jeremy Renner’s Clint Barton was nowhere to be seen when the superhero blockbuster finally made its way into theaters. Naturally, Hawkeye’s absence left fans of the […]
Movie Review – Hereditary (2018)
Hereditary, 2018. Directed by Ari Aster. Starring Toni Collette, Milly Shapiro, Gabriel Byrne, Alex Wolff, and Ann Dowd. SYNOPSIS: After the family matriarch passes away, a grieving family is haunted by tragic and disturbing occurrences, and begin to unravel dark secrets. Hereditary currently sits on a 92% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes, and an average […]
Exclusive Interview – Composer Hauschka talks Patrick Melrose, realism v. mysticism, and his return to classical piano
Red Stewart chats with composer Hauschka… Volker Bertelmann, better known by his artist name Hauschka, is a German pianist and composer who has been working in the film and television industry since the mid-2000s. He is best known for his work on films like In Dubious Battle, Lion, and The Current War. His latest compositions were for the Showtime […]
Michael C. Hall joins Boyd Holbrook in In the Shadow of the Moon
Back in February it was announced that Boyd Holbrook (Narcos, Logan) has signed on to headline In the Shadow of the Moon, a “genre-bending” thriller from director Jim Mickle (Hap and Leonard), and now comes word from Collider that Mickle’s Cold in July star Michael C. Hall (Dexter) has also joined the film. According to […]
