Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song, 1971. Directed by Melvin Van Peebles. Starring Melvin Van Peebles, Hubert Scales, Simon Chuckster, and John Dullugan. SYNOPSIS: After saving a young Black Panther member from a beating by a pair of white police officers, a black man named Sweetback goes on the run hoping to find freedom in Mexico. With […]
Exclusive Interview – Lance Reddick talks relationship between music and film, working on The Domestics, and John Wick 3
Red Stewart chats with actor Lance Reddick… Lance Reddick is an acclaimed actor and musician who has been working in the television, film, and music industries since the late-90s. He is best known for his roles on Oz, The Wire, and Fringe. His latest work was for the action thriller The Domestics, which will be released in limited theaters […]
Sundance favourite Madeline’s Madeline gets a trailer
Ahead of its release next month, a trailer has arrived online for the Sundance hit Madeline’s Madeline. Written and directed by Josephine Decker, the film has been described as “a mind-scrambling masterpiece” and stars Helena Howard, Miranda July, and Molly Parker; take a look here… Madeline (newcomer Helena Howard) has become an integral part of a prestigious […]
Kevin Feige teases the possibilities for Marvel’s The Eternals
Back in April, Marvel confirmed that development is underway on a feature film adaptation of Jack Kirby’s The Eternals, with the studio tapping up and coming screenwriters Matthew Firpo and Ryan Firpo to pen the script. For those unfamiliar with The Eternals, it centres on the titular race, an evolutionary offshoot of humanity created millions of years ago […]
Doom movie reboot wraps production
UPDATE: Well, it turns out that filming has actually wrapped a few weeks back, as per Amy Manson’s Instagram. Thanks to Zak for the heads up. Original story follows… Back in April, news leaked online that Universal Pictures was developing a straight-to-video reboot of its video game adaptation Doom, and now an official Twitter account […]
Laurence Fishburne wants to voice Galactus in the Marvel Cinematic Universe
Having swapped the DC Extended Universe (where he plays Daily Planet editor in chief Perry White) for the Marvel Cinematic Universe with his upcoming role as Bill Foster/Goliath in Ant-Man and the Wasp, it seems that actor Laurence Fishburne is already eyeing another part in the MCU – one whose herald he’s already played. “Well, […]
Kevin Feige confirms that Marvel has been discussing a Power Pack movie
Back in September of last year it was rumoured that Marvel Studios is developing a movie based around the preteen superhero team Power Pack, and now head honcho Kevin Feige has confirmed that there have been talks, and it would be “fun to do someday”. “Power Pack is a property that we’ve been interested in […]
Boycotting films is not only pointless, but hurtful to the franchise
Ricky Church on boycotting movies… Since the release of Star Wars: The Last Jedi in December, Star Wars fandom has been divided to say the least. Some ‘fans’ who hated The Last Jedi have been extremely vocal in their utter hatred of the film, going so far as to demand Lucasfilm and Disney retcon it […]
It: Chapter Two cast photo features the adult Losers
With filming on It: Chapter Two getting underway this past month, the official Twitter account has now unveiled a first cast photo for the sequel to last year’s smash hit Stephen King adaptation. The image gives us our first look at the adult version of the Losers Club together for the first team, and features […]
Dwayne Johnson’s Skyscraper gets a new trailer
With a little over a week to go until Skyscraper arrives in cinemas, Universal Pictures has released a new trailer for the Dwayne-Johnson headlined action thriller which you can check out here… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWOdwnB4okc Global icon Dwayne Johnson leads the cast of Legendary’s Skyscraper as former FBI Hostage Rescue Team leader and U.S. war veteran Will Ford, who […]