After playing a pair of lovers on NBC’s workplace comedy The Office over the course of roughly twenty episodes, Amy Ryan and Steve Carell will be reuniting for Amazon’s Beautiful Boy. Carell has been on board the project for about two months now, but Ryan has just recently joined the cast, according to Deadline. The true story […]
Jennifer Aniston signs on for Dumplin’
Deadline is reporting that Jennifer Aniston has signed on to star in the music-driven comedy Dumplin’, which is slated to go into production this summer under director Anne Fletcher (The Proposal, 27 Dresses). Dumplin’ follows a confident, plus-sized teen called Willowdean, who tries to spite her mom (Aniston) – a former beauty pageant queen now […]
Movie Review – Personal Shopper (2016)
Personal Shopper, 2016. Written and Directed by Olivier Assayas. Starring Kristen Stewart, Lars Eidinger, Nora von Waldstätten, Anders Danielsen Lie, Sigrid Bouaziz, Ty Olwin, and Benjamin Biolay. SYNOPSIS: Revolves around a ghost story that takes place in the fashion underworld of Paris. Add another tick to the win column for Kristen Stewart (who has broken free […]
Samuel L. Jackson reportedly wants role in John Wick: Chapter 3
For now, take this news with a grain of salt as there is no direct quote, but there are reports that Samuel L. Jackson desperately wants a role in the inevitable John Wick: Chapter 3 as apparently he is a huge fan of the gun-fu action ballet franchise. The rumor comes from journalist Simon Thompson […]
Helen Mirren asked Vin Diesel for a role in The Fate of the Furious
We may not have seen any footage yet of Helen Mirren’s The Fate of the Furious character, but we do now know how she found herself attached to the project. In the latest issue of Total Film, Vin Diesel revealed: “People don’t know that I’m the one working for a year beforehand with the writers and […]
Movie Review – Raw (2017)
Raw, 2017. Written and Directed by Julia Ducournau. Starring Garance Marillier, Ella Rumpf, Rabah Nait Oufella, Laurent Lucas, Joana Preiss, Bouli Lanners, Marion Vernoux, and Jean-Louis Sbille. SYNOPSIS: When a young vegetarian undergoes a carnivorous hazing ritual at vet school, an unbidden taste for meat begins to grow in her. You’ve probably seen a coming-of-age […]
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 confirmed, James Gunn’s role to be determined
Although Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 is still a couple months away from release, there is already interest in a third outing for the galactic superheroes (who are also confirmed to play an integral part in Avengers: Infinity War). Luckily, director James Gunn has reassured fans that Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 will happen, […]
DVD Review – Helga, She Wolf of Stilberg (1978)
Helga, She Wolf of Stilberg, 1978. Directed by Patrice Rhomm. Starring Patrizia Gori, Malisa Longo, Richard Allan, Dominique Aveline, and Jacques Marbeuf. SYNOPSIS: A sadistic female prison warden’s latest inmate is the daughter of her government’s political enemy. The second release from new imprint label Maison Rouge, Helga, She Wolf of Stilberg is a French […]
The Matrix Rebooted, The Batman delayed, Rogue One’s original ending and more – Daily News Roundup
Rounding up yesterday’s big news stories… THE MATRIX REBOOTED The big story from yesterday is a report that Warner Bros. is in early development on a reboot of The Matrix, having tapped Zak Penn (X-Men 2, X-Men: The Last Stand, The Avengers) for a new take on the material, which could potentially star Michael B. Jordan […]
The Inbetweeners’ Simon Bird to direct Days of the Bagnold Summer
The Inbetweeners star Simon Bird is set to make his feature film directorial debut with Days of the Bagnold Summer, an adaptation of Joff Winterhart’s graphic novel of the same name. Days of the Bagnold Summer tells the story of an idle summer in the lives of a shy fifteen-year-old heavy metal fan and his librarian […]