No Stone Unturned, 2017. Written and Directed by Alex Gibney SYNOPSIS: An in-depth examination of the unsolved pub massacre that took place in Loughinisland, Northern Ireland, as the locals were watching World Cup ’94. Revered documentary filmmaker Alex Gibney has deconstructed icons (The Armstrong Lie, Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine) and shined a […]
TriStar lands Alex Garland script The Toymaker’s Secret
Variety is reporting that TriStar Pictures has snapped up the rights to The Toymaker’s Secret, a hot spec script from Alex Garland (Ex Machina, Annihilation), and has tapped BAFTA and Annie Award-winner Paloma Baeza (Poles Apart) to direct as her feature debut. Animated a a family audience, The Toymaker’s Secret “tells the story of an […]
Movie Review – The Insult (2017)
The Insult, 2017. Directed by Ziad Doueiri. Starring Adel Karam, Kamel El Basha, Rita Hayek, Diamand Bou Abboud, Camille Salameh, Christine Choueiri, Talal Jurdi, and Christina Farah. SYNOPSIS: In today’s Beirut, an insult blown out of proportions finds Toni, a Lebanese Christian, and Yasser, a Palestinian refugee, in court. From secret wounds to traumatic revelations, […]
Movie Review – Blame (2017)
Blame, 2017. Directed by Quinn Shephard. Starring Quinn Shephard, Chris Messina, Nadia Alexander, Sarah Mezzanotte, Tessa Albertson, Luke Slattery, Owen Campbell, Geneva Carr, and Tate Donovan. SYNOPSIS: A drama teacher’s taboo relationship with an unstable student strikes a nerve in her jealous classmate, sparking a vengeful chain of events within their suburban high school that […]
How To Ruin A Film By Talking Down To The Audience
Neil Calloway is fed up with being told exactly where the action is taking place… There is one thing that can guarantee me to let out a disappointed sigh in the cinema before a word has been spoken on screen. It’s the appearance of a caption telling us where the action is taking place. After […]
Stephen Fry steps down as BAFTAs host after 12 years
The British Academy Film Awards will be without its most recognisable MC this year, as Stephen Fry has decided to step away from the hosting gig after 12 years. TV personality and actor Fry first hosted the awards ceremony in 2001 and has hosted every year since, other than during an absence between 2007 and […]
Watch the final trailer for Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
With a little over two months to go until Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom arrives in cinemas, Universal Pictures has released the final trailer for the fifth instalment in the Jurassic Park franchise, and you can watch it right here… https://youtu.be/Wn4fSAaQHX0 It’s been four years since theme park and luxury resort Jurassic World was destroyed by […]
Exclusive Interview – BAFTA Rising Star nominee Josh O’Connor on God’s Own Country, Stateside recognition and being naked on a cold set
Tom Beasley sits down with British actor and star of God’s Own Country, Josh O’Connor, to discuss his nomination for the EE Rising Star Award at the BAFTAs… Josh O’Connor was today named as one of the five nominees for the EE Rising Star Award at the BAFTAs. The public will now vote on the […]
Watch the trailer for teen thriller #SquadGoals
A trailer has arrived online for the upcoming teen thriller #SquadGoals. Directed by Danny J. Boyle, the film stars Sheryl Lee, Paris Berelc, Kennedy Lea Slocum, Corey Fogelmanis, and Peyton Clark; check it out here… While reporting for her school yearbook’s new blog: #SQUADGOALS, Samantha Hodges finds she is the only one serious about investigating the […]
Movie Review – The Strange Ones (2017)
The Strange Ones, 2017. Written and Directed by Christopher Radcliff and Lauren Wolkstein. Starring Alex Pettyfer, James Freedson-Jackson, Tobias Campbell, Gene Jones, Owen Campbell, Marin Ireland, Will Blomker, and Olivia Wang. SYNOPSIS: Mysterious events surround two travelers as they make their way across a remote American landscape. On the surface, all seems normal, but what […]
