Island Zero, 2017. Directed by Josh Gerritsen. Starring Laila Robins, Adam Wade McLaughlin, Terri Reeves, Matthew Wilkas, and Elaine Landry. SYNOPSIS : A remote island off the coast of Maine, USA, finds itself cut off from the mainland when communications fail, and the ferry fails to appear. Then people start to disappear too, and the […]
The Most Disappointing: The ‘Genetically Engineered Killing Machine’ trope
Anghus Houvouras on the ‘Genetically Engineered Killing Machine’ trope… Blockbusters are frequently rife with clichés and tropes, gingerly strung together to construct a flimsy narrative from which they can hang their set-pieces. No one ever said big budget crowd-pleasers had to be wholly original. If that was a requirement we might only get 2 to […]
Blu-ray Review – Rawhead Rex (1986)
Rawhead Rex, 1986. Directed by George Pavlou. Starring David Dukes, Kelly Piper, Hugh O’Conor, Ronan Wilmot, John Olohan, and Heinrich von Schellendorf. SYNOPSIS: A farmer unleashes a demon known as Rawhead Rex, who proceeds to go on the rampage across rural Ireland. There is an unwritten rule in horror filmmaking that you don’t reveal your […]
Stan Lee’s The Virtue of Vera Valiant heading to the big screen
Over the past decade we’ve become very accustomed to seeing Stan Lee’s creations on the big screen, and we’ll soon be able to add another to the ever-expanding list, although this one is pretty far removed from Marvel superheroes. Deadline is reporting that Lee’s Pow! Entertainment is teaming up with China’s Tianying Media for an […]
Blu-ray Review – The Bloodthirsty Trilogy
The Bloodthirsty Trilogy Box Set Directed by Michio Yamamoto. Starring Kayo Matsuo, Akira Nakao, Atsuo Nakamura, Shin Kishida, Midori Fujita, Chôei Takahashi, Sanae Emi, Toshio Kurosawa, and Yukiko Kobayashi. SYNOPSIS: Blu-ray box set of three Hammer-inspired Japanese vampire movies from the 1970s. Made by Japan’s legendary Toho Studios – the company responsible for, amongst others, […]
Cara Delevingne, Dan Stevens and more join Elisabeth Moss in Her Smell
Voltage Pictures has announced that Cara Delevingne (Suicide Squad), Dan Stevens (Legion), Eric Stoltz (Pulp Fiction), Virginia Madsen (Sideways), Dylan Gelula (Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt) and Eka Darville (Jessica Jones) have joined the cast of Her Smell. The new additions join the previously announced Elisabeth Moss (The Handmaid’s Tale), Amber Heard (Justice League), Ashley Benson (Spring […]
Watch the trailer for action thriller The Hitman Agency starring Don ‘The Dragon’ Wilson
Coinciding with its VOD release, a poster and trailer have arrived online for The Hitman Agency, the feature debut of filmmaker Dominik Starck, which stars Erik Hansen, Everett Ray Aponte and kickboxing legend Don ‘The Dragon’ Wilson. Check them out here, along with the official synopsis… The ambitious professional hitman Lucas Kane (EVERETT RAY APONTE) […]
Avengers: Infinity War directors reveal the off-screen fates of MCU supporting characters
Warning. Spoilers for Avengers: Infinity War follow… Avengers: Infinity War certainly delivered a major – and we do mean major – game-changer at its climax, as Thanos completed his quest to gather the Infinity Stones, snapped his fingers, and eliminated half of all life in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. While we saw a host of […]
Patty Jenkins has more than tripled her salary for Wonder Woman 2
After scoring an enormous critical and commercial success last year with Warner Bros. and DC Films’ Wonder Woman, Variety is reporting that Patty Jenkins has scored a major pay increase for the upcoming sequel to the Gal Gadot-headlined superhero blockbuster. The site reports that Jenkins is set to take home a fee of $9 million […]
Live-action The Little Mermaid adaptation gets a new trailer
A new trailer has arrived online for Blake Harris and Chris Bouchard’s upcoming reimagining of the classic Hans Christian Andersen tale The Little Mermaid. The fantasy adventure features a cast that includes William Moseley, Poppy Drayton, Shirley MacLaine, Gina Gershon, and Loreto Peralta; take a look here… “A young reporter and his niece discover a beautiful and enchanting creature they […]
