God’s Own Country, 2017. Directed by Francis Lee. Starring Josh O’Connor, Alec Secareanu, Ian Hart, and Gemma Jones. SYNOPSIS: Johnny Saxby (Josh O’Connor) works long hours on his family’s remote farm in the north of England. He numbs the daily frustration of his lonely existence with nightly binge-drinking at the local pub and casual sex. […]
Watch the first two minutes of Studio Ponoc’s Mary and the Witch’s Flower
Ahead of its US release later this month, the first two minutes of Studio Ponoc’s debut animated feature Mary and the Witch’s Flower has arrived online, and you can watch them right here… SEE ALSO: Watch the trailer for Studio Ponoc’s Mary and the Witch’s Flower https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndaZ55DB4v8 Mary is a plain, young girl, stuck in a […]
New poster and trailer for Studio Ponoc’s Mary and the Witch’s Flower
GKIDS has released a new poster and trailer for Mary and the Witch’s Flower, the debut film from Studio Ponoc, which is directed by the Academy Award-nominated Hiromasa Yonebayashi, animator on Spirited Away and director of When Marnie Was There and The Secret World of Arrietty. Check them out here… Mary is a plain, young […]
Exclusive: Doug Liman says fan affection for Edge of Tomorrow was what drew him to the sequel
Flickering Myth’s Amon Warmann caught up with director Doug Liman this past week to discuss the upcoming release of his new film American Made. During the interview, the discussion turned to Liman’s next project Live Die Repeat and Repeat, with the filmmaker revealing that he was initially drawn to the sequel due to the fan […]
2017 Has Been A Bad Year For Blockbusters, And That’s No Surprise
If Hollywood had stopped making bad films, they would have made more money… 2017 probably isn’t the year to say that the HL Mencken line about nobody losing money underestimating the public isn’t true, but it certainly looks like it no longer holds for the film industry. Amidst the wailing and gnashing of teeth from […]
On Movie Piracy
Henry Bevan investigates movie piracy… “DOWNLOADING PIRATED FILMS IS STEALING” screams the infamous anti-piracy advert that was seemingly attached to every single DVD released in the mid-noughties. Showing various scenes of thievery accompanied with some grungy font, the advert sledgehammers its point into your brain. If you illegally stream or download media content, you are […]
Netflix doesn’t consider Amazon as competition
Netflix doesn’t consider Amazon as a rival company, according to CCO Ted Sarandos. Netflix and Amazon are two of the biggest players in the TV and movie streaming space, both making great strides in recent years to develop their own original content. One could think that they were rivals in some sense, considering Netflix and […]
Movie Review – A Ghost Story (2017)
A Ghost Story, 2017. Directed by David Lowery. Starring Casey Affleck and Rooney Mara. SYNOPSIS: In this singular exploration of legacy, love, loss, and the enormity of existence, a recently deceased, white-sheeted ghost returns to his suburban home to try to reconnect with his bereft wife. On paper A Ghost Story shouldn’t work. A slow […]
L confronts Light in new clip from Death Note
With just a week to go until Death Note arrives on Netflix, the streaming service has released a new clip from Adam Wingard’s upcoming manga adaptation Death Note which sees L (Lakeith Stanfield) confronting Light (Nat Wolff); take a look below… We suggest you obey the rules. Based on the famous Japanese manga written by Tsugumi Ohba […]
Cate Blanchett in talks for Eli Roth’s The House With a Clock in Its Walls
Actress Cate Blanchett is in talks to join the cast of Eli Roth’s The House With a Clock in Its Walls. The Amblin Entertainment venture will be directed by Eli Roth and would see Blanchett working alongside Jack Black. The House With a Clock in Its Walls will be an adaptation of the 1973 horror […]
