With a mixed reception from audiences, and a disappointing global box office of $229 million – resulting in a $70 million loss – one would have to assume that a sequel to Paul Feig’s female-led Ghostbusters reboot isn’t exactly top of the list of priorities at Sony.However, speaking to Yahoo at CinemaCon where he was […]
Blu-ray Review – Dark Blue (2002)
Dark Blue, 2002.Directed by Ron Shelton. Starring Kurt Russell, Ving Rhames, Scott Speedman, Michael Michele, Brendan Gleeson, Jonathan Banks, Kurupt, Dash Mihok, Khandi Alexander, Lolita Davidovich, and Marin Hinkle.SYNOPSIS:In the aftermath of the Rodney King incident in 1991 Los Angeles, a corrupt cop begins to question his methods as L.A. begins to riot.Set during the […]
Ralph Fiennes and Rebecca Hall join John Michael McDonagh’s The Forgiven
The Guard and Calvary director John Michael McDonagh has tapped Ralph Feinnes (A Bigger Splash) and Rebecca Hall (Professor Marston and the Wonder Women) to lead the cast of his new film The Forgiven, which also has Said Taghmaoui (Wonder Woman) and Mark Strong (Deep State) attached to star.Based on the novel by Lawrence Osborne, […]
Poster and trailer for dark comedy Carter & June
With less than two weeks to go until its release, a poster and trailer have arrived online for writer-director Nicholas Kalikow’s dark comedy Carter & June which stars Michael Raymond-James, Samaire Armstrong, and Timothy Omundson; check them out here…Inventive blackmail schemes, flamboyant gangsters, power politics, greed, evangelicals and sex collide in this action packed dark comedy heist.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXyGu1EKcUICarter […]
Woody Harrelson and Mandy Moore joining Roland Emmerich’s WWII film Midway
In May of last year it was announced that destroyer of worlds Roland Emmerich (Independence Day, 2012) will be directing the World War II movie Midway, and now comes word from Deadline that Woody Harrelson (Solo: A Star Wars Story) and Mandy Moore (47 Meters Down) are in talks to join the film.Midway will feature […]
Ben Kingsley to play Salvador Dali in Mary Harron’s Dali Land
The Hollywood Reporter has revealed that Ben Kingsley is set to play surrealist artist Salvador Dali in Dali Land, the new film from American Psycho director Mary Harron.The film is being told through the eyes of Dali’s young assistant (Frank Dillane) as he helps the artist prepare for a big show. Lesley Manville is also […]
Sony Screen Gems planning exorcism horror franchise
Sony Screen Gems has snapped up the life rights to legendary Italian priest and exorcist Father Gabriele Amorth, with the intention of launching a new horror franchise similar to that of The Conjuring.Amorth, who passed away in 2016, conducted tens of thousands of supposed exorcisms for the Vatican during his career, and left behind details […]
Ron Howard on the possibility of Solo: A Star Wars Story sequels
In April actor Alden Ehrenreich revealed that he has a three-film deal with Lucasfilm, prompting speculation that the studio could be looking to further explore the adventures of the young Han Solo beyond this month’s Solo: A Star Wars Story.Well, according to director Ron Howard, it isn’t the case that Lucasfilm is planning more Han […]
Questioning the Snap: How Thanos caused an extinction-level event and ruined yogurt
Pim Razenberg on the unconsidered consequences of Thanos’ finger snap…Warning: If you have not seen Avengers: Infinity War and want to avoid spoilers, do not read the following article.Intelligent, calculated and truly righteous in his own beliefs, Thanos snapped his fingers at the end of Avengers: Infinity War, disintegrating half of all life across the […]
First trailer for Robin Hood starring Taron Egerton
Following yesterday’s character posters, Lionsgate has now released the first trailer and teaser poster for Robin Hood, the new telling of the folk hero starring Taron Egerton; check them out here, along with a batch of first-look images…Robin of Loxley (Taron Egerton) a war-hardened Crusader and his Moorish commander (Jamie Foxx) mount an audacious revolt […]
