Coinciding with its UK premiere at the London Film Festival, a new trailer has arrived online for the upcoming sci-fi rom-com How to Talk to Girls at Parties. Based on Neil Gaiman’s short story of the same name, the film is directed by John Cameron Mitchell, and stars Nicole Kidman, Elle Fanning, Alex Sharp, Ruth Wilson, and […]
Zac Efron shares first look as Ted Bundy in Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile
The last few years have seen Zac Efron trying to distance himself as the good Disney image from High School Musical with roles geared towards an older audience like Bad Neighbours, Dirty Grandpa and Baywatch. Now we’ll see a very different side of him as the notorious serial killer Ted Bundy in Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile. Efron has shared the […]
John Malkovich joins Zac Efron in tale of serial killer Ted Bundy
John Malkovich has been added to the awkwardly named thriller Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile, in which Zac Efron will play the leading role as notorious serial killer Ted Bundy. The Con Air actor is set to play Judge Edward Cowert, who presided over Bundy’s trial in 1979 and sentenced him to death. Prior […]
Zac Efron joins Matthew McConaughey in Harmony Korine’s The Beach Bum
Spring Breakers director Harmony Korine’s stoner comedy The Beach Bum has added Zac Efron to an already impressive cast that includes Matthew McConaughey and Isla Fisher. McConaughey will play a stoner named Moondog, who lives by his own set of rules in the Florida Keys. Efron will play a character named Flicker, but that’s about […]
Zac Efron to play serial killer Ted Bundy in Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile
Variety is reporting that Zac Efron has signed on to play notorious American serial killer Ted Bundy in Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile, which is being directed by Joe Berlinger from Michael Werwie’s Nicholl Fellowship-winning script. The film explores the dysfunctional relationship between Bundy and his long-time girlfriend Liz. Regarded as charming and charismatic, Bundy was responsible […]
Movie Review – Good Time (2017)
Good Time, 2017. Written and Directed by Josh and Benny Safdie. Starring Robert Pattinson, Benny Safdie, Buddy Duress, Taliah Webster, Barkhad Abdi, and Jennifer Jason Leigh. SYNOPSIS: When a bank robbery goes wrong, a small-time criminal must attempt to save his handicapped brother, while also avoiding capture himself. Since wrapping up the Twilight series five […]
Kevin Feige wants the X-Men and Fantastic Four back at Marvel
Marvel Studios has made a great number of strides in reacquiring characters previously licensed to other studios, with the rights to the likes of Daredevil, Blade, The Punisher, Namor the Sub-Mariner and Ghost Rider all reverting back to Marvel’s ownership, and a deal struck with Sony to bring Spider-Man into the MCU fold. There are however two […]
We Need To Talk About Ridley: The essential problem with the new Alien movie
Is it best when Ridley Scott is tethered to a well-constructed source? On the basis of his new Alien movie, Sean Wilson thinks this could well be the case… There’s a lot to admire about Alien: Covenant, Ridley Scott’s gore-strewn return to the sci-fi horror franchise he kickstarted back in 1979. As a piece of […]
70th Cannes Film Festival Review – Wonderstruck (2017)
Wonderstruck, 2017. Directed by Todd Haynes. Starring Oakes Fegley, Millicent Simmonds, Jaden Michael, Julianne Moore, and Michelle Williams. SYNOPSIS: Set in 1927 and 1977, Wonderstruck simultaneously tells the tales of two deaf children coping with their impairment and searching for familial love in their respective eras. Wonderstruck boasts beautiful craftsmanship and sweet performances by its […]
Martin Scorsese says The Irishman will have a different tone to Goodfellas
Having received the greenlight from Netflix, acclaimed director Martin Scorsese is currently gearing up for production on The Irishman, his long-gestating biopic of Frank Sheeran, a labour union official with mob ties who claimed to be responsible for the murder of Teamster leader Jimmy Hoffa. The Irishman is set to reunite Scorsese with frequent collaborators Robert De […]
