Released onto Netflix this past month, director Mike Flanagan’s adaptation of the 1992 Stephen King novel Gerald’s Game has been earning rave reviews [read ours here], although one particular aspect of the film has been dividing audiences.As with the book, the film – which stars Carla Gugino and Bruce Greenwood – ends with an extended […]
Wonder Woman gets a series of Cosbaby collectible figures from Hot Toys
Hot Toys has unveiled a batch of promotional images for its upcoming Cosbaby series for Wonder Woman which includes three different variations of Diana based on her various appearances in this year’s smash-hit DC blockbuster from Warner Bros.; take a look at the collectible figures here…Being of the most iconic female characters in DC Extended […]
Movie Review – The Florida Project (2017)
The Florida Project, 2017.Directed by Sean Baker. Starring Willem Dafoe, Brooklynn Prince, Valeria Cotto, Bria Vinaite, Christopher Rivera, Karren Karagulian, Sandy Kane, Caleb Landry Jones, and Macon Blair.SYNOPSIS:Set over one summer, the film follows precocious 6-year-old Moonee as she courts mischief and adventure with her ragtag playmates and bonds with her rebellious but caring mother, […]
New poster for On Chesil Beach starring Saoirse Ronan and Billy Howle
Lionsgate has released a new poster for Dominic Cooke’s feature directorial debut On Chesil Beach. Based on Ian McEwan’s 2007 novella of the same name, the drama stars Saoirse Ronan, Billy Howle, Emily Watson, and Anne-Marie Duff; take a look at the poster here…It is summer 1962, and England is still a year away from […]
Watch an exclusive clip from The Party
Ahead of its premiere at the London Film Festival tomorrow and UK release this coming Friday, we’ve got an exclusive clip from director Sally Potter’s acclaimed comedy drama The Party; check it out here, or over on our YouTube channel…https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1TYJ9huLqwJanet (Kristin Scott Thomas) has just been appointed to a key ministerial position in the shadow cabinet […]
Dunkirk becomes Christopher Nolan’s most successful UK release
Christopher Nolan’s World War II epic Dunkirk has become the acclaimed filmmaker’s most successful release of all-time at the UK box office, where it has grossed £56.4 million and counting.Dunkirk shot to the top of the box office in July, with the U.K. scoring the biggest Warner Bros. opening of 2017. It went on to […]
The Week in Spandex – NYCC roundup, Justice League, Thor: Ragnarok, The Punisher, Runaways, Gambit, Constantine, Spawn and more
Due to New York Comic Con, birthdays and anniversaries, it’s an abridged version of The Week in Spandex this week. Normal service will be resumed this coming Saturday…The big news from the weekend was of course the release of the latest trailer for Warner Bros.’ upcoming blockbuster Justice League, while on the DC front we […]
61st BFI London Film Festival Review – Last Flag Flying (2017)
Last Flag Flying, 2017.Directed by Richard Linklater. Starring Steve Carell, Bryan Cranston, Laurence Fishburne and J. Quinton Johnson.SYNOPSIS:Thirty years after they served together in Vietnam, a former Navy Corpsman Larry “Doc” Shepherd re-unites with his old buddies, former Marines Sal Nealon and Reverend Richard Mueller, to bury his son, a young Marine killed in the […]
October Horrors 2017 Day 9 – The Exorcist (1973)
The Exorcist, 1973.Directed by William Friedkin. Starring Linda Blair, Ellen Burstyn, Max Von Sydow, Lee J Cobb, and Jason MillerSYNOPSIS:When 12-year-old Regan MacNeil becomes possessed by a demonic entity, two priests are called in to perform an exorcism to hopefully banish the demon and save the young girl before it’s too late.Earlier this year, horror […]
61st London Film Festival Review – Call Me By Your Name (2017)
Call Me By Your Name, 2017.Directed by Luca Guadagnino. Starring Armie Hammer, Timothee Chalamet, Michael Stuhlbarg and Esther Garrel.SYNOPSIS:An American professor and his family are spending the summer at their Italian villa. His teenage son is captivated by the graduate student who arrives to work for his father. It’s a fascination that becomes mutual and […]
