Fresh from the box office success of Jordan Peele’s horror movie Get Out [read our review here], actor Daniel Kaluuya has signed on to star in Widows, the new film from Shame and 12 Years a Slave director Steve McQueen. Widows has been scripted by Gone Girl author Gillian Flynn and is based upon the […]
Gerard Butler producing YA fantasy adaptation A Darker Shade of Magic
THR is reporting that Gerard Butler is teaming up with Neal Mortiz and Victoria Schwab to produce an adaptation of Schwab’s YA fantasy series A Darker Shade of Magic for Sony Pictures, who have snapped up the right after a bidding war. A Darker Shade of Magic follows Kell, “a magician who has the ability […]
IDW adapting James Sallis’ Drive as a four-part miniseries
IDW Publishing has announced that it is set to hit the sun-bleached streets of L.A. this summer with a comic book adaption of James Sallis’ modern noir classic Drive, which served as the inspiration for director Nicholas Winding Refn’s acclaimed film starring Ryan Gosling. The four part comic book series will be adapted by writer […]
Glittering cast assembles for The Modern Ocean, including Anne Hathaway and Daniel Radcliffe
Shane Carruth’s (Primer) first big budget film The Modern Ocean is gradually putting together a remarkable A-list cast, headlined by Anne Hathaway (The Intern), Keanu Reeves (Knock Knock) and Daniel Radcliffe (Victor Frankenstein). SEE ALSO: Primer and Upstream Color director Shane Carruth to helm nautical action adventure The Modern Ocean Carruth, best known for his […]
Spider-Man: Homecoming casts Michael Barbieri
Spider-Man: Homecoming has cast young actor Michael Barbieri in an unknown role. This news makes it the first new official announcement since Robert Downey Jr. revealed he will appear in the new Spider-Man film and rumours of Michael Keaton’s negotiations. While his role has not been stated yet, given his age it would be no […]
Elite Squad director to helm Arc of Justice
Deadline is reporting that director Jose Padilha (Elite Squad, RoboCop, Narcos) has signed on to helm an adaptation of historian Kevin Boyle’s award-winning 2004 non-fiction book Arc of Justice: A Saga of Race, Civil Rights and Murder in the Jazz Age. Arc of Justice “tells the true story of a racial incident in 1925 Detroit […]
Movie Review – Demon Hunter (2016)
Demon Hunter, 2016. Directed by Zoe Kavanagh. Starring Niamh Hogan, Alan Talbot, Michael Parle, and Aisli Moran. SYNOPSIS: Taryn makes a deal with Falstaff to fight demons like the one who killed her sister, but finds herself fighting for her mind instead when Falstaff reveals his true intentions. You can’t change the past but when a […]
Sundance London 2016 – The Intervention (2016)
The Intervention, 2016. Written and directed by Clea DuVall. Starring Cobie Smulders, Natasha Lyonne, Melanie Lynskey, Clea DuVall, Jason Ritter, Ben Schwartz, Vincent Piazza and Alia Shawkat. SYNOPSIS: A weekend getaway for four couples takes a sharp turn when one of the couples discovers the entire trip was orchestrated to host an intervention on their […]
Movie Review – The Intervention (2016)
The Intervention, 2016. Written and Directed by by Clea DuVall. Starring Melanie Lynskey, Clea DuVall, Natasha Lyonne, Cobie Smulders, Vincent Piazza, Ben Schwartz, Jason Ritter, and Alia Shawkat. SYNOPSIS: Concerned that her friends’ marriage is toxic, Annie (Melanie Lynskey) devises a plan to get the rest of their circle together to orchestrate an intervention. Peter (Vincent Piazza) and Ruby […]
Blu-ray Review – Moonlight (2016)
Moonlight, 2016. Written and Directed by Barry Jenkins Starring Trevante Rhodes, Andre Holland, Janelle Monae, Ashton Sanders, Jharrel Jerome, Naomie Harris, and Mahershala Ali. SYNOPSIS: Moonlight, fresh off its “Wait, what just happened?” Best Picture win at the Oscars, arrives on Blu-ray. The disc has a commentary track by director Barry Jenkins that’s worth a […]
