Bornless Ones, 2016. Written and Directed by Alexander Babaev. Starring Margaret Judson, David Goodsell, Michael Johnston, Mark Furze, and Bobby T. SYNOPSIS: A young woman and her partner move into a recently bought home in the woods to care for her brother who has cerebral palsy. As they and two friends set about renovating the […]
Casting call suggests Asgard will feature in Avengers: Infinity War
Recently the Atlanta Journal-Constitution made notice of an Avengers: Infinity War casting call seeking “to fill a fun background role with men and women, any ethnicity, who appear to be 18 – 50s – especially men with long hair and beards. You’ll need to be comfortable with fake blood and with wearing special effects makeup.” […]
Blu-ray Review – Willie Dynamite (1974)
Willie Dynamite, 1974. Directed by Gilbert Moses. Starring Roscoe Orman, Diana Sands, Thalmus Rasulala, Joyce Walker, George Murdock, and Albert Hall. SYNOPSIS: Willie Dynamite is the number two pimp in the city who is desperate to be number one, and a prostitute-turned-social worker is determined to make sure that doesn’t happen. Michael Jai White’s 2009 […]
Haley Bennett teases Catwoman role in Gotham City Sirens
In addition to Margot Robbie’s Harley Quinn, it has been made known that David Ayer would like to add both Poison Ivy and Catwoman into the mix for his Suicide Squad spin-off titled Gotham City Sirens. Rumors circulated that Megan Fox might be in talks to play Poison Ivy, but for something more concrete here […]
Ralph Fiennes to direct Rudolf Nureyev biopic The White Crow
Ralph Fiennes has lined up his third directorial effort, with Variety reporting that he is set to helm The White Crow, a biopic of the Russian ballet dancer Rudolf Nureyev, which has been scripted by David Hare (The Reader) and is based on Julie Kavanagh’s book Rudolf Nureyev: The Life. According to an official statement, […]
CBS Films acquires Tesla & Twain action-adventure pitch
Deadline is reporting that CBS Films has snapped up Tesla & Twain, an action-adventure pitch from writer Eric Siegel (Men at Work, The Emoji Movie), which is being produced by Brigham Taylor (The Jungle Book). Details on the project are scarce, but it’s said that the film will present “a fictional exploration of the real […]
Blink-182 founder Tom DeLonge to direct sci-fi Strange Times
Blink-182 co-founder Tom DeLonge is set to make his feature directorial debut with the sci-fi film Strange Times, based upon his graphic novel and YA trilogy which he is co-writing with author Geoff Herbach. THR reports that the movie will follow “a rebellious group of San Diego skateboarders who take it upon themselves to investigate […]
La La Land’s Damien Chazelle leads 2017 DGA Awards winners
La La Land continued its march towards its expected Oscar success last night as the Directors Guild of America honoured Damien Chazelle with Outstanding Directorial Achievement in a Feature Film at the 69th DGA Awards. The win bodes well for Chazelle’s chances at the Academy Awards, as the DGA winner has went on to receive […]
John Wick director talks Highlander reboot, planning a trilogy of movies
Lionsgate’s planned remake of the 1986 cult classic Highlander took a major step forward back in November when the studio tapped John Wick director Chad Stahelski to helm the long-gestating reboot, and the filmmaker has been chatting to Collider about the project during a promotional interview for his new film John Wick: Chapter 2. “If […]
Film Quality IS Subjective: A Film Is Good Because We Say It Is
Graeme Robertson on why film quality is subjective… It’s a wonderful job being a film critic. Being able to watch films and write about them all hours of the day and night, discussing them with your fellow critics and generally have a merry old time talking about how wonderful it is to be a film […]
