A Monster Calls, 2016. Directed by J.A Bayona. Starring Lewis MacDougall, Sigourney Weaver, Felicity Jones, Toby Kebbell and Liam Neeson. SYNOPSIS: A boy seeks the help of a Tree monster to help his mother with her terminal illness. A Monster Calls is a truly tragic coming of age story, a 12-year-old boy Conor (Lewis MacDougall) dealing […]
Jackie Chan signs on to star in Joe Carnahan’s Five Against a Bullet
If you’re living in the United States or essentially any territory outside of China, it may appear as if Jackie Chan has fallen off the map since 2010’s The Karate Kid. This, however, is not the case; although the martial arts icon hasn’t starred in a movie that has connected with or been heavily publicized […]
Movie Review – It Watches (2016)
It Watches, 2016. Directed by Dave Parker. Starring Ivan Djurovic, Rick Irwin, Sanny van Heteren and James Duval. SYNOPSIS: Following a serious accident, Andre (Djurovic) takes on a house-sitting job from a friend deep in the hills of sunny Los Angeles, but soon finds the rather creepy little house in question comes complete with something […]
Second Opinion – Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016)
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016). Directed by Gareth Edwards. Starring Felicity Jones, Diego Luna, Alan Tudyk, Donnie Yen, Jiang Wen, Ben Mendelsohn, Forest Whitaker, Riz Ahmed and Mads Mikkelsen. SYNOPSIS: In a time of conflict, a group of unlikely heroes band together on a mission to steal the plans to the Death Star, the Empire’s […]
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story tracking $280-$350 million global opening weekend
With just a few days to go until the release of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, Deadline is reporting that Lucasfilm’s first Anthology spinoff movie is tracking a massive opening at the worldwide box office, with estimates ranging from between $280 and $350 million. Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice holds the record for the […]
Movie Review – The Edge of Seventeen (2016)
The Edge of Seventeen, 2016. Written and Directed by Kelly Fremon Craig. Starring Hailee Steinfeld, Woody Harrelson, Blake Jenner, Haley Lu Richardson, Hayden Szeto, and Kyra Sedgwick. SYNOPSIS: High-school life gets even more unbearable for Nadine when her best friend, Krista, starts dating her older brother. Since the halcyon days of John Hughes thirty years […]
Movie Review – Chi-Raq (2015)
Chi-Raq, 2015. Directed by Spike Lee. Starring Nick Cannon, Teyonah Parris, Wesley Snipes, Angela Bassett, Jennifer Hudson, John Cusack and Samuel L. Jackson. SYNOPSIS: A modern day adaptation of the ancient Greek play Lysistrata by Aristophanes, set against the backdrop of gang violence in Chicago. Evidently, Chi-Raq – a loose adaptation of the ancient Greek play […]
Cult German comedy Der Bunker hits VOD today
Following its successful festival run, Artsploitation Films has announced that the cult German comedy Der Bunker is now available on various VOD platforms, including Amazon, iTunes, PlayStation, Xbox, Vudu and YouTube. Check out the poster and trailer below… It all begins when a student (Pit Bukowski, Der Samurai) rents a room in a bunker home […]
Vin Diesel says we’ll see a battle between Groot and The Hulk
Fans have gotten pretty excited over the trailer for Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, especially the interactions between Rocket and Baby Groot. While Vin Diesel said that a Rocket and Groot movie is up to director James Gunn, he also gave us a hint of what’s to come when the Guardians eventually meet Earth’s Mightiest […]
Vikings star Katheryn Winnick interested in playing Black Canary
Vikings actress Katheryn Winnick has long been on fan wishlists to star in a comic book film. Many campaigned for her to take the title role in Captain Marvel, but that film ended up finding its star in Brie Larson. Now, fans have turned their attention instead to the other big superhero franchise in town, the […]
