Clint Eastwood is set to bring another real life story to the screen with his next movie, with THR reporting that he has signed on to direct Impossible Odds, which tells the tale of kidnapped American aid worker Jessica Buchanan. Based on the memoir from Buchanan, her husband Erik Landemalm and Anthony Flacco and scripted […]
Movie Review – RWD (2016)
RWD, 2016. Directed by Matt Stuertz. Starring Adam Hartley and Matt Stuertz. SYNOPSIS: Two men disappear into the woods armed with cameras and looking for ghosts, hoping to shoot the latest episode of their ongoing web series about paranormal happenings. Instead they find something different, but equally as unusual. Found-footage is a pretty cheap sub-genre, […]
October Horrors Day 16 – City of the Living Dead (1980)
City of the Living Dead, 1980 Directed by Lucio Fulci Starring Christopher George, Catriona MacColl, Carlo De Majo and Antonella Interlenghi SYNOPSIS: In the village of Dunwich Father Thomas hangs himself in the local graveyard causing the gates of hell to open and spew evil into the world. At the same time in New York […]
Second Opinion – Inferno (2016)
Inferno, 2016. Directed by Ron Howard. Starring Tom Hanks, Felicity Jones, Ben Foster, Omar Sy, Sidse Babbett Knudsen and Irrfan Khan. SYNOPSIS: When Robert Langdon wakes up in an Italian hospital with amnesia, he teams up with Dr. Sienna Brooks, and together they must race across Europe against the clock to foil a deadly […]
The Week in Star Wars – New Rogue One trailer, poster and reactions, Obi-Wan movie, new ongoing comic series and more
In your weekend edition of The Week in Star Wars, we’ve got a brand new trailer for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (and a new poster), some more talk about an Obi-Wan movie and more… Let’s be honest, we’re going to kick off with the new trailer Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, aren’t […]
Disney developing Don Quixote movie
With Terry Gilliam’s long-gestating Don Quixote project stalling yet again, THR is reporting that Disney is now readying its own adaptation of Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra’s classic 1605 novel courtesy of screenwriter Billy Ray (The Hunger Games, Captain Phillips). The Spanish novel tells the story of an aristocrat called Alanso Quixano, “who, after reading too […]
Coen Brothers to pen Silk Road thriller Dark Web for Fox
THR is reporting that Joel and Ethan Coen have signed on to pen the screenplay for Dark Web, a thriller from 20th Century Fox which has previously been scripted by Dennis Lehane, author of Mystic River and Shutter Island. Formerly titled Silk Road, Dark Web is based on a Wired magazine article from Joshuah Bearman, […]
60th BFI London Film Festival Review – The Birth of a Nation (2016)
The Birth of a Nation, 2016. Directed by Nate Parker. Starring Nate Parker, Armie Hammer, Aja Naomi King, Penelope Ann Miller and Jackie Earle Haley. SYNOPSIS: Set against the antebellum South, The Birth of a Nation follows Nat Turner (Nate Parker), a literate slave and preacher, whose financially strained owner, Samuel Turner (Armie Hammer), accepts an […]
Michelle Williams in talks to play Janis Joplin in big screen biopic
Variety is reporting that Michelle Williams is in talks to portray the rock ‘n’ roll icon Janis Joplin in the biopic Joplin, which is being directed by Martha Marcy May Marlene helmer Sean Durkin. The film is being produced by Peter Newman, who holds the rights to much of Joplin’s music catalogue and written materials. The […]
STX turning Bad Moms into a franchise, Bad Dads spinoff announced
STX Entertainment has announced that it is set to capitalise on the success of the hit comedy Bad Moms by launching a franchise of feature film spinoffs, digital shorts, and a reality series, beginning with a Bad Dads movie, which has been set for a July 14th 2017 release. “Where other studios have automatically green […]
