Brotherhood, 2016. Written and Directed by Noel Clarke. Starring Noel Clarke, Steven Cree, Olivia Chenery, Tonia Sotiropoulou, Nick Nevern, Adjoa Andoh, Arnold Oceng, Fredi ‘Kruga’ Nwaka and Ashley Thomas. SYNOPSIS: The final instalment in Noel Clarke’s West London crime trilogy sees Sam Peel reckon with his past as attacks on his family threaten his future. […]
Billy Howle to star opposite Saoirse Ronan in On Chesil Beach
Number 9 Films has announced that Billy Howle (The Sense of an Ending, The Seagull) who will play the lead role of Edward Mayhew opposite Saoirse Ronan’s (Brooklyn, Atonement) Florence Ponting in On Chesil Beach. “I’m very excited about working with Billy on this brilliantly written role,” said director Dominic Cooke (The Hollow Crown). “He […]
Movie Review – Imperium (2016)
Imperium, 2016. Directed by Daniel Ragussis. Starring Daniel Radcliffe, Toni Collette, Tracy Letts, Burn Gorman, Sam Trammell, Nestor Carbonell, Chris Sullivan, Seth Numrich and Adam Meier. SYNOPSIS: Idealistic FBI agent Nate Foster goes undercover to take down a radical white supremacy terrorist group. The up-and-coming analyst must confront the challenge of sticking to a new […]
Interview: Director Daniel Ragussis speaks on the genesis of Imperium and the experiences of emerging as a feature length director
Joshua Gill chats with Imperium director Daniel Ragussis… In the lead up to Daniel Radcliffe’s new film Imperium, an exciting thriller that looks at the true story of an FBI informant that infiltrates a neo-nazi terrorist cell, director Daniel Ragussis speaks to staff writer Joshua Gill about the degree to which he researched the white […]
Parks and Recreation actor Jim O’Heir joins Steven Soderbergh’s Logan Lucky
Actor Jim O’Heir took to social media on Sunday to announce that he will soon be shipping out to Atlanta, Georgia to work on Steven Soderbergh’s directorial return, Logan Lucky. While he didn’t offer up any clues as to who he’ll be playing in the 2017 heist film, he did mention that he’ll be needed “for a […]
Art or Artist: Roman Polanski, Nate Parker, Birth of a Nation, and the ugly reality of bad behavior
Anghus Houvouras on art or the artist… “It’s the art, not the artist” I remember hearing that phrase first used in defense of Roman Polanski, who is probably the most famous child rapist ever to receive an Oscar. Sorry… alleged child rapist. I haven’t watched a Polanski film since I first learned the heinous details […]
Next two Avengers movies will mark an end and a new beginning for the Marvel Cinematic Universe
Fresh from Captain America: Civil War, directors Joe and Anthony Russo are presently hard at work developing Avengers: Infinity War and its now-untitled sequel, which will bring the curtain down on Phase Three of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The two-part epic is set to serve as a culmination of everything we’ve been building towards from […]
Mission: Impossible 6 to go up against Aquaman with July 2018 release date
Paramount Pictures has announced that Mission: Impossible 6 is set to go head-to-head with Warner Bros. and DC Films’ Aquaman, with the studio setting a July 28th 2017 release date for the latest instalment of the Tom Cruise spy series. Mission: Impossible 6 will see Cruise once again reprising the role of Ethan Hunt, while […]
Why Liking Bad Films Means You’re Smarter Than Average
If you’re constantly getting abuse from your friends about your taste in films, Neil Calloway says help may be at hand from a recent study… In what appears to be the cinematic equivalent of those studies that receive an inordinate amount of publicity when they trumpet the fact that gorging yourself on chocolate and red […]
Stop Hiding Behind Canon: Mary Jane, Zendaya and Why Colourblind Casting Is Needed
Henry Bevan on Mary Jane Watson, Zendaya and why colourblind casting is needed… Shhhh. Listen closely and you can hear them. They’re sitting in a dark room, hiding behind their keyboards spewing racist bile claiming it’s all about “respecting” the source material. That’s what the angry do nowadays. It seems with every hint of a […]
