Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, 2016. Directed by Glenn Ficarra and John Requa. Starring Tina Fey, Margot Robbie, Martin Freeman, Billy Bob Thornton, Alfred Molina, Christopher Abbott and Josh Charles. SYNOPSIS: Bored, desk-bound TV journalist Kim Baker (Tina Fey) throws caution to the wind and takes up a three month assignment to cover the war in Afghanistan. Three […]
Original Space Jam director has some harsh advice for the sequel
It was announced last week that Warner Bros. were finally pulling the trigger on making a sequel to 1996’s Space Jam, which starred NBA all-star Michael Jordan and the cast of Looney Tunes. With Justin Lin now at the helm, original Space Jam director Joe Pytka has some very harsh advice for the sequel. “Don’t do […]
69th Cannes Film Festival Review – Cafe Society (2016)
Café Society, 2016. Directed by Woody Allen. Starring Jesse Eisenberg, Kristen Stewart, Steve Carell, Parker Posey, Paul Schneider, Corey Stoll, Blake Lively and Anna Camp. SYNOPSIS: A 1930s-inspired comedy about a native New Yorker who transfers to glamorous Hollywood and finds himself in a love triangle with a secretary and a powerful married man. The […]
Owen and Luke Wilson to re-team for new comedy from Larry Charles
The Hollywood Reporter has revealed that brothers Owen and Luke Wilson are set to re-team on a new comedy project with Borat director Larry Charles. The untitled comedy is set up at Voltage Pictures, who are in the process of looking for buyers at Cannes, and will see the siblings team with Martin Lawrence. Luke Wilson will […]
Interview: Everybody Wants Some!! star Tyler Hoechlin talks Richard Linklater, working with Tom Hanks and Fifty Shades sequels
This Friday sees the long-awaited release of Everybody Wants Some!! [read our ★★★★★ review here] the new film from acclaimed writer/director Richard Linklater (Boyhood, Before trilogy). Promoted as the “spiritual sequel” to Linklater’s 1993 cult classic Dazed and Confused, the new film charts the lives of a group of college baseball players navigate their way through […]
Movie Review – Everybody Wants Some!! (2016)
Everybody Wants Some!!, 2016. Written and Directed by Richard Linklater. Starring Blake Jenner, Zoey Deutch, Tyler Hoechlin, Ryan Guzman, Glenn Powell, Austin Amelio, Juston Street, Will Brittain, Temple Baker, J. Quinton Johnson, and Wyatt Russell. SYNOPSIS: A group of college baseball players navigate their way through the freedoms and responsibilities of unsupervised adulthood. Everybody Wants […]
Adam Driver set to join Steven Soderbergh’s Logan Lucky, Seth MacFarlane also in talks
Deadline is reporting that Star Wars: The Force Awakens star Adam Driver is set to join the cast of Logan Lucky, the new film from formerly retired director Steven Soderbergh. Driver’s Midnight Special co-star Michael Shannon was due to feature in the film but due to scheduling conflicts the actor has had to drop out. […]
Brave director to make live-action debut with Alice in Wonderland/Peter Pan prequel Come Away
Deadline is reporting that Brave director Brenda Chapman is set to make her live-action directing debut with Come Away, which is said to be envisioned as a prequel to the classic tales Alice in Wonderland and Peter Pan. The premise reads: “Before Alice went to Wonderland, and before Peter became Pan, they were brother and sister. When their […]
Wetlands star Carla Juri joins Denis Villeneuve’s Blade Runner 2
The cast of the eagerly anticipated sequel to Blade Runner has swelled further today with news from Alcon Entertaiment that Carla Juri (Wetlands) has joined the project. Directed by Denis Villeneuve (Sicario, Enemy), the sequel to Ridley Scott’s 1982 cult sci-fi classic sees original star Harrison Ford (Star Wars: The Force Awakens) returning as Rick Deckard, […]
Will Ferrell, Catherine Keener and Michael Cera join Captain Dad
Deadline is reporting that Will Ferrell has signed on to appear in the vacation comedy Captain Dad alongside Catherine Keener and Michael Cera. The project follows “Rich Peelman (Ferrell), who gives his wife Linda (Keener) the gift of a lifetime for her birthday: a trip through the Caribbean on a sailboat with all six of their […]
