Variety is reporting that Shawn Levy has signed on to direct The Fall, a sci-fi action movie from Amblin Entertainment, which is based on a script by Pete Bridges. Levy will also produce through his 21 Laps banner, as well as rewriting the screenplay. The Fall follows a newly divorcedcouple during an alien invasion making […]
Blu-ray Review – The Bird with the Crystal Plumage (1970)
The Bird with the Crystal Plumage, 1970. Directed by Dario Argento. Starring Tony Musante, Suzy Kendall, Enrico Maria Salerno, Eva Renzi, Gildo Di Marco, Umberto Raho, Giuseppe Castellano, and Reggie Nalder. SYNOPSIS: A man witnesses an attempted murder and becomes the would-be killer’s next victim. Having recently delved into Dario Argento’s back catalogue with the […]
Countdown to Batman v Superman: Should Superman Kill?
Anghus Houvouras on the debate over whether Superman should kill… Ever since Superman snapped General Zod’s neck at the end of Man of Steel, fans have been debating whether or not that choice was ‘right for the character’. It’s a polarizing discussion that has divided a number of comic fans, and with Batman v Superman […]
Julianne Moore to star in Gloria remake
THR is reporting that Julianne Moore has signed on to headline a reimagining of director Sebastian Lelio’s critically acclaimed 2013 Chilean-Spanish drama Gloria, although will not be a straight-up remake, but rather inspired by the story and characters. The new film, which is being produced by Pablo Larrain and Juan de Dios Larrain, will see […]
Kelly McGillis to headline crime thriller Annie Cook
Top Gun star Kelly McGillis is set to portray the title role in Annie Cook, a new crime thriller from director Robert Manciero and screenwriters Cameron Keys and Tinker Lindsay (Hector and the Search for Happiness). Variety reports that the film will be based on Nellie Snyder Yost’s biography Evil Obsession and explores the life […]
Tomorrow’s World: Part 1 – Why Terry Gilliam’s Brazil represents our near future
Tom Jolliffe on Terry Gilliam’s Brazil… Over the next week I will be looking at a selection of prescient films (and TV) which represent a cutting depiction of not only our present, but our near future. To start the ball rolling here, I consider Terry Gilliam’s masterpiece, Brazil. A look into a bleak, totalitarian future, […]
Whoopi Goldberg and Giancarlo Esposito join comedy Shriver
Whoopi Goldberg and Giancarlo Esposito have joined Toni Collette and Thomas Haden Church in Shriver, a new comedy from writer-director Michael Maren, which is based on Chris Beldon’s book of the same name. The film will mark a reunion for Goldberg, Esposito and Church, who previously all appeared in 2001’s Monkeybone. Deadline reports that the […]
Geoffrey Rush and Jai Courtney set for Storm Boy
Ambience Entertainment has announced that Geoffrey Rush (Pirates of the Caribbean) and Jai Courtney (Suicide Squad) will lead the cast of Storm Boy, a contemporary retelling of the 1976 Australian family film, which is described as a “heartwarming tale about unusual friendship and unconditional love.” Based on Australian author Colin Thiele’s 1964 novel, the film […]
Tom Hanks to star in News of the World
According to Deadline, Fox 2000 has tapped Lion screenwriter Luke Davies to adapt Paulette Jiles’ novel News of the World as a star vehicle for Tom Hanks, who is producing alongside Gary Goetzman and Gail Mutrux (The Danish Girl). News of the World takes place in 1870 and revolves “around a road trip through the […]
Movie Review – Dough (2015)
Dough, 2015. Directed by John Goldschmidt. Starring Jonathan Pryce, Jerome Holder, Phil Davis and Pauline Collins. SYNOPSIS: In a London suburb, a family owned Jewish bakery is on its uppers, losing customers and under pressure to sell up to developers. Then baker Nat (Jonathan Pryce) loses his assistant, who goes to work for the nearby […]
