Hitchcock/Truffaut, 2016. Directed by Kent Jones. Starring Mathieu Amalric, Wes Anderson, Olivier Assayas, Peter Bogdanovich, Arnaud Desplechin, David Fincher, James Gray, Alfred Hitchcock, Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Richard Linklater, Paul Schrader, Martin Scorsese, Francois Truffaut. SYNOPSIS: Filmmakers look at the impact Francois Truffaut’s 1966 book ‘Cinema According to Hitchcock’ had on Hitchcock’s reputation, and their own films. […]
Joseph Gordon-Levitt exits Sandman adaptation, New Line adds new screenwriter
Joseph Gordon-Levitt has announced that he’s departed the adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s acclaimed comic book series The Sandman, posting the following message to Facebook: So, as you might know if you like to follow these sorts of things, a while back, David Goyer and I made a producing deal with Warner Brothers to develop a […]
Movie Review – The Happiest Day In The Life Of Olli Maki (2016)
The Happiest Day In The Life Of Olli Maki, 2016. Directed by Juho Kuosmanen. Starring Jarkko Lahti, Oona Airola and Eero Milonoff. SYNOPSIS: Finnish boxer Olli Maki gets a shot at the world featherweight boxing title, but he has something else on his mind. He’s fallen in love. Will he be a winner? Based on […]
Blu-ray Review – Headshot (2016)
Headshot, 2016. Directed by Kimo Stamboel and Timo Tjahjanto. Starring Iko Uwais, Chelsea Islan, Sunny Pang, Very Tri Yulisman, and Julie Estelle. SYNOPSIS: An injured amnesiac is nursed back to health and begins to piece his life back together only to discover the brutal truth about who he is and where he came from. Thanks […]
Annihilation author Jeff VanderMeer discusses Alex Garland’s movie adaptation
With Ex_Machina helmer Alex Garland hard at work on post-production on his latest film Annihilation, author Jeff VanderMeer has been chatting to The Watch podcast about the upcoming adaptation of his sci-fi novel, describing it as “mind-blowing, surreal, extremely beautiful, extremely horrific, and tense.” “The first thing I realized is that even though Alex Garland […]
Ricky Gervais to narrate animated feature The Willoughbys
THR has revealed that Ricky Gervais has signed on to narrate The Willoughbys, a new animated feature from Bron Animation, which is based upon Lois Lowry’s children’s book of the same name and is written and directed by Kris Pearn (Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2). “Ricky has such a distinctive voice, and his […]
DVD Review – Mine (2016)
Mine, 2016. Directed by Fabio Guaglione and Fabio Resinario. Starring Armie Hammer, Annabelle Wallis, Tom Cullen and Clint Dyer. SYNOPSIS: After aborting his mission, an army sniper is stranded in the middle of the desert. One small movement could kill him, so he has to fight against the elements and the psychological toll of the […]
Robert Duvall the latest addition to the cast of Steve McQueen’s Widows
Shame and 12 Years a Slave director Steve McQueen is certainly assembling quite the cast for Widows, his big screen adaptation of the Lynda La Plante TV miniseries, with Variety reporting that Robert Duvall has become the latest addition to the film. Widows revolves around the wives of a group of armed robbers, who team […]
Olivia Culpo joins Bruce Willis in action thriller Reprisal
Deadline is reporting that former Miss Universe Olivia Culpo (The Other Woman) has signed on to star alongside Bruce Willis in Reprisal, a new action thriller from Brian A. Miller and Emmett/Furla/Oasis Films. Reprisal follows a veteran suffering from PTSD who must hunt down criminals to help his sick child, with the help of a […]
John Ridley to write and direct A Needle in a Timestack
American Crime creator John Ridley is set to write and direct the sci-fi time travel tale A Needle in a Timestack for Miramax, Variety has revealed. The project is based on a short story by Robert Silverberg and follows ” a devoted husband who will stop at nothing to save his marriage when it’s destroyed […]