Tony Black reviews the scores for Despicable Me 3 and Castlevania… The third film in the animated franchise sees Heitor Pereira return once again as composer for Despicable Me 3, in which loveable bad guy Gru gets a twin brother, the Minions go to prison, a new bad guy emerges and the usual comedic […]
Annie Parisse joins Al Pacino in HBO’s Joe Paterno film
Vinyl actress Annie Parisse is set to make a return to HBO for the as-yet-untitled film about Joe Paterno and the Penn State sexual abuse scandal. Directed by Barry Levinson, the film sees legendary football coach Joe Paterno (Al Pacino), who is considered to be the most successful coach in college football history, embroiled in Penn State’s Jerry Sandusky […]
Ken Jeong joins Crazy Rich Asians
The Hangover star Ken Jeong has signed on to the cast of Warner Bros. upcoming comedy Crazy Rich Asians, which is being directed by Jon M. Chu (Now You See Me 2). Adapted from author Kevin Kwan’s bestselling 2013 book of the same name, Crazy Rich Asians follows native New Yorker Rachel Chu (Constance Wu) […]
Movie Review – Spaceship (2016)
Spaceship, 2016 Written and Directed by Alex Taylor. Starring Alexa Davis, Lara Peake, Tallulah Rose Haddon, Harry Jarvis, Antii Reini, Stephen Elder SYNOPSIS : A teenage girl disappears in small town England, leaving her father to search for her amidst a strange world of adolescence and youth subculture. Aiming to bring a sense of the intensity […]
Antonio Banderas will star as Lamborghini creator in biopic alongside Alec Baldwin as Enzo Ferrari
Antonia Banderas has signed on for the lead role in the upcoming biopic on Ferruccio Lamborghini, creator of the famous car. Alec Baldwin, meanwhile, will star as Lamborghini’s business rival, Enzo Ferrari. The Merchant of Venice‘s Michael Radford will direct the film from a script by Million Dollar Baby’s Bobby Moresco under the working title Lamborghini – The Legend. […]
Jeff Goldblum, Charlie Day, Jenny Slate and Sterling K. Brown join Hotel Artemis
Several actors have joined the cast of Drew Pearce’s directorial debut, with Jeff Goldblum (Thor: Ragnarok), Charlie Day (Pacific Rim), Jenny Slate (Gifted) and Sterling K. Brown (American Crime Story) set to star alongside the previously announced Jodie Foster and Dave Bautista in the sci-fi film Hotel Artemis. Hotel Artemis sees Foster as a nurse in the near future […]
Steve Buscemi joins Adam Sandler and Chris Rock in The Week Of
Variety is reporting that Steve Buscemi has signed on to the cast of The Week Of, the latest Adam Sandler movie from Netflix, which also has Chris Rock attached to star. Directed by frequent Happy Maddison collaborator Robert Smigel, who has co-written the script with Sandler, The Week Of centres on the week of preparation […]
DVD Review – Heal The Living (2016)
Heal The Living, 2016. Directed by Katelle Quillevere. Starring Emmanuelle Seigner, Tahar Rahim, Anne Dorval, and Gabin Verdet. SYNOPSIS: The lives of a number of people – a young man, his parents, a woman with a heart condition, medical staff – are all connected by a single accident. One that shatters a family and gives […]
Fox 2000 producing WWII action thriller Liberty Road
Variety is reporting that Fox 2000 has picked up the rights to The Battered Bastards of Bastogne, George Koskimaki’s book about World War II’s Battle of Bastogne, and is adapting it for the big screen under the title of Liberty Road. The book follows the defense of Bastogne in Belgium between December 1944 and January 1945, as the […]
Blu-ray Review – Neruda (2016)
Neruda, 2016. Directed by Pablo Larrain. Starring Gael García Bernal, Luis Gnecco, and Mercedes Morán. SYNOPSIS: A revered poet and politician is forced into refuge after clashing with the Chilean government. A complicated game of cat and mouse ensues between the poet and the police officer assigned to arrest him. Taking the conflict between poet and political […]
