Samuel Brace with four 2018 films that should be on your radar… In weeks gone by, I have made it a habit to purposefully highlight some of the smaller or lesser known films that movie fans should be aware of in the year 2018. It seems to me that we spend so much of our […]
Movie Review – The Closer We Get (2015)
The Closer We Get, 2015. Directed by Karen Guthrie. Starring Karen Guthrie, Ann Guthrie and Ian Guthrie. SYNOPSIS: Karen Guthrie plans to film a documentary about the tumultuous history of her family, but tragedy strikes when her mother suffers from a debilitating seizure early on in production. Every family has skeletons, but while most of us would […]
Riz Ahmed joins Bourne 5
Variety is reporting that Four Lions and Nightcrawler star Riz Ahmed has signed on to appear in the upcoming action sequel Bourne 5 alongside Matt Damon. Ahmed – who is also set to appear in next year’s Star Wars anthology movie Rogue One: A Star Wars Story – will reportedly play a tech specialist at […]
Arnold Schwarzenegger revenge thriller 478 set to go into production in December
It looks like Arnold Schwarzenegger’s first post-Terminator Genisys project is good to go, with Deadline reporting that the Darren Aronofsky-produced revenge thriller 478 has secured financing from Emmett/Furla/Oasis Films, and is set to go into production this December. Directed by Elliott Lester (Blitz) from a script by Javier Guillon (Enemy), 478 sees Arnie as “a […]
Liam Neeson to play Deep Throat in Watergate thriller Felt
The Hollywood Reporter has revealed that Liam Neeson is set to play Mark Felt, a.k.a. whistleblower Deep Throat, in Peter Landesman’s (Concussion) upcoming Watergate thriller Felt. The film, which is being described as a spy thriller, will portray Felt – then acting associate director of the FBI at the time of the Watergate scandal – […]
Mark Waters to direct Bad Santa 2, Tony Cox and Brett Kelly will return
Miramax and Broad Street Pictures are finally getting the ball rolling on Bad Santa 2, as the studios have just found the film’s director and finalized deals with two original cast members from 2003’s Bad Santa. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Mean Girls director Mark Waters is officially on board for the sequel, while Tony Cox and […]
Movie Review – He Named Me Malala (2015)
He Named Me Malala, 2015. Directed by Davis Guggenheim. Starring Malala Yousafzai, Ziauddin Yousafzai, Toor Pekai Yousafzai and Khushal Yousafzai. SYNOPSIS : A look at the events leading up to the Taliban’s attack on Pakistani schoolgirl, Malala Yousafzai, for speaking out on girls’ education followed by the aftermath, including her speech to the United Nations. […]
Forest Whitaker and Vince Vaughn set for The Archbishop and the Antichrist
Variety is reporting that Forest Whitaker (The Last King of Scotland) and Vince Vaughn (True Detective) have signed on to appear in The Archbishop and the Antichrist, a post-apartheid drama from director Roland Joffe (The Killing Fields). Based on the play by Michael Ashton, The Archbishop and the Antichrist is “a fictionalized account of Archbishop […]
Greg Germann and Katherine Castro join Andrés Curbelo’s drama Reinbou
Actress Katherine Castro (The Summoning) has joined award-winning American actor Greg Germann (Ally McBeal), in the Andrés Curbelo (Biutiful) and David Maler (Codigo Paz) co-directed Dominican Republic drama movie Reinbou, set to start filming this week in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. The fantasy feature film is based on the popular fiction novel Maceta by Puerto Rican-born […]
Movie Review – Seashore (Beira-Mar) (2015)
Seashore (Beira-Mar), 2015 Directed by Filipe Matzembacher and Marcio Reolon. Starring Mateus Almada, Mauricio Jose Barcellos, Elisa Brites, Francisco Gick, and Fernando Hart. SYNOPSIS: Two estranged friends are sent to deal with family documents at a remote Brazilian beach house. During their stay, the pair redefine the boundaries of their friendship, exploring what they really mean to one another. In […]
