The Initiation, 1984. Directed by Larry Stewart. Starring Daphne Zuniga, Clu Gulager, Vera Miles, James Read, Marilyn Kagan. SYNOPSIS: When a college prank goes wrong a group of teenage girls find themselves at the mercy of a killer. Originally released during the dying breaths of the first run of slasher films, The Initiation is a […]
Samuel L. Jackson joins Travis Fimmel in sci-fi Inversion
Variety is reporting that Samuel L. Jackson is in talks to join the cast of Inversion, a new $130 million-budgeted sci-fi from director Peter Segal (Grudge Match), which has Travis Fimmel (Vikings) and Liu Yifei (Once Upon a Time) also attached to star. The film will revolve around Fimmel’s “street-wise American con man who teams […]
The Films That Help Explain The US Election
This week, Neil Calloway looks at films that deal with political campaigns… Unless you’ve been living away from society, disconnected from any news source for the past eighteen months, you’ll be aware that there is a US Presidential Election this week. It’s been a hard fought, bitter campaign with serious allegations thrown at each candidate […]
Universal developing live-action Voltron movie with screenwriter David Hayter
With its acquisition of DreamWorks Animation earlier this year, Universal Pictures picked up the rights the 80s cartoon series Voltron, and the studio has continue development on a live-action adaptation of the franchise. David Hayter (X-Men, Watchmen) is set to pen the script for the Voltron movie, although Deadline is reporting that with it being an inherited […]
Netflix explores theory that Breaking Bad is a prequel to The Walking Dead
The Walking Dead and Breaking Bad are two of AMC’s most successful and critically acclaimed shows, but could they actually be connected? Well, there’s a fan theory doing the rounds that suggests just that, and Netflix has released a video which explores the evidence that Walter White is ultimately responsible for the zombie apocalypse. Watch […]
Movie Review – The Unspoken (2015)
The Unspoken, 2015. Directed by Sheldon Wilson Starring Jodelle Ferland, Sunny Suljic, Pascale Hutton, Anthony Konechny, Jake Croker SYNOPSIS : In 1997 the close-knit Anderson family vanished from their country home without a trace. No bodies were ever found and for 17 years the house has remained undisturbed…until now. While confusion and mystery is at […]
DVD Review – Abbey Grace (2016)
Abbey Grace, 2016. Directed by Stephen Durham. Starring Debbie Sheridan, Jacob Hobbs, Amber Gallaway, Semi Anthony, Maggie McNabb. SYNOPSIS: After her mother dies, a professional woman puts her career on hold to move back home to look after her agoraphobic brother who has not left the house for years. She soon discovers that the house holds […]
Katherine Waterston joins Benedict Cumberbatch and Michael Shannon in The Current War
Katherine Waterston has signed on to appear alongside Benedict Cumberbatch (Doctor Strange) and Michael Shannon (Midnight Special) in The Weinstein Company’s upcoming drama The Current War. The film is being directed by Alfonso Gomez-Rejon (Me and Earl and the Dying Girl) and revolves around the real life battle between Thomas Edison (Cumberbatch) and George Westinghouse […]
Max Landis to write and direct American Werewolf in London remake
John Landis’ An American Werewolf in London is set for the remake treatment, with Landis’ son Max Landis signing on to write and direct a new take on the 1981 cult classic. The Walking Dead’s Robert Kirkman and David Alpert are producing the remake through Skybound Entertainment for Universal Pictures. John Landis is also attached […]
DVD Review – 50 Years of Star Trek (2016)
50 Years of Star Trek, 2016. Directed by Ian Roumain. SYNOPSIS: 50 Years of Star Trek isn’t an exhaustive documentary, since you can only cram so much into 85 minutes, but it is a nice look back at a franchise that has endured for half a century. It’s also notable for containing Leonard Nimoy’s last […]
