Goodnight Mommy, 2015. Written and Directed by Severin Fiala and Veronika Franz. Starring Susanne Wuest, Lukas Schwarz and Elias Schwarz. SYNOPSIS: Twin boys move to a new home with their mother after she has face changing cosmetic surgery, but under her bandages is someone the children don’t recognize. Goodnight Mommy definitely has a tonal identity […]
Darren Aronofsky set to team up with Channing Tatum for Evel Knievel film
The Tracking Board is reporting that Oscar nominated director Darren Aronofsky (Black Swan) is in negotiations to helm the long-gestating film about the life of Evel Knievel. Aronofsky, whose last film was 2014’s Noah, is said to be in early talks to take over the director’s chair for the film, which has been in development […]
Jenny Slate set to join Chris Evans for Gifted
Actress and comedienne Jenny Slate is set to join the cast of Gifted, reports Variety. The Obvious Child star will star opposite Captain America himself Chris Evans in the drama as well as Octavia Spencer (Snowpiercer), Lindsay Duncan (Birdman) and newcomer McKenna Grace. Marc Webb (The Amazing Spider-Man) is in the director’s chair for this […]
Cabin in the Woods lawsuit dismissed over “unprotectable” premise
A $10m copyright lawsuit filed against the creative team behind Joss Whedon (Avengers: Age of Ultron) and Drew Goddard’s (The Martian) self-referential 2012 horror film The Cabin in the Woods has been dismissed by a US court. Entertainment Weekly reports that District Judge Otis D. Wright II granted the defendants’ motion to dismiss on Friday […]
Blu-ray Review – Hard to be a God (2013)
Hard to be a God, 2013. Directed by Aleksei German. Starring Leonid Yarmolnik, Aleksandr Chutko, Valeriy Boltyshev, Yuriy Ashikhmin, Evgeniy Gerchakov and Yuriy Tsurilo. SYNOPSIS : A group of scientists is sent to the planet Arkanar to study the local civilization, which is in the medieval phase of its own history… Humankind and their alien […]
DVD Review – Julia (2014)
Julia, 2014. Directed by Matthew A. Brown. Starring Ashley C.Williams, Tahyna Tozzi, Jack Noseworthy, Ryan Cooper and Brad Koed. SYNOPSIS: A neo-noir revenge thriller centering on Julia, who after suffering a brutal trauma, falls prey to an unorthodox form of therapy to restore herself. This debut feature from writer-director Matthew A. Brown joins the ranks […]
Chris Hemsworth is shockingly emaciated for In the Heart of the Sea
Who said acting is nothing more than reciting lines and collecting a paycheck? Sometimes it’s much more than that, with our latest exhibit being Chris Hemsworth (who usually has a stone-chiseled body to portray Marvel superhero Thor) and his emaciated new look he achieved as a form of method acting throughout the duration of filming […]
Denis Villeneuve would love to direct a James Bond movie
Denis Villeneuve has been making media rounds all over the world in promotion for his war on drugs thriller Sicario [read my extremely positive review here], and in an interview with ComingSoon ended up discussing his affection for 007 and his desire to direct a film in the franchise one day. SEE ALSO: Watch our exclusive […]
Movie Review – The Visit (2015)
The Visit, 2015. Written and directed by M. Night Shyamalan. Starring Olivia DeJonge, Ed Oxenbould, Deanna Dunagan, Peter McRobbie and Kathryn Hahn. SYNOPSIS: A single mother finds that things in her family’s life go very wrong after her two young children visit their grandparents. The Visit is an odd movie. Billed as a horror film […]
Noomi Rapace won’t be returning for Alien: Covenant
Since its announcement, everyone assumed that Noomi Rapace would return for Prometheus 2, which was re-titled to Alien: Paradise Lost and then to Alien: Covenant. But according to its director Ridley Scott, Rapace won’t be along for another outing. “No,” Scott answered when asked if Rapace was coming back. “We’re still casting the main roles.” This […]
