Mia Madre, 2015. Directed by Nanni Moretti. Starring Margherita Buy, John Turturro, Giulia Lazzarini, Nanni Moretti, Beatrice Mancini and Stefano Abbati. SYNOPSIS : Margherita, a director in the middle of an existential crisis, has to deal with the inevitable and still unacceptable loss of her mother. Nanni Moretti, an Italian master at fusing emotionally engaging […]
BFI Review – Cecil B. Demented (2000)
Cecil B. Demented, 2000. Directed by John Waters. Starring Melanie Griffith, Stephen Dorff, Alicia Witt, Adrian Grenier, Mink Stole, Ricki Lake, Lawrence Gilliard Jr., Maggie Gyllenhaal, Jack Noseworthy and Michael Shannon. SYNOPSIS: A crazed cult kidnap an A-list film star, determined to make a new shocking, underground film… Fed up of the relentless onslaught of Hollywood junk? Watch Cecil B. Demented. Are you sick […]
Terry Gilliam’s The Man Who Killed Don Quixote delayed once again
Director Terry Gilliam’s long-gestating adaptation of Don Quixote has been delayed once again this week, with Contact Music reporting that the health of star John Hurt (Snowpiercer) has set the film back. Hurt, who is the latest actor to take over the lead role of Quixote after the likes of Robert Duvall (The Judge) and […]
More from Wesley Snipes about a possible return as Blade
For the past couple of months, Wesley Snipes has been suggesting that he’s in line for a return as Eric Brooks, claiming that he’s had “favorable” discussions with Marvel Studios about headlining another Blade movie. Now, speaking to The Huffington Post, the action star has offered up a few more words on the reported talks, […]
Ridley Scott has plans for three more Prometheus movies
As he gears up to start shooting Prometheus 2 early next year, director Ridley Scott has revealed that we could potentially see a third and fourth instalment in the sci-fi series. Asked by FilmFutter about the possibility of the Xenomorph from Alien showing up the Prometheus franchise, the British filmmaker responded: “Yes, but it won’t […]
Pierce Brosnan expects new James Bond to be white and male
Former James Bond actor Pierce Brosnan (No Escape) has told the Press Association that the next star to play Ian Fleming’s iconic spy will almost certainly be a white man. SEE ALSO: Pierce Brosnan shares his thoughts on a gay James Bond SEE ALSO: Daniel Craig hints at 007 retirement after Spectre, Bond author says […]
Everest climbs to the summit of the UK box office chart
UK box office top ten and analysis for the weekend of Friday 18th September to Sunday 20th September 2015… Director Baltasar Kormakur’s star-studded survival thriller Everest has topped the UK box office chart in its opening weekend, with the film pulling in £3,160,154 to dethrone the Tom Hardy-headlined gangster biopic Legend. Three other newcomers managed […]
The Sinister Six movie could still happen
After about a year in development, it seemed as though Drew Goddard’s Sinister Six could have been shelved following Spider-Man joining the Marvel Cinematic Universe earlier this year. However, Goddard still believes the film may be alive and well. “My vision of that movie was a summer annual,” he told io9 in a newly-released interview. “So you didn’t […]
Jordan Peele set to write and direct Blumhouse horror-thriller Get Out
Jordan Peele, along with his Key and Peele co-star Keegan-Michael Key, has emerged as one the strongest talents working in comedy today, but for his next project he is set to take on an entirely different genre. According to Variety, Peele has been hired to write and direct an upcoming horror-thriller titled Get Out, which […]
J.K. Rowling releases new Harry Potter story The Potter Family
The official Pottermore website has updated with a new story from J.K. Rowling entitled The Potter Family, which details the history of Harry’s family, going way back to the 12th century. “The new writing from J.K. Rowling sheds unexpected new light on the origins of the Potter family name, delves into Harry’s ancestry, explains how […]
