Deadline is reporting that Shane Carruth has lined up his third feature film, and his first big-budget movie, with the site reporting that he’s set to direct the nautical action adventure The Modern Ocean. Carruth made his debut in 2004 with the rather excellent Primer, a $7000-budgeted time-travel sci-fi drama which received the Grand Jury […]
Michael Shannon to re-team with director Jeff Nichols for Loving
The Wrap is reporting that Man of Steel star Michael Shannon is set to re-team with director Jeff Nichols for the director’s new film Loving. Shannon, who has appeared in all of Nichols’ features up to now, is set to star in the new film which is inspired by Nancy Buirski’s documentary The Loving Story, […]
Movie Review – Sicario (2015)
Sicario, 2015. Directed by Denis Villeneuve. Starring Emily Blunt, Benicio Del Toro, Josh Brolin, Jon Bernthal, Maximillano Hernandez and Daniel Kaluuya. SYNOPSIS: An idealistic FBI agent is enlisted by an elected government task force to aid in the escalating war against drugs at the border area between the U.S. and Mexico. Do the ends justify […]
Horror Channel announces Haunted Halloween Season
The Horror Channel has announced its special Haunted Halloween Season, presenting a selection of movies which will take possession of the nation’s TVs every night for two weeks in October – from Saturday 17th to Saturday 31st, at 9pm. Sat 17 Oct @ 9pm – AN AMERICAN HAUNTING (2005) *Network Premiere The wind whispers ominous […]
Movie Review – Rampage (2018)
Rampage, 2018. Directed by Brad Peyton. Starring Dwayne Johnson, Naomie Harris, Malin Akerman, Jake Lacy, Joe Manganiello, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, P.J. Byrne, Marley Shelton, Breanne Hill, Jack Quaid, Matt Gerald, Jason Liles, Demetrius Grosse, and Will Yun Lee. SYNOPSIS: When an experiment in genetic editing goes disastrously wrong, an albino gorilla is artificially enlarged to […]
Liam Neeson to star in new thriller The Commuter
Deadline is reporting that Liam Neeson is set to star in The Commuter, a new thriller from StudioCanal. Andrew Rona and Alex Heineman, who worked with Neeson on both Unknown and Non-Stop, are again set to produce the film, which will see Neeson play “a businessman on his daily commute home, who unwittingly gets caught […]
Second Opinion – Everest (2015)
Everest, 2015. Directed by Baltasar Kormákur. Starring Jason Clarke, Josh Brolin, Jake Gyllenhaal, Emily Watson, John Hawkes, Michael Kelly, Keira Knightley, Robin Wright, Sam Worthington and Naoko Mori. SYNOPSIS: A climbing expedition on Mt. Everest is devastated by a severe snow storm. The fascination with climbing Mt. Everest is one that has been marvelled at […]
Movie Review – How to Change the World (2015)
How to Change the World, 2015. Written and Directed by Jerry Rothwell. SYNOPSIS: A documentary concerning the formation of Greenpeace and the individuals that motivated the world’s first environmental-peace movement during the early 70’s. From British director Jerry Rothwell (Deep Water, Town of Runners), comes his latest documentary How to Change the World, a film […]
Hobo with a Shotgun director signs on for underwater thriller at Fox
Jason Eisener, director of the cult exploitation thriller Hobo with a Shotgun, has signed on to direct an as-yet-untitled underwater thriller for 20th Century Fox. The Tracking Board reports that the project “is taking a unique approach in that it’s attempting to reinvent the haunted house genre in a terrifying new way, described as a very […]
Movie Review – Black Mass (2015)
Black Mass, 2015. Directed by Scott Cooper. Starring Johnny Depp, Joel Edgerton, Benedict Cumberbatch, Dakota Johnson, Peter Sarsgaard, Adam Scott, Corey Stoll and Kevin Bacon. SYNOPSIS: The true story of Whitey Bulger, the brother of a state senator and the most infamous violent criminal in the history of South Boston, who became an FBI informant […]
