Notes on Blindness, 2016.Written and directed by Pete Middleton and James Spinney Starring Dan Renton Skinner, Simone Kirby, John Hull, Marilyn Hull.SYNOPSIS:A feature documentary following a man’s efforts to understand and come to terms with his steadily deteriorating eyesight.A touching and insightful film, Notes on Blindness provides a personal examination of what it is like to […]
Barkhad Abdi joins Blade Runner 2
Oscar-nominated actor Barkhad Abdi (Captain Phillips) has become the latest addition to the cast of the Blade Runner sequel, Entertainment Weekly has revealed.The as-yet-untitled sequel sees Harrison Ford reprising his role as Rick Deckard alongside Ryan Gosling (The Nice Guys), Robin Wright (House of Cards), Carla Juri (Morris From America), Ana de Armas (Knock Knock), […]
Ansel Elgort in talks for Dungeons & Dragons movie
According to Deadline, Ansel Elgort (Divergent, The Fault in Our Stars) is in talks to join Warner Bros.’ upcoming adaptation of the classic role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons. The project is being directed by Rob Letterman (Goosebumps) from a script by David Leslie Johnson (The Conjuring 2), and will follow “a warrior and his band […]
Movie Review – Brahman Naman (2016)
Brahman Naman, 2016. Directed by Qaushiq Mukherjee. Starring Shashank Arora, Tanmay Dhanania, Vaishwath Shankar, Subholina Sen, Sindhu Sreenivasa Murthy, Anula Shirish Navlekar and Denzil Smith. SYNOPSIS: A college quiz team travel across India to become the national champions, and to lose their virginities. It’s 1980s India: a band of intelligent yet arrogant male students […]
Second Opinion – Remainder (2015)
Remainder, 2015.Directed by Omer Fast. Starring Tom Sturridge, Cush Jumbo, Ed Speleers, Arsher Ali, Shaun Prendergast and Laurence Spellman.SYNOPSIS:A London man who loses his memory when he’s struck by a falling object develops a way to reconstruct his past.A directorial debut from Israeli video artist Omer Fast, and adapted from Tom McCarthy’s novel, Remainder is […]
Benedict Wong says Doctor Strange’s Wong won’t be “a tea-making manservant”
This November Benedict Wong (Prometheus, The Martian) is set to team up with fellow Brit – and fellow Benedict – Benedict Cumberbatch, as he portrays Dr. Stephen Strange’s sidekick Wong in Marvel’s Doctor Strange.During an interview with Den of Geek, the appropriately named actor has revealed some details on the direction Marvel is taking with […]
Tyrese Gibson returning for Transformers: The Last Knight
Following in the footsteps of his longtime Transformers screen partner Josh Duhamel, Tyrese Gibson revealed via a post on Instagram that he will be reprising his role as Sergeant Robert Epps in Transformers: The Last Knight.https://www.instagram.com/p/BHLBipSDqcO/?taken-by=tyresehttps://www.instagram.com/p/BHLEOm0DZ7l/?taken-by=tyrese In 2007’s Transformers, 2009’s Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen and 2011’s Transformers: Dark of the Moon, Gibson and Duhamel played soldiers […]
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story may not feature the iconic opening crawl
This December, Disney and Lucasfilm will release the first Star Wars Anthology movie, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. The spinoff is set to mark a departure from the Saga films: it won’t have John Williams’ familiar score (with Alexandre Desplat composing the music), it won’t have an episode number, and it may not even […]
Movie Review – Batman v Superman Dawn of Justice Ultimate Edition (2016)
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice Ultimate Edition, 2016.Directed by Zack Snyder. Starring Ben Affleck, Henry Cavill, Amy Adams, Jesse Eisenberg, Gal Gadot, Diane Lane, Laurence Fishburne, Jeremy Irons, Holly Hunter, Scoot McNairy, Tao Okamoto, Lauren Cohan, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Ray Fisher, Jena Malone, Ezra Miller and Callan Mulvey.SYNOPSIS:Fearing that the actions of Superman are left […]
Edinburgh International Film Festival Review – The Colony (2016)
Colonia (a.k.a. The Colony), 2015. Directed by Florian Gallenberger. Starring Emma Watson, Michael Nyqvist, Daniel Bruhl, Richenda Carey, Vicky Krieps, Jeanne Werner and Julian Ovenden. SYNOPSIS: A young woman’s desperate search for her abducted boyfriend that draws her into the infamous Colonia Dignidad, a sect nobody has ever escaped from. Every true artist sets out to make […]
