With just a couple of weeks to go until the release of Steven Spielberg’s nostalgia-fuelled sci-fi Ready Player One, the filmmaker has been chatting to Fandango about the challenge of acquiring the rights to reference so many classic franchises and IPs belonging to a variety of movie studios. “It was difficult because we were so […]
Ridley Scott in talks for comic book adaptation Queen and Country
According to The Wrap, Ridley Scott may have found a new project, with the filmmaker in talks to direct the comic book adaptation Queen and Country for 20th Century Fox. Based on Greg Rucka’s Eisner Award-winning series from Oni Press, Queen and Country follows British Secret Intelligence service operative Tara Chace, who is used as bait […]
Trailer for werewolf thriller Wildling starring Bel Powley, Liv Tyler and Brad Dourif
Following its world premiere at SXSW, IFC Films has released a trailer for director Fritz Böhm’s feature directorial debut Wildling. The werewolf horror is set for a theatrical and VOD release and stars Bel Powley, Liv Tyler, and Brad Dourif; check it out here… A teenage girl’s coming of age comes with a terrifying twist in […]
Movie Review – March of the Penguins 2: The Next Step (2018)
March of the Penguins 2: The Next Step, 2018. Directed by Luc Jacquet. Narrated by Morgan Freeman. SYNOPSIS: Two penguins, a father and son, face and overcome the almost unimaginable challenges of life in the hostile land of Antarctica. It’s been over a decade since the release of Luc Jacquet’s March of the Penguins, a groundbreaking look […]
First trailer for sci-fi thriller Higher Power
The first trailer has been revealed for the upcoming sci-fi thriller Higher Power. Directed by Matthew Santoro, the film features a cast that includes Ron Eldard, Jade Tailor, Austin Stowell, Jordan Hinson, Colm Feore, Tom Wright, and Laura Margolis; watch it here… When the Universe decides what it wants, it’s pointless to resist. With his […]
Movie Review – The Square (2017)
The Square, 2017. Directed by Ruben Ostlund. Starring Claes Bang, Elizabeth Moss, Dominic West, Terry Notary, and Christopher Laesso. SYNOPSIS: A museum curator is preparing to launch a major art exhibition. He sees himself as having a social conscience, but when his wallet and phone are stolen, the other side of his character emerges and […]
Ben Kingsley is a war criminal in hiding in trailer for thriller An Ordinary Man
With a little under a month to go until its release, a new poster and trailer have arrived online for writer-director Brad Silberling’s upcoming thriller An Ordinary Man which stars Ben Kingsley, Hera Hilmar and Peter Serafinowicz; take a look below… A war criminal in hiding forms a relationship with his only connection to the outside world […]
Demian Bichir and John Cho join Andrea Riseborough in The Grudge
Earlier this month it was reported that Andrea Riseborough (Oblivion) was joining Ghost House Pictures’ horror remake The Grudge, and now comes word from Variety that the actress is being joined by Demian Bichir (A Better Life) and John Cho (Star Trek Beyond). The film, a new take on the 2004 movie (which was itself […]
First trailer for Can You Ever Forgive Me? starring Melissa McCarthy
Fox Searchlight has debuted the first poster and trailer for the upcoming adaptation of Lee Israel’s memoir Can You Ever Forgive Me?. Directed by Marielle Heller, the comedy drama stars Melissa McCarthy as author and biographer Israel alongside Richard E. Grant; take a look below… Melissa McCarthy stars in the adaptation of the memoir CAN YOU […]
Movie Review – Sweet Country (2017)
Sweet Country, 2017. Directed by Warwick Thornton. Starring Bryan Brown, Sam Neill, Hamilton Morris, Matt Day, Tremayne Doolan, Trevon Doolan, and Ewen Leslie. SYNOPSIS: Australian western set on the Northern Territory frontier in the 1920s, where justice itself is put on trial when an aged Aboriginal farmhand shoots a white man in self-defence and goes […]
