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Movie Review – Moana 2 (2024)

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Moana 2, 2024.Directed by David G. Derrick Jr,. Jason Hand, and Dana Ledoux Miller. Featuring the voice talents of Auli’i Cravalho, Dwayne Johnson, Hualālai Chung, Rose Matafeo, David Fane, Awhimai Fraser, Khaleesi Lambert-Tsuda, Temuera Morrison, Nicole Scherzinger, Rachel House, Gerald Ramsey, Alan Tudyk, Jemaine Clement, Tofiga Fepulea’i, Tiana Johnson, Jasmine Johnson, and Ata Maivia Johnson.SYNOPSIS:After […]

Ursula Andress cannibal horror Slave of the Cannibal God coming to 4K Ultra HD

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Severin Films has announced the upcoming 4K Ultra HD release of Iralian director Sergio Martino’s (The Strange Vice of Mrs. Wardh) 1978 video nasty cannibal horror Slave of the Cannibal God (a.k.a. The Mountain of the Cannibal God) starring O.G. Bond Girl Ursula Andress alongside Stacey Keach. After creating some of the best gialli of the […]

Munich Olympics hostage drama September 5 gets a final trailer

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Ahead of its theatrical release next month, a new trailer has arrived online for director Tim Fehlbaum’s upcoming thriller September 5.The film centres on an American Sports broadcasting team at the 1972 Munich Summer Olympics as they find themselves reporting the live coverage of members of the Israeli athletic team being held captive.The cast includes […]

Disney’s live-action Lilo & Stitch pays homage to Moana 2 with new poster

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Following the arrival of the first teaser trailer for Lilo & Stitch, a new poster has landed online for the live-action Disney remake which – in a nod to the newly-released Moana 2 (read our review here) – sees the titular adorable fugitive alien chewing on a member of the savage coconut-like pirates, the Kakamora; […]

Nick Frost and family take a killer vacation in Get Away trailer

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IFC Films has shared a trailer for director Steffen Haars’ upcoming slasher comedy Get Away.Starring Nick Frost, Aisling Bea, Sebastian Croft, Maisie Ayres, and Eero Milonoff, the films sees a family’s remote getaway ruined when they discover the small island harbours a serial killer. Watch the trailer below…A family’s vacation to a remote getaway takes […]

Go live on set of the Bob Dylan biopic with A Complete Unknown featurette

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Ahead of its release this Christmas Day, Searchlight Pictures has shared a ‘live on set’ featurette for the Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown, which gives us a behind the scenes look at some of the musical numbers featured in the movie.The film sees Timothée Chalamet as Bob Dylan alongside Edward Norton as Pete Seeger, Elle […]

Exclusive Interview – Conclave producer Mike Jackman

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Conclave has emerged from the festival circuit as an awards frontrunner with buzz around director Edward Berger and the performances, especially that of lead Ralph Fiennes. We sat down with one of the film’s producers Mike Jackman to talk its award prospects, festival presence and the challenges and opportunities that come with setting a thriller […]

Trailer for Quentin Dupieux’s The Second Act starring Léa Seydoux

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Signature Entertainment has released a poster and trailer for writer-director Quentin Dupieux’s (Rubber, Daaaaaali!) French comedy The Second Act.The film stars Léa Seydoux as Florence, a woman who brings her father to a restaurant to meet the love of her life, David (Louis Garrel), completely unaware that David has lost interest in her and is […]

Cult 80s slasher April Fool’s Day comes to 4K Ultra HD

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Kino Lorber has announced that Fred Walton’s 1986 cult comedy-slasher April Fool’s Day will arrive on 4K Ultra HD this January; check out the cover artwork and details here… When Muffy St. John (Deborah Foreman, Valley Girl) invited her college friends up to her parents’ secluded island home for the time of their lives, she forgot […]

Movie Review – Invisible Nation (2023)

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Invisible Nation, 2023.Directed by Vanessa Hope.   SYNOPSIS: Taiwan’s first female president, Tsai Ing-wen, centers this portrait of the constantly colonized island, as it struggles to preserve its hard-won democracy, autonomy and freedom from fear of authoritarian aggression.Serving as an expertly researched and produced portrait of Taiwan, this documentary film lifts the lid on the country’s […]