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Movie Review – Eileen (2023)

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Eileen, 2023.Directed by William Oldroyd. Starring Thomasin McKenzie, Anne Hathaway, Shea Whigham, Marin Ireland, Owen Teague, Sam Nivola, Jefferson White, Siobhan Fallon Hogan, and Tonye Patano.SYNOPSIS:A woman’s friendship with a new co-worker at the prison facility where she works takes a sinister turn.There are several ongoing plot threads in William Oldroyd’s Eileen (his long-awaited follow-up to […]

Adam Wingard says Godzilla x Kong: A New Empire will include homages to Toho movies

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Adam Wingard knows that Godzilla and Kaiju fans are eating well right now, and he’s prepared to give us even more with his new film, Godzilla x Kong: A New Empire.In a new spread for Total Film, the filmmaker dove into his upcoming MonsterVerse entry and teased that the new film homages the great work […]

Mickey Mouse slasher horror movie Mickey’s Mouse Trap gets a trailer, poster and images

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With the earliest version of Mickey Mouse entering the public domain on January 1st thanks to the copyright expiration on Steamboat Willie, it’s taken just a matter of hours for the first horror-themed projects featuring Disney’s iconic mascot to make their presence felt.Following hot on the heels of the horror survival video game Infestation 88, […]

Kevin Hart and crew attempt an airborne heist in final trailer for Netflix’s lift

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With a little over a week to go until Lift lands on Netflix, the streamer has released a new trailer for F. Gary Gray’s upcoming action comedy.The film stars Kevin Hart as Cyrus Whitaker, a master thief who, along with his expert crew, is forced to pull off the ultimate heist: stealing $500 million in […]

Zendaya has Josh O’Connor and Mike Faist in her sights in the poster for Luca Guadagnino’s Challengers

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Having seen its release date pushed back following 2023’s SAG-AFTRA strikes, Warner Bros are starting to crank up promotion for Luca Guadagnino’s Challengers, and have served an ace in the form of a brand new poster. The tennis tryst drama marks Guadagnino’s first full-fledged U.S. studio movie, and features Euphoria’s Zendaya as a tennis star caught […]

Movie Review – The Marsh King’s Daughter (2023)

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The Marsh King’s Daughter, 2023.Directed by Neil Burger. Starring Daisy Ridley, Ben Mendelsohn, Garrett Hedlund, Caren Pistorius, Brooklynn Prince, Gil Birmingham, Joey Carson, Pamela MacDonald, Joshua Peace, and Dan Abramovici.SYNOPSIS:Helena, a woman living a seemingly ordinary life, hides a dark secret: her father is the infamous “Marsh King,” the man who kept her and her […]

Mickey Mouse goes killer in Infestation 88, the Steamboat Willie-inspired game

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With the earliest version of Disney’s Mickey Mouse entering the public domain today via Steamboat Willie, the inevitable horror-related media was bound to happen, and the first significant drop will be Infestation 88, a new 1-v-4-player survival-horror co-op game.Nightmare Forge describes the game: “In the year 1988, what was thought to be an outbreak of […]

Colman Domingo rumored to replace Jonathan Majors as the MCU’s new Kang the Conqueror

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As Marvel heads into 2024, the powerhouse studio hopes to regain its footing after rough years.One of their biggest to-dos is handling the Kang situation following the firing of Jonathan Majors. It seems like Marvel is weighing its options, and recasting has begun to lead the way as the best solution.But who can replace Majors […]

Strange Days: A Must Watch New Year’s Movie

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Tom Jolliffe revisits the cult classic Strange Days, a great New Year-set film that was way ahead of its time…A number of films throughout the 90’s dealt with the idea of virtual reality. For better and worse, this became a popular sci-fi trend through the decade. The Lawnmower Man really kick-started the trend, which paved […]