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Rumour: Adi Shankar tops Sony’s Venom director shortlist

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With Sony pushing ahead with its plans for a non-MCU-related Venom solo movie (which is due to shoot this Autumn and will apparently carry an R rating), a rumour has emerged claiming that Adi Shankar is positioned at the top of the studio’s director shortlist for the project. For those unfamiliar with Adi Shankar, he actually has experience […]

Movie Review – Mona Lisa and the Blood Moon (2022)

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Mona Lisa and the Blood Moon, 2022. Written and Directed by Ana Lily Amirpour. Starring Jeon Jong-seo, Kate Hudson, Ed Skrein, Evan Whitten, Craig Robinson, Tiffany Black, Lauren Bowles, Serene Lee, Cory Roberts, Peggy Gou, Kyler Porche, Michael Carollo, Anthony Reynolds, Jennifer Vo, Altonio Jackson, Donna Duplantier, Rosha Washington, and Armando Leduc. SYNOPSIS: A girl […]

Movie Review – Spirited (2022)

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Spirited, 2022. Directed by Sean Anders. Starring Ryan Reynolds, Will Ferrell, Octavia Spencer, Sunita Mani, Aimee Carrero, Joe Tippett, Marlow Barkley, Maximilian Lee Piazza, Tracy Morgan, Jen Tullock, Andrea Anders, Adam Grupper, Rose Byrne, Naheem Garcia, and Judi Dench. SYNOPSIS: A musical version of Charles Dickens’s story of a miserly misanthrope who is taken on […]

Movie Review – Black Adam (2022)

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Black Adam, 2022. Directed by Jaume Collet-Serra. Starring Dwayne Johnson, Aldis Hodge, Pierce Brosnan, Noah Centineo, Sarah Shahi, Marwan Kenzari, Quintessa Swindell, Bodhi Sabongui, Viola Davis, Jennifer Holland, Mo Amer, Odelya Halevi, Patrick Sabongui, Jalon Christian, and Henry Winkler. SYNOPSIS: Nearly 5,000 years after he was bestowed with the almighty powers of the Egyptian gods […]

Exclusive Interview – Nanny star Anna Diop talks African folklore, working with Jordan Peele and more

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Robert Kojder chats with Nanny star Anna Diop… Writer/director Nikyatu Jusu’s Nanny has been a hit on the festival circuit, winning the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance. The drama/horror hybrid weaving together the exploitation of a Senegalese immigrant nanny at the hands of an upper-class family and African folklore continues to pop up, recently having […]

Movie Review – Bones and All (2022)

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Bones and All, 2022. Directed by Luca Guadagnino. Starring Taylor Russell, Timothée Chalamet, Mark Rylance, Michael Stuhlbarg, Chloë Sevigny, André Holland, Francesca Scorsese, Jessica Harper, David Gordon Green, Jake Horowitz, Anna Cobb, and Kendle Coffey. SYNOPSIS: Abandoned by her father, a young woman named Maren embarks on a thousand-mile odyssey through the backroads of America, […]

Movie Review – Disenchanted (2022)

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Disenchanted, 2022. Directed by Adam Shankman. Starring Amy Adams, Patrick Dempsey, Maya Rudolph, Idina Menzel, James Marsden, Yvette Nicole Brown, Jayma Mays, Kolton Stewart, Oscar Nunez, Gabriella Baldacchino, Griffin Newman, Rachel Duff, Alan Tudyk, Brooke Josephson, and Eimear Morrissey. SYNOPSIS: Ten years after her happily ever after, Giselle questions her happiness, inadvertently turning the lives […]

Movie Review – She Said (2022)

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She Said, 2022. Directed by Maria Schrader. Starring Zoe Kazan, Carey Mulligan, Patricia Clarkson, Andre Braugher, Samantha Morton, Jennifer Ehle, Adam Shapiro, Maren Heary, Sean Cullen, Anastasia Barzee, Keilly McQuail, Hilary Greer, Wesley Holloway, Emma Clare O’Connor, Justine Colan, Edward Astor Chin, Ashley Chiu, Zach Grenier, John Mazurek, Sarah Ann Masse, Maren Lord, Tom Pelphrey, […]

Movie Review – The Last Manhunt (2022)

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The Last Manhunt. 2022 Directed by Christian Camargo. Starring Jason Momoa, Martin Sensmeier, Mainei Kinimaka, Lily Gladstone, Zahn McClarnon, Tantoo Cardinal, Raoul Max Trujillo, Brandon Oakes, Amy Seimetz, Mojean Aria, Christian Camargo, Jamie Sives, Justin Campbell, Tim Delano, and Charlie Brumbly. SYNOPSIS: Based on true events in the early 1900s Wild West, Willie Boy falls […]