Empire of Light, 2022. Written & Directed by Sam Mendes. Starring Olivia Colman, Micheal Ward, Toby Jones, and Colin Firth. SYNOPSIS: Set in an English seaside town in the early 1980s, Empire of Light is a powerful and poignant story about human connection and the magic of cinema Sam Mendes is one of the most […]
Movie Review – I Wanna Dance with Somebody (2022)
I Wanna Dance with Somebody, 2022. Directed by Kasi Lemmons. Starring Naomi Ackie, Ashton Sanders, Stanley Tucci, Nafessa Williams, Lance A. Williams, Tamara Tunie, Clarke Peters, Daniel Washington, JaQuan Malik Jones, Kris Sidberry, Tanner Beard, Bailee Lopes, Jennifer Ellis, Bria Danielle Singleton, Adrian M. Mompoint, Dave Heard, Jaison Hunter, Luke Crory, Lynn Leger, Elegance Bratton, […]
R.I.P. Mike Hodges (1932 – 2022)
Celebrated British filmmaker Mike Hodges has passed away aged 90, his friend and fellow producer Mike Kaplan has announced. Born in Bristol, England in 1932, Hodges began his career in the British television industry in the 1960s, working as a writer, director and producer before making his feature debut with 1971’s Get Carter. An adaptation […]
Nick Cutter’s The Deep adaptation heading to Amazon
The deep-sea thriller from Nick Cutter, The Deep, is getting a small screen adaptation from Amazon. Deadline reports C. Henry Chaisson will pen the adaptation. Chaisson is best known for writing the Keri Russell-fronted horror film Antlers and M. Night Shyamalan’s Servant on Apple. He’s currently penning Diary of a Murderer, the English-language feature adaptation of Young-ha […]
Comic Book Preview – Dead Seas #1
IDW Publishing launches the new series Dead Seas from writer Cavan Scott and artist Nick Brokenshire this week, and you can check out the official preview of the first issue below… Ghosts are real and dangerous. But they’re also valuable, their ectoplasm capable of curing countless diseases. There’s only one problem: harvesting the wonder drug […]
Movie Review – Living (2022)
Living, 2022. Directed by Oliver Hermanus. Starring Bill Nighy, Aimee Lou Wood, Alex Sharp, Tom Burke, Adrian Rawlins, Oliver Chris, Michael Cochrane, Zoe Boyle, Lia Williams, Richard Cunningham, Ffion Jolly, Jamie Wilkes, John MacKay, Celeste Dodwell, Hubert Burton, Anant Varman, Jessica Flood, John Mackay, Jonathan Keeble, Barney Fishwick, Patsy Ferran, Eunice Roberts, and Nichola McAuliffe. […]
Movie Review – Shapeless (2021)
Shapeless, 2021. Directed by Samantha Aldana. Starring Kelly Murtagh, Erika Ashley, Gralen Bryant Banks, Bobby Gilchrist. SYNOPSIS: A blues singer in New Orleans struggles to conceal her worsening eating disorder. Ivy (Kelly Murtagh) is a beautiful woman living in New Orleans. She dreams of becoming a professional blues singer, gigs regularly with her band, and […]
James Gunn issues statement in response to DC Studios fan outcry
It certainly can be tough starting a new job – especially when you’re coming in to a shit show and there’s countless disgruntled fans poring over every decision you make (and those you haven’t) whilst letting their displeasure known to you on social media. That’s the scenario that James Gunn and Peter Safran, the recently-appointed […]
Comic Book Preview – Lady Hel #4
The fourth and final issue of Dynamite Entertainment’s Lady Hel miniseries is out this Wednesday, and you can check out the official preview below… LADY HEL IS BACK ON HER THRONE – AND NOW, HER ENEMIES ARE GOING TO PAY THE ULTIMATE PRICE! Lady Hel is back in Helheim at last, and facing off with […]
Detective Knight: Independence trailer teases Bruce Willis’ last case
Lionsgate has released a trailer, poster and images for Detective Knight: Independence, the third and final instalment in writer-director Edward Drake’s action thriller trilogy, and one of the final films from screen legend Bruce Willis. The film sees Willis return as Detective James Knight as he races to stop a misguided vigilante masquerading as a […]