With our return to Pandora drawing ever closer, a new poster for Avatar: The Way of Water has arrived online encouraging you to experience James Cameron’s long-awaited sci-fi sequel in glorious IMAX 3D, for which tickets are now on sale. Take a look at the poster below, along with a newly-released Dolby Cinema poster…SEE ALSO: […]
Sony teams with Amazon and MGM+ for Marvel TV slate beginning with Silk: Spider Society
The Walking Dead is over, and showrunner Angela Kang has set now set her next gig as she will team with Sony, MGM+ (formerly Epix) and Amazon Prime Video for Silk: Spider Society, a live-action Marvel series which will lead in to a full slate of Spider-Man spinoff series.Based on the character created by Dan […]
Movie Review – Boy in the Corner (2022)
Boy in the Corner, 2022. Directed by Joshy Lee. Starring Cyran Vergara, Victoria Shepherd, Akil Largie, Shaun Pelayo, Solly McLeod, Ewan Perry, Luka Arpino Pereira, and Jon-Paul Gates. SYNOPSIS: The backward system of society pushes another dream-filled boy to the curb, and with his aspiration suppressed, he is at risk of falling into the attractive […]
Exclusive Interview – Nanny star Anna Diop talks African folklore, working with Jordan Peele and more
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 played […]
Blu-ray Review – The Usual Suspects (1995)
The Usual Suspects, 1995.Directed by Bryan Singer. Starring Stephen Baldwin, Gabriel Byrne, Chazz Palminteri, Kevin Pollak, Pete Postlethwaite, Kevin Spacey, Suzy Amis, Benicio del Toro, and Giancarlo Esposito.SYNOPSIS:Having languished for a long time on a not-so-great Blu-ray, The Usual Suspects appears on Blu-ray again with a fresh 4K master, a new bonus feature, and the […]
War of the Worlds: The Attack sets 2023 theatrical release
In news coming out of the American Film Market, Vertical Entertainment has secured the global distribution rights to the sci-fi action adventure film War of the Worlds: The Attack with plans for a theatrical release in 2023.Directed by Junaid Syed, who co-writes with FM’s own Tom Jolliffe, the film “follows three young astronomers tracking a […]
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever closes in on $550 million at the worldwide box office
After two weekends in cinemas, Marvel Studios’ final feature film offering of 2022 has passed the half billion dollar mark at the worldwide box office, with Black Panther: Wakanda Forever retaining top spot both domestically and internationally as it pushes its global cume towards $550 million.In North America, Wakanda Forever dropped 62% from its opening […]
Comic Book Preview – Dark Crisis: The Dark Army #1
DC Comics releases Dark Crisis: The Dark Army #1 this Tuesday, and we’ve got the official preview for you below…As Pariah’s Dark Army continues its march around the globe, Damian Wayne thinks he’s got an answer as to why Pariah is able to control the most dangerous cosmic villains of the Multiverse-and he’s taking Red […]
Is “Cinema” turning the tide against “Theme Park” blockbusters?
With 2022 particularly impressive so far, we look at whether great films which might pass the Scorsese “cinema” test might be turning the tide against formulaic blockbusters…2022 has been pretty horrible all told. From a cost of living crisis to the war in Ukraine to skyrocketing energy bills and a farcical political landscape, real life […]
The Essential Revisionist Westerns of the 21st Century
Hasitha Fernando on the essential revisionist westerns of the 21st century…Revisionist Westerns or Anti-Westerns have been around for quite some time. Although there themes have existed since the early part of the 20th century, it wasn’t until 1968 when the controversial Hay’s Code restrictions were relaxed, that they came out in full force.With Clint Eastwood’s […]
