Who’d of thought we’d ever be in a position to speculate about something from the Wizarding World of Harry Potter underperforming at the worldwide box-office, but in this strange moviegoing landscape this franchise feels like one that has lost that little bit of magic. Whether that’s pandemic related, down to off-screen caveats associated with creator […]
Movie Review – Metal Lords (2022)
Metal Lords, 2022.Directed by Peter Sollett. Starring Jaeden Martell, Isis Hainsworth, Adrian Greensmith, Phelan Davis, Brett Gelman, Sufe Bradshaw, Michelle Fang, Noah Urrea, Teddy Van Ee, and Analesa Fisher.SYNOPSIS:Two friends try to form a heavy metal band with a cellist for the Battle of the Bands.If you had asked me how key Game of Thrones […]
Sonic The Hedgehog 2 could race to over $50 million in its domestic opening weekend
Who knew Sonic The Hedgehog could work as a movie once, let alone twice now? Today, the industry trades report that the sequel is looking at an opening weekend of around $50 or even $60 million.Sonic The Hedgehog 2 will open in 4,232 theaters around the United States, with a few fan screenings starting on […]
Love is complicated in the trailer for Hulu’s high school rom-com Crush
Hoping they’ve stumbled onto the same Gen Z formula that made Booksmart the high water mark for school related rom-coms, Hulu have dropped the trailer for Crush, a coming-of-age Queer romance that stars Snowpiercer’s Rowan Blanchard as an art student who joins the track team in order to get closer to the girl of her […]
Movie Review – Prayers for the Stolen (2021)
Prayers for the Stolen, 2021.Written and Directed by Tatiana Huezo. Starring Ana Cristina Ordóñez González, Marya Membreño, Mayra Batalla, Norma Pablo, Eileen Yáñez, Alejandra Camacho, Memo Villegas, Julián Guzmán Girón, Blanca Itzel Pérez, Giselle Barrera Sánchez, Nohelia Moreno Álvarez, José Estrada, and Camila Gaal.SYNOPSIS:Life in a town at war is seen through the eyes of […]
Movie Review – You Are Not My Mother (2021)
You Are Not My Mother, 2021.Directed by Kate Dolan. Starring Hazel Doupe, Paul Reid, Carolyn Bracken, Jade Jordan and Ingrid Craigie.SYNOPSIS:A teenage girl’s mother goes missing after suffering a mental breakdown, only to return a changed woman, and not for the better.Irish folklore is a rich tapestry of tales and traditions dating back centuries, full […]
Prime 1 Studio unveils Transformers: Age of Extinction Grimlock limited edition collectible statue
Sideshow and Prime 1 Studio have released promotional images for the Museum Masterline Grimlock statue which is inspired by the appearance of the heroic Dinobot in Michael Bay’s Transformers: Age of Extinction. Limited to 500 pieces, the collectible is available to pre-order now priced at $1,105; check it out here…Grimlock took center-stage in the 2014 […]
Cyborg: When Jean-Claude Van Damme and Albert Pyun rode the Cannon Express
Tom Jolliffe looks back at the early Jean-Claude Van Damme starrer Cyborg…April 7th, 1989. Hot off the monster success of Masters of the Universe, which went off as initially budgeted and without hitches, a sequel was released… or so what could have happened in theory.As it was, the Dolph Lundgren-headlined Masters of the Universe was […]
Supernatural horror Faye gets a trailer, poster and images
Trinity Creative Partnership and Reel 2 Reel Films have released a trailer for Faye, a female-driven horror from writer-director Kd Amond which follows a self-help author (co-writer Sarah Zanotti), as she retreats to a remote cabin while mourning the loss of her husband to work on her next book, where she finds herself haunted by […]
British action-horror Reign of Chaos gets a trailer and poster
Ahead of its release next week, a poster and trailer have arrived online for the fantasy action horror Reign of Chaos. Directed by Rebecca Matthews and written by FM’s own Tom Jolliffe, the film follows three young women as they try to save mankind from a plague unleashed by the evil lord Chaos; check them […]