A Clockwork Orange, 1971. Directed by Stanley Kubrick. Starring Malcolm McDowell, Patrick Magee, Adrienne Corri, Miriam Karlin, Warren Clarke, James Marcus, Michael Tarn, and Michael Bates. SYNOPSIS: Stanley Kubrick’s classic A Clockwork Orange arrives on 4K with a remastered print created in collaboration with the director’s estate and his assistant, Leon Vitali. Most, but not […]
Movie Review – Everybody’s Talking About Jamie (2021)
Everybody’s Talking About Jamie, 2021. Directed by Jonathan Butterell. Starring Max Harwood, Richard E. Grant, Charlotte Salt, Sharon Horgan, Ralph Ineson, Sarah Lancashire, Adeel Akhtar, John McCrea, Samuel Bottomley, Shobna Gulati, Rita May, and Lauren Patel. SYNOPSIS: Feature film adaptation of the musical about a teenager from Sheffield, England who wants to be a drag […]
IDW announces Star Wars: The High Republic Adventures Annual 2021
IDW Publishing has announced that Lucasfilm’s entire team of Star Wars: The High Republic lead story architects – Claudia Gray, Justina Ireland, Daniel José Older, Cavan Scott, and Charles Soule – are coming together for the first time this December for the one-shot comic Star Wars: The High Republic Adventures Annual 2021. “I’ve been asking […]
Mike Mignola to write and illustrate Sir Edward Grey: Acheron
Dark Horse Comics has announced that legendary Hellboy creator Mike Mignola is set to both write and illustrate his first full length comic book in five years with Sir Edward Grey: Acheron, the next chapter in the Hellboy Universe. “I’ve been saying I’ve been semi-retired for years, but I keep coming up with new stories […]
Book Review – Mean… Moody… Magnificent!: Jane Russell and the Marketing of a Hollywood Legend
Rachel Bellwoar reviews Mean… Moody… Magnificent!: Jane Russell and the Marketing of a Hollywood Legend… Ever have that experience where you watch a movie starring an actor you really never paid much attention to before and suddenly all you want to do is find out more about them? For me, that’s what happened after watching […]
Toronto International Film Festival 2021 Review – The Other Tom
The Other Tom, 2021. Written and directed by Rodrigo Plá and Laura Santullo. Starring Julia Chávez and Israel Rodríguez Bertorelli. SYNOPSIS: A mother risks losing custody of her son when she refuses to continue medicating his ADHD, after an accident alerts her to the drugs’ side-effects. Regular collaborating filmmakers Rodrigo Plá and Laura Santullo team […]
Movie Review – The Starling (2021)
The Starling. 2021 Directed by Theodore Melfi. Starring Melissa McCarthy, Chris O’Dowd, Kevin Kline, Timothy Olyphant, Daveed Diggs, Skyler Gisondo, Loretta Devine, Laura Harrier, Rosalind Chao, Kimberly Quinn, Veronica Falcón, Scott MacArthur, Emily Tremaine, Cynthy Wu, Tom Everett, Elisabeth Röhm, and Edi Patterson. SYNOPSIS: After Lilly suffers a loss, a combative starling takes nest beside […]
The Expendables 4 recruits Andy Garcia
Last month it was officially confirmed that The Expendables are gearing up for a fourth outing, and now we have word on a new addition to the cast in Andy Garcia. As revealed by THR, Garcia will play a CIA agent who is assigned to accompany Barney Ross and his fellow Expendables on their latest […]
Toronto International Film Festival 2021 Review – Ali & Ava
Ali & Ava, 2021. Written and directed by Clio Barnard. Starring Claire Rushbrook and Adeel Akhtar. SYNOPSIS: Ali and Ava, both lonely for different reasons, meet and sparks fly. Over a lunar month a deep connection begins to grow, despite the legacy of Ava’s past relationship and Ali’s emotional turmoil at the breakdown of his […]
Comic Book Review – Hellboy and the B.P.R.D 1957: Family Ties
Calum Petrie reviews Hellboy and the B.P.R.D 1957: Family Ties… In this latest issue of Hellboy, Mike Mignola and Chris Roberson take us back to the 1950’s American suburbs of Ohio. The issue is a stand alone adventure and certainly packs a cocktail of story and artwork while delivering a wonderful amount of emotion around […]