Borat Subsequent Moviefilm, 2020. Directed by Jacob Woliner. Starring Sacha Baron Cohen and Maria Bakalova. SYNOPSIS: Follow-up film to the 2006 comedy centering on the real-life adventures of a fictional Kazakh television journalist named Borat. Let’s just say upfront that Borat Subsequent Moviefilm: Delivery of Prodigious Bribe to American Regime for Make Benefit Once Glorious […]
Candyman will feature a slightly different origin for the titular villain, says director Nia DaCosta
Although the upcoming Candyman film has been delayed from October 16th to sometime in 2021, director Nia DaCosta has teased how she is taking a slightly different approach to the titular villain’s origin. During a live-streamed panel for the Nightstream Film Festival (via SlashFilm), DaCosta discussed how instead of positioning Candyman as an already fully formed monster […]
Movie Review – Honest Thief (2020)
Honest Thief, 2020. Directed by Mark Williams. Starring Liam Neeson, Kate Walsh, Jai Courtney, Jeffrey Donovan, Anthony Ramos, and Robert Patrick. SYNOPSIS: Wanting to lead an honest life, a notorious bank robber turns himself in, only to be double-crossed by two ruthless FBI agents. Liam Neeson has certainly calmed things down on the action front […]
Sherlock Holmes 3 is currently on hold, says director Dexter Fletcher
While we know a third Sherlock Holmes film starring Robert Downey Jr. is currently in the works and will serve as a continuation from the two Guy Ritchie-directed films – Sherlock Holmes and Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows – it seems like the project has hit a roadblock. During an interview on the Celebrity Catch Up podcast, director Dexter Fletcher, who […]
TV Review – Amazon’s Truth Seekers
Martin Carr reviews Amazon’s Truth Seekers… There is an expectation which comes with Simon Pegg and Nick Frost now. Both are national institutions while Simon Pegg has inadvertently broken America, turned into a bona fide film star and rubs shoulders with A-list royalty. Their style of comedy is deeply rooted in characters, comes through circumstance […]
October Horrors 2020 – Annihilation (2018)
Annihilation, 2018. Directed by Alex Garland. Starring Natalie Portman, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Gina Rodriguez, Tessa Thompson, Tuva Novotny and Oscar Isaac. SYNOPSIS: A group of scientists are sent into a quarantined area to investigate a mysterious force dubbed “The Shimmer” that is mutating all living things within its confines. Alex Garland is, in my view, […]
Marin Ireland and Xander Berkeley star in trailer for horror The Dark and the Wicked
RLJE Films and Shudder have released a poster and trailer for upcoming horror The Dark and the Wicked which follows a family on a secluded farm who begin to suspect that something evil is taking over their home. Written and directed by Bryan Bertino, the film stars Marin Ireland, Michael Abbott Jr. and Xander Berkeley. […]
New Power Rangers movie and TV series in the works from It’s The End of the F***ing World writer
The Hollywood Reporter has revealed that the Power Rangers will morph again as Hasbro has hired It’s The End of the F***ing World creator Jonathan Entwistle to develop both a Power Rangers film and television series for eOne. A Power Rangers film was in the works at Paramount with Entwistle developing, but Hasbro’s acquisition of eOne scuttled those plans […]
Exclusive Interview – Director Paul Sanchez on Brothers in Arms: The Making of Platoon: “You couldn’t make that film today, they’d never allow it”
Oliver Stone’s Platoon is widely regarded as one of the best war films ever made and changed the face of cinema forever through its raw and honest portrayal of young American soldiers serving during the Vietnam war. Now, Brothers in Arms: The Making of Platoon, directed by filmmaker and original Platoon actor Paul Sanchez, is […]
Kristen Bell to star in Netflix’s The Woman in the House
Kristen Bell (The Good Place) will star in The Woman in the House, a limited thriller series for Netflix that sees Bell as a woman who may or may not have witnessed a murder. Bell will portray “the heartbroken protagonist Anna. For her, every day is the same. She sits with her wine, staring out […]
