Cannibal Holocaust, 1980. Directed by Ruggero Deodato. Starring Robert Kerman, Carl Gabriel Yorke, Francesca Ciardi, Perry Pirkanen and Luca Barbaeschi. SYNOPSIS: After a documentary crew go missing in the Amazon Jungle, an anthropologist ventures into the jungle to search for them. What he discovers is far more horrifying than he could have possibly imagined. Found […]
2020 BFI London Film Festival Review – Limbo
Limbo, 2020. Written and directed by Ben Sharrock. Starring Amir El-Masry, Vikash Bhai, and Sidse Babett Knudsen. SYNOPSIS: Omar is a promising young musician. Separated from his Syrian family, he is stuck on a remote Scottish island awaiting the fate of his asylum request. There’s an understandable seriousness and sobriety to most movies chronicling the asylum […]
Movie Review – Undine (2020)
Undine, 2020. Written and directed by Christian Petzold.Starring Paula Beer, Franz Rogowski, Jacob Matschenz, Maryam Zaree, Anne Ratte-Polle, Julia Franz Richter, Rafael Stachowiak, José Barros and Gloria Endres de Oliveira. SYNOPSIS: Undine works as a historian lecturing on Berlin’s urban development. But when the man she loves leaves her, the ancient myth catches up with […]
Movie Review – The Intruder (2020)
The Intruder, 2020. Directed by Natalia Meta. Starring Erica Rivas, Nahuel Pérez Biscayart, Daniel Hendler, Cecilia Roth, Mirta Busnelli and Agustín Rittano. SYNOPSIS: A dubbing artist and singer is plagued by troubling noises and an unravelling mental state in the wake of trauma. There’s an interesting little sub-genre of horror movies and dark thrillers set […]
Showtime renews Black Monday for third season
Amid Showtime’s recent cancellations and a revival of Dexter comes news the network has renewed Black Monday for a third season. Black Monday stars Don Cheadle (Avengers: Endgame), Regina Hall (Girls Trip), Andrew Rannells (Invincible) and Paul Scheer (Star Trek: Lower Decks). They star as a group of underdogs in the 1980s who ended up causing the worst stock market […]
2020 BFI London Film Festival Review – Another Round
Another Round, 2020 Directed by Thomas Vinterberg. Starring Mads Mikkelsen, Thomas Bo Larsen, Lars Ranthe and Magnus Millang. SYNOPSIS: Four friends, all high school teachers, test a theory that they will improve their lives by maintaining a constant level of alcohol in their blood. ‘It’s not just a film about drinking. Our ambition was to […]
Comic Book Preview – The Kaiju Score #1
Having been optioned for a feature film adaptation this past August, AfterShock Comics is set to launch its new series The Kaiju Score this November, and we’ve got a preview of the first issue for you here; check it out… It’s the most dangerous heist ever attempted. Four desperate criminals are going all in on […]
S. Craig Zahler turns his hand to graphic novels with Forbidden Surgeries of the Hideous Dr. Divinus
Following the critically acclaimed films Bone Tomahawk, Brawl in Cell Block 99 and Dragged Across Concrete, S. Craig Zahler now turns his attention to the medium of comic books with Forbidden Surgeries of the Hideous Dr. Divinus, a graphic novel which he’s written, illustrated, inked and lettered. Forbidden Surgeries of the Hideous Dr. Divinus is […]
Marvel’s Helstrom Season 1 Episode 1 Review – ‘Mother’s Little Helpers’
Martin Carr reviews the first episode of Helstrom… Showrunner Paul Zbyszewski has created in Helstrom something of substance. A dysfunctional family dynamic with far reaching ramifications, barely veiled contempt and more depth than Marvel television were banking on. Much of the success here comes down to casting which provides audiences with pitch perfect protagonists in […]
Hulu ventures into No Man’s Land with trailer for new drama series
Hulu has released the full trailer for its upcoming drama series No Man’s Land. Focusing on the Syrian civil war, the series will premiere on the streaming service November 18th. Watch the trailer below… No Man’s Land dives into the depths of the Syrian civil war through the eyes of Antoine, a young French man, in search […]
