A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood, 2019.Directed by Marielle Heller. Starring Tom Hanks, Matthew Rhys, Susan Kelechi Watson, Chris Cooper, Enrico Colantoni, Maryann Plunkett, Tammy Blanchard, and Wendy Makkena.SYNOPSIS:After a jaded magazine writer is assigned a profile of Fred Rogers, he overcomes his skepticism, learning about empathy, kindness, and decency from America’s most beloved neighbour.In […]
Movie Review – El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie (2019)
El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie, 2019.Written and directed by Vince Gilligan. Starring Aaron Paul, Charles Baker, Matt Jones, and Jonathan Banks.SYNOPSIS:After escaping Jack and his gang, Jesse Pinkman goes on the run from the police and tries to escape his own inner turmoil.When Breaking Bad creator Vince Gilligan first announced a follow-up movie to his […]
Alex Garland talks the “spectacular” collaboration of FX’s Devs, bringing back same cast for more
Stressed by everyone from the cast of FX’s Devs to the creator Alex Garland, during both the panel and press room at New York Comic Con, was the spirit of collaboration on set — a collaboration so fruitful that the Ex Machina and Annihilation director still thinks there are more stories to tell with the […]
2019 BFI London Film Festival Review – Official Secrets
Official Secrets, 2019.Directed by Gavin Hood. Starring Keira Knightley, Matt Smith, Matthew Goode, Ralph Fiennes, Rhys Ifans, Conleth Hill, MyAnna Buring, Jack Farthing, Katherine Kelly, Adam Bakri, and Tamsin Greig.SYNOPSIS:The true story of a British whistleblower who leaked information to the press about an illegal NSA spy operation designed to push the UN Security Council […]
Netflix wants to reunite Adam Sandler and Jennifer Aniston for Murder Mystery sequel
Having delivered one of Netflix’s most successful launches for its original content, it will come as little surprise to hear that the streaming service is looking to reunite Adam Sandler and Jennifer Aniston for another Murder Mystery.According to THR, Netflix is currently in negotiations with screenwriter James Vanderbilt to return to script a sequel to […]
Gal Gadot to produce and star in holocaust drama Irena Sendler
Wonder Woman star Gal Gadot is set to take on the title role in Irena Sendler, a fact-based historical drama which will tell the true story of the heroic Polish social worker and nurse who made a defiant stand against Nazi Germany during World War II.As part of the Polish Underground, Sendler helped to rescue […]
Stephen King adaptation The Stand adds three more to its cast
Katherine McNamara (Arrow), Eion Bailey (ER) and Hamish Linklater (Legion) have become the latest additions to the ever-expanding cast of CBS All Access’ limited series adaptation of Stephen King’s apocalyptic epic The Stand.As reported by Variety, McNamara has been cast as Julie Lawry, “a small-town girl with a wild side”, with Bailey as Teddy Weizak, […]
2019 BFI London Film Festival Review – Deerskin
Deerskin, 2019 .Directed by Quentin Dupieux. Starring Jean Dujardin, Adèle Haenel, Albert Delpy, Pierre Gommé and Marie Bunel.SYNOPSIS:A man’s obsession with his designer deerskin jacket causes him to blow his life savings and turn to crime.Sometimes a film comes along which is simply impossible to pigeon-hole. It refuses to nestle into genre’s well-rounded formula, and […]
Wayne Brady to play DC villain Gravedigger in Black Lightning
Emmy-winning Let’s Make a Deal host Wayne Brady is set to join The CW’s Black Lightning in the recurring role of the DC supervillain Tyson Sykes, a.k.a. Gravedigger.As per Deadline, the Black Lightning incarnation of Gravedigger is described as “a World War II-era member of the U.S. military who was transformed into a superhuman fighting […]
Comic Book Preview – Absolute Carnage: Avengers #1
Marvel releases Absolute Carnage: Avengers #1 this coming Wednesday, and you can take a look at a preview of the issue here; check it out…Years ago, Cletus Kasady used the Carnage symbiote to take over a small town called Doverton, Colorado, as well as the team of Avengers who arrived to stop him! Barely able […]
