La La Land continued its march towards its expected Oscar success last night as the Directors Guild of America honoured Damien Chazelle with Outstanding Directorial Achievement in a Feature Film at the 69th DGA Awards. The win bodes well for Chazelle’s chances at the Academy Awards, as the DGA winner has went on to receive […]
John Wick director talks Highlander reboot, planning a trilogy of movies
Lionsgate’s planned remake of the 1986 cult classic Highlander took a major step forward back in November when the studio tapped John Wick director Chad Stahelski to helm the long-gestating reboot, and the filmmaker has been chatting to Collider about the project during a promotional interview for his new film John Wick: Chapter 2. “If […]
Film Quality IS Subjective: A Film Is Good Because We Say It Is
Graeme Robertson on why film quality is subjective… It’s a wonderful job being a film critic. Being able to watch films and write about them all hours of the day and night, discussing them with your fellow critics and generally have a merry old time talking about how wonderful it is to be a film […]
Movie Review – American Violence (2017)
American Violence, 2017. Directed by Timothy Woodward Jr. Starring Kaiwi Lyman-Mersereau, Denise Richards, Michael Paré, Columbus Short, Emma Rigby, Johnny Messner, Patrick Kilpatrick, Nick Chinlund, Rob Gronkowski, and Bruce Dern. SYNOPSIS: Fascinated by the root causes of violent behavior, world renowned psychologist, Dr. Amanda Tyler, has an opportunity to interview and analyze death row inmate Jackson […]
Up Up and Pret-a-Porter: Why are superhero movie costume designs so boring?
Anghus Houvourus on superhero movie costumes… Be warned: This is going to be some epic level nitpicking right here. By now my laundry list of complaints about the Marvel Cinematic Universe are well known. It’s safe to say that I may be the most vocal critic of the Marvel movies in terms of consistency and […]
Not The First Choice, But The Right Choice
This week, Neil Calloway can’t imagine anyone else in La La Land… There’s a genre of fiction known as alternative history, where writers speculate on “what ifs?” of history. You want to see what would happen if South African Neo-Nazis went back in time to intervene in the American Civil War? You got it. Aliens […]
Movie Review – The Founder (2016)
The Founder, 2016. Directed by John Lee Hancock Starring Michael Keaton, Linda Cardellini, Nick Offerman, and John Carroll Lynch. SYNOPSIS: An intimate look into the makings of one of the world’s greatest businesses – McDonald’s – and the power-hungry man that orchestrated it all. Ray Croc is a failing businessman with a burning desire to […]
Boom! Studios announces Jim Henson’s The Dark Crystal Tales original graphic novel
Boom! Studios has teamed with with The Jim Henson Company for the original graphic novel Jim Henson’s The Dark Crystal Tales from writer and artist Cory Godbey (Jim Henson’s Labyrinth Tales). “The themes woven within The Dark Crystal have never been more important for children or the parents of those children to hear,” said Godbey. […]
Buffy’s Emma Caulfield joins Fear the Walking Dead season 3
Former Buffy the Vampire Slayer star Emma Caulfield has signed on for a guest role in the third season of Fear the Walking Dead, TV Line is reporting. Although details of her character are being kept under wraps, the site is speculating that Caulfield will be playing the new villainous who is said to have […]
American Horror Story’s Sarah Paulson joins serial killer drama Lost Girls
American Horror Story and The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story star Sarah Paulson has signed on to appear in the serial killer drama Lost Girls at Amazon Studios, Entertainment Weekly has revealed. Lost Girls is based upon Robert Kolker’s 2013 non-fiction book of the same name, and follows a Long Island mother who […]