Loving, 2016. Written and Directed by Jeff Nichols. Starring Joel Edgerton, Ruth Negga, Nick Kroll, Chris Greene, Bill Camp, Martin Csokas, Sharon Blackwood, and Michael Shannon. SYNOPSIS: Richard and Mildred Loving, an interracial couple, are sentenced to prison in Virginia in 1958 for getting married Before even diving into Loving, let’s get one piece of […]
Blu-ray Review – Kubo and the Two Strings (2016)
Kubo and the Two Strings, 2016. Directed by Travis Knight Featuring the voice talents of Art Parkinson, Charlize Theron, Matthew McConaughey, George Takei, Brenda Vaccaro, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Ralph Fiennes and Rooney Mara. SYNOPSIS: Kubo and the Two Strings arrives in a Blu-ray + DVD + Digital HD set that features the movie in high-def and standard-def, […]
A Miracle of Hanukkah wins Best LGBTQ Film Award in Miami
Polish-born actor and director Adi Spektor has won the Best LGBTQ Film award, for his second directed film, A Miracle of Hanukkah, which was created on an iPhone 6 mobile device, at the 15th Annual Miami Film Festival last week. “Human beings are wonderfully complex and “type casting” in life, will prevent us from fully getting […]
Movie Review – Magnus (2016)
Magnus, 2016. Directed By Benjamin Ree SYNOPSIS: The life and times of Magnus Carlsen. How the “Mozart of chess” became World Champion at the age of 22. Magnus Carlsen is seated in front of ten Harvard Lawyers. He is facing the opposite direction from his opponents, and just for good measure, also blindfolded. The outcome […]
Angela Bassett to play T’Challa’s mother in Marvel’s Black Panther
Marvel has announced that American Horror Story and What’s Love Got to Do With It star Angela Bassett has signed on to the cast of Black Panther, with the Oscar nominee set to play Ramonda, the mother of Chadwick Boseman’s T’Challa. Black Panther is slated to go into production in January, with Ryan Coogler (Creed) […]
TNT orders pilot for Snowpiercer TV series
TNT has placed a pilot order for a TV adaptation of the post-apocalyptic sci-fi Snowpiercer from writer-producers Josh Friedman (Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles), Marty Adelstein (Prison Break), and Becky Clements (Last Man Standing). Also on board the project as producers are Bong Joon-Ho, Park Chan-wook, Lee Tae-hun, and Dooho Choi, the producers behind the 2013 feature […]
Legendary acquires film and TV rights to Frank Herbert’s Dune
Legendary Entertainment has reached a deal with the estate of Frank Herbert to acquire the film and television rights to his iconic 1965 sci-fi novel Dune. The studio is looking to launch the property as a franchise with potential film and TV projects aimed at a global audience. Dune has twice been adapted for the […]
The Five Best Moments from The Walking Dead Season 7 Episode 5 – ‘Go Getters’
Ben Robins with the five best moments from the fifth episode of The Walking Dead season 7… Everybody say it with me now: at last, some action! The Walking Dead’s latest season finally, finally, finally took things into an exciting direction with this week’s episode, ditching character introductions and long, vague, massively drawn-out torture scenes […]
Movie Review – Be My Cat: A Film for Anne (2015)
Be My Cat: A Film for Anne, 2015 Directed by Adrian Tofei Starring Adrian Tofei, Sonia Teodoriu, Florentina Hariton and Alexandra Stroe SYNOPSIS: Aspiring filmmaker Adrian is keen to have Hollywood star Anne Hathaway appear in his passion project, a film entitled Be My Cat, believing that she is ideal for the lead role. In […]
Ezra Miller says his Flash will be an “amateur-hour speedster”
During an interview with IGN to promote his new film Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, actor Ezra Miller offered up a few words about his role as The Flash in the DC Extended Universe, stating that Barry Allen will be an “amateur-hour Speedster” who is just beginning to get to grips with his […]
