Audition, 1999. Directed by Takashi Miike. Starring Ryo Ishibashi, Eihi Shiina, Tetsu Sawaki and Jun Kunimura. SYNOPSIS: A widower holds auditions to find a new love, only the woman he chooses isn’t quite what she appears to be. If you’ve yet to see Takashi Miike’s 1999 movie Audition then you can be damn sure you’ve […]
Movie Review – Last Girl Standing (2016)
Last Girl Standing, 2015 Written and directed by Benjamin R. Moody. Starring Akasha Villalobos, Danielle Evon Ploeger, Brian Villalobos, JD Carrera, Ryan Hamilton, Kelsey Pribilski, Laura Ray, Chris J. Knight. SYNOPSIS: She survived a brutal massacre, but lost her life. What happens to the final girl after the credits roll? Ever since Laurie Strode first […]
The Oscars don’t matter and we all need to stop caring
Luke Owen on last night’s Oscars… If Christmas is the most wonderful time of the year, then Awards Season is the most loathsome as a film fan. It’s the time of year that a group of out-of-touch Hollywood professionals all gather round to lay their hand down on what they think was the best film released […]
DVD Review – Lost After Dark (2015)
Lost After Dark, 2015. Directed by Ian Kessner. Starring Sarah Fisher, Mark Wiebe, Jesse Camacho, Robert Patrick, David Lipper and Kendra Leigh Timmins. SYNOPSIS: A group of partying teenagers are stalked by a cannibalistic killer after they sneak out from their high school dance. When several filmmakers tried to recreate the 1970s a few years […]
The Dark Knight and Man of Steel fight in new clip from Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
Ben Affleck appeared as a guest on Jimmy Kimmel Live last night, bringing with him a clip from Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice featuring a rooftop fight between The Dark Knight and the Man of Steel; check it out here… SEE ALSO: Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice video offers close-up shots of Wonder […]
Comic Book Review – Man: Plus #2
David Opie reviews Man: Plus #2… As Olissipo’s crack police squad piece together the cause of the recent android attack, a dangerous thread of violence and corruption begins to unravel, leading from the city’s seediest ghettos, to the dizzying heights of its business district. From artist/writer André Lima Araújo (Avengers AI, Spider Verse) comes the […]
Full list of winners from the 88th Academy Awards
After losing out on four previous occasions, Leonardo DiCapario finally bagged himself an Oscar at the Academy Awards last night, winning Best Actor for his role in The Revenant, which was also honoured with Best Director (Alejandro G. Iñárritu) and Best Cinematography, but lost out on Best Picture to Tom McCarthy’s Spotlight. DiCaprio was joined […]
Blu-ray Review – Pray For Death (1985)
Pray For Death, 1985. Directed by Gordon Hessler. Starring Shô Kosugi, James Booth, Donna Kei Benz, Robert Ito, Norman Burton, Kane Kosugi, Shane Kosugi, Charles Greuber, Matthew Faison and Parley Baer. SYNOPSIS: A peaceful Japanese family move to the US but fall foul of a crime syndicate, forcing the father to unleash his inner ninja. […]
J.K. Simmons joins Mark Wahlberg in Patriot’s Day
Variety is reporting that Oscar-winner J.K. Simmons (Whiplash) has signed on to appear alongside Mark Wahlberg in Patriot’s Day, a drama based upon the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings. Patriot’s Day reunites Wahlberg with Lone Survivor and Deepwater Horizon director Peter Berg, and sees Wahlberg as ” a composite Boston Police Department officer who is central […]
The Witch helmer Robert Eggers to write and direct Rasputin miniseries
Robert Eggers, the filmmaker behind the acclaimed horror film The Witch, is set to bring the story of Rasputin to the small screen, signing on to write and direct a miniseries based upon the life of the Russian mystic. Deadline is reporting that the series will consist of six to eight episodes and “will cover […]
