50 Years of Star Trek, 2016. Directed by Ian Roumain. SYNOPSIS: 50 Years of Star Trek isn’t an exhaustive documentary, since you can only cram so much into 85 minutes, but it is a nice look back at a franchise that has endured for half a century. It’s also notable for containing Leonard Nimoy’s last […]
Blu-ray Review – Assault on Precinct 13: 40th Anniversary Edition
Assault on Precinct 13, 1976. Directed by John Carpenter. Starring Austin Stoker, Darwin Joston, Laurie Zimmer, Charles Cyphers, Tony Burton, Nancy Loomis, Martin West. SYNOPSIS: A cop and a ragtag collection of criminals defend a closing police station against an invading gang. Often lauded as ‘the ultimate siege move’, John Carpenter’s second full-length feature Assault […]
Movie Review – The Accountant (2016)
The Accountant, 2016.Directed by Gavin O’Connor. Starring Ben Affleck, Anna Kendrick, J.K. Simmons, Jon Bernthal, John Lithgow, and Jeffrey Tambor.SYNOPSIS:As a math savant uncooks the books for a new client, the Treasury Department closes in on his activities and the body count starts to rise.I won’t pretend to have much of an idea on Autism or […]
Haley Joel Osment joins Richard Madden in Amazon’s The Book of Strange New Things
Deadline is reporting that Haley Joel Osment (The Sixth Sense, Yoga Hosers) is joining Richard Madden (Game of Thrones, Cinderella) in the cast of Amazon’s sci-fi drama pilot The Book of Strange New Things. The Book of Strange New Things follows a priest called Peter (Madden) who is sent into space to help found a new […]
Flare Studio content platform connects filmmakers with brands
London creative agency AMV BBDO has launced the new content platform Flare Studio, which connects filmmaking talent with client opportunities and is open to all levels of talent ranging from film students and social influences through to established directors and production companies.The content platform features regular paid briefs from leading brands for the international creative […]
From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series’ future uncertain as cast released
It’s the season three finale of From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series tomorrow, and it may in fact end up being the series finale, as Deadline is reporting that the El Rey Network has allowed the options on the cast to lapse. According to the site, El Rey was not ready to make a decision […]
Director Rick Famuyiwa exits The Flash movie, delay likely
THR is reporting that Dope helmer Rick Famuyiwa has exited Warner Bros. DC solo move The Flash, with the filmmaker parting ways due to creative differences after his plans to make “a movie with more edge” clashed with the studio’s vision.“When I was approached by Warner Bros and DC about the possibility of directing The […]
Former Deadpool 2 director developing live-action Sonic the Hedgehog movie
Following the news that Tim Miller had left Deadpool 2 after rumoured creative differences with Ryan Reynolds, it has been announced his next project will be the long-gestating live-action Sonic the Hedgehog movie, which now has a director in Jeff Fowler.Sonic the Hedgehog will be Fowler’s directorial debut.“Jeff is an incredible director with strong story […]
Cinematographer Bradford Young says the young Han Solo Star Wars spinoff will “break some rules”
Now that Alden Ehrenreich and Donald Glover are locked in to play Han Solo and Lando Calrissian, we should probably expect to hear plenty of movement on the young Han Solo Star Wars Anthology movie as directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller gear up to go into production early next year.Lord and Miller have already […]
October Horrors Day 31 – Pieces (1982)
Pieces, 1982. Directed by J. P. Simon. Starring Christopher George, Edmund Purdom, Paul L. Smith and Linda Day. SYNOPSIS: Ten-year-old Timmy is scolded by his mother for playing with a rather saucy jigsaw, whereupon Timmy violently and suddenly kills his mother with an axe. Forty years later, a serial killer is stalking a university campus, […]
