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Alex Garland’s Civil War trailer brings America to the brink

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A24 has debuted the first trailer and a poster for writer-director Alex Garland’s upcoming action thriller Civil War. Starring Kirsten Dunst, Wagner Moura, Stephen McKinley Henderson, Cailee Spaeny, and Nick Offerman, the film takes place in the near-future as the United States of America stands on the brink of a second Civil War. Watch the […]

Danny Boyle and Cillian Murphy tempted to return for Alex Garland’s 28 Months Later

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It has been 20 years since Danny Boyle’s infected chased Cillian Murphy across a desolate London landscape and into the English countryside with 28 Days Later, and now the two have been speaking positively about how they’d like to revisit that bleakest of world’s for an oft-rumoured sequel.  During an interview with the NME in […]

Movie Review – Men (2022)

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Men, 2022. Written and Directed by Alex Garland. Starring Jessie Buckley, Rory Kinnear, Paapa Essiedu, and Gayle Rankin. SYNOPSIS: In the aftermath of a personal tragedy, Harper retreats alone to the beautiful English countryside, hoping to find a place to heal. But someone or something from the surrounding woods appears to be stalking her. What […]

Watch Jessie Buckley’s first encounter with Men in a clip from Alex Garland’s horror

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Writer-director Alex Garland is hoping to continue his impressive hot-streak following the one-two of Ex Machina and Annihilation with A24’s horror Men, which stars Oscar-nominee Jessie Buckley (Wild Rose) as Harper, a recently widowed woman who finds her peaceful getaway to the English countryside disrupted by something stalking her in the surrounding woods. You can read what […]

Alex Garland’s new horror Men gets a trailer from A24

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A24 has released a poster and trailer for Men, the new film from writer-director Alex Garland (Ex Machina, Annihilation) and starring Jessie Buckley (I’m Thinking of Ending Things) as Harper, a recently widowed woman who finds her peaceful getaway to the English countryside disrupted by something stalking her in the surrounding woods. In the aftermath […]

A24 releases trailer for Alex Garland’s new film Men starring Jessie Buckley

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A24 Films has debuted the first trailer and poster for writer-director Alex Garland’s (Ex Machina, Annihilation) upcoming horror film Men, which follows Harper (Jessie Buckley) as she takes a solo vacation to the English countryside following the death of the husband, where she finds her peaceful getaway disrupted by someone or something stalking her in […]

October Horrors 2020 – Annihilation (2018)

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Annihilation, 2018. Directed by Alex Garland. Starring Natalie Portman, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Gina Rodriguez, Tessa Thompson, Tuva Novotny and Oscar Isaac. SYNOPSIS: A group of scientists are sent into a quarantined area to investigate a mysterious force dubbed “The Shimmer” that is mutating all living things within its confines. Alex Garland is, in my view, […]

Director Alex Garland reveals he could never work on a Swamp Thing movie out of respect for Alan Moore

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Alex Garland, who is best known for his directorial work on Ex Machina and Annihilation, as well as writing 2012’s Dredd, has revealed why he would be reluctant to make a Swamp Thing movie. During an interview with ComicBook at C2E2, Garland explained that while he loves the character, he couldn’t make a Swamp Thing movie because writer Alan Moore passionately discourages […]

TV Review – Devs Season 1

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Justin Cook reviews the first season of Alex Garland’s Devs… “Life is just something we watch unfold. Like pictures on a screen,” says one character in FX’s first Hulu-exclusive show Devs. With his first foray into television, series creator Alex Garland grapples with the idea that nothing in our universe is random — every single […]