Nitram, 2021. Directed by Justin Kurzel. Starring Caleb Landry Jones, Judy Davis, Sean Keenan, Essie Davis, and Anthony LaPaglia. SYNOPSIS: Events leading up to the 1996 Port Arthur mass shooting in Tasmania in an attempt to understand why and how the atrocity occurred. The filmmaking team behind Nitram has made an effort to upfront state […]
Haunting new trailer for Justin Kurzel’s critically-acclaimed Nitram
Picturehouse Entertainment has dropped the UK trailer for Justin Kurzel’s critically-acclaimed drama Nitram, the film that won Caleb Landry Jones (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri) the Best Actor award at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival. Nitram, which we said was “executed with restraint, terror, and sensitivity” in our ★★★★ review, tells the story of events […]
Justin Kurzel’s Nitram gets a trailer from IFC Films
IFC Films has released a poster and trailer for director Justin Kurzel’s psychological drama Nitram. Starring Caleb Landry Jones, Essie Davis, Judy Davis, and Anthony LaPaglia, the film explores the events leading up to one of Australia’s worst national tragedies, the 1996 Port Arthur mass shooting; take a look here… Nitram (Caleb Landry Jones) lives […]
2021 BFI London Film Festival Review – Nitram
Nitram, 2021. Directed by Justin Kurzel. Starring Caleb Landry Jones, Essie Davis, Anthony LaPaglia and Judy Davis. SYNOPSIS: A fictionalised take on the story of the Port Arthur shooting – the most notorious mass shooting in Australian history. The 1996 Port Arthur shooting is one of the most horrifying events in recent Australian history, and […]
Movie Review – Dark Whispers Vol. 1 (2019)
Dark Whispers Vol. 1, 2019. Directed by Megan Riakos, Angie Black, Kaitlin Tinker, Isabel Peppard, Briony Kidd, Jub Clerc, Marion Pilowsky, Katrina Irawati Graham, Lucy Gouldthorpe, Madeleine Purdy and Janine Hewitt. Starring Asher Keddie, Anthony LaPaglia, Andrea Demetriades and Bree Desborough. SYNOPSIS: A series of horror tales, linked together via their presence in a mysterious […]
Caleb Landry Jones, Essie Davis, Judy Davis and Anthony LaPaglia join Justin Kurzel’s new film
Snowtown and Assassin’s Creed director Justin Kurzel has set Caleb Landry Jones (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri), Judy Davis (Husbands and Wives), Essie Davis (True History of the Kelly Gang) and Anthony LaPaglia (Without a Trace) to star in his next feature film Nitram. The film is set to explore one of the darkest chapters […]
October Horrors 2018 Day 27 – Annabelle: Creation (2017)
Annabelle: Creation, 2017. Directed by David F. Sandberg. Starring Stephanie Sigman, Talitha Bateman, Lulu Wilson, Anthony LaPaglia and Miranda Otto. SYNOPSIS: Twelve years after the death of their daughter, Samuel Mullins open up their home as a shelter for Sister Charlotte and several young orphaned girls under her care. As the girls settle into their […]
Olivia Munn, Justin Theroux and Anthony LaPaglia cast in Violet
Variety is reporting that Olivia Munn (X-Men: Apocalypse) has been cast in the title role in Violet, the feature directorial debut of former Family Ties star Justine Bateman, where she will star alongside Justin Theroux (The Leftovers) and Anthony LaPaglia (Without a Trace). According to the site, Violet sees Munn as “a rising film executive […]
DVD Review – Annabelle: Creation (2017)
Annabelle: Creation, 2017. Directed by David F. Sandberg. Starring Anthony LaPaglia, Samara Lee, Miranda Otto, Stephanie Sigman, Mark Bramhall, Brad Greenquist, and Lulu Wilson. SYNOPSIS: Yet another prequel from The Conjuring universe detailing how the creepy Annabelle doll came to be. Having now established that there is a ‘universe’ based around James Wan’s 2013 hit […]
Movie Review – Annabelle: Creation (2017)
Annabelle: Creation, 2017. Directed by David F. Sandberg. Starring Stephanie Sigman, Talitha Bateman, Lulu Wilson, Philippa Coulthard, Grace Fulton, Lou Lou Safran, Samara Lee, Taylor Buck, Anthony LaPaglia, and Miranda Otto SYNOPSIS: Several years after the tragic death of their little girl, a dollmaker and his wife welcome a nun and several girls from a […]