Casey Chong with eleven essential eccentric detective movie performances… Eccentric detective roles may find their way to television, covering the likes of Peter Falk’s shabby Lieutenant Columbo in Columbo, to Kyle MacLachlan’s coffee-loving Agent Dale Cooper in Twin Peaks, and Tony Shalhoub’s OCD-stricken Adrian Monk in Monk. But movies have their fair share of offbeat […]
Independence Day at 30: The Story Behind the Sci-Fi Blockbuster
As it turns 30, Hasitha Fernando looks at the story behind the 1996 blockbuster Independence Day… One of the most unforgettable moments in the history of blockbuster filmmaking has got to be a colossal plasma beam completely laying waste to the White House in Independence Day. I mean, who can forget it right? Today, as […]
Netflix invites us into The Buroughs with new trailer and images for its sci-fi mystery series
With a little over two weeks to go until The Boroughs lands on Netflix, the streamer has shared a new trailer for the upcoming sci-fi mystery series from Jeffrey Addiss and Will Matthews (The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance) and the Duffer Brothers (Stranger Things). The series centres on the residents of a picturesque retirement […]
Alfred Molina leads a senior Stranger Things in the trailer for Netflix’s The Boroughs
Netflix has release the trailer for The Boroughs, their retirement home romp that pits Alfred Molina, Alfre Woodard and Bill Pullman against time-stealing otherworldly beings. Executive produced by The Duffer Brothers (Stranger Things), and created by Jeffrey Addiss and Will Matthews (The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance) the eight-episode drama also stars Geena Davis (Thelma and […]
Spaceballs 2 officially begins production
Channelling J.J. Abrams and Star Wars: The Force Awakens, the cast and crew of Amazon MGM Studios’ Spaceballs sequel have assembled for an official ‘table read’ photo to mark the start of production on the follow-up to Mel Brooks’ classic 1987 space opera spoof. Seemingly dropping the Spaceballs 2: The Schwartz Awakens title that was […]
Trailer for western thriller Killing Faith starring Guy Pearce, DeWanda Wise and Bill Pullman
Shout! Studios has shared a trailer for Killing Faith, the upcoming western thriller from director Ned Crowley. Set in 1849, a widowed physician agrees to take a care of a woman and her daughter while a strange illness spreads, but when rumours start that the girl may be possessed the doctor must choose whether to […]
Lewis Pullman to play Bill Pullman’s son in Spaceballs 2
Following hot on the heels of this week’s news that Mel Brooks, Rick Moranis and Bill Pullman are set to return to the world of Spaceballs for the long-awaited sequel to the classic 1987 spoof, we now have word that the latter’s son Lewis Pullman is also in negotiations to join the cast. As per […]
Spaceballs 2 will see Bill Pullman, Rick Moranis and Mel Brooks returning to iconic roles alongside Keke Palmer
Get ready to feel the Schwartz again as Bill Pullman, Rick Moranis and Mel Brooks are all set to return for Spaceballs 2, the sequel to Brooks’ 1987 parody of Star Wars and other classic sci-fi films. Pullman starred as the maverick space pirate Lone Starr in a mix of Luke Skywalker and Han Solo while Moranis was […]
4K Ultra HD Review – Columbia Classics Volume 4
Columbia Classics Volume 4 In the mood for love? Then check out Sony’s new Columbia Classics Volume 4, which explores the many methods of romance through the classic films His Girl Friday, Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner, Kramer vs. Kramer, Starman, Sleepless in Seattle, and Punch-Drunk Love. All of the films have been remastered in […]
4K Ultra HD Review – Spaceballs (1987)
Spaceballs, 1987. Directed by Mel Brooks. Starring Mel Brooks, John Candy, Rick Moranis, Bill Pullman, Daphne Zuniga, Dick Van Patten, George Wyner, and Joan Rivers. SYNOPSIS: Another edition of Spaceballs? This one is in 4K, so if you want your Mel Brooks satire in the highest possible resolution that’s available these days, Kino Lorber has […]
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