Originally announced a couple of years ago, the adaptation of Grady Hendrix’s cult horror novel My Best Friend’s Exorcism has been summoned to the headlines again with the news that Eighth Grade‘s Elsie Fisher is set to star. The Hollywood Reporter has revealed that Fisher will head up an ensemble that includes Amiah Miller (War […]
Movie Review – The Addams Family (2019)
The Addams Family, 2019. Directed by Greg Tiernan and Conrad Vernon. Featuring the voice talents of Oscar Isaac, Charlize Theron, Chloë Grace Moretz, Finn Wolfhard, Nick Kroll, Snoop Dogg, Bette Midler, Allison Janney, Elsie Fisher, Martin Short, Catherine O’Hara, Tituss Burgess, Jenifer Lewis, and Pom Klementieff. SYNOPSIS: An animated version of Charles Addams’ series of […]
Movie Review – Eighth Grade (2018)
Eighth Grade, 2018. Directed by Bo Burnham. Starring Elsie Fisher, Josh Hamilton, Emily Robinson, Catherine Oliviere, Jake Ryan and Daniel Zolghadri. SYNOPSIS: On the verge of high school, an internet-obsessed young girl grapples with her place in the social hierarchy while vlogging about confidence and self-belief. In the vast canon of American high school movies, […]
Movie Review – Eighth Grade (2018)
Eighth Grade, 2018. Directed by Bo Burnham. Starring Josh Hamilton, Daniel Zolghadri, Elsie Fisher, and Emily Robinson. SYNOPSIS: A teenager tries to survive the last week of her disastrous eighth-grade year before leaving to start high school. Bo Burnham’s Eighth Grade earns a place at the kiddie’s table with Felix Thompson’s King Jack. Jordan Vogt-Roberts’ The Kings Of […]
Castle Rock season 2 casts Lizzy Caplan as iconic Annie Wilkes while Tim Robbins, Elsie Fisher and Garrett Hedlund join the series
Hulu has just added a number of actors to its Stephen King-inspired horror anthology series Castle Rock. Lizzy Caplan (Masters of Sex) is set to take on the iconic role of psychopathic nurse Annie Wilkes of King’s Misery. Joining Caplan in the second season will be Tim Robbins (The Shawshank Redemption), Eslie Fisher (Eighth Grade), Garrett […]
Glasgow Film Festival 2019 Review – Eighth Grade
Eighth Grade, 2018. Directed by Bo Burnham. Starring Elsie Fisher, Josh Hamilton, Emily Robinson and Jake Ryan. SYNOPSIS: With one week of eighth grade left, an introverted 13-year-old girl tries to make it to the end. 1986’s Stand By Me sees four young boys on a cross-country hike to find a dead body. The story […]
Eighth Grade’s Elsie Fisher cast in The Addams Family animated film
The Addams Family animated film has just cast Eighth Grade‘s Elsie Fisher according to The Hollywood Reporter. The film comes from MGM with Conrad Vernon and Greg Tiernan co-directing the movie. Fisher will play Parker Needler, the daughter of Allison Janney’s villainous Margaux Needler who finds herself at odds with her neighbours, the Addams family. Based on […]
Chicago Critics Film Festival 2018 Review – Eighth Grade (2018)
Eighth Grade, 2018. Written and Directed by Bo Burnham. Starring Elsie Fisher, Josh Hamilton, Emily Robinson, Jake Ryan, Daniel Zolghadri, Fred Hechinger, Imani Lewis, Catherine Oliviere, Luke Prael, Nora Mullins, Missy Yager, Shacha Temirov, Greg Crowe, Thomas J O’Reilly, Frank Deal, Tiffany Grossfeld, Natalie Carter, Kevin R. Free, and Deborah Unger. SYNOPSIS: A teenager tries […]
Festival favourite Eighth Grade gets a poster and trailer
A24 has debuted the first poster and trailer for writer-director Bo Burnham’s upcoming comedy drama Eighth Grade. The film made its world premiere in January at the Sundance Film Festival, receiving critical acclaim, and features a cast that includes Elsie Fisher, Josh Hamilton, Emily Robinson, Jake Ryan, and Fred Hechinger; take a look below… Thirteen-year-old Kayla […]