Emily the Criminal. 2022 Written and Directed by John Patton Ford. Starring Aubrey Plaza, Theo Rossi, Gina Gershon, Megalyn Echikunwoke, Jonathan Avigdori, Bernardo Badillo, Craig Stark, and Brandon Sklenar. SYNOPSIS: Down on her luck and saddled with debt, Emily gets involved in a credit card scam that pulls her into the criminal underworld of Los […]
Movie Review – Emily the Criminal (2022)
Emily the Criminal, 2022. Written and directed by John Patton Ford. Starring Aubrey Plaza, Theo Rossi, Megalyn Echikunwoke, and Gina Gershon. SYNOPSIS: Down on her luck and saddled with debt, Emily gets involved in a credit card scam that pulls her into the criminal underworld of Los Angeles, ultimately leading to deadly consequences. 12 years […]
Aubrey Plaza is Emily the Criminal in trailer for crime thriller
The first trailer and poster have arrived online for writer-director John Patton Ford’s upcoming crime thriller Emily the Criminal. The film stars Aubrey Plaza as Emily, a young woman saddled with debt and struggling to find work, who is lured into the dangerous world of credit card scams by the charismatic Youcef (Theo Rossi); take […]
Tony Kaye’s The Trainer adds Bella Thorne, Soo Joo Park and more
American History X director Tony Kaye is back behind the camera for the first time since 2011’s Detachment with the dark comedy The Trainer, and with production underway we now have word on several new additions to the film’s cast. As reported by Deadline, Bella Thorne (Measure of Revenge), Soo Joo Park (Sense8), Brock O’Hurn […]
Movie Review – Don’t Look Up (2021)
Don’t Look Up, 2021. Written and Directed by Adam McKay. Starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Lawrence, Meryl Streep, Cate Blanchett, Rob Morgan, Jonah Hill, Mark Rylance, Tyler Perry, Timothée Chalamet, Ron Perlman, Ariana Grande, Kid Cudi, Melanie Lynskey, Himesh Patel, Michael Chiklis, Tomer Sisley, Paul Guilfoyle, Robert Joy, Ashleigh Banfield, Gina Gershon, Meghan Leathers, Ross Partridge, […]
Movie Review – Don’t Look Up (2021)
Don’t Look Up, 2021. Written and Directed by Adam McKay. Starring Jennifer Lawrence, Leonardo DiCaprio, Meryl Streep, Cate Blanchett, Rob Morgan, Jonah Hill, Mark Rylance, Tyler Perry, Timothée Chalamet, Ron Perlman, Ariana Grande, Kid Cudi, Melanie Lynskey, Himesh Patel, Michael Chiklis, Tomer Sisley, Paul Guilfoyle, Robert Joy, Ashleigh Banfield, Gina Gershon, Meghan Leathers, Ross Partridge, […]
Revisiting Bound: The Wachowskis’ Stunning Directorial Debut
Ahead of The Matrix Resurrections, Tom Jolliffe looks back at Bound, the Wachowskis’ directorial debut, which remains essential neo-noir… They had written a Sylvester Stallone action picture. Assassins would prove somewhat underwhelming to critics and disappointed at the box office. It would undoubtedly have been a money spinning gig for Lana and Lilly Wachowski but […]
Jamie Lee Curtis reveals behind-the-scenes photo of Cate Blanchett’s Lilith in the Borderlands movie
With production well underway on Eli Roth’s adaptation of the popular videogame franchise Borderlands, Jamie Lee Curtis has tweeted a behind-the-scenes look at one of the games most iconic characters, Lilith, played here by Cate Blanchett. Welcome to BORDERLANDS & a secret BTS shot I took of Lilith, our legendary heroine, psycho blasting, vault hunting […]
Eli Roth’s Borderlands movie rounds out cast with Gina Gershon, Cheyenne Jackson and more
With the Eli Roth-directed adaptation of the popular video game franchise Borderlands currently in production, Lionsgate has announced yet more casting news. According to Deadline, Borderlands has rounded out its cast by adding Gina Gershon as Moxxi, Cheyenne Jackson as Jakobs, Charles Babalola as Hammerlock, Benjamin Byron Davis as Marcus, Steven Boyer as Scooter, Ryann Redmond as Ellie, and […]
Has Showgirls actually become kind of good?
Tom Jolliffe takes a look back at Showgirls, once universally derided and considered one of the worst films ever… but is it actually misunderstood? Upon its release in 1995, Paul Verhoeven’s trashy spectacular, Showgirls was obliterated by critics. It was a lavish, Vegas set tale with plenty of excess dismissed as vacuous, grimy and seedy. […]