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. […]
Trailer for Cagefighter: Worlds Collide starring Jon Moxley and Alex Montagnani
Ahead of its one-night only streaming premiere on FITE this May, Anamorphic Media and Trilight Entertainment have released a trailer for Cagefighter: Worlds Collide which is written and directed by Jesse Quinones (Calloused Hands) and sees MMA fighter Alex Montagnani and AEW wrestler Jon Moxley starring alongside Gina Gershon, Chuck Liddell, Jay Reso and Luke […]
WWE/MMA drama Cagefighter casts Michael Jai White, Gina Gershon and more
According to Screen Daily, writer-director Jesse Quinones (Calloused Hands) has enlisted Michael Jai White (Arrow), Gina Gershon (Blockers), Josh Herdman (Robin Hood), Michelle Ryan (Cockneys vs Zombies) and Jason Maza (Welcome to the Punch) for his new film Cagefighter. The film will see Herdman playing mixed martial arts champion Reiss, who suffers an unexpected loss […]
