In a similar vein to one of Netflix’s most successful original movies Bird Box, Awake is a global catastrophe movie with a spin. On this occasion the apocalyptic survival is made even more difficult because the Earth’s population can no longer sleep, leading to hallucination, disorientation, and ultimately death. Check out the trailer here… After […]
Zachary Levi and Gina Rodriguez to star in comedy Lost and Found
Deadline has revealed that Zachary Levi (Shazam!) and Gina Rodriguez (Jane The Virgin) are set to star in the comedy adventure Lost and Found from director Steve Pink (Hot Tub Time Machine). Lost and Found follows “a headstrong lawyer and an off-the-grid renegade who reluctantly team up to find a long-lost buried treasure by the Mississippi […]
October Horrors 2020 – Annihilation (2018)
Annihilation, 2018. Directed by Alex Garland. Starring Natalie Portman, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Gina Rodriguez, Tessa Thompson, Tuva Novotny and Oscar Isaac. SYNOPSIS: A group of scientists are sent into a quarantined area to investigate a mysterious force dubbed “The Shimmer” that is mutating all living things within its confines. Alex Garland is, in my view, […]
2020 BFI London Film Festival Review – Kajillionaire
Kajillionaire, 2020. Directed by Miranda July. Starring Evan Rachel Wood, Gina Rodriguez, Richard Jenkins and Debra Winger. SYNOPSIS: A woman’s life is turned upside down when her criminal parents invite an outsider to join them on a major heist they’re planning. Miranda July’s new film is an acquired taste. But, while it’s far from the […]
Movie Review – Kajillionaire (2020)
Kajillionaire, 2020. Written and Directed by Miranda July. Starring Evan Rachel Wood, Gina Rodriguez, Debra Winger, Richard Jenkins, Mark Ivanir, Da’Vine Joy Randolph, Ben Konigsberg, Rachel Redleaf, Patricia Belcher, Diana Maria Riva, and Ian Casselberry. SYNOPSIS: A woman’s life is turned upside down when her criminal parents invite an outsider to join them on a […]
Sundance success Kajillionaire gets first trailer
After making a big splash at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year, the first look at Miranda July’s Kajillionare has arrived with the release of an official trailer. This film marks July’s first feature since 2011’s The Future and quickly became one of the must-see indie films of 2020. Kajillionare features an ensemble cast […]
Movie Review – Scoob! (2020)
Scoob!, 2020. Directed by Tony Cervone. Starring Will Forte, Frank Welker, Mark Wahlberg, Zac Efron, Amanda Seyfried, Gina Rodriguez, Ken Jeong, Jason Isaacs, Kiersey Clemons and Tracy Morgan. SYNOPSIS: The Mystery Inc. gang join forces with a team of superheroes to take down a world-threatening plot by the villainous Dick Dastardly. The sandwich-eating, mystery-solving, speech-butchering […]
Gina Rodriguez to star in sci-fi stoner comedy The Aliens Are Stealing Our Weed
Jane the Virgin star Gina Rodriguez has signed on to produce and star in The Aliens Are Stealing Our Weed, a sci-fi stoner comedy which has been scripted by Ryan Firpo, co-writer on Marvel Studios’ upcoming superhero blockbuster Eternals. As revealed by Variety, the film will follow “Candice (Rodriguez) and Izzy, two hapless pot growers […]
Movie Review – Smallfoot (2018)
Smallfoot, 2018. Directed by Karey Kirkpatrick. Featuring the voice talents of Channing Tatum, James Corden, Zendaya, Common, LeBron James, Danny DeVito, Gina Rodriguez, Yara Shahidi, Ely Henry, Jimmy Tatro, Patricia Heaton, Jack Quaid, Sarah Baker, and Justin Roiland. SYNOPSIS: A Yeti is convinced that the elusive creatures known as “humans” really do exist. For as […]
Trailer for Netflix’s Someone Great starring Gina Rodriguez, Brittany Snow, DeWanda Wise and Lakeith Stanfield
Ahead of its arrival on Netflix next month, the streaming service has released a new trailer and poster for writer-director Jennifer Kaytin Robinson’s upcoming romantic comedy Someone Great which stars Gina Rodriguez as Jenny, who after being dumped by her boyfriend (Lakeith Stanfield), decides to go on one last adventure with her friends (played by […]
