Hasitha Fernando on the story behind Zack Snyder’s Watchmen as it turns 15… Watchmen was a seminal piece of literature written by Alan Moore and illustrated by Dave Gibbons that received universal acclaim when it was published. Multiple attempts at adapting the complex source material were abandoned until Zack Snyder was hired by Warner Bros. […]
Nicolas Cage stars in trailer for The Retirement Plan
The first trailer has debuted for The Retirement Plan, the upcoming action thriller from writer-director Tim Brown. The film stars Nicolas Cage as Matt, a retired beach bum living in the Cayman Islands who finds himself in a fleeting reunion with his estranged daughter Sarah (Ashley Greene) seeks his help after her entanglement with a […]
Movie Review – Hypnotic (2023)
Hypnotic, 2023. Directed by Robert Rodriguez. Starring Ben Affleck, Alice Braga, William Fichtner, J. D. Pardo, Jeff Fahey, Hala Finley, Dayo Okeniyi, Jackie Earle Haley, Kelly Frye, Melanie Hawkins, Derek Russo, Zane Holtz, Ruben Javier Caballero, Ryan Ryusaki, Sandy Avila, Ionie Olivia Nieves, Corina Calderon, Nikki Dixon, and Bonnie Discepolo. SYNOPSIS: A detective investigates a […]
Ben Affleck searches for his missing daughter in Hypnotic trailer
The first trailer has debuted for Hypnotic, the upcoming thriller from writer-director Robert Rodriguez. The film stars Ben Affleck as Danny Rourke, a detective who finds himself spiraling down a rabbit hole as he investigates a string of reality-bending crimes, while simultaneously searching for his missing daughter with the aid of a gifted psychic (Alice Braga). […]
Movie Review – Devil’s Peak (2023)
Devil’s Peak, 2023. Directed by Ben Young. Starring Billy Bob Thornton, Hopper Penn, Brian d’Arcy James, Jackie Earle Haley, Robin Wright, Emma Booth, Katelyn Nacon, Harrison Gilbertson, David Kallaway, and Stephen Matthew Smith. SYNOPSIS: Set in North Carolina’s Appalachian Mountains, eighteen-year-old Jacob McNeely is torn between appeasing his meth-dealing kingpin father and leaving the mountains […]
Billy Bob Thornton is a ruthless drug lord in Devil’s Peak trailer
Screen Media has released a poster and trailer for director Ben Young’s upcoming crime thriller Devil’s Peak. Based on the novel Where All Light Tends to Go by David Joy, the film follows Jacob (Hopper Penn), a young man who wants to escape the life he is expected to lead and the clutches of his […]
Movie Review – My Father’s Dragon (2022)
My Father’s Dragon, 2022. Directed by Nora Twomey. Featuring the voice talents of Jacob Tremblay, Gaten Matarazzo, Golshifteh Farahani, Dianne Wiest, Rita Moreno, Chris O’Dowd, Judy Greer, Alan Cumming, Yara Shahidi, Jackie Earle Haley, Mary Kay Place, Leighton Meester, Spence Moore II, Adam Brody, Charlyne Yi, Maggie Lincoln, Whoopi Goldberg, and Ian McShane. SYNOPSIS: Elmer […]
Cartoon Saloon’s My Father’s Dragon gets a trailer from Netflix
Netflix has released a poster and trailer for My Father’s Dragon, the upcoming animated adventure inspired by Ruth Stiles Gannett’s children’s book of the same name. Produced by Cartoon Saloon (The Secret of Kells, Wolf Walkers) and directed by Nora Twomey, the film follows the journey of young Elmer Elevator as he runs away from […]
Cartoon Saloon’s My Father’s Dragon flying onto Netflix
Just the mere mention of Cartoon Saloon should be enough to grab your attention. The Academy Award-nominated animation studio behind some of the best films, let alone animated ones, of the last decade have just announced that their next fantastical fable My Father’s Dragon is heading to Netflix, and have released this image to celebrate. […]
Movie Review – No Future (2021)
No Future, 2021. Directed Andrew Irvine and Mark Smoot. Starring Catherine Keener, Charlie Heaton, Rosa Salazar, Jackie Earle Haley, Jefferson White, Austin Amelio, Heather Kafka, and Jason Douglas. SYNOPSIS: After the tragic overdose of his estranged friend, Will, a recovering addict, returns home, where he is reunited with Claire, his friend’s grieving mother. Opening at […]