Despite a stellar cast featuring Jodie Comer, Austin Butler, and Tom Hardy, as well as positive buzz from the festival circuit (read our own review here), Disney are reportedly set to park Jeff Nichols’ The Bikeriders on the lot. 20th Century Studios’ The Bikeriders was removed from the Disney release schedule last month, and now […]
2023 BFI London Film Festival Review – The Bikeriders
The Bikeriders, 2023. Written and Directed by Jeff Nichols. Starring Jodie Comer, Austin Butler, Tom Hardy, Mike Faist, Norman Reedus, Michael Shannon, Emory Cohen, Boyd Holbrook, Paul Sparks, and Damon Herriman. SYNOPSIS: The Bikeriders is a furious drama following the rise of a fictional 1960s Midwestern motorcycle club through the lives of its members. Jeff […]
Zendaya-led Challengers pushed back to 2024
Another film has seen a delay caused by the ongoing strike in Hollywood, as Luca Guadagnino’s Challengers, starring Zendaya, will open sometime in 2024. The project will no longer be the Venice Film Festival opener due to promotional complications with the SAG-AFTRA strike. Zendaya, Josh O’Connor, and Mike Faist would not have been able to […]
Zendaya’s tennis star plays a dangerous game of doubles in Challengers trailer
Warner Bros. has released the trailer for Challengers, the latest offering from acclaimed filmmaker Luca Guadagnino (Call Me By Your Name, Bones and All) and starring Euphoria’s Zendaya as a tennis star caught up in a love triangle with fellow pros and rivals Josh O’Connor (The Crown) and Mike Faist (West Side Story); check out […]
Movie Review – Pinball: The Man Who Saved the Game (2023)
Pinball: The Man Who Saved the Game, 2023. Written and Directed by The Bragg Brothers. Starring Mike Faist, Crystal Reed, Dennis Boutsikaris, Kenneth Tigar, Mike Doyle, Damian Young, Bryan Batt, Connor Ratliff, Michael Kostroff, Christopher Convery, Rosa Arredondo, Eric William Morris, Supriya Ganesh, Connor Delves, Jake Regal, and Zac Jaffee. SYNOPSIS: The story of Roger […]
Movie Review – West Side Story (2021)
West Side Story, 2021. Directed by Steven Spielberg. Starring Ansel Elgort, Rachel Zegler, Rita Moreno, Ariana DeBose, David Alvarez, Corey Stoll, Brian d’Arcy James, Josh Andrés Rivera, Mike Faist, Ana Isabelle, Paloma Garcia-Lee, Maddie Ziegler, Andrea Burns, Kyle Allen, Curtiss Cook, Jamie Harris, Iris Menas, Sean Harrison Jones, Patrick Higgins, Julius Anthony Rubio, Ricardo Zayas, […]
Video Review – Steven Spielberg’s West Side Story is a delight, even with its cringe story
EJ Moreno offers up his take on Spielberg’s West Side Story… This holiday season, West Side Story is back in cinemas, and legendary filmmaker Steven Spielberg is tackling the iconic musical. Can his stellar direction overcome the film’s profoundly flawed story? Spielberg sure tries to razzle-dazzle you enough to forget the horrid love story at […]
Movie Review – Wildling (2018)
Wildling, 2018. Directed by Fritz Bohm. Starring Bel Powley, Liv Tyler, Brad Dourif, Collin Kelly-Sordelet, Mike Faist, Troy Ruptash, and James Le Gros. SYNOPSIS: A blossoming teenager uncovers the dark secret behind her traumatic childhood. One thought lingered in my mind (and still hasn’t left) upon watching the uncomfortably inappropriate The Diary of a Teenage Girl: […]
