Netflix’s Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story, the second season of Ryan Murphy’s true crime anthology series, may be premiering Thursday, but Murphy has already made a major announcement for the third season. Yesterday Netflix held a special event for Monsters season two, showing its audience the premiere episode, and with the series’ cast on stage […]
Japan Is Winning Cinema Right Now
Several great Japanese movies have come out in the past year, adding to a recent golden period, so is Japan making the best of the best right now? Cinema around the world is all about cycles. You’ll see peaks and troughs where a nation is producing stellar work followed by a period of creative lull […]
Movie Review – Monster (2023)
Monster, 2023. Directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda Starring Sakura Ando, Eita Nagayama, Soya Kurokawa, Hinata Hiiragi, Mitsuki Takahata, Akihiro Kakuta, Shidô Nakamura, and Yûko Tanaka SYNOPSIS: When her young son Minato starts to behave strangely, his mother feels that there is something wrong. Discovering that a teacher is responsible, she storms into the school demanding to […]
Hirokazu Kore-Eda’s critically acclaimed Monster gets a UK poster and trailer from Picturehouse
Picturehouse Entertainment has released the U.K trailer for Broker and Shoplifters director Hirokazu Kore-Eda’s latest, Monster, which won the Queer Award and Best Screenplay Award at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival and was given the highest marks possible in our own ★★★★★ review (which you can read here). With an unforgettable score from the late Oscar-winning composer Ryuichi Sakamoto, […]
Movie Review – Monster (2023)
Monster, 2023. Directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda. Starring Sakura Ando, Eita Nagayama, Soya Kurokawa, Hinata Hiiragi, Yuko Tanaka, Mitsuki Takahata, Akihiro Kakuta, and Shido Nakamura. SYNOPSIS: A mother demands answers from teacher when her son begins acting strangely. Sure to leave one questioning what they are getting themselves into in the best possible way, Soya Kurokawa’s […]
Hirokazu Kore-eda’s Monster gets an international trailer, poster and release date
Well Go USA Entertainment has dropped an international trailer announcing the release of Broker and Shoplifters director Hirokazu Kore-Eda’s latest, Monster, which won the Best Screenplay award at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival and was awarded the highest marks possible in our own ★★★★★ review (which you can read here). With a stunning score from […]
Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story casts titular brothers
Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story, the follow-up to The Jeffrey Dahmer Story, has found its titular monsters. Deadline broke the news that Ryan Murphy and Netflix have decided on who will play the infamous Menendez Brothers. The series has cast Cooper Koch and Nicholas Alexander Chavez in the roles; Deadline notes Koch will […]
Netflix renews Monster for another season: which infamous case will they tackle?
Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story came in like a wrecking ball and took over the fall streaming season. It’s a record-breaking series, with domination on charts all over the place. Monster was the number one show on the Nielsen chart for three straight weeks, while Netflix touted the series as the second most […]
Movie Review – Monster (2021)
Monster, 2021. Directed by Anthony Mandler. Starring Kelvin Harrison Jr., Jeffrey Wright, Jennifer Hudson, Jennifer Ehle, Tim Blake Nelson, John David Washington, A$AP Rocky, Lovie Simone, Nas, Jharrel Jerome, Mikey Madison, Paul Ben-Victor, Dorian Missick, Jeremy Dash, Liam Obergfoll, Rege Lewis, Nyleek Moore, Joel Van Liew, Danny Henriquez, Adriana DeGirolami, Jonny Coyne, Roberto Lopez, Amanda […]
First trailer for Netflix’s Monster offers up a harrowing fight for innocence
Kelvin Harrison Jr. and Jennifer Hudson headline what looks to be a powerhouse film in Monster‘s first trailer, offering up a harrowing look at one teen’s fight for innocence. The story follows a 17-year-old honor student (Harrison) from Harlem whose world comes crashing down around him when he is charged with felony murder. Anthony Mandler […]
