Tom Jolliffe takes a look at some of cinemas most hated directors… When all is said and done with a film, everything boils down to one thing: The individuals verdict. You’ll love films, you’ll hate them, you’ll be totally indifferent to some. This then rings true of individual aspects in a film, from cast, to […]
John Hillcoat and Nicolas Winding Refn teaming for Witchfinder General remake
Deadline is reporting that John Hillcoat (The Road) is set to direct a remake of the cult 1968 horror Witchfinder General, which is being produced by Nicolas Winding Refn (Drive). The original film, hugely controversial for its time, was directed by Michael Reeves and told a heavily fictionalised account of the the notorious real-life 17th […]
Nicolas Winding Refn’s Too Old to Die Young gets a first trailer
The first trailer has been released for Nicolas Winding Refn’s upcoming Amazon Prime crime thriller series Too Old to Die Young which stars Miles Teller, Wolliam Baldwin, Jena Malone, John Hawkes, Celestino Cornielle, Nell Tiger Free, Alexander Gomez, Callie Hernandez, and Babs Olusanmokun; watch it here… ❤️👁🔻 The trailer has arrived 🔻👁❤️ Too Old To […]
Why the Maniac Cop remake is the film you didn’t know you needed
Tom Jolliffe looks at the long rumoured remake of Maniac Cop… Hands up who’s seen Maniac Cop… Okay, a fair few cult movie enthusiasts of a certain age. Bruce Campbell and Tom Atkins facing off against a vengeful, presumed dead ex-cop, played by the late, most granite jawed actor in history, Robert Z’Dar. It’s pure […]
Who are the contemporary Masters of Cinema?
Anghus Houvouras on the contemporary Masters of Cinema… Sometimes a good movie conversation can lead you to interesting places. Take the discussion around the wildly overpraised Baby Driver; a good movie that’s being called a ‘masterpiece’ (it’s not). During the discussion my friend Simon Columb posted this on Twitter: Edgar Wright ain't no "master". Bloomin' […]
Nicolas Winding Refn’s Maniac Cop reboot is dead
Having spent several years in development, it was reported earlier this year that the Nicolas Winding Refn-produced Maniac Cop was set to finally move forward this summer under director John Hyams (Universal Soldier: Regeneration) from a script by Ed Brubaker (Captain America: The Winter Soldier). However, since then we’ve had no further updates, and it seems […]
Directorial Vision vs Crowd Pleasing
Tom Jolliffe on directorial vision vs crowd pleasing… We’ve all done it in our lives. The crowd leans a certain way and we adhere to that. Maybe it was in school. Oasis vs Blur (yes, I’m old). The consensus is Oasis, so you put Oasis in your tape deck to please everyone. Secretly though you’re […]
Miles Teller joins Nicolas Winding Refn’s Amazon series Too Old To Die Young
Last month it was announced that Nicolas Winding Refn (Drive, ) is writing, directing and producing a crime thriller series for Amazon entitled To Old To Die Young, and now comes word that Whiplash and Bleed for This star Miles Teller has signed on for the lead. “I’m a huge fan of Nic’s work, so […]
Nicolas Winding Refn-produced Maniac Cop remake set to move ahead
It’s been a while since we’ve heard anything about the planned remake of William Lustig’s cult slasher Maniac Cop, but now Variety is reporting that the project is officially moving forward, with financing secured and principal photography set to take place in Los Angeles this summer. Maniac Cop is being directed by John Hyams (Universal […]
Nicolas Winding Refn to direct Amazon series Too Old To Die Young
It was only last month that a report came out regarding Danish director Nicolas Winding Refn’s next feature, but now news has broken that Refn is to work on an entirely different project for Amazon. The man behind Drive and Only God Forgives is set to direct a new a crime thriller in the vein […]