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 the […]
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 of […]
DVD Review – The Neon Demon (2016)
The Neon Demon, 2016. Directed by Nicolas Winding Refn. Starring Elle Fanning, Christina Hendricks, Keanu Reeves, Jena Malone, Karl Glusman and Desmond Harrington. SYNOPSIS: A naïve but ambitious young model moves to L.A. and is immediately ‘consumed’ by her jealous rivals who will stop at nothing to break her down. Nicolas Winding Refn is a […]
8 killer cues from Cliff Martinez’s The Neon Demon soundtrack
Sean Wilson takes a closer look at the latest captivating collaboration between director Nicolas Winding Refn and composer Cliff Martinez… Filmmaker Nicolas Winding Refn doesn’t court controversy and outrage so much as revel in it, and his latest hallucinatory nightmare The Neon Demon is no exception. A surrealistic and increasingly shocking tale of the fashion […]
Movie Review – The Neon Demon (2016)
The Neon Demon, 2016.Directed by Nicolas Winding Refn. Starring Elle Fanning, Jena Malone, Bella Heathcote, Abbey Lee, Karl Glusman, Alessandro Nivola, Christina Hendricks, Desmond Harrington and Keanu Reeves.SYNOPSIS:When aspiring model Jesse moves to Los Angeles, her youth and vitality are devoured by a group of beauty-obsessed women who will take any means necessary to get […]
Nicolas Winding Refn would like to direct a Batgirl movie
It looks like Nicolas Winding Refn is keen to go from female-led horror to female-led superheroes, with The Neon Demon director revealing to Business Insider that he’d like to direct a Batgirl movie. “God, I would love to make [a superhero movie], it would probably be great fun,” said Refn. “I just don’t know when […]
Movie Review – The Neon Demon (2016)
The Neon Demon 2016Directed by Nicolas Winding Refn Starring Elle Fanning, Karl Glusman, Jena Malone, Abbey Lee, Bella Heathcoate, Desmond Harrington, Christina Hendricks, and Keanu ReevesSYNOPSIS:When aspiring model Jesse moves to Los Angeles, her youth and vitality are devoured by a group of beauty-obsessed women who will take any means necessary to get what she […]
No Film Should Be Banned. Ever.
Samuel Brace on banning films…Sorry snowflakes, but it’s true.Passion of the Christ, A Clockwork Orange, Last Tango in Paris, Deadpool, Hostel, Mad Max, The Da Vinci Code. These are all films that a nation has banned. Banned because of violence, blasphemy, pornographic images etc and so on. These films, and films like them, have been […]
