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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Nicolas Winding Refn to produce remake of What Have You Done to Solange?
Nicolas Winding Refn has already added two remakes to his upcoming slate this month in Maniac Cop and The Witchfinder General, and now we have a third, with Deadline reporting that the Danish filmmaker is set to produce a new version of Massimo Dallamano’s 1972 giallo What Have You Done to Solange?. The Los Angeles-set […]
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 […]
Movie Review – The Neon Demon (2016)
The Neon Demon 2016 Directed by Nicolas Winding Refn Starring Elle Fanning, Karl Glusman, Jena Malone, Abbey Lee, Bella Heathcoate, Desmond Harrington, Christina Hendricks, 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 […]
Movie Review – The Neon Demon (2016)
The Neon Demon, 2016. Directed by Nicolas Winding-Refn. Starring Elle Fanning, Jena Malone, Bella Heathcote, Desmond Harrington, Alessandro Nivola, Christina Hendricks, Abbey Lee 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 […]
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, […]
