A trailer, poster and images have arrived online for As We Know It, the upcoming zombie comedy from director Josh Monkarsh. Set in 90s L.A., the film centres on James, a writer struggling with writers block and a recent break up, when a zombie outbreak hits and he spends the apocalypse barricaded in his home […]
Movie Review – Pet Sematary: Bloodlines (2023)
Pet Sematary: Bloodlines, 2023. Directed by Lindsey Anderson Beer. Starring Jackson White, Forrest Goodluck, Jack Mulhern, Henry Thomas, Natalie Alyn Lind, Isabella LaBlanc, Pam Grier, David Duchovny, Samantha Mathis, Glen Gould, Vincent Leclerc, Karl Graboshas, Jude Beny, Auden Larratt, John W. Lawson, Elliot Miville-Deschênes, and Aron Benali. SYNOPSIS: In 1969, a young Jud Crandall has […]
Video Review – Pet Sematary: Bloodlines offers the franchise a much-needed reinvention
EJ Moreno reviews Pet Sematary: Bloodlines… We revisit Ludlow’s infamous haunted burial ground as Pet Sematary returns with a new prequel film. Pet Sematary: Bloodlines looks to reinvent the iconic Stephen King tale with a fresh new perspective from director Lindsey Anderson Beer. The first-time director makes a worthy entry into the pantheon of movies […]
Pet Sematary: Bloodlines trailer explores the origins of Stephen King’s classic horror
Ever wondered what made those creepy cats or catatonic kids return from the dead in Stephen King’s Pet Sematary? You’re about to find out thanks to Pet Sematary: Bloodlines, the Paramount+ prequel film that will explore the origins of that haunted burial place. Pet Sematary: Bloodlines is the debut directorial effort from screenwriter Lindsey Beer […]
A Triple Hit of Vintage Pam Grier
Tom Jolliffe looks back on three of Pam Grier’s iconic Blaxploitation era films, Foxy Brown, Coffy and The Big Bird Cage… Remember the theme song for The Spy Who Loved Me? Nobody does it better… Well, when it comes to being the undisputed Queen of Blaxploitation cinema, really, nobody did it better than Pam Grier. […]
4K Ultra HD Review – Escape From L.A. (1996)
Escape From L.A., 1996. Directed by John Carpenter. Starring Kurt Russell, Stacy Keach, Steve Buscemi, Peter Fonda, Georges Corraface, Cliff Robertson, and Pam Grier. SYNOPSIS: Escape From L.A. makes its 4K debut in an edition that’s lacking an accompanying Blu-ray, although there is a code for a digital copy. Unfortunately, the film’s trailer is the […]
Film icon Pam Grier joins the upcoming Pet Sematary prequel
From Jackie Brown to fighting the supernatural, Pam Grier has done it all. Now, she’ll tackle one of Stephen King’s most iconic stories in a new Pet Sematary prequel. Variety reports that Grier will join the cast, including Jackson White as a young Jud Crandall, Forrest Goodluck, Jack Mulhern, Natalie Alyn Lind, and Isabella Star […]
The 1970s – The Best Era In Cinema History?
Tom Jolliffe on the 1970s and why it is the best era in cinema history… There will always be a great deal of debate about the best era for cinema. For my two cents I’ll say with a great deal of assurance that the best period in cinema history was the 1970’s. There was most […]
Trailer for Poms starring Diane Keaton, Jackie Weaver and Pam Grier
STX Films has released a poster and trailer for the upcoming comedy Poms. Directed by Zara Hayes, it stars Diane Keaton who starts a cheerleading squad with the residents of a retirement community, joining Keaton in the cast are Jacki Weaver, Pam Grier, Rhea Perlman, Celia Weston, Phyllis Somerville, Charli Tahan, Alisha Boe, and Bruce McGill; take […]
The Female Action Hero
Tom Jolliffe on female action heroes… With the impending UK release of Atomic Blonde, it now seems a good time to consider the female action hero. You may think this ‘phenomena’ only stretches back to around the time Sigourney Weaver donned a mecha-suit, but it goes back further. There has certainly been a significant rise […]