Screen Media Films has released a poster and trailer for director George Gallo’s (Middle Men) upcoming thriller The Ritual Killer. The film follows Detective Boyd (Cole Hauser) as he seeks out the help of anthropologist Professor Mackles (Morgan Freeman) to track down a serial killer who murders his victims according to Muti, a brutal tribal […]
Movie Review – Cryptozoo (2021)
Cryptozoo, 2021. Directed by Dash Shaw and Jane Samborski. Featuring the voice talents of Lake Bell, Michael Cera, Alex Karpovsky, Zoe Kazan, Louisa Krause, Angeliki Papoulia, Thomas Jay Ryan, Peter Stormare, Grace Zabriskie, Emily Davis, Irene Muscara, Owen K. Price, Joce Soubiran, Rajesh Parameswaran, and Ami Patel. SYNOPSIS: Cryptozookeepers try to capture a Baku, a […]
Movie Review – The Obscure Life of the Grand Duke of Corsica (2021)
The Obscure Life of the Grand Duke of Corsica, 2021. Directed by Daniel Graham. Starring Timothy Spall, Peter Stormare, Matt Hookings, Alicia Agneson, Noeleen Comiskey, Lucy Martin, Tim Cullingworth-Hudson and James Mackie. SYNOPSIS: Alfred Rott (Timothy Spall) is an architect of some renown. Curmudgeonly, cantankerous and callously working class, he is retained by the Grand […]
Zack Snyder announces cast for Norse mythology anime Twilight of the Gods
Though Zack Snyder is busy working with zombies in his Army of the Dead franchise, he has just announced the cast for his new Netflix series Twilight of the Gods, an anime series based on Norse mythology from he has developed with Jay Oliva. Starring the the series will be Sylvia Hoeks (Blade Runner 2049), Stuart […]
Fargo Turns 25? You Betcha!
Tom Jolliffe looks back at the Coen Brothers classic Fargo which turns 25… By 1995, the Coen Brothers had become known as creators of quirky cinema, which had an acquired taste. An auspicious low budget debut with Blood Simple was followed with cult favourite, Raising Arizona. Popular gangster film, Miller’s Crossing was well received critically […]
2021 Sundance Film Festival Review – Cryptozoo
Cryptozoo, 2021. Written and directed by Dash Shaw. Starring Lake Bell, Michael Cera, Angeliki Papoulia, Zoe Kazan, Peter Stormare, Grace Zabriskie, Louisa Krause, and Thomas Jay Ryan. SYNOPSIS: Cryptozookeepers try to capture a baku, a dream-eating hybrid creature of legend, and start wondering if they should display these beasts or keep them hidden and unknown. Cryptozoo […]
Songbird – A Romantic Thriller for the Pandemic Era | Video Review
Songbird, 2020. Directed by Adam Mason. Starring KJ Apa, Sofia Carson, Craig Robinson, Bradley Whitford, Peter Stormare, Alexandra Daddario, Paul Walter Hauser, and Demi Moore. While other critics don’t seem to enjoy this, our host EJ Moreno dives into why Songbird doesn’t really offend him. There’s enough in this film to enjoy the ride from […]
Michael Bay-produced pandemic thriller Songbird gets first trailer
STX Films has released the first trailer and poster for the Michael Bay-produced sci-fi thriller Songbird. Directed by Adam Mason, the film centres on a group of people who, fours years into lockdown, are fighting for their survival against the forces of oppression. In the terrifying thriller SONGBIRD, the COVID-23 virus has mutated and the […]
Demi Moore to lead cast of Michael Bay-produced pandemic thriller Songbird
Last month it was announced that Michael Bay is set to produce a pandemic thriller entitled Songbird, and now we have word that Demi Moore (Brave New World) will lead the cast of the film alongside Craig Robinson (Dolemite Is My Name), Paul Walter Hauser (Richard Jewell) and Peter Stormare (John Wick: Chapter 2). In […]
We Ride Together, We Die Together: Reviewing Bad Boys, Bad Boys II, and Bad Boys for Life
Shaun Munro reviews the Bad Boys trilogy… Bad Boys for Life has finally landed in cinemas some 25 years after Michael Bay’s original, comparatively “grounded” buddy cop actioner first hit screens and made its wilfully excessive director an overnight household name. What the Bad Boys franchise has always lacked in finesse and class, it’s stridently attempted […]
