HBO Max has released the first trailer for its pirate comedy Our Flag Means Death starring Rhys Darby (Flight of the Concords) and Taika Waititi (Free Guy). Watch the trailer below… Our Flag Means Death is loosely based on the true adventures of Stede Bonnet (Rhys Darby), a pampered aristocrat who abandons his life of privilege to […]
Movie Review – Jumanji: The Next Level (2019)
Jumanji: The Next Level, 2019. Directed by Jake Kasdan. Starring Dwayne Johnson, Jack Black, Kevin Hart, Karen Gillan, Nick Jonas, Danny DeVito, Awkwafina, Danny Glover, Rhys Darby, Alex Wolff, Ser’Darius Blain, Madison Iseman, Morgan Turner, Rory McCann, Dania Ramirez, Darin Ferraro, Sal Longobardo, Massi Furlan, Michael Beasley, Colin Hanks, and Ashley Scott. SYNOPSIS: In Jumanji: […]
HBO Max’s pirate comedy Our Flag Means Death adds Rory Kinnear, Kristian Nairn and more
Six actors have joined the crew of HBO Max’s pirate comedy Our Flag Means Death. Starring alongside Rhys Darby and Taika Waititi will be Rory Kinnear (Penny Dreadful), Kristian Narin (Game of Thrones), Nathan Foad (Bloods), Samson Kayo (Truth Seekers), Con O’Neill (The Batman) and Vico Ortiz (Vida) as series regulars. Our Flag Means Death is “loosely based […]
Taika Waititi is Blackbeard in Our Flag Means Death
Oscar-winning Jojo Rabbit director Taika Waititi has been cast as the infamous pirate Blackbeard in HBO Max’s period comedy series Our Flag Means Death. He joins Rhys Darby (Flight of the Conchords) in the series. Our Flag Means Death is “loosely based on the real-life adventures of Stede Bonnet (Darby), a well-to-do gentleman farmer from a […]
Rhys Darby reunites with Taika Waititi for HBO Max’s Our Flag Means Death
Back in September it was announced that HBO Max has ordered a period comedy series entitled Our Flag Means Death from Thor: Ragnarok and Jojo Rabbit director Taika Waititi, and now comes word that Waititi’s regular collaborator Rhys Darby (Flight of the Conchords, What We Do in the Shadows) is set to lead the cast. […]
Movie Review – Guns Akimbo (2020)
Guns Akimbo, 2020 Written and Directed by Jason Lei Howden. Starring Daniel Radcliffe, Samara Weaving, Natasha Liu Bordizzo, Ned Dennehy, Mark Rowley, Hanako Footman, and Rhys Darby. SYNOPSIS: A guy relies on his newly-acquired gladiator skills to save his ex-girlfriend from kidnappers. Guns Akimbo might be the single most awkward reviewing assignment I have taken […]
Daniel Radcliffe and Samara Weaving star in crazy first trailer for Guns Akimbo
Madman Films has debuted the first trailer for the upcoming action comedy Guns Akimbo. Directed by Jason Lei Howden (Deathgasm), the film stars Daniel Radcliffe as a video game developer who must fight for his life after finding himself the target of an illegal real-world deathmatch and its maniacal mastermind; watch it here… Nerdy video […]
Video Review – Jumanji: The Next Level
Jumanji: The Next Level, 2019 Directed by Jake Kasdan. Starring Dwayne Johnson, Jack Black, Kevin Hart, Karen Gillan, Nick Jonas, Danny DeVito, Awkwafina, Danny Glover, Rhys Darby, Alex Wolff, Ser’Darius Blain, Madison Iseman, Morgan Turner, Rory McCann, Dania Ramirez, Darin Ferraro, Sal Longobardo, Massi Furlan, Michael Beasley, Colin Hanks, and Ashley Scott. In this video […]
Dwayne Johnson shares Jumanji 3 cast photo, Rhys Darby confirmed to return
Having started principal photography last month, Dwayne Johnson has now shared the first cast photo from the as-yet-untitled sequel to the 2017 smash hit adventure Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle, which sees Johnson’s Dr. Smolder Bravestone joined by Jack Black’s Professor Sheldon Oberon, Karen Gillan’s Ruby Roundhouse and Kevin Hart’s Franklin “Mouse” Finbar. https://www.instagram.com/p/Bu65bO5BaRX/?utm_source=ig_embed […]
Second Opinion – Hunt for the Wilderpeople (2016)
Hunt for the Wilderpeople, 2016. Directed by Taika Waititi. Starring Sam Neill, Julian Dennison, Rima Te Wiata, Rachel House, Tioreore Ngatai-Melbourne, Oscar Knightley and Rhys Darby. SYNOPSIS: A national manhunt is ordered for a rebellious kid and his foster uncle who go missing in the wild New Zealand bush. Hunt for the Wilderpeople occupies a strange place, that purgatory […]
