Tom Jolliffe looks at the importance of archiving seminal films, and giving new life to forgotten classics and cult titles…. Cinema history is etched with key figures. Mould breakers, revolutionaries, and visionaries. Fritz Lang, leading the German expressionist era. Orson Welles breaking tradition and Hollywood protocols. Maybe Brando thundering an arrow through the conventions of […]
Movie Review – The Sisters Brothers (2018)
The Sisters Brothers, 2018. Directed by Jacques Audiard. Starring John C. Reilly, Joaquin Phoenix, Jake Gyllenhaal, Riz Ahmed, Rebecca Root, Allison Tolman, Carol Kane, and Rutger Hauer. SYNOPSIS: In 1850s Oregon, a gold prospector is chased by the infamous duo of assassins, the Sisters brothers. Opening up with a scene of the infamous assassins known […]
Vampire thriller Corbin Nash gets a trailer and poster
Ahead of its US release next month, a poster and trailer have debuted for the upcoming vampire thriller Corbin Nash. Directed by Ben Jagger, the film stars Dean S. Jagger, Fernanda Romero, Malcolm McDowell, Corey Feldman, Rutger Hauer, and Bruce Davison; check them out here… Set in a bloodthirsty Los Angeles, one rogue detective’s (Dean S. […]
Rutger Hauer isn’t a fan of Blade Runner 2049
Despite receiving a great deal of critical acclaim, Denis Villeneuve’s Blade Runner 2049 certainly has its detractors – not least its own producer (and director of the 1982 original) Ridley Scott, who stated back in December that the sci-fi sequel was “fucking way too long”. Now it seems we can add another Blade Runner alum […]
New trailer for biblical action drama Samson
Following yesterday’s poster, a new trailer has arrived online for the upcoming biblical action drama Samson. Directed by Bruce Macdonald and Gabriel Sabloff, the film stars Taylor James in the titular role alongside Jackson Rathbone, Rutger Hauer, Billy Zane, Lindsay Wagner, and Caitlin Leahy; watch it here… SAMSON, empowered by God with supernatural strength, endangers his destiny with […]
First poster and trailer for Journey to China starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jackie Chan
The first international trailer and poster have arrived online for director Oleg Stepchenko’s rather bizarre looking fantasy adventure sequel Journey to China which stars Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jackie Chan, Rutger Hauer, Charles Dance, Jason Flemyng, and Yuri Kolokolnikov; check them out below… The English traveler Jonathan Green receives from Peter the Great an order to map the Russian Far […]
Trailer for action thriller 24 Hours to Live starring Ethan Hawke
Ahead of its world premiere at the Austin Film Festival, a trailer has arrived online for 24 Hours to Live, the upcoming action thriller from the producers of John Wick. Directed by Brian Smrz, the film stars Ethan Hawke, Xu Qing, Liam Cunningham, Rutger Hauer, and Paul Anderson; watch it below… “Travis Conrad (Ethan Hawke) […]
October Horrors 2017 Day 3 – The Hitcher (1986)
The Hitcher, 1986. Directed by Robert Harmon. Starring Rutger Hauer, C Thomas Howell, Jennifer Jason Leigh, and Jeffrey DeMunn. SYNOPSIS: Jim is delivering a car from Chicago to San Diego when he stops to pick up a hitchhiker named John Ryder who quickly reveals himself as a serial killer who kills anyone foolish enough to […]
Movie Review – Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (2017)
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets, 2017 Written and Directed by Luc Besson Starring Dane DeHaan, Cara Delevingne, Clive Owen, Rihanna, Ethan Hawke, Herbie Hancock, Kris Wu, Rutger Hauer, Sam Spruell, Alain Chabat, Elizabeth Debicki, and John Goodman SYNOPSIS: A dark force threatens Alpha, a vast metropolis and home to species from a […]
Trailer and poster for WWII thriller Beyond Valkyrie: Dawn of the Fourth Reich
Sony Pictures has released a poster and trailer for director Claudio Fäh’s upcoming World War II thriller Beyond Valkyrie: Dawn of the Fourth Reich which stars Sean Patrick Flannery, Tom Sizemore, Stephen Lang, Rutger Hauer and Kip Pardue; take a look below… American soldiers go behind enemy lines in the fall of 1944 to help protect a […]