Just over 20 years ago, Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings trilogy captured the pop culture zeitgeist and became a cultural phenomena only a few franchises have been able to match. It was a filmmaking experience like no other, especially for its cast and crew. At the Fan Expo convention in Toronto, a reunion was […]
4K Ultra HD Review – Middle-Earth Ultimate Collector’s Edition
Middle-Earth Ultimate Collector’s Edition Directed by Peter Jackson. Starring Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Liv Tyler, Viggo Mortensen, Sean Astin, Cate Blanchett, John Rhys-Davies, Christopher Lee, Billy Boyd, Dominic Monaghan, Orlando Bloom, Hugo Weaving, Andy Serkis, Sean Bean, Martin Freeman, Richard Armitage, Benedict Cumberbatch, Evangeline Lilly, Lee Pace, Luke Evans, James Nesbitt, Ken Stott, Stephen Fry, […]
Movie Review – Hero Mode (2021)
Hero Mode, 2021. Directed by A.J. Tesler. Starring Mira Sorvino, Chris Carpenter, Sean Astin, Indiana Massara, Nelson Franklin, Mary Lynn Rajskub, Kimia Behpoornia, Matthew Patrick, Bobby Ler, Creed Bratton, Bret Harrison, Erik Griffin, Monte Markham, Jim O’Heir, Madison Rothschild, Carlease Burke, and Al Madrigal. SYNOPSIS: A teenage coding genius has just 30 days to create […]
Movie Review – Adverse (2020)
Adverse, 2020. Directed Brian A. Metcalf. Starring Thomas Ian Nicholas, Mickey Rourke, Penelope Ann Miller, Lou Diamond Phillips, Sean Astin, Kelly Arjen, Matt Ryan, Andrew Keegan, Luke Edwards, Kate Kurtzman and Brian A. Metcalf. SYNOPSIS: Ethan (Thomas Ian Nicholas) is a taxi driver trying to make ends meet in Los Angeles. His sister Mia falls […]
Trailer for revenge thriller Adverse starring Mickey Rourke, Lou Diamond Phillips and Thomas Nicholas
Lionsgate has released a poster and trailer for writer-director Brian A. Metcalf’s upcoming thriller Adverse which follows a rideshare driver out for revenge when his sister goes missing after falling deep into debt with a sleazy drug dealer; take a look here… Struggling to make ends meet, rideshare driver Ethan (Thomas Nicholas) learns his sister […]
The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit trilogies getting 4K release this December
Middle-earth is about to be seen in a whole new way. Peter Jackson’s groundbreaking The Lord of the Rings trilogy and The Hobbit trilogy will be released on 4K Ultra HD for the first time ever this December. Sean Astin, who played hobbit Samwise Gamgee in Lord of the Rings, made the announcement and said Jackson has been personally remastering […]
Movie Review – Gloria Bell (2018)
Gloria Bell, 2018. Directed by Sebastián Lelio. Starring Julianne Moore, John Turturro, Michael Cera, Caren Pistorius, Holland Taylor, Brad Garrett and Sean Astin. SYNOPSIS: A middle-aged divorcée begins to reclaim her lust for life when she starts a new relationship. The drive to remake foreign language films in English is often a sad one – […]
Movie Review – Dead Ant (2019)
Dead Ant, 2019. Directed by Ron Carlson. Starring Tom Arnold, Sean Astin, Jake Busey, Rhys Coiro, Leisha Hailey, Michael Horse, Sydney Sweeney, and Danny Woodburn. SYNOPSIS: When the 1989 “one-hit-wonder” glam-metal band “Sonic Grave” embark on a trip to Coachella in hopes of a comeback, their peyote trip pit stop in Joshua Tree incites an […]
Netflix taps Melissa Joan Hart and Sean Astin for sitcom No Good Nick
Deadline is reporting that Netflix has given a 20-episode order to No Good Nick, a new multi-camera family sitcom which will be headlined by Melissa Joan Hart (Melissa & Joey) and Sean Astin (Stranger Things). The comedy has been created by David H. Steinberg and Keetgi Kogan (Miss Dial), and will see Hart and Astin […]
The Biggest Oscar Snubs
Henry Bevan on the biggest Oscar snubs… You can never escape the Oscars. Even once the winner has been crowned, publications start talking about the next crop of hopefuls. There have already been vague articles on this already and people are already talking about Black Panther’s chances at becoming the first superhero movie to get […]
