As we get closer to the Super Bowl and the onslaught of movie ads that come with it, Hulu has released their Super Bowl spot for the upcoming Stephen King and J.J. Abrams series Castle Rock. The series stars André Holland (Moonlight), Melanie Lynskey (Togetherness) , Sissy Spacek (Carrie), Bill Skarsgård (It), Jane Levy (Suburgatory), Scott […]
Blu-ray Review – Carrie (1976)
Carrie, 1976. Directed by Brian De Palma. Starring Sissy Spacek, Nancy Allen, John Travolta, William Katt, Piper Laurie, Amy Irving, P.J. Soles, and Betty Buckley. SYNOPSIS: A shy teenage girl with a domineering religious mother unleashes hell with her telekinetic powers against all those who have wronged her. On the back of their excellent release […]
October Horrors 2017 Day 15 – Carrie (1976)
Carrie, 1976. Directed by Brian De Palma. Starring Sissy Spacek, Piper Laurie, Nancy Allen, William Katt, Amy Irving and John Travolta. SYNOPSIS: Carrie White is a shy teenager who endures a daily ritual of bullying from her classmates who torment her mercilessly at school, while also being subjective to repeated abuse from her religious fanatic […]
Remembering Carrie, the best Stephen King adaptation
Henry Bevan on Carrie… The camera glides through the girls’ locker room. The girls are in various states of undress; steam from the shower creates a dreamlike quality, shrouding the scene, fogging up the lens. The camera pushes in on Carrie (Sissy Spacek) as she rubs herself with soap. It focuses on various parts of […]
Jane Levy and Sissy Spacek join Stephen King’s Castle Rock series
Last month Hulu’s Castle Rock got its first cast member with Moonilight’s Andre Holland, and now we have to more additions in Jane Levy (Suburgatory, Evil Dead) and Sissy Spacek, who starred in the title role of Carrie, the first Stephen King novel to be adapted to film. Levy will play Jackie, the “death-obsessed, self-appointed historian of Castle Rock” while […]
Blu-ray Review – 3 Women (1977)
3 Women, 1977. Directed by Robert Altman Starring: Shelley Duvall, Sissy Spacek, Janice Rule, Robert Fortier, Ruth Nelson, John Cromwell and Craig Richard Nelson. SYNOPSIS: An awkward adolescent begins work at a spa in the Californian desert. The shy and reserved young woman becomes overly attached to her more confident co-worker and eventual room-mate. 3 […]
Bloodline Season 1 Episode 2 Review
Gary McCurry reviews the second episode of Bloodline… We’ve all heard the saying “blood is thicker than water.” Here, episode 2 brings with it two events that could disprove the theory. These moments will likely change life within and out-with the family. Unlike the first episode, spoilers will be in effect here. Following on from […]
Bloodline Season 1 Episode 1 Review
Gary McCurry reviews the first episode of Bloodline… Changing his mind, Danny Rayburn (Ben Mendelsohn) takes the speech in his hand and places it back in the pocket from which it came. “To the Rayburn’s!” he shouts. His audience at the annual gathering held in the picturesque family-owned getaway in Florida breathe a silent sigh […]
UK trailer for new Netflix series Bloodline
A trailer has been released for the new Netflix Original Series Bloodline, which stars Kyle Chandler, Ben Mendelsohn, Linda Cardellini, Sam Shepard and Sissy Spacek. Check it out below after the official synopsis… On March 20th, Netflix audiences around the world will meet the Rayburns, a contemporary American family who are hard-working pillars of their […]