The Carpenter’s Son, 2025. Written and Directed by Lotfy Nathan. Starring Nicolas Cage, Noah Jupe, FKA twigs, Isla Johnston, Souheila Yacoub, and Kaiti Manolidaki. SYNOPSIS: A remote village in Roman-era Egypt explodes into spiritual warfare when a carpenter, his wife and their child are targeted by supernatural forces. Inspired by events in the Infancy Gospel […]
4K Ultra HD Review – Dune: Part Two (2024)
Dune: Part Two, 2024. Directed by Denis Villeneuve. Starring Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya, Rebecca Ferguson, Josh Brolin, Austin Butler, Florence Pugh, Dave Bautista, Christopher Walken, Léa Seydoux, Souheila Yacoub, Stellan Skarsgård, Charlotte Rampling, and Javier Bardem. SYNOPSIS: Denis Villeneuve’s eagerly awaited Dune: Part Two arrives on 4K Ultra HD after a successful theatrical run. While Warner […]
The Carpenter’s Son: Nicolas Cage teams with FKA twigs & Noah Jupe for religious horror
Nicolas Cage is unafraid to dive into the world of horror, but his latest project will likely ruffle a few feathers. Deadline reports Cage will star in Egyptian-American director Lotfy Nathan’s The Carpenter’s Son, a horror take on the story of the childhood of Jesus. Reportedly, the filmmaker has taken inspiration from the apocryphal Infancy […]
Movie Review – Dune: Part Two (2024)
Dune: Part Two, 2024. Directed by Denis Villeneuve. Starring Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya, Rebecca Ferguson, Josh Brolin, Austin Butler, Florence Pugh, Dave Bautista, Christopher Walken, Stephen McKinley Henderson, Léa Seydoux, Stellan Skarsgård, Charlotte Rampling, Javier Bardem, Tim Blake Nelson, Souheila Yacoub, Roger Yuan, Babs Olusanmokun, Alison Halstead, Giusi Merli, Joelle, Peter Sztojanov Jr., Gino Salvano, and […]
Movie Review – Dune: Part Two (2024)
Dune: Part Two, 2024. Directed by Denis Villeneuve. Starring Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya, Rebecca Ferguson, Josh Brolin, Austin Butler, Florence Pugh, Dave Bautista, Christopher Walken, Stephen McKinley Henderson, Léa Seydoux, Stellan Skarsgård, Charlotte Rampling, Javier Bardem, Tim Blake Nelson, Souheila Yacoub, Roger Yuan, Babs Olusanmokun, Alison Halstead, Giusi Merli, Joelle, Peter Sztojanov Jr., Gino Salvano, and […]
Dune: Part Two adds Souheila Yacoub to cast
As Dune: Part Two is getting ready to begin production, Deadline reports that the sequel has made another addition to its cast as Swiss actress Souheila Yacoub (A Brighter Tomorrow) has joined the film in the role of the Fremen leader Shishakli. Shishakli is a squad leader of the Fremen’s warriors known as the Fedaykin squad leader […]
Movie Review – Climax (2019)
Climax, 2018. Written and Directed by Gaspar Noe. Starring Sofia Boutella, Kiddy Smile, Romain Guillermic, Souheila Yacoub, Claude Gajan Maude, Giselle Palmer, Taylor Kastle, Thea Carla Schøtt, Sharleen Temple, Lea Vlamos, Alaïa Alsafir, Kendall Mugler, Lakdhar Dridi, Adrien Sissoko, Mamadou Bathily, Alou Sidibé, Ashley Biscette, Mounia Nassangar, Tiphanie Au, Sarah Belala, Alexandre Moreau, Naab, Strauss […]
Movie Review – Climax (2019)
Climax, 2019. Directed by Gaspar Noé. Starring Sofia Boutella, Romain Guillermic, Souheila Yacoub, Kiddy Smile, Claude-Emmanuelle Gajan-Maull, Giselle Palmer, Taylor Kastle, and Thea Carla Schott. SYNOPSIS: French dancers gather in a remote, empty school building to rehearse on a wintry night. The all-night celebration morphs into a hallucinatory nightmare when they learn their sangria is laced with […]
Blu-ray Review – Climax (2018)
Climax, 2018. Directed by Gaspar Noé. Starring Sofia Boutella, Romain Guillermic, Souheila Yacoub, Kiddy Smile, and Sharleen Temple. SYNOPSIS: A group of dancers rehearsing in an empty school building have their drink spiked with LSD, resulting in hellish consequences. ‘Escalation’ is a word that gets used quite a lot in film but there aren’t many […]
The Pseudo-Intellectualism of Gaspar Noé’s Climax
The following is partly a review of Climax and partly an exploration of what makes a film a good piece of cinema… Climax, 2018. Directed by Gaspar Noé. Starring Sofia Boutella, Romain Guillermic, Souheila Yacoub, Kiddy Smile, Giselle Palmer. SYNOPSIS: A young dance troupe rehearse for an upcoming American tour in a dingy school assembly […]
