Rabid, 2019. Directed by The Soska Sisters. Starring Laura Vandervoort, Greg Bryk, Stephen McHattie, Ted Atherton. SYNOPSIS: Rose is a quiet, demure, unassuming woman in her looks and actions. Her dream is to become a famous designer in the fashion world, but a terrible accident leaves Rose scarred beyond recognition. She seeks out a radical […]
Movie Review – Rabid (2019)
Rabid, 2019. Directed by Jen and Sylvia Soska. Starring Laura Vandervoort, Ben Hollingsworth, Hanneke Talbot, Mackenzie Gray, Ted Atherton, Phil “CM Punk” Brooks, AJ “AJ Lee” Mendez, Stephen Huszar and Stephen McHattie. SYNOPSIS: A fashion designer develops a thirst for blood when she undergoes experimental stem cell treatment to repair facial injuries sustained in a […]
Arrow Video Frightfest 2019 Review – Come to Daddy
Come to Daddy, 2019. Directed by Ant Timpson. Starring Elijah Wood, Stephen McHattie, Martin Donovan and Michael Smiley. SYNOPSIS: A man in his thirties travels to a remote cabin to reconnect with his estranged father. This year’s Frightfest begins as it means to go on with an intriguingly demented, expectation-shifting blackly comic thriller from first-time […]
First trailer and poster for the Soska Sisters’ Rabid remake
Ahead of its world premiere next month at FrightFest, the first trailer and a poster have debuted for The Soska Sisters’ upcoming remake of David Cronenberg’s classic 1977 horror Rabid which stars Laura Vandervoort, Greg Bryk, Stephen McHattie, Stephen Huszar and Mackenzie Gray; take a look here… “What happens when you realize that to achieve […]
Netflix sets its cast for October Faction TV series
Earlier this month it was announced that Netflix has placed a series order for a TV adaptation of Steve Niles’ comic book series October Faction, and now comes word that the series has set its cast. As per THR, Tamara Taylor (Bones) and J.C. MacKenzie (Murder One) have signed on to portray the globetrotting monster hunter […]
Second Opinion – Born to Be Blue (2015)
Born to Be Blue, 2015. Directed by Robert Budreau. Starring Ethan Hawke, Carmen Ejogo, Callum Keith Rennie and Stephen McHattie. SYNOPSIS: A liberal interpretation of a key period in Chet Baker’s life after he’s beaten within an inch of his life, forcing him to re-learn his embouchure while struggling to control his addiction to heroin. There’s […]
Movie Review – Born to Be Blue (2015)
Born to Be Blue, 2015. Directed by Robert Budreau. Starring Ethan Hawke, Carmen Ejogo, Callum Keith Rennie and Stephen McHattie. SYNOPSIS: The career of jazz musician Chet Baker (Ethan Hawke) looks to be over. He’s addicted to cocaine and a savage beating makes playing the trumpet almost impossible. But he’s determined to get back to the top. […]
Movie Review – Pay the Ghost (2015)
Pay the Ghost, 2015. Directed by Uli Edel. Starring Nicolas Cage, Sarah Wayne Callies, Jack Fulton, Lyriq Bent, Lauren Beatty, Stephen McHattie and Veronica Ferres. SYNOPSIS: A professor frantically searches for his son who was abducted during a Halloween parade. At first glance, a film starring Nicolas Cage titled Pay the Ghost screams absurdity too […]