Clemency. 2019 Written and Directed by Chinonye Chukwu Starring Alfre Woodard, Wendell Pierce, Aldis Hodge, Richard Schiff, Danielle Brooks, LaMonica Garrett, Michael O’Neill, Vernee Watson-Johnson, Dennis Haskins, and Richard Gunn SYNOPSIS: Years of carrying out death row executions have taken a toll on prison warden Bernadine Williams. As she prepares to execute another inmate, Bernadine […]
Movie Review – Burning Cane (2019)
Burning Cane, 2019. Written and Directed by Phillip Youmans. Starring Wendell Pierce, Karen Kaia Livers, Dominique McClellan, Braelyn Kelly, Emyri Crutchfield, and Erika Woods. SYNOPSIS: Amongst the cane fields of rural Louisiana, an aging mother struggles between her religious convictions and the love of her son. It’s been said countless times already, but the weight […]
2019 BFI London Film Festival Review – Burning Cane
Burning Cane, 2019. Directed by Phillip Youmans. Starring Wendell Pierce, Karen Kaia Livers, and Dominique McClellan. SYNOPSIS: Amongst the cane fields of rural Louisiana, an aging mother struggles between her religious convictions and the love of her son. Phillip Youmans delivers one of the most precocious feature debuts in recent memory with Burning Cane, a film […]
Alfre Woodard stars in trailer for Sundance hit Clemency
Neon has released a new poster and trailer for the Sundance hit Clemency. Written and directed by Chinonye Chukwu, the drama stars Alfre Woodard as a prison warden, who after years of carrying out death row executions, decides to confront the psychological and emotional demons her job creates. Featuring in the cast alongside Woodard are […]
Red band trailer for Piercing starring Christopher Abbott and Mia Wasikowska
Ahead of its theatrical and VOD release this February, a new red band trailer has arrived online for director Nicolas Pesce’s psycho sexual thriller Piercing which stars Christopher Abbott, Laia Costa, Mia Wasikowska, Marin Ireland, and Wendell Pierce; watch it here… Reed (Christopher Abbott) is going on a business trip. He kisses his wife and infant […]
Christopher Abbott, Mia Wasikowska and Laia Costa star in trailer for psycho sexual thriller Piercing
Universal has released the first poster and trailer for the upcoming psycho-sexual thriller Piercing. Directed by Nicolas Pesce, the film stars Christopher Abbott, Laia Costa, Mia Wasikowska, Marin Ireland, and Wendell Pierce; take a look below… Reed (Christopher Abbott) is going on a business trip. He kisses his wife and infant son goodbye, but in lieu […]
Amazon releases first trailer for Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan
After several teasers, Amazon has revealed the first Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan trailer and poster for the upcoming small screen adaptation of the Tom Clancy novels which stars John Krasinski in the lead role as the titular CIA analyst alongside Wendell Pierce and Abbie Cornish; check it out below… When CIA analyst Jack Ryan stumbles upon a suspicious […]
Movie Review – The Runner (2015)
The Runner, 2015. Written and Directed Austin Stark. Starring Nicolas Cage, Sarah Paulson, Connie Nielsen, Peter Fonda, Wendell Pierce and Bryan Batt. SYNOPSIS: In the aftermath of the 2010 BP oil spill, an idealistic but flawed politician is forced to confront his dysfunctional life after his career is destroyed in a sex scandal. Whether they […]
Second Opinion – The Gift (2015)
The Gift, 2015. Written and Directed by Joel Edgerton. Starring Jason Bateman, Rebecca Hall, Joel Edgerton, David Denham, Busy Philipps, Alison Tolman, Katie Aselton, Beau Knapp and Wendell Pierce. SYNOPSIS: A young married couple’s lives are thrown into a harrowing tailspin when an acquaintance from the husband’s past brings mysterious gifts and a horrifying secret […]
Movie Review – The Gift (2015)
The Gift, 2015. Written and Directed by Joel Edgerton. Starring Jason Bateman, Rebecca Hall, Joel Edgerton, David Denham, Busy Philipps, Alison Tolman, Katie Aselton, Beau Knapp and Wendell Pierce SYNOPSIS: A young married couple’s lives are thrown into a harrowing tailspin when an acquaintance from the husband’s past brings mysterious gifts and a horrifying secret […]