On The Pick of the Flicks Podcast, a different guest drops in every week to chat about their favourite film. This week, film critic Sarah Cartland reveals her love for Keanu Reeves actioner John Wick… On this week’s episode of The Pick of the Flicks Podcast, film critic Sarah Cartland discusses the 2014 action thriller […]
Eerie new trailer for The Lighthouse starring Willem Dafoe and Robert Pattinson
Ahead of its release next month, a new trailer and poster have arrived online for writer-director Robert Eggers’ nautical horror The Lighthouse which tells the tale of two lighthouse keepers – played by Willem Dafoe and Robert Pattinson – on a remote island in the 1890s; take a look here… SEE ALSO: First reactions to The […]
Edward Norton’s Motherless Brooklyn gets a first trailer
Warner Bros. has debuted the first trailer for the upcoming big screen adaptation of Jonathan Lethem’s novel Motherless Brooklyn. The crime drama is written and directed by Edward Norton who also stars in the film alongside an ensemble cast that includes Bruce Willis, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Bobby Cannavale, Cherry Jones, Michael Kenneth Williams, Leslie Mann, Ethan […]
Movie Review – Opus Zero (2017)
Opus Zero, 2017. Written and Directed by Daniel Graham. Starring Willem Dafoe, Andrés Almeida, and Cassandra Ciangherotti. SYNOPSIS: After missing his father’s funeral, Paul (Willem Dafoe) visits the Mexican village where he lived while continuing to work on an unfinished symphony. Opus Zero is a movie stuck on the cusp. As much leeway as your […]
Guillermo del Toro looks to enlist star-studded cast for Nightmare Alley
Variety is reporting that Cate Blanchett is in talks to join Bradley Cooper in the cast of Nightmare Alley, the next movie from The Shape of Water director Guillermo del Toro. Based on the William Lindsay Gresham novel of the same name, which was previously adapted for the big screen back in 1947, Nightmare Alley […]
First trailer for The Lighthouse starring Willem Dafoe and Robert Pattinson
A24 Films has debuted the first trailer for for director Robert Eggers’ (The Witch) upcoming nautical horror The Lighthouse starring Willem Dafoe and Robert Pattinson; take a look here… SEE ALSO: Modern Horror Directors You Should Be Watching SEE ALSO: First reactions to The Witch director’s “sadistic” and “terrifying” new film The Lighthouse From Robert […]
Blu-ray Review – Mississippi Burning (1988)
Mississippi Burning, 1988. Directed by Alan Parker. Starring: Gene Hackman, Willem Dafoe, Frances McDormand, Brad Dourif, R. Lee Ermey, and Michael Rooker. SYNOPSIS: Nominated for seven Oscars, including its director and two cast members, Mississippi Burning settled for just one trophy. That’s about to be expected for a movie that’s good but not great. This new […]
First reactions to The Witch director’s “sadistic” and “terrifying” new film The Lighthouse
Robert Pattinson’s performance has been praised in first reactions to The Witch director’s “terrifying” new film The Lighthouse. Robert Eggers, the director of the horror film The Witch, has received some glowing reactions from critics at Cannes to his new film The Lighthouse starring Willem Dafoe and Robert Pattinson. The film tells the tale of […]
Movie Review – Vox Lux (2018)
Vox Lux, 2018. Directed by Brady Corbet. Starring Natalie Portman, Raffey Cassidy, Jude Law, Stacy Martin, Jennifer Ehle and Willem Dafoe. SYNOPSIS: After surviving a school shooting, a young woman is blasted into the murky world of musical fame. Films about emerging musicians are all the rage right now, with A Star is Born one […]
Jumping the Shark on a Nuked Fridge: How Aquaman dials up the crazy to whole new levels
Tom Jolliffe looks at Aquaman, and how it dials up the crazy to whole new levels… Some films are ridiculous. Of those, some are self aware of the sheer lunacy of their concept. Some are not aware of their own ridiculousness. The self aware films can often be a little too self-aware, and then feel […]