To Live and Die in L.A., 1985. Directed by William Friedkin. Starring William Petersen, Willem Dafoe, John Pankow, Debra Feuer, Dean Stockwell, John Turturro, Robert Downey Sr., Dwier Brown, Michael Greene, Darlanne Fluegel, Steve James. SYNOPSIS: A secret service agent goes out for revenge when his partner is killed but has to resort to criminal […]
Movie Review – Pasolini (2015)
Pasolini, 2015.Directed by Abel Ferrara. Starring Willem Dafoe, Maria de Medeiros, Ninetto Davoli and Riccardo Scamarcio.SYNOPSIS:The final few days of Pasolini’s life, told through dreams and reconstruction.He had plans. The last shot of Abel Ferrara’s Pasolini leaves us in no doubt toward the plans Pier Paolo Pasolini had for the future. On his passport, his profession is simply […]
Second Opinion – John Wick (2014)
John Wick, 2014. Directed by Chad Stahelski. Starring Keanu Reeves, Michael Nyqvist, Alfie Allen, Willem Dafoe, Adrianne Palicki, Bridget Moynahan, Dean Winters, John Leguizamo, Ian McShane and Lance Reddick. SYNOPSIS: A former hitman comes out of retirement hell bent on revenge for the men who took everything from him. After a few dud movies and […]
DVD Review – A Most Wanted Man (2014)
A Most Wanted Man, 2014.Directed by Anton Corbijn. Starring Philip Seymour Hoffman, Rachel McAdams, Willem Dafoe, Daniel Brühl, Robin Wright, Grigoriy Dobrygin, Derya Alabora and Nina Hoss. SYNOPSIS:A Chechen Muslim illegally immigrates to Hamburg, where he gets caught in the international war on terror. With this release Corbijn has once again proven himself to be a […]
61st BFI London Film Festival Review – The Florida Project (2017)
The Florida Project 2017Directed by Sean BakerStarring Bria Vinaite, Brooklynn Prince, Valeria Cotto, Willem Dafoe, Caleb Landry Jones and Macon Blair.SYNOPSIS:In the shadow of Disney World is a motel called The Magic Castle. Among the residents is six year old Moonee, who spends the summer months getting into mischief with her friends. But life isn’t […]
October Horrors 2017 Day 7 – American Psycho (2000)
American Psycho, 2000.Directed by Mary Harron. Starring Christian Bale, Jared Leto, Reese Witherspoon and Willem Dafoe.SYNOPSIS:Patrick Bateman is a wealthy and successful banker living a luxurious life of expensive dinners and coke-fueled nights of clubbing in 1980s New York. Unbeknownst to his friends, Bateman is also a crazed serial killer divulging in the sadistic pleasures […]
Robert Pattinson joins Willem Dafoe for seafaring horror The Lighthouse
Robert Pattinson has lined up yet another interesting indie role, having signed on to join Willem Dafoe in The Lighthouse – a fantasy horror from The Witch director Robert Eggers.Deadline reports Pattinson has joined the project in “a lead role” alongside Dafoe, who was previously announced.Dafoe will play an aging lighthouse keeper, called Old, in […]
Willem Dafoe joins Edward Norton in Motherless Brooklyn
Fresh from his Oscar-nominated turn in The Florida Project, Willem Dafoe has signed on to star alongside Edward Norton in Motherless Brooklyn, Deadline is reporting.Based on Jonathan Lethem’s novel, the film takes place in 1950s New Tork and follows “a Tourette Syndrome affected private eye Lionel Essrog (Norton) witnesses the murder of his only friend […]
Lady Bird lands top prize at New York Film Critics Circle awards
Greta Gerwig’s solo directorial debut Lady Bird continued its awards season hot streak by picking up the top prize at the New York Film Critics Circle (NYFCC) awards ceremony, with star Saoirse Ronan netting the Best Actress award.Ronan can add the NYFCC gong to the Gotham Award she won last week for her role as […]
Everyone is a suspect in Murder on the Orient Express character posters
Ahead of its release next month, a batch of new character posters have arrived online for Kenneth Branagh’s star-studded adaptation of Agatha Christie’s classic mystery novel, Murder on the Orient Express featuring Branagh, Olivia Colman, Penelope Cruz, Sergei Polunin, Daisy Ridley, Derek Jacobi, Johnny Depp, Josh Gad, Tom Bateman, Willem Dafoe, Judi Dench, Leslie Odom Jr., Lucy […]
