A few days back, it looked like Rogue One: A Star Wars Story was in a bit of trouble. Director Gareth Edward’s prequel that sets up the events for the first Star Wars film and details how the Death Star plans were stolen by a ragtag group of misfits and space-Donnie Yen had left parent company Disney unhappy. The first …
A large chunk of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story will need to be reshot to get that Star Wars feel. Around 40% of it to be sort of exact.
Mississippi Grind might not be the greatest movie you will ever watch and the story won’t blow you away, but it is captivating though, thanks to some strong performances by its leads. Gerry (Ben Mendelsohn) is a down-on-his-luck gambler that owes a lot of cash to a lot of people but he just can’t stay away from the tables. It’s at …
I went into watching Black Sea with a blank slate, not knowing too much about the movie and by the time I stopped watching, I was left wondering why this movie hadn’t been getting more attention. Black Sea is a well-made, atmospheric thriller that keeps you hooked from beginning to end and is truly well worth watching. The movie follows …
This week sees a return to form for both Johnny Depp (yay!) and Ryan Reynolds (double yay!), a quirky indie teen movie about friendships and cancer, a terrible teen movie about making it big on Youtube, a likewise terrible independent animated feature and another South African movie I know nothing about. Black Mass In 1970s South Boston, FBI Agent John …
It was Disney’s D23 Expo this weekend past, and while most Star Wars fans already knew not to expect huge revelations for Star Wars: The Force Awakens thanks to last week’s epic revelations, JJ Abrams’ upcoming flick is of course not the only Star Wars film in development. In this case, during the Star Wars portion of Disney’s “Worlds, Galaxies, …
We’ve had two separate looks at Ryan Gosling’s directing debut, the dark fantasy Lost River, before now, and both of them featured incredible actors we love, arresting visuals and an incredible soundtrack. But what didn’t feature was sense – as in these previews really didn’t make any. Hell, the first teaser trailer was basically just Matt Smith yelling at you …
The last time Michael Fassbender was involved in a western, it was the supernatural comic book adaptation Jonah Hex. But since we – and probably everybody who actually acted in Jonah Hex – spend most days trying our best to forget that that movie even exists, we’re just going to go ahead and say that the Oscar-nominated actor is now …
Nashville is a city powered by raw emotion, relentless ambition, and the constant hum …
A spooky European village. Properly scary castle mania. Vampires. Werewolves! The only thing more frightening, is a glimpse at your empty bank account when it comes to deciding whether or not you can grab Resident Evil Village this month. Capcom's successor to its long-running survival-horror franchise is finally out, and if you've read our review then you know the game is a winner on multiple levels.
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