Female role models at home or in the media are hugely important to young women for someone to look up to or aspire to be like. Director Haifaa Al-Mansour stands out herself as a shining example. She was the first woman to direct a feature film in her home country of Saudi Arabia in 2012,
Month: July 2018
Everyone is in grave danger in this eerie new TV spot for The Meg By Poppy-Jay Palmer 06-07-18 901 You can read the synopsis for The Meg here: Jason Statham (Spy, Furious 7, The Expendables films) and award-winning Chinese actress Li Bingbing (Transformers: Age of Extinction, Forbidden Kingdom, The Message) star in the science fiction action thriller The Meg, directed by Jon
With the third film in the lucrative horror franchise ending on the election of a Hillary Clinton-esque figure promising to cancel the Purge — the annual 12 hours of lawlessness in America where all crime is legal — the series could only look backwards. This prequel answers many of the questions that such an insane
The Royal Albert Hall has just announced that the brilliant Hans Zimmer will be the next composer to join the BAFTA Conversations with Screen Composers series. The special ‘in conversation’ event will see Zimmer take to the stage at the Hall’s 150-capacity Elgar Room for an intimate chat about his career scoring films like Interstellar, the Dark Knight trilogy,
No man will stop this exclusive new trailer for epic fantasy Of Gods And Warriors By Poppy-Jay Palmer 04-07-18 943 If you need a break from real life and are craving a bit of epic fantasy, check out this fun new trailer for Of Gods And Warriors, in cinemas 19 July. Read the full synopsis for
A perfect murder doesn’t go according to plan in psychosexual two-hander Piercing By Josh Slater-Williams 04-07-18 1 Released: TBC Certificate: TBC Director: Nicolas Pesce Writer: Nicolas Pesce Cast: Christopher Abbott, Mia Wasikowska, Laia Costa, Maria Dizzia, Olivia Bond, Wendell Pierce Distributor: Vertigo Releasing If you like this, try… Audition Takashi Miike’s rug-pull thriller is probably
Matthew Holness’ debut feature Possum is a dark and dangerously unpredictable horror By Josh Slater-Williams 04-07-18 8,838 Released: TBC Certificate: TBC Director: Matthew Holness Writer: Matthew Holness Cast: Sean Harris, Alun Armstrong If you like this, try… The Babadook Jennifer Kent’s tale of trauma, also a debut feature, shares a picture book motif with Possum.
The government doesn’t care in this new behind-the-scenes featurette for The First Purge By Poppy-Jay Palmer 04-07-18 103 You can read the synopsis for The First Purge here: Behind every tradition lies a revolution. Next Independence Day, witness the rise of our country’s 12 hours of annual lawlessness. Welcome to the movement that began as a
Check out these striking new character posters for The Gifted Season 2 By Poppy-Jay Palmer 04-07-18 12,673 A batch of new The Gifted character posters have landed ahead of Season 2. Check them out in the gallery above. The Gifted follows a family forced to go on the run when they discover the children have mutant abilities, and join
This new poster for Hulu’s Castle Rock is gorgeous By Poppy-Jay Palmer 04-07-18 919 Click here to see full size. We love a good art poster, and this new one for Castle Rock ticks all the right boxes. Now we’re just waiting on a UK broadcaster… You can read the full synopsis for the series here:
Win a bundle of The Secret Of Marrowbone merchandise with our latest competition By Poppy-Jay Palmer 03-07-18 817 To celebrate the cinema release of The Secret Of Marrowbone on Friday 13 July, we’re giving away 10 bundles of creepy themed goodies. Get your hands on your own spooky bundle, which includes: A t-shirt A torch
Those specs, the voice, that stare – for a generation of children in the UK, there was nothing quite as scary in the afternoons as The Demon Headmaster. First appearing in the children’s book of the same name by Gillian Cross in 1982, the character is now indelibly linked with the CBBC TV series which
I love my truck. It’s a 2002 Ford Explorer Sport Trac that I got new and immediately dubbed Mister Joe Fixit after my favorite incarnation of the Incredible Hulk (because it’s ill-tempered, slightly underpowered, but mean looking and always gets the job done). I know I won’t be able to keep him on the road
To celebrate the release of I Kill Giants, win a copy on DVD with our competition By Poppy-Jay Palmer 02-07-18 1,545 To celebrate the release of Anders Walter’s wonderful fantasy I Kill Giants on DVD, we’re giving away a few copies of the film. For a chance to win one, answer the question at the bottom