Considering the number of filmmakers claiming their adoration for the cinema of Claire Denis, and especially for her 1999 masterpiece Beau Travail, it is surprising to see so few films take inspiration from the French director’s work. With its video game aesthetic and heavy artillery imagery — and the relatively little attention it received from
Month: September 2018
A mega-haul of Venom goodies have suddenly appeared to get us properly pumped for the film’s release next week. Firstly, there’s a batch of new images, which you can check out in the gallery above. Secondly, here’s the very to-the-point official synopsis: One of Marvel’s most enigmatic, complex and badass characters comes to the big screen, starring
A family comes together in a new poster for DC’s Titans By Poppy-Jay Palmer 28-09-18 3,190 Click here to see full size. The Titans cast is made up of Brenton Thwaites as Dick Grayson/Robin, Anna Diop as Starfire, Teagan Croft as Raven, Ryan Potter as Beast Boy, Alan Ritchson as Hawk, Minka Kelly as Dove and Lindsey Gort
The new poster for Amazon’s The Boys TV series is uncanny By Poppy-Jay Palmer 28-09-18 4,410 Amazon Prime Video’s upcoming TV adaptation of The Boys is really going for it. Here’s the show’s first poster: And here’s the cover of the graphic novel: Uncanny, right? Our hopes for a fantastic series to go with it are
It’s competition time! Win a signed poster for zombie horror Redcon-1 By Poppy-Jay Palmer 27-09-18 683 To celebrate the release of the new British horror thriller Redcon-1, out in UK cinemas from 28th September 2018, we are giving away 3x quad posters signed by the cast. For a chance to win, answer the question at
It’s been a long wait but the first trailer for X-Men: Dark Phoenix has arrived, and it looks like the cast’s hype about an intense psychological drama were not being too misleading… “In DARK PHOENIX, the X-MEN face their most formidable and powerful foe: one of their own, Jean Grey. During a rescue mission
Win a copy of Halloween in 4K Ultra HD with our competition By Poppy-Jay Palmer 26-09-18 1,186 Celebrate the 40th Anniversary of Halloween with a new Ultra HD release of the classic movie… Experience the horror in 4K Ultra HD for the first time! New 4K Ultra HD Release with exclusive artcards is available from 1 October 2018. In honour
Zoe Kazan has a lot to deal with in the terrifying trailer for horror The Monster By Poppy-Jay Palmer 26-09-18 4 Read the synopsis for The Monster here: Calling time on life with her volatile, alcoholic mother, neglected youngster Lizzie is en route to start a new life with her estranged father when a car
These new location posters for Suspiria will leave you feeling cold By Poppy-Jay Palmer 26-09-18 2,663 You can read the synopsis for Suspiria here: Suspiria is set in 1977 Berlin and follows a young American woman who joins a prestigious dance company. She arrives just as one of the members mysteriously disappears. As her stock in the company
Win horror House Of Salem on DVD with our competition By Poppy-Jay Palmer 26-09-18 8,890 To celebrate the DVD release of horror House Of Salem we have 2 copies of the film to give away. For your chance to win, simply answer the question at the bottom of the page. Read the synopsis for House Of Salem here: Prepare
A final trailer for Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes Of Grindelwald has been released, along with a brand new batch of characters posters (which you can see in the gallery above). Check it out: “Warner Bros. Pictures’ Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald is the second of five all new adventures in J.K. Rowling’s Wizarding World™. At the end
It’s the Mutant Underground vs the Inner Circle in this new trailer for The Gifted Season 2 By Poppy-Jay Palmer 25-09-18 2,146 The Gifted follows a family forced to go on the run when they discover the children have mutant abilities, and join an underground community of mutants who have to fight in order to
Mike Flanagan’s next project, Doctor Sleep, has added another actor to the cast. According to Deadline, Revenge star Emily Alyn Lind has joined the film as Snakebite Andi, a member of the “nomadic psychic groups who feed off the ‘steam’ of children gifted with ‘the Shining’.” The film is of course based on Stephen King’s The Shining sequel of the
Read the synopsis for Bumblebee here: On the run in the year 1987, Bumblebee finds refuge in a junkyard in a small Californian beach town. Charlie (Hailee Steinfeld), on the cusp of turning 18 and trying to find her place in the world, discovers Bumblebee, battle-scarred and broken. When Charlie revives him, she quickly learns this
DC Universe has found its lead for Geoff Johns’ new Stargirl series. Brec Bassinger, best known for starring in Bella And The Bulldogs, is set to take on the title role. In a statement, Johns said: “There is no other character in comic books more special to me than Stargirl, and after searching far and wide I can
Eli Roth’s Death Wish follow-up is a kid-friendly horror starring Jack Black and Cate Blanchett By Elena Lazic 21-09-18 2,094 Released: 21 September 2018 Certificate: 12A Director: Eli Roth Writer: Eric Kripke Cast: Jack Black, Cate Blanchett, Lorenza Izzo, Owen Vaccaro, Kyle MacLachlan Distributor: Entertainment One If you like this, try… A Monster Calls Also
Things are getting serious with HBO’s Watchmen: the TV adaptation of the graphic novel series has just had Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross sign up to compose the music. The duo are of course most famous for their work with American industrial rock band Nine Inch Nails. But they also have previous experience with soundtracks,
The first trailer for Amazon Prime Video’s horror anthology Lore Season 2 has crept in with a preview of six brand new, totally true scary stories. Check it out here: The streaming service has also released some episode details, which include two stories that haven’t previously featured on the podcast the series was based on.
A new trailer for Doctor Who Series 11 has materialised and it’s pretty great: Announced directors for Series 11 include Sallie Aprahamian (Extremely Dangerous, The Sins), Jamie Childs (the director behind Jodie Whitaker’s casting reveal), Jennifer Perrott (award-winning short film The Ravens), and Mark Tonderai (a director with a whole load of genre experience, including episodes of Lucifer, Gotham, Black Lightning and Nightflyers,
Arrow deals with an impersonator in this new trailer for Season 7 By Poppy-Jay Palmer 20-09-18 405 Read the plot synopsis for Arrow Season 7 here: There has been no shortage of close calls for Oliver Queen when it comes to protecting his Super Hero identity, but in the season six finale, he was finally backed
As studios line up their streaming services, we should expect some pretty hefty announcements as they try to get our eyeballs away from Netflix and Amazon. And everything else. If Variety‘s report is to be believed, Disney has got some pretty big plans. They report that the house of mouse is in “early stages” of
The first track from John Carpenter’s Halloween score is here and it’s perfect By Jonathan Hatfull 19-09-18 3,276 Halloween is fast approaching and, just in case you’d forgotten that John Carpenter himself is working on the score, Sacred Bones Records has released the first track: The Shape Returns… Carpenter composed the score with Cody
Mike Flanagan’s Netflix series of Shirley Jackson’s classic The Haunting Of Hill House is one of our most highly anticipated horror events of the year and the first proper trailer is…well, it’s brilliant. Very creepy, very dark, and goddammit, we cannot wait for this. Flanagan (Oculus, Gerald’s Game, Hush) created and directed the series, which
The network’s description of Charmed is as follows: This fierce, funny, feminist reboot of the original series centres on three sisters in a college town who discover they are witches. Between vanquishing supernatural demons, tearing down the patriarchy, and maintaining familial bonds, a witch’s work is never done. The core cast is made up of Melonie Diaz
The first trailer for Captain Marvel has landed! This is NOT a drill! And here’s a matching poster: Captain Marvel is set to revolve around Brie Larson’s superhero Carol Danvers, an Air Force pilot who finds herself with superpowers after a freak accident that causes her DNA to fuse with that of an alien. The film will be set
Sarah Waters’ chiller is an interesting change of pace for Lenny Abrahamson, coming off the deeply moving Room and the uproarious Frank. However, his gripping 2012 drama What Richard Did proved he’s more than capable of mining the icy dark dysfunction and tragedy at the heart of this 1948-set gothic, which is cannily adapted by
Zombieland 2 was confirmed back in July and since then the occasional rumour has sprung up about shooting dates and so forth (and one particularly mad one about how it had already been shot in secret), but now that director Ruben Fleischer is almost all done with Venom, it sounds like work is finally underway.
Bert’s chalk drawings get a nod with this new poster for Mary Poppins Returns By Poppy-Jay Palmer 18-09-18 446 Click here to see full size. The new poster for Mary Poppins Returns takes the film back to where it all began, with Bert’s pavement chalk drawings. The film will be set in Depression-era London and follow now-grown
A new set of pictures have been released for Netflix’s Chilling Adventures Of Sabrina series, and they give us a bit more info about the Greendale locals… “SABRINA SPELLMAN (Kiernan Shipka) An empowered young woman, half-human, half-witch, Sabrina is just beginning her dark education as a sorceress, even as she tries to maintain a normal
Check out this batch of spooky new images from Halloween By Poppy-Jay Palmer 17-09-18 251 If you thought you couldn’t possibly be any more excited for the new Halloween film, think again, and check out some brand new stills in the gallery above. Halloween is directed David Gordon Green from a screenplay by Green and Danny McBride.