Month: October 2019

Red Dwarf is coming back for a feature-length special By Poppy-Jay Palmer 18-10-19 2,118 Red Dwarf is back! Almost. There’s a feature-length special on the way in 2020, and it will be filled with all your favourite smegheads. Returning for the special are Craig Charles as Lister, Chris Barrie as Rimmer, Danny John-Jules as the Cat
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“I could have picked an easier project for sure, but I’m really glad that I didn’t!” laughs director Michael Dougherty. “I mean, there’s a lot of different adjectives that I could use! Overwhelming, exhausting, challenging obviously, but ultimately very rewarding. It was definitely the most difficult thing that I’ve ever done or put myself through.”
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Paul Dano is officially playing The Riddler in The Batman By Poppy-Jay Palmer 18-10-19 4,807 After all the talk, Jonah Hill (Superbad) definitely won’t be playing the Riddler in Matt Reeves’ The Batman. Instead, that famous villainous role is going to the brilliant Paul Dano. Dano will be joining a cast made up of Robert Pattinson
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Aardman Studios have always been into their sci-fi – Wallace and Gromit’s first outing took them to the moon for A Grand Day Out, there’s the Terminator homage in A Close Shave, not to mention that pesky Were-Rabbit. In their next film, though, Aardman are bringing us aliens for the first time. The follow-up to
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Here’s our review of The Addams Family, the gothic fam’s first feature-length animated adventure By Abigail Chandler 17-10-19 7,613 Released: 25 October Director: Greg Tiernan, Conrad Vernon Cast: Oscar Isaac, Charlize Theron, Chloë Grace Moretz, Finn Wolfhard Distributor: Universal If you like this, try… The Addams Family (1991) This film is likely to give you
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Iron Fist’s Jessica Henwick has joined The Matrix 4 in a lead role By Poppy-Jay Palmer 17-10-19 144 The Matrix 4 casting news just won’t quit, with the latest addition to the ensemble being Jessica Henwick. According to Deadline, she is in talks for a lead role in the film. The news comes shortly after casting
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A Haitian girls’ boarding school is riddled with weirdness in this new trailer for Zombi Child By Poppy-Jay Palmer 16-10-19 2,453 It’s anyone’s guess what’s going on in this new trailer for Bertrand Bonello’s folklore flick Zombi Child, fresh from the BFI London Film Festival and coming to Mubi on 18 October:  Here’s the film’s synopsis:
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Zoe Kravitz has been cast as Catwoman opposite Robert Pattinson in The Batman By Poppy-Jay Palmer 15-10-19 2,418 In a particularly juicy piece of casting news, The Wrap brings word this week at Matt Reeves’ upcoming film The Batman has cast Zoe Kravitz as Catwoman. Kravitz is known for her roles in films like X-Men: First Class, The Divergent
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This new poster of The Grudge reboot is gross By Poppy-Jay Palmer 11-10-19 1,922 If, like us, you totally forgot about the existence of the reboot of The Grudge for a moment, this new poster for the film is here to remind you that it’s still definitely happening. Perhaps the presence of a poster means there’s also
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Mirrah Foulkes reimagines the infamous seaside puppets in her intoxicating Judy & Punch By Katherine McLaughlin 11-10-19 3,066 Released: 15 November 2019 Director: Mirrah Foulkes Cast: Mia Wasikowska, Damon Herriman, Benedict Hardie Distributor: Picturehouse Entertainment If you like this, try… The Company Of Wolves Angela Carter and Neil Jordan’s fantasy horror is startling and ripe
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Two brothers attempt to save their warlock dad in this new trailer for Pixar’s Onward By Poppy-Jay Palmer 10-10-19 313  Onward is directed by Dan Scanlon, written by Scanlon and CS Anderson, and produced by Kori Rae. It features the voices of Tom Holland, Chris Pratt, Julie Louis-Dreyfus and Octavia Spencer. Here’s the film’s synopsis:
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A new trailer for Netflix’s upcoming post-apocalyptic coming-of-age series Daybreak has arrived, and honestly it looks a lot better than the first one. Check it out now: Here’s the synopsis for the series: High school isn’t the end of the world… until it is. In this post-apocalyptic, genre-bending series, the city of Glendale, California is populated by marauding
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On the run up to the release of Godzilla: King Of The Monsters — out on DVD, Blu-ray, 3D Blu-ray, and 4K Ultra HD on October 14, and available for digital download now — we have an exclusive behind-the-scenes video to share, which gives a better look at the one and only Mothra and considers why she will always be the queen of the monsters…  Following
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Here’s our review of the final film in Fabrice du Welz’s Ardennes based trilogy, Adoration By Katherine McLaughlin 08-10-19 733 Released: TBC Director: Fabrice du Welz Cast: Laurent Lucas, Benoît Poelvoorde, Martha Canga Antonio Distributor: TBC Director Fabrice du Welz concludes his Ardennes based trilogy, following Calvaire and Alleluia, with a nightmarish fairy-tale that recalls
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Jayro Bustamante’s La Llorona is one of the most powerful depictions of the legend in film By Katherine McLaughlin 08-10-19 2,036 Released: TBC Director: Jayro Bustamante Cast: María Mercedes Coroy, Sabrina De La Hoz, Margarita Kenéfic Distributor: TBC If you like this, try… Atlantics Mati Diop’s haunting debut feature gives a powerful voice to those
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