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,
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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
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
See some real magic in this new trailer for The House With A Clock In Its Walls By Poppy-Jay Palmer 29-06-18 673 You can read the synopsis for The House With A Clock In Its Walls here: In the tradition of Amblin classics where fantastical events occur in the most unexpected places, Jack Black and two-time
“There are two ideas that are considered American that we grow up with,” Aaron Moorhead tells us. “That we are raised to be kind of anti-authoritarian for the most part, we’re supposed to be, at least. We idolise that, even if a lot of people are followers. But simultaneously there’s the arrogant idea that everyone
Roving cities go to war in a new featurette for Peter Jackson’s Mortal Engines By Jonathan Hatfull 29-06-18 49 A new featurette has arrived for the Peter Jackson-penned fantasy epic Mortal Engines and it’s pretty damn eye-catching. “Thousands of years after civilisation was destroyed by a cataclysmic event, humankind has adapted and a new
Update (29/06/18): Mike Flanagan tweeted that Rebecca Ferguson will be playing Rose The Hat, the film’s terrifying antagonist. Rose 🎩 https://t.co/7aPes36D9E — Mike Flanagan (@flanaganfilm) June 28, 2018 Rose and her band target children with psychic abilities and drain them of their shine, prolonging their lifespan. Original story: Ewan McGregor is no longer Doctor Sleep‘s sole cast
The pool of Scottish film musicals is small but notable – there’s Sunshine On Leith, a jukebox musical of The Proclaimers’ hits; Stuart Murdoch’s God Help The Girl; and culturally insensitive Gene Kelly vehicle Brigadoon. They can step aside for the new baby in the family, and this one’s got some bite. Anna And The
All the Colours of the Dark: Arrow Video FrightFest 2018 Horror comes in many colours and flavours. There’s Universal horror, classical horror, drive-in horror, fleapit horror, mainstream horror, alt horror, trash horror, elevated horror, ‘real horror’ and ‘not really horror’. Horror takes up residence in the castle, the woods, the laboratory, the graveyard, the hospital,
What would you do if you met yourself? What would you think? Would you see the best parts of you, or the worst? In Natasha Kermani’s superb debut Imitation Girl, a mysterious young woman (played by genre favourite Lauren Ashley Carter) arrives in the desert, appearing to discover the earth and humanity for the very
Nic Cage goes hunting for pure evil in the beautiful and bizarre first trailer for Mandy By Jonathan Hatfull 27-06-18 5 We’ve been hearing amazing things about Panos Cosmatos’ Mandy, and the first trailer looks stunning, frankly. Just watch it. It’s really, really good. The film stars Nicolas Cage, Andrea Riseborough, Linus Roache, Bill
Two brothers return to the cult they escaped from as teenagers and find more than they bargained for in The Endless By Jonathan Hatfull 27-06-18 1,892 Released: 29 June 2018 Certificate: 15 Director: Justin Benson, Aaron Moorhead Writer: Justin Benson Cast: Justin Benson, Aaron Moorhead, Callie Hernandez, Tate Ellington, James Jordan Distributor: Arrow Films If
Vivieno Calsinelli’s suicide cult comedy, starring Kate Micucci, Dan Harmon and Taika Waititi, has been hard at the bath salts By Anton Bitel 27-06-18 10 Released: TBA Certificate: TBC Director: Vivieno Caldinelli Writer: Christopher Hewitson, Clayton Hewitson, Justin Jones Cast: Kate Micucci, Sam Huntington, Rhea Seehorn, Dan Harmon, Taika Waititi If you like this, try…
Shane Black’s The Predator gets a bigger, better second trailer By Jonathan Hatfull 26-06-18 265 We cannot wait to see what Shane Black has come up with for his return to the Predator franchise, and a new trailer has arrived with a lot more of the good stuff (we’re not just talking about Sterling K
Genre fiction has many explorations of romantic love between an immortal being and a human protagonist – vampire stories are especially good for it. What’s less common is a focus on familial love between someone who’s fated to live forever, or at least several centuries more than most, and a human who won’t be alive
Joko Anwar radically reimagines a classic of Eighties Indonesian diabolism By Anton Bitel 23-06-18 332 Released: TBA Certificate: TBC Director: Joko Anwar Writer: Joko Anwar Cast: Tara Basro, Bront Palarae, Endy Arfian, Nasar Anuz, Muhammad Adhiyat, Ayu Laksmi, Elly D Luthan Distributor: Rapi Films, CJ Entertainment If you like this, try… Ritual Joko Anwar’s twisty
A family receives sinister orders during a nightmare Christmas in the sharp, twisted Await Further Instructions By Anton Bitel 23-06-18 1,236 Released: TBA Certificate: TBA Director: Johnny Kervorkian Writer: Gavin Williams Cast: Sam Gittins, Neerja Naik, Grant Masters, David Bradley, Abigail Cruttenden, Holly Weston, Kris Saddler Distributor: Goldfinch Studios, Shudder Films If you like this,
Just in case you thought all the IT: Chapter 2 casting excitement had ended with the final Losers’ Club line-up, there’s another name joining the film that’s a bit of an exciting surprise. Deadline reports that Canadian filmmaker and actor Xavier Dolan (Tom At The Farm, Heartbeats, I Killed My Mother) has been cast in
Check out this cool new family poster for Incredibles 2 By Poppy-Jay Palmer 22-06-18 7,531 Click here to see full size. You can read the full synopsis for Incredibles 2 here: Everyone’s favorite family of superheroes is back in Incredibles 2 – but this time Helen (voice of Holly Hunter) is in the spotlight, leaving Bob (voice of Craig
Crime writer and horror aficionado Martyn Waites charts his Top Five folk horror films, as his new book, The Old Religion, set in the dark heart of Cornwall, is published with the Summer Solstice… My Top Five Folk Horror Films by Martyn Waites 5. Kill List Most people in mentioning folk horror cinema delve into
Logan Marshall-Green goes on the rampage in the new trailer for Leigh Whannell’s Upgrade By Jonathan Hatfull 21-06-18 6,874 After getting a very positive reaction from US audiences and critics, Leigh Whannell’s (writer of Insidious and Saw, and director of Insidious: Chapter III) sci-fi revenge movie Upgrade is heading to the UK at the end of August
Hope van Dyne is ready to kick some butts in this new Ant-Man And The Wasp poster By Poppy-Jay Palmer 21-06-18 8,324 Click here to see full size. You can read the plot synopsis for Ant-Man And The Wasp here: From the Marvel Cinematic Universe comes Ant-Man and The Wasp, a new chapter featuring heroes with the astonishing
Following the news that Guillermo del Toro (Pan’s Labyrinth, The Shape Of Water) has dropped out of Warner Bros’ big screen adaptation of Roald Dahl’s The Witches, Robert Zemeckis has now stepped in to take his place. Zemeckis, whose directing credits include all three Back The The Future films, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Death Becomes Her and Forrest Gump, will be directing
Check out this gorgeous new art poster for Ant-Man And The Wasp By Poppy-Jay Palmer 19-06-18 3 Click here to see full size. You can read the plot synopsis for Ant-Man And The Wasp here: From the Marvel Cinematic Universe comes Ant-Man and The Wasp, a new chapter featuring heroes with the astonishing ability to shrink. In the
Captain Marvel has found its composer in Pinar Toprak. Her involvement will mark not only be the first time she has worked for Marvel Studios, but the first time the MCU has worked with a female composer. In a post on social media, Toprak said: “It’s an incredible honour to be a part of the Marvel
This post contains spoilers for last year’s Wonder Woman, so if you haven’t seen it yet, just go and do that first. Production on Patty Jenkins’ Wonder Woman sequel is underway, and to celebrate the director and star Gal Gadot each tweeted a still and seemed to confirm the title: Wonder Woman 1984. Gadot’s brought
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