Cinema

Click here to see full size. You can read the synopsis for Deadpool 2 here: After surviving a near fatal bovine attack, a disfigured cafeteria chef (Wade Wilson) struggles to fulfill his dream of becoming Mayberry’s hottest bartender while also learning to cope with his lost sense of taste. Searching to regain his spice for life, as
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The remake of Stephen King’s Pet Sematary snags the great John Lithgow By Jonathan Hatfull 04-05-18 72 Some “oh damn, that’s perfect” casting news: the Pet Sematary remake has cast the most excellent John Lithgow as Jud Crandall. EW reports that the star of everything from The Adventures Of Buckaroo Banzai Across The 8th Dimension
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Jim Hickcox’s lo-fi, low-art monsterfest Soft Matter defies easy categorisation, while reflecting upon its own impermanence By Anton Bitel 04-05-18 1,919 Released: 22 May 2018 (US VOD) Certificate: Unrated Director: Jim Hickcox Writer: Jim Hickcox Cast: Ruby Lee Dove II, Hal Schneider, Mary Anzalone, Devyn Placide, Mark Blumberg, Catherine Grady, David Dillard, Sam Stinson, Mykal
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The Strangers are back and as vicious as ever in Johannes Roberts’ throwback sequel By Jonathan Hatfull 04-05-18 3 Released: 4 May 2018 Certificate: 15 Director: Johannes Roberts Writer: Bryan Bertino, Ben Ketai Cast: Christina Hendricks, Bailee Madison, Martin Henderson, Lewis Pullman, Emma Bellomy Distributor: Vertigo Films If you like this, try… You’re Next Sharni
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From the Tribeca Film Festival, here’s our review of pitch-black horror The Dark By Anton Bitel 03-05-18 339 Released: TBA Certificate: TBC Director: Justin P Lange Writer: Justin P Lange Cast: Nadia Alexander, Toby Nichols, Karl Markovics, Margarete Tiesel, Sarah Murphy-Dyson, Scott Beaudin, Dylan Trowbridge, Chris Farquhar Distributor: TBA If you like this, try… The
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The first film from Studio Ponoc is beautiful to look at, but is there substance as well as style? By Nadia Attia 03-05-18 6,369 Released: 4 May 2018 Certificate: PG Director: Hiromasa Yonebayashi Writer: Hiromasa Yonebayashi, Riko Sakaguchi Cast: Ruby Barnhill, Louis Ashbourne Serkis, Jim Broadbent, Kate Winslet Distributor: Altitude If you like this, try…
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Disney’s Maleficent 2 could not have cast a more perfect actor for its fantastical world: according to Variety, the great Michelle Pfeiffer is currently in talks for a role in the sequel. She’s set to play the queen, but not much else is known about her potential character. When talks end, Pfeiffer will be joining returning
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Chimera dramatises the ethical conundrums faced by independent scientist Quint (Henry Ian Cusick) as he races to save his children from the genetic condition to which his comatose wife has succumbed. It is currently gathering awards at festivals (including Best Picture and Best Cinematography at the Boston International Film Festival and Best Sci-Fi Feature at
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Click here to see full size. Not much (if anything) is given away in the first poster for Luca Guadagnino’s remake of Dario Argento’s Suspiria, but it’s still quite striking. You can read the synopsis for the new film here: Suspiria is set in 1977 Berlin and follows a young American woman who joins a prestigious dance
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 Read the synopsis for Kin here: KIN, a pulse-pounding crime thriller with a sci-fi twist, is the story of an unexpected hero destined for greatness. Chased by a vengeful criminal (James Franco) and a gang of otherworldly soldiers,​ a recently released ex-con (Jack Reynor) and his adopted teenage brother (Myles Truitt) are forced to
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Studios are moving ahead with any Stephen King property they can get their hands on following the titanic success of Warner Bros’ IT, and an under-appreciated 1979 novel is the latest to be picked up. THR reports that James Vanderbilt (Zodiac, Independence Day: Resurgence, White House Down) has written an adaptation of King’s The Long
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We’ve been operating under the assumption that Bad Robot’s WWII-set sci-fi/horror movie Overlord was a Cloverfield movie for ages now, essentially because it’s Bad Robot and it’s sci-fi, and if anything screams “Cloverfield” it’s that. However, JJ Abrams has stated that the film, directed by Julius Avery and starring Jovan Adepo, Wyatt Russell, Jacob Anderson,
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Click here to see full size. You can read the synopsis for Deadpool 2 here: After surviving a near fatal bovine attack, a disfigured cafeteria chef (Wade Wilson) struggles to fulfill his dream of becoming Mayberry’s hottest bartender while also learning to cope with his lost sense of taste. Searching to regain his spice for life, as
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With just a few days to go until the release of Avengers: Infinity War, the film is hitting the last minute promotional material hard and fast. For example, check out these wonderful new posters (which join together to make one big one) by illustrator Matt Ferguson. Avengers: Infinity War stars Anthony Mackie (Falcon), Benedict Cumberbatch (Doctor Strange),
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The movie based on the Tom Clancy videogame The Division already had our attention thanks to Jessica Chastain and Jake Gyllenhaal signing on to star. Now, there’s more exciting news: it’s finally found a director. Variety reports that John Wick co-director David Leitch has signed on to direct the Ubisoft game adaptation, which “is set
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Though we already got a look at her in The Conjuring 2, this new teaser image for The Nun is still enough to make the hairs on the back of your neck stand on end. The film will be The Conjuring‘s second spin-off film after Annabelle. The Nun is being directed by Corin Hardy (The Hallow) and produced by New Line. The script
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When you’re having car trouble and you’ve got a baby in the back seat, the last thing you want is a zombie attack… Check out this tense new clip from Netflix zombie drama Cargo.  You can read the synopsis for Cargo here: In a desperate bid to outrun a violent pandemic, Andy and Kay have holed up
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