Stars: Danielle Harris, Kane Hodder, Zach Galligan, Caroline Williams, Parry Shen, Derek Mears, Rileah Vanderbilt, Sean Whalen, Jason Trost | Written by Adam Green | Directed by BJ McDonnell The final(?) film in the trilogy, Hatchet III loses the series’ director, Adam Green, replacing him with BJ McDonnell, who has previously carved out a career […]
3rd July Just a short(ish) installment this week, as this really should have gone out last week but circumstances conspired against us (i.e. someone gave me a copy of The Last of Us which exacerbated my natural procrastinatory tendencies). So prepare for a haphazard but mercifully brief rundown of what last week in comics looked […]
Unlimited funds have allowed Diana (McCarthy) to live it up on the outskirts of Miami, where the queen of retail buys whatever strikes her fancy. There’s only one glitch: The ID she’s using to finance these sprees reads “Sandy Bigelow Patterson”…. and it belongs to an accounts rep (Bateman) who lives halfway across the U.S. […]
Stars: Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Paddy Considine, Eddie Marsan, Martin Freeman, Rosamund Pike | Written by Edgar Wright, Simon Pegg | Directed by Edgar Wright When was the last time you went to the cinema and properly and frequently belly-laughed your way through a film? Having sat through the relatively mirthless Hangover Part III, This is the […]
Stars: Nicolás Martínez, Eli Roth, Ariel Levy, Lorenza Izzo, Natasha Yarovenko, Andrea Osvárt | Written by Nicolás López, Guillermo Amoedo | Directed by Nicolás López Horror fanboy turned writer/director Eli Roth (Hostel) returns to the screen both behind and in-front of the camera, as co-writer and star of Aftershock. Billed as a horror movie, the film […]
He’s Back – and this time he means business! It’s been a while, but the wait is over. Hugh Jackman’s return as Wolverine is imminent in the sequel to the member of the X-Men’s first solo outing. The script, created by Hollywood heavy weights Mark Bomback and Christopher McQuarrie (of The Usual Suspects‘ fame), was […]
Showing at this years Film4 Frightfest, Curse of Chucky looks set to bring the evil ginger doll back where he belongs – as a truly terrifying horror icon! He’s back! From the filmmakers that brought you Chucky comes the terrifying return of the pint-sized doll possessed by the spirit of a notorious serial killer. When […]
Unlimited funds have allowed Diana (McCarthy) to live it up on the outskirts of Miami, where the queen of retail buys whatever strikes her fancy. There’s only one glitch: The ID she’s using to finance these sprees reads “Sandy Bigelow Patterson”…. and it belongs to an accounts rep (Bateman) who lives halfway across the U.S. […]
Stars: Charlie Hunnam, Idris Elba, Rinko Kikuchi, Diego Klattenhoff, Charlie Day, Max Martini, Burn Gorman, Robert Kazinsky, Ron Perlman | Written by Guillermo del Toro, Travis Beacham | Directed by Guillermo del Toro What I like to do when I write a review of a film, is think of at least one half decent pun […]
Originally released back in 2004, Painkiller was a first person shooter for the PC which was light on story and heavy on blasting hell spawn. Painkiller: Hell & Damnation remakes the 2004 release (and adds content from add-on pack Battle Out of Hell) with a shiny Unreal 3 engine and some extra story content to allow the remake to also […]
Stars: Juno Temple, Emily Browning , Michael Cera, Catalina Sandino Moreno, Agustín Silva | Written and Directed by Sebastian Silva Review by Andrew MacArthur of The Peoples Movies Sebastian Silva’s Magic Magic is perhaps one of the more enigmatic features of this year’s Edinburgh International Film Festival, so enigmatic in fact, that many viewers may be left rather […]
Stars: Jamie Blackley, Toby Regbo, Jaime Winstone, Joanne Froggatt, Liz White, Mark Womack | Written by Mike Walden | Directed by Andrew Douglas Review by Andrew MacArthur of The Peoples Movies Viewers may initially be taken aback when seeing the credits of upcoming British feature uwantme2killhim? What appears as a low-key thriller actually has some big […]
Stars: James Fox, Brenda Fricker, Natalie Dormer, Paul Nicholls | Written and Directed by Virginia Gilbert Review by Andrew MacArthur of Cinehouse Virginia Gilbert directs A Long Way from Home, a graceful dramatic feature based on her own short story of the same. Gilbert provides us with a rich palette of fascinating characters and breathtaking locations in […]
Stars: Channing Tatum, Jamie Foxx, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Jason Clarke, Richard Jenkins, Joey King, James Woods | Written by James Vanderbilt | Directed by Roland Emmerich Once there was Tombstone and Wyatt Earp, then there was Armageddon and Deep Impact, and last year we had the dueling Snow White films with Mirror Mirror and Snow White and the Huntsmen. It is the mirror movie […]
Stars: Amy Joyce Hastings, Luke de Lacey, Kate Braithwaite, Tom Sawyer, Jodie Jameson | Written and Directed by Sean Hogan, Simon Rumley, Andrew Parkinson The anthology has a rich history in British film, from TV dramas such as Armchair Theatre and Hammer’s House of Horror to the classic Amicus anthologies such as Tales From the […]
Debra Messing was in attendance Saturday night to celebrate the premiere of the film Butterflies of Bill Baker. Messing was joined by VH1 Gossip Table personality Delaina Dixon, and more, as well as the stars of the film, Will Chase, Sterling Jerins, Zuzanna Szadkowski, and Polly Lee. The film’s producer Reema Dutt and director Sania Jhankar attended as […]
Stars: Rebel Wilson, Chris Colfer, Dermot Mulroney, Scott Bailey, Allison Janney, Frank Noel | Written by Chris Colfer | Directed by Brian Dannelly Review by Andrew MacArthur of The Peoples Movies Glee’s Chris Colfer makes the jump from television to cinema with Struck By Lightning, which he adapts from his own book Struck By Lightning: The Carson Phillips […]
Water Tree Media have released the full length trailer for the much anticipated teen slasher film Ditch Day Massacre, which stars horror icon Bill Oberst Jr. (Children of Sorrow, Scary or Die, Abraham Lincoln vs. Zombies) and Lynn Lowry (Cat People, The Crazies). The film also stars ambitious up and coming talents Katy Foley (Disdain), […]
Mimoco have released an awesome limited edition (1,000 units) Chewbacca Mimobot that features a disassembled C-3PO on his back! It’s available for pre-order on Mimoco’s site now, and can be picked up at Mimoco’s booths in the Toy Grower section (#5338) and in the Star Wars Pavilion (#2913M) on July 17-21 at San Diego Comic-Con […]
