Here’s the official festival trailer for Travis Taute‘s (Netflix’s Blood & Water) feature debut Indemnity, the South African action thriller set to World Premiere as part of the Fantasia International Film Festival on August 11, 2021. In the film… “An ex-firefighter in Cape Town is forced to fight for his life after being accused of […]
The brand new Ghostbusters: Afterlife trailer arrived this morning and was absolutely dripping with nostalgia. Scattered throughout were nods after nods to the first Ghostbusters, which shouldn’t come as a shock considering the entire story is based around Egon Spenger’s family inheriting his farmhouse/mine that’s bubbling with secrets. This is the Ghostbusters 3 most fans desired […]
De Palma’s sleek conspiracy theory thriller and sleuth slasher film, Blow Out, turns 40 and its message rings in our ears even stronger now. “Just worry about the scream, all right?” It’s a stark truth to understand that everything that you see and hear cannot always be trusted and that cinema is the ultimate expression […]
Even though we’re getting extremely close to August, which is notoriously bad for the box office, I expected a stronger performance from Universal Pictures’ Old, the latest mind-bending thriller from M. Night Shyamalan. While the film, about a family on a tropical holiday who discovers that the secluded beach where they are relaxing for a […]
Kurt Russell‘s one-eyed badass Snake Plissken is one of the most iconic characters in film history. He saved the President of the United States in John Carpenter‘s thrilling sci-fi actioneer Escape from New York (1981) and then the POTUS’s daughter in the 1996 sequel Escape from L.A. The dystopian anti-hero is a fan favorite that’s been […]
Rev up your engines in preparation for this October! NEON increased our anticipation for the Halloween season by setting a theatrical release date for Titane on October 1, 2021. The news comes just days after director Julia Ducournau‘s hotly-anticipated follow-up to Raw won the coveted Palme d’Or at this year’s Cannes Film Festival. Titane refers to “A metal highly resistant to […]
Martians, atomic monsters, and thinly veiled Cold War allegories were common themes of the 1950s golden age of science fiction cinema. Although with its firm center in the United States, the steady production of sci-fi epics enthused audiences worldwide. But what if the scenery was not a barren planet or an invaded city, but the […]
One of the most decorated horror movies ever made, Jonathan Demme‘s The Silence of the Lambs is next headed to 4K Ultra HD, Kino Lorber Studio Classics has announced today. The 30th anniversary release will be available on October 19. 4KUHD DISC 1: • HDR Dolby Vision• NEW Audio Commentary by Film Historian Tim Lucas• […]
A woman fearful she’ll lose all she holds near and dear. A man with a knife or an ax or a couple of lacerating words as his weapon. That’s usually how most horror flicks start. The woman runs for dear life only to not run fast enough. The killer catches her; cue the opening title […]
Adam Robitel’s Escape Room was a hit for Sony back in 2019, making $155 million worldwide on a mere $9 million production budget. It seemed Sony had a new “Saw-lite” horror franchise on their hands with this one, but that was before the pandemic forced the delay of sequel Escape Room: Tournament of Champions from […]