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Blu-ray Review: Prognosis for THE CURED is Bleak

Released at festivals in 2017 as The Third Wave, David Freyne's first narrative feature (now released as The Cured) nabbed not just Ellen Page (Hard Candy, Juno), who loved the script enough to sign on as both actor and producer,...

THE CURED Trailer: Ellen Page's Topical Zombie Film

What happens when the undead return to life? Or, if we are to look at the metaphor here, what happens when someone with a violent past tries to re-integrate into society? Well, it's complicated. In David Freyne's feature debut, The...

Review: MONSTERS: DARK CONTINENT, A Sequel In Name Only

Four years after Gareth Edwards exploded onto the sci-fi scene with his inventive and industrious indie alien invasion flick Monsters, first-time director Tom Green delivers a sequel that bears little resemblance to the original, in tone, content or invention. Reportedly...

Sitges 2014 Review: MONSTERS: DARK CONTINENT, An Intense Yet Alienating Ordeal

Four years after Gareth Edwards exploded onto the sci-fi scene with his inventive and industrious indie alien invasion flick Monsters, first-time director Tom Green delivers a sequel that bears little resemblance to the original, in tone, content or invention.Reportedly set...

First Full Trailer For MONSTERS: DARK CONTINENT Battles Giant Sand Bugs

The first full trailer for Monsters: Dark Continent paints a much bigger picture of what to expect from the sequel to Gareth Edwards' 2010 original. The teaser, released last August, did little more than establish the setting of the film in...

Watch The First Teaser For MONSTERS: DARK CONTINENT

Though Monsters helmer Gareth Edwards rode the success of his tiny budget giant monster movie straight to a gig directing giant budget giant monster movie Godzilla, his departure has not meant the end of the Monsters story. No, hidden away...

Watch The Trailer For Cannes-Selected Thriller THE OTHER SIDE OF SLEEP

Rebecca Daly's hypnotic thriller The Other Side Of Sleep was a personal favorite at Cannes 2011 and with the film's Irish theatrical release coming soon the full trailer has just arrived online.A sleepwalker. A body. A family. A small community.Arlene...

TIFF 2011: THE OTHER SIDE OF SLEEP Review

[With Rebecca Daly's The Other Side Of Sleep about to arrive in Toronto we revisit our earlier review from Cannes.]A hazy sort of fever dream, Rebecca Daly's The Other Side Of Sleep drifts through tragedy at a languid pace that...

Cannes 2011: First Clip From Rebecca Daly's THE OTHER SIDE OF SLEEP Is Chilling

Amidst all the old-hands at Cannes this year there is a healthy front of younger filmmakers coming to the festival with their sophomore films (Joachim Trier with Oslo, 31. August for instance) and even a few with their first features....

Cannes 2011: THE OTHER SIDE OF SLEEP Review

A hazy sort of fever dream, Rebecca Daly's The Other Side Of Sleep drifts through tragedy at a languid pace that matches the mood of its sleep deprived protagonist. Though the core of the story is a small town murder...

Cannes 2011: Rebecca Daly Hunts A Killer ON THE OTHER SIDE OF SLEEP

Irish director Rebecca Daly makes her feature debut in the Cannes Director's Fortnight with The Other Side Of Sleep, what looks to be a moody and atmospheric thriller. The story of a young woman prone to sleepwalking obsessed with finding...