Tag: action
THE KILLER'S GAME: Official Poster Revealed
My interest in action comedy The Killer's Game was piqued for a couple of reasons. Dave Bautista is arguably one of the most entertaining wrestlers who pivoted into acting and it was directed by stunt professional turned director, JJ Perry,...
MotelX 2024: SASQUATCH SUNSET, IN A VIOLENT NATURE And ODDITY Lead First Wave
Our friends at MotelX, the excellent genre film festival in Lisbon, Portugal, have annonced the first wave of titles for this year's festival, coming up this September. Festival standouts Sasquatch Sunset, In A Violent Naure, Oddity, Cuckoo, Humanist Vampire Seeking...
Shudder in July: ARCADIAN And HUMANE Featured Next Month
Shudder's lineup for the month of July features two new feature films, Arcadian and Humane, more of The Last Drive-in and a healthy dose of rep titles in the Shudder Resurrected programming. Our own Josh caught Benjamine Brewer's monster...
THELMA Review: June Squibb, New Action Hero
June Squibb, Fred Hechinger, Richard Roundtree, Parker Posey and Clark Gregg star in Josh Margolin's sparkling comedy.
ULTRAMAN: RISING Review: Netflix Brings an Oversized Superhero to the Small Screen
Parenting is hard. Parenting a 20-foot tall, rambunctiously temperamental kaiju toddler speeds right past hard and straight into impossible territory. It’s all the more difficult when you already split your time between saving Japan from an influx of unwanted kaiju...
HIT MAN Review: More Outrageous Adventures From Richard Linklater
Glen Powell and Adria Arjona star in Richard Linklater's latest, heading to Netflix on Friday, June 7.
FURIOSA: A MAD MAX SAGA Review: George Miller's Prequel Hits On All Cylinders
Anya Taylor-Joy and Chris Hemsworth star.
Cannes 2024 Review: TWILIGHT OF THE WARRIORS: WALLED IN, Hong Kong's Nostaglia-Fuelled Gangland Throwdown
Since it was first announced back in 2013, the nostalgia-fuelled martial arts epic set within the labyrinthine back alleys of Kowloon Walled City has nurtured a mythical status to rival the notorious neighbourhood itself. Development of the project dates back...
KINGDOM OF THE PLANET OF THE APES Review: A Disappointing Devolution of the Species
Planet of the Apes, one of the longest running and most consistent science fiction film series in cinema history, returns this week with its tenth entry, Wes Ball’s Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes. Diving back into the world...
RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES Reviews: Surprisingly Good
With the newest installment, Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, just days away, it's a good time to revisit a film that surprised many of us, including the studio, I suspect, since it pushed the release date until early...
BOY KILLS WORLD Red Band Trailer
Boy Kills World looks like it is going to hit that weak spot that I have for outrageous and ultra violent action cinema. It might be dumb as dirt but I'll let that slide if it gives me over the...
Friday One Sheet: MONKEY MAN
No beating about the bush with this one. With its saturated reds, high grain, and brooding intensity, the key art for Dev Patel's Monkey Man signals blood and tightly bound bombast. Eschewing a standard credit block, and putting all text...
MONKEY MAN Trailer 2: The Action Film of The Year Contender is Coming Soon
One man's quest for vengeance against the corrupt leaders who murdered his mother and continue to victimize the poor and powerless systemically
FURIOSA : A MAD MAX SAGA: Offical Trailer #2 - She Will Return With a Vengeance.
Warner Bros. have just released the next official trailer for George Miller's Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga. As the world fell, young Furiosa is snatched from the Green Place of Many Mothers and falls into the hands of a...
STAR WARS: THE ACOLYTE Trailer: The End of The High Republic is Nigh
This isn't about good or bad, it's about power and who is allowed to use it. The next Star Wars series, The Acolyte, is coming to Disney+ this June. It takes place during the final days of the High...
Screen Anarchists On DUNE: PART TWO
Back when we created our ScreenAnarchy top-10 list of 2021, I lamented the fact that I didn't rally our troops to make a group review for Denis Villeneuve's Dune. Because even though the film topped the leaderboard that year, opinions...
SXSW 2024 Review: MONKEY MAN, Dev Patel Is Your New Action Obsession. Get Excited
After sitting in the can for nearly four years, Dev Patel’s directorial debut, Monkey Man, was presented to a rapturous audience at SXSW last night. The film declaring loudly what the man himself was too humble to acknowledge; Dev Patel...
MONKEY MAN Clip: His Name is Dev Patel, Action Star
An anonymous young man unleashes a campaign of vengeance against the corrupt leaders who murdered his mother and continue to systemically victimize the poor and powerless.
ARCADIAN Official Trailer: Cage & Sons Fight the Things That Go Bump in the Night
A father and his twin teenage sons fight to survive in a remote farmhouse at the end of the end of the world.
SXSW 2024 Preview: Genre Film Fans, Get Excited About This Dazzling Dozen
It must be spring, because in just a couple of days thousands of tastemakers will descend upon Austin, Texas, for the SXSW Film & TV Festival. Providing a home for everything from big budget Hollywood premieres like The Fall Guy...
