Tag: fantasy

THE MARVELS Review: A True Comic Book Film

Brie Larson, Teyonah Parris, and Iman Vellani star in Nia DaCosta's contribution to the superhero cinematic universe.

Camera Japan Rotterdam 2023 Review: GOLD KINGDOM AND WATER KINGDOM

In the Netherlands, we only get the most successful anime films in the cinema, the record-breakers. For all the others, you need to check the festivals, and thankfully the Camera Japan Festival always has at least a few titles in...

EL CONDE Review: Pablo Larraín's Anti-Pinochet Satire Soars On Its Vampiric Metaphor

For Chileans, September 11th has an entirely different meaning than it does for Americans. For the latter, September 11th refers to the 2001 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon and the nearly 3,000 lives lost. For...

Toronto 2023 Review: THE BOY AND THE HERON, Sumptuous Miyazaki-San, Studio Ghibli Career Retrospective

From the opening air raid sirens and fiery infernos of World War II Tokyo bombings to the bucolic countryside house and its magical surroundings, Hayao Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli has come full circle in its 40 year history animated mastery....

Friday One Sheet: MADE IN HEAVEN

When I look at this key art for Netflix's Indian wedding planner series, Made In Heaven, I cannot help but hear Townes Van Zandt's mournful twang playing in my head: Send me dead flowers by the mail Send me dead...

RENFIELD Review: A Very Fun Concept Stretched a Little Too Thin

Nicholas Hoult, Nicolas Cage and Awkwafina star in a comedic interpretation of the famed characters.

FREAKS vs THE REICH: Opening Day Announced!

You've got to see (formerly known as) Freaks Out! That's all we ever heard when Gabriele Mainetti's (formerlly known as) Freaks Out hit the festival circuit. And then it straight up disappeared and we heard nary of word of its...

COUNTRY GOLD Trailer: Mickey Reece's Comedy in Cinemas Next Week

Starting next Friday in New York and progressing throughout the U.S. until the end of the month you may be able to catch Mickey Reece's Country Gold in cinemas before its bow on Fandor on April 4th.    Be sure...

Preview: Rendez-Vous With French Cinema 2023

Showcasing the best of contemporary French films, this year's Rendez-Vous with French Cinema features 21 features from old masters to newcomers, including new films by Philippe and Louis Garrel, Arnaud Desplechin, Dominik Moll, Patricia Mazuy and Léa Mysius. Though I...

COUNTRY GOLD: Cinedigm Acquires Mickey Reece's Music Comedy For North America

Mickey Reece's latest, the music comedy Country Gold, has been acquired by Cinedigm for a theatrical and digital release. Their plan is to give Country Gold a limited theatrical release in March then premiere it on Fandor, their indie discovery...

MOON GARDEN Trailer: Totally Unique And Creative Dark Fantasy in Cinemas This Spring

A comatose five-year-old girl journeys through an industrial wonderland to find her way back to consciousness.

THE CURSE OF ROSALIE: Coming to Icon Horror Channel, Online And DVD in The UK This Spring

When a man with a dark secret sees his daughter threatened with eternal damnation, he seeks help from an unpopular Native American seer.

THE MANDALORIAN: Season Three Trailer Drops And Directors Announced

If you're like me you've got your share of alerts, likes, links and subscribes. So many, that your phone is barely used as a phone and more of a portable notification device going off every other minute. Usually I just...

A DISCOVERY OF WITCHES: Win The Complete Trilogy on Blu-ray

RLJE Films, a business unit of AMC Networks, will release A Discovery of Witches: The Complete Trilogy  on DVD and Blu-ray on November 15, 2022.    Diana Bishop, historian and witch, accesses Ashmole 782 and knows she must solve its...

Grimmfest 2022 Awards: Carlota Pereda's PIGGY Takes Home Best Film, Director And Actress

Grimmfest wrapped up weekend before last and the esteemed jury deliberated this past Sunday on the festival's feature and short film program. A couple hours of spirited and fun exchange later we made our final choices.    Yes, we. I...

Camera Japan Rotterdam 2022 Review: THE GREAT YOKAI WAR: GUARDIANS

While Rotterdam's Camera Japan Film Festival sometimes mostly seems to consist of a wide variety of dramas, there are always a few crazy and/or spectacular titles to check out as well. And the festival scores big on both categories by...

Friday One Sheet: BRAM STOKER'S DRACULA (1992) Re-Release

If you are old enough to remember the summer 1992, there was the coordinated series of 'viral' (although that would not have been the word used then) marketing posters and graffiti of a shadowy 3 headed bust, sometimes by itself,...

Mexico Maleficarum: Program Devoted to Mexican Horror Cinema at The Academy Museum Next Month

If you're in the Los Angeles area and feel you are due for a extensive lesson on the history of Mexican horror cinema then you need to get to Mexico Maleficarum: Resurrecting 20th Century Mexican Horror Cinema at the Academy...

FilmSharks Label The Remake Co. Strikes Deal on Uruguayan Fantasy RomCom GHOSTING GLORIA (Muerto Con Gloria)

Our friends at The Remake Co. a label under the FilmSharks sales banner out of Buenos Aires brought to our attention that they sold the Spanish remakes rights to the Uruguayan Fantasy RomCom Ghosting Gloria.    A single 30-year-old who...

Review: SAMARITAN, A Sly Stallone Superhero Stumble

Hitting the three-quarter-century mark usually means a retirement home, a nursing facility, or if you’re lucky to be blessed with relatively good health and savings to match, living in a gated community in Arizona or Florida. For Sylvester Stallone, however,...