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Review: ECHO 3, They Grabbed My Wife and His Sister. We're Coming For You.

Michael Huisman, Luke Evans and Jessica Ann Collins star in the series, created by Mark Boal and debuting globally on Apple TV+, that aims to explore deeper issues than the action that predominates.

New ANNA: EL PELIGRO TIENE NOMBRE Trailer Owns Its Danger

A new trailer for Luc Besson's Anna: El peligro tiene nombre features new snippets of footage that amps up the action quota nicely. Produced in France and known in the U.S. simply as Anna, the extended title in Spanish means,...

Trailer & Poster for MA: Not The House Party You're Looking For

Blumhouse can arguably officially take on the mantle of premiere indie horror film production company; like Hammer Films in the 1960s & 70s, we have come to expect a certain level of horror with more than a little dash of...

STATE LIKE SLEEP: Watch The Trailer, Starring Katherine Waterston And Michael Shannon

The Orchard will release Meredith Danluck's thriller State Like Sleep On Digital and On Demand on January 1, 2018 and in theaters on January 4, 2018. The trailer for the pic released today. You will find it below.   One...

THE ALIENIST Interview: Daniel Brühl Talks 19th-Century Psychology And Classic Crime Fiction

The Spanish-born German actor Daniel Brühl is the star of The Alienist, the new period drama based on the homonymous book by Caleb Carr. Brühl, who is best known for Good Bye Lenin!, Inglourious Basterds, Rush, Captain America: Civil War...

Toronto 2016 Review: MESSAGE FROM THE KING Mixes Old School And Global Contemporary Masculinity Into Neo-Noir

Arriving fresh into LAX with only the clothes on his back, some cash in his pocket and a South African passport, Jacob King is given the full interrogation by the customs officials, "Are you working? Are you staying with family?...

Review: HIGH-RISE, A Provocation To Disengage

As audience empathy tests go, killing the dog is perhaps the most capital of movie-crimes. Here it is gleefully committed in the opening minutes; a bellwether for the casually curious to beware.    Several other canine-murders are peppered throughout the...

HIGH RISE: Watch The Full Theatrical Trailer For Wheatley's Latest

Tom Hiddleston and Luke Evans anchor the cast of High Rise, the Ben Wheatley adaptation of JG Ballard's novel. And while the cast may have gotten much higher profile than the norm for Wheatley the filmmakers underlying anarchic spirit remains...

Ever Wanted Something More? Watch Ben Wheatley's First HIGH RISE Trailer

Ben Wheatley's adaptation of JG Ballard's High Rise alternately confused and delighted audiences on the festival circuit with - in broad strokes - those who turned up looking forward to the new Tom Hiddleston / Luke Evans film left wondering...

Magnolia Taking Ben Wheatley's HIGH-RISE Straight To The Penthouse Suite

Variety is reporting that Ben Wheatley's latest, High-Rise, has been picked up by Magnolia Pictures for distribution in the U.S. The film had its World Premiere here in Toronto during TIFF. Mr. Wheatley approves of this acquisition."I'm very excited about...

Martin Scorsese To Exec Produce Ben Wheatley's FREE FIRE

Martin Scorsese has come aboard British director Ben Wheatley's next project, Free Fire, as an executive producer, Screen Daily has revealed. Set in late-70s Boston, the film is the story of two rival gangs, whose rendezvous in a deserted warehouse...

Ben Wheatley Enters The Action Arena With FREE FIRE

What next for Ben Wheatley? With production wrapped on his adaptation of JG Ballard's High Rise the prolific UK auteur will be moving next into the action arena with Free Fire.An original script revolving around a 1978 arms deal gone...

AnarchyVision: Jason Gorber Talks DRACULA UNTOLD, KILL THE MESSENGER, And Turkey Day Movies

We take a bite this week into Dracula Untold, find Kill the Messenger doesn't live up to the importance of its story, and talk turkey about Planes, Trains and Automobiles and Eraserhead in celebration of Canadian Thanksgiving.Video embedded below...

Review: DRACULA UNTOLD Reimagines A Reluctant Vampire Action Hero

Surprisingly effective, the latest iteration of the Dracula legacy seeks to rebuild vampire-movie mythology by going back to the beginning. First published in 1897, Bram Stoker's novel inspired F.W. Murnau's unofficial adaptation Nosferatu in 1922, which then sparked a series...

Hey, Canada! Win Tickets To See Kitamura's NO ONE LIVES On The Big Screen June 19th!

Hey, Canada! Kitamura Ryuhei's blood soaked slasher No One Lives hits screens across the nation for one night only as part of Raven Banner Entertainment's Sinister Cinema series on June 19th and you could be there for free! We have...

Review: NO ONE LIVES Takes On A Certain Kind Of Lunatic Charm

What new stalk and slash move No One Lives does well: It gives Versus and Midnight Meat Train director Kitamura Ryuhei ample room to stage and execute a series of elaborate and gory kills. What it does poorly: Everything else....

Exclusive Clip From Kitamura's NO ONE LIVES Shows How To Escape From Ruthless Criminals

Let's say you're a lovely-looking blonde lady and you happen to be kidnapped by a ruthless gang of criminals. Let's go further and say that your good-looking boyfriend * kidnapper has left you alone for some reason, leaving you to...

Bloody Clips From Kitamura's NO ONE LIVES Threaten Brutal Deaths To All

Kitamura Ryuhei's No One Lives is one of my picks for most intriguing indies getting released this month, and three newly-released clips -- plus the new poster -- amplify my interest. As a reminder, the official synopsis is diabolical simplicity...

5 Most Intriguing Indies In May: NO ONE LIVES, SIGHTSEERS, KINGS OF SUMMER, And More

Hollywood's summer blockbuster season "officially" begins this week -- and I'm already feeling burned out. As a curative aid, I've picked a handful of the most intriguing indies that will be receiving theatrical releases in the U.S. this month, films...

Things Get Bloody In Red Band Trailer For Kitamura's NO ONE LIVES

While I would never be particularly inclined to call Kitamura Ryuhei's No One Lives a particularly good film - and you can read my detailed thoughts here - it is not without its particular charms. And those charms mostly revolve...