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THE KILLER'S GAME Review: The Ghost of the Action Movies Past
Tuxedo-clad superstar hitman Joe Flood (Dave Bautista) crashes a premiere of contemporary ballet in the Budapest opera house in order to kill his target. As panic ensues, Joe ends up escorting one of the dancers, Maize (Sofia Boutella) out and...
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,...
ARGYLLE Review: Meta-Spy-Comedy Underwhelms on Every Level
A profoundly underwhelming D-level effort from mostly A- and B-level talent, director-producer Matthew Vaughn’s (The Kingsman: The Secret Service. X-Men: Days of Future Past, Layer Cake) latest attempt at a franchise starter, Argylle, perplexes, irritates, and disappoints in almost equal measure. Nothing, not even...
REBEL MOON - PART ONE: A CHILD OF FIRE Review: Lovingly Unoriginal Space Adventure
There's no denying that Rebel Moon - Part One: A Child of Fire, which follows a pair of farmers as they seek aid from fighters to make a stand against the space imperials who would rob their village of its...
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SETTLERS Blu-ray Giveaway, Sofia Boutella Led Sci-fi on Blu-ray Next Week
Mankind's earliest settlers on the Martian frontier, llsa (Sofia Boutella) and Reza (Johnny Lee Miller) inhabit a desolate farmstead with their child Remmy (Brooklynn Prince and Nell Tiger Free). They work the land and shield their daughter from the dangers...
PRISONERS OF THE GHOSTLAND Interview: Bill Moseley on Crafting Another Memorable Antagonist
Bill Moseley first saw The Texas Chain Saw Massacre in Boston, Massachusetts, as part of a double feature with Enter the Dragon. After watching The Texas Chain Saw Massacre he “became afraid of rural America," revealed the actor in the...
Review: PRISONERS OF THE GHOSTLAND, Leave Sanity at the Door
Nicolas Cage. Sofia Boutella. Sono Sion. Need we say more? Yes.
PRISONERS OF THE GHOSTLAND: Official Trailer World Premiere. Cage, Boutella, Moseley, Sakaguchi And The Apocalypse!
Are you ready for this? You sure? RLJE Films will release Sono Sion's Prisoners of the Ghostland in theaters and on VOD and Digital on September 17th. Today is world premiere day for the trailer and it simply looks...
Review: SETTLERS, Wherever We Go, There We Are
Uniquely American, the Western genre has changed radically over the last century, from nationalistic, myth-building propaganda to revisionist self-critique, specifically of the colonialist narrative that centered white Europeans and left indigenous peoples, in the margins at best or primitive, violent...
Sundance 2021 Review: PRISONERS OF THE GHOSTLAND, Sono's Insane Film About Redemption
More than 30 years after his first film, Sono Sion has established himself as a brilliant, prolific and chameleonic director. In the past decade alone, you can find some of his best work: a hilarious tribute to guerrilla filmmaking and...
PRISONERS OF GHOSTLAND: RLJE Films Picks up Nic Cage And Sion Sono Action Flick
News today that RLJE Films, a business division of AMC Networks, have acquired the North American rights for Sion Sono's upcoming action flick Prisoners of Ghostland, starring Nicolas Cage. Prisoners of Ghostland will have its world premiere at Sundance later...
Now Streaming: MODERN LOVE Invites Melancholy, Welcomes Sentimentality
John Carney ('Sing Street') developed the romantic anthology series from a New York Times column.
Review: CLIMAX, Tense, Unpredictable, Terrifying
Master provocateur Gaspar Noe returns with Sofia Boutella and a cast of non-actor dancers to spike the punch and see what happens.
CLIMAX: Check Out The Canadian Theatrical Trailer And Poster
Last week we shared the announcement of the schedule for the Canadian theatrical release of Gasper Noe's Climax. Screen Anarchy has the first look at the kind of new theatrical trailer and poster for the flick. Culminating with...
Toronto 2018 Review: CLIMAX Is Something Kicking In
Climax takes its time. Like previous Gaspar Noe joints, the film opens pretentiously with a startling and beautiful image and pompous title cards. Fragments of film credits appear as the dancing crew is introduced, stylishly so of course, on an...
JET TRASH Trailer: Cult Novel Adaptation Sees September Release
Based on Simon Lewis' 90's cult novel "Go", Charles Henri Belleville's Jet Trash tells the story of two friends who cross a London gangster forcing them to flee England. Hiding out on a beach in Southern India, living a slacker...
AnarchyVision at Fantasia 2017: ATOMIC BLONDE, GOOD TIME, LADY MACBETH
Reporting once again from Montreal's famed Fantasia Film Festival, in this edition I look at Cannes Palme d'or contender Good Time, directed by the Safdie brothers and starring Robert Pattinson, along with Charlize Theron's punch-up Atomic Blonde, and the sublime...
TIGER RAID: Violence Takes a Toll in First Trailer
Brian Gleeson (brother of Domhnall Glesson) and Damien Molony star as two mercenaries teetering on the edge of sanity in Simon Dixon’s gritty debut feature, Tiger Raid. The film picks up when the two professionals take a job to kidnap the daughter...
New STAR TREK BEYOND Trailer Goes Where No One Has Gone Before
I have no idea what to expect from Star Trek Beyond. Oh, I've been keeping up with the marketing and, especially, the trailers. The first one, released back in December, appeared to promise a "goofy adventure," as our own Todd...
Tom Cruise In Talks To Lead Universal's THE MUMMY Franchise Revival
Variety is reporting that Tom Cruise is in talks to take the lead in Universal's reboot of their The Mummy franchise. Jon Spaihts (Prometheus, Doctor Strange and Passengers) is penning the script. Alex Kurtzman (Stark Trek and Into Darkness, Aliens and...
