MaryAnn’s quick take… A horror movie for grownups, dripping with the dread of a fairy tale of yore, primitive and atavistic, drawing on profound human pain and fear. I’m “biast” (pro): nothing
I’m “biast” (con): I usually don’t find horror movies scary
I have not read the source material
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
Life lesson from The Ritual: There’s no such thing as a “shortcut” through a deep dark ancient forest. Four British friends, former university pals — Rafe Spall (Swallows and Amazons), Robert James-Collier, Arsher Ali (Doctor Who), and Sam Troughton (Vera Drake) — are on a hiking weekend in a hilly Swedish wilderness when one of them hurts his knee, badly. But cutting through the woods — the lodge is right on the other side, according to their map — turns out to be, er, a really bad idea.
I’m “biast” (con): I usually don’t find horror movies scary
I have not read the source material
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
Life lesson from The Ritual: There’s no such thing as a “shortcut” through a deep dark ancient forest. Four British friends, former university pals — Rafe Spall (Swallows and Amazons), Robert James-Collier, Arsher Ali (Doctor Who), and Sam Troughton (Vera Drake) — are on a hiking weekend in a hilly Swedish wilderness when one of them hurts his knee, badly. But cutting through the woods — the lodge is right on the other side, according to their map — turns out to be, er, a really bad idea.
- 10/12/2017
- by MaryAnn Johanson
- www.flickfilosopher.com
New to Streaming: ‘Dawson City: Frozen Time,’ ‘Marjorie Prime,’ ‘Lady Macbeth,’ ‘Landline,’ and More
With a seemingly endless amount of streaming options — not only the titles at our disposal, but services themselves — we’ve taken it upon ourselves to highlight the titles that have recently hit platforms. Every week, one will be able to see the cream of the crop (or perhaps some simply interesting picks) of streaming titles (new and old) across platforms such as Netflix, iTunes, Amazon, and more (note: U.S. only). Check out our rundown for this week’s selections below.
Abundant Acreage Available (Angus MacLachlan)
Faith-based cinema is as diverse a genre as there is, from the extreme, often violent portraits of devotion from established directors like Martin Scorsese and Mel Gibson, to the attacks on logic in the God’s Not Dead and Left Behind pictures. Angus MacLachlan, a great storyteller of the not-too-deep south, offers a nuanced example of what this genre can bring, returning with the moving Abundant Acreage Available.
Abundant Acreage Available (Angus MacLachlan)
Faith-based cinema is as diverse a genre as there is, from the extreme, often violent portraits of devotion from established directors like Martin Scorsese and Mel Gibson, to the attacks on logic in the God’s Not Dead and Left Behind pictures. Angus MacLachlan, a great storyteller of the not-too-deep south, offers a nuanced example of what this genre can bring, returning with the moving Abundant Acreage Available.
- 10/6/2017
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
As horror fans, we are constantly seeking out the new and the different. Because the genre is marked by so much sameness—sequels, franchises, remakes, copies of copies—it can sometimes be a challenge to find those horror films that truly carve out their own space. They don’t even have to be great movies, necessarily; many times, “different” is enough to make us happy.
With that in mind, here are 10 horror movies currently available on the terrific streaming service Shudder that are, if nothing else, different from almost anything else you’ll watch this October. They vary in quality from title to title, but what even the roughest among them lacks in technical polish, it more than makes up for in sheer maniac insanity. After you’ve cycled through all your favorites this October, why not add a little Wtf to your lineup?
1. Beyond the Darkness (1979, dir. Joe D...
With that in mind, here are 10 horror movies currently available on the terrific streaming service Shudder that are, if nothing else, different from almost anything else you’ll watch this October. They vary in quality from title to title, but what even the roughest among them lacks in technical polish, it more than makes up for in sheer maniac insanity. After you’ve cycled through all your favorites this October, why not add a little Wtf to your lineup?
1. Beyond the Darkness (1979, dir. Joe D...
- 10/5/2017
- by Patrick Bromley
- DailyDead
Did Oscar season actually start in February? When Jordan Peele’s feature directorial debut “Get Out” opened in late February (not typically a release date space that hosts zeitgeist-smashing hits), few could have expected that the social thriller would not only be a success with critics (the film still sits at a 99% Fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes) but also a huge moneymaker, pulling in over $252 million at the global box office. Next up? An awards campaign. Chatter surrounding the film’s awards possibilities kicked up early, and the trick has been keeping it up though these many months. One way to do that? A special event at a festival known for its love of award movies. “Get Out” is already into it.
Peele and his film are set for a timely Hamptons International Film Festival appearance later this month, when the festival runs October 5 – 9 in and around East Hampton, NY.
Peele and his film are set for a timely Hamptons International Film Festival appearance later this month, when the festival runs October 5 – 9 in and around East Hampton, NY.
- 9/22/2017
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
As summer cools down, we’re entering perhaps the best time of year for cinephiles, with a variety of festivals — some of which will hold premieres of our most-anticipated 2017 features — gearing up. As we do each year, after highlighting the best films offered thus far, we’ve set out to provide a comprehensive preview of the fall titles that should be on your radar, and we’ll first take a look at selections whose quality we can attest to. These acclaimed 25 films from Sundance, Cannes, Berlinale and more will arrive between September and December (in the U.S.) and are all well worth seeking out.
Kill Me Please (Anita Rocha da Silveira; Sept. 1)
Following in a wave of cerebral psychological horror films such as The Witch, It Follows, and The Babadook, Anita Rocha da Silveira’s debut Kill Me Please is the latest art-horror film that’s concerned with the internal repercussions of trauma.
Kill Me Please (Anita Rocha da Silveira; Sept. 1)
Following in a wave of cerebral psychological horror films such as The Witch, It Follows, and The Babadook, Anita Rocha da Silveira’s debut Kill Me Please is the latest art-horror film that’s concerned with the internal repercussions of trauma.
- 8/23/2017
- by The Film Stage
- The Film Stage
A horror movie marathon becomes host to all-too-real scares in 1991's Popcorn, coming out on a standard Blu-ray following its special Steelbook release from Synapse Films. We have details on the anticipated home media release in today's Horror Highlights, which also includes the poster for Brawl in Cell Block 99, a behind-the-scenes video from The Mummy (now out on Digital HD), and the trailer and release details for #FromJennifer, co-starring Tony Todd and Derek Mears.
Popcorn Special Edition Blu-ray and DVD: "Press Release: "In the history of Synapse Films few titles have generated as much excitement as Popcorn, director Mark Herrier’s 1991 cult favorite that’s been one of the most in-demand genre films of the Blu-ray era. Unavailable for over a decade, Popcorn now comes to HD in a deliciously butter-topped Special Edition Blu-ray and DVD release that will have fans craving for refills!
What could be scarier than...
Popcorn Special Edition Blu-ray and DVD: "Press Release: "In the history of Synapse Films few titles have generated as much excitement as Popcorn, director Mark Herrier’s 1991 cult favorite that’s been one of the most in-demand genre films of the Blu-ray era. Unavailable for over a decade, Popcorn now comes to HD in a deliciously butter-topped Special Edition Blu-ray and DVD release that will have fans craving for refills!
What could be scarier than...
- 8/23/2017
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
One of the most fascinating documentaries of the year is Theo Anthony’s Rat Film, which uses a number of bold formal choices to take a look at segregation and institutional racism in the city of Baltimore — through the story of the area’s relationship with the rat population. Ahead of a September release, the new trailer has now arrived from Cinema Guild.
“A horror movie. A nature documentary. An anthropological study. A history lesson. A social justice statement. All plus more. Rat Film is one of the most original films of the year, fiction or nonfiction, and it made me feel both as if I had learned a semester’s worth of knowledge and bereft of any idea as to how society’s problems can be mended,” we said in our review.
Check out the trailer and poster below via The Playlist.
Across walls, fences, and alleys, rats not...
“A horror movie. A nature documentary. An anthropological study. A history lesson. A social justice statement. All plus more. Rat Film is one of the most original films of the year, fiction or nonfiction, and it made me feel both as if I had learned a semester’s worth of knowledge and bereft of any idea as to how society’s problems can be mended,” we said in our review.
Check out the trailer and poster below via The Playlist.
Across walls, fences, and alleys, rats not...
- 8/18/2017
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Review by: Depressed Satan
MoreHorror.com
Islamic Exorcist is a terrifying Indian Horror movie. How many times do we actually get a chance to watch a horror film that leaves us speechless and makes us go into a different thought altogether? A horror movie which comes from the background of Islam and soil of India, does exactly the same thing to you after it has it's final scene.
Ayesha (Kavita Radheshyam) belongs to Shia Muslim community who falls in love and marries a cop Sameer (Nirab Hossain) who is a Sunni Muslim despite her parental wishes. They adopt a girl child Anna who is 9 or 10 years old as Ayesha cannot become a mother anymore. Anna with her entrance, brings home some demonic power and satanic cult according to the couple. Sameer, one day shoots Anna to death and thinks the story ends here.
An investigative journalist Natasha (Meera) enters their...
MoreHorror.com
Islamic Exorcist is a terrifying Indian Horror movie. How many times do we actually get a chance to watch a horror film that leaves us speechless and makes us go into a different thought altogether? A horror movie which comes from the background of Islam and soil of India, does exactly the same thing to you after it has it's final scene.
Ayesha (Kavita Radheshyam) belongs to Shia Muslim community who falls in love and marries a cop Sameer (Nirab Hossain) who is a Sunni Muslim despite her parental wishes. They adopt a girl child Anna who is 9 or 10 years old as Ayesha cannot become a mother anymore. Anna with her entrance, brings home some demonic power and satanic cult according to the couple. Sameer, one day shoots Anna to death and thinks the story ends here.
An investigative journalist Natasha (Meera) enters their...
- 7/6/2017
- by admin
- MoreHorror
Welcome to PeekTV, your daily look at the best that television has to offer. In each installment, we make three picks for the best shows to watch and…toss in a little extra.
Wednesday, May 17 What Happened Last Night?!
(To see what this intrepid TV news crew might be staring at, check out last night’s TV picks.)
“I Am Heath Ledger”
Spike, 10:00 p.m.
Synopsis: Heath Ledger was one of his generation’s brightest young actors. An immense and generous talent who burst upon the Hollywood scene, he quickly rose to the heights of fame before his tragic death.
Why You Should Watch: It’s hard to believe that it’s already been ten years since Ledger’s passing. Judging by David Ehrlich’s review of the film out of Tribeca last month, this doc’s greatest value is in paying tribute to the artist as a young man.
Wednesday, May 17 What Happened Last Night?!
(To see what this intrepid TV news crew might be staring at, check out last night’s TV picks.)
“I Am Heath Ledger”
Spike, 10:00 p.m.
Synopsis: Heath Ledger was one of his generation’s brightest young actors. An immense and generous talent who burst upon the Hollywood scene, he quickly rose to the heights of fame before his tragic death.
Why You Should Watch: It’s hard to believe that it’s already been ten years since Ledger’s passing. Judging by David Ehrlich’s review of the film out of Tribeca last month, this doc’s greatest value is in paying tribute to the artist as a young man.
- 5/17/2017
- by Steve Greene
- Indiewire
A horror movie is made scary by a number of factors. I think the most important factors would include the story itself, often times effects come into play, timing of everything makes a huge difference, obviously acting and directing, and equally as important is the soundtrack and score. It’s that last one I’d like to focus on right now. Horror movies live and die by the sounds they make. Imagine if a horror movie scene contained the sounds to an animated kid’s show. Wouldn’t be too scary would it? Of course not. That’s why horror films go to great lengths
The Terrifying Instrument That Only Makes Horror Movie Noises...
The Terrifying Instrument That Only Makes Horror Movie Noises...
- 5/6/2017
- by Nat Berman
- TVovermind.com
A horror movie is meant to do one thing to audiences: frighten them. Whether that’s to make them jump out of their seats because of a surprise moment or make them gag because of a scene that’s absolutely disgusting, the intent is the same: to scare. But the funny thing about horror movies is that behind the scenes on these films, the same exact mistakes happen as any other film. Actors mess up lines and cast and crew play pranks on each other just like any other movie. What you don’t see in horror movies is all the funny stuff
Blooper Reels that Will Change the Way you See Horror Movies...
Blooper Reels that Will Change the Way you See Horror Movies...
- 4/26/2017
- by Nat Berman
- TVovermind.com
Though Scream Factory originally made their name by releasing comprehensive special editions of beloved horror titles and some lesser-known cult films deserving reappraisal, after five years the company is diversifying their output more and more. They struck an exclusive deal to release IFC Midnight titles, they’ve picked up a few films and put them out under the “Scream Factory” imprint, and have even developed and produced their very first original feature, Mark Pavia’s Fender Bender, in 2016. In addition to all of this, Scream Factory has begun releasing smaller and lesser-known catalogue titles, nearly bypassing the special features altogether and just giving some older cult titles their high-def debuts. Included in their latest slate of releases is everything from a John Stamos sci-fi action film (Never Too Young to Die) to an unofficial Troll sequel. Let’s take a look at four of these catalogue titles—The Screaming Skull,...
- 4/13/2017
- by Patrick Bromley
- DailyDead
Daniel Kaluuya is perfectly cast as the lead in “Get Out,” one of the year’s biggest movies. But he admits the script shocked him after first reading it.
Read More: ‘Get Out’ Review: Jordan Peele’s Directorial Debut Is A Horror Movie Unafraid To Call Out Racist Bullshit — Sundance 2017
Kaluuya spoke to The Guardian about Jordan Peele’s controversial project.
“I read it and I was like: ‘Oh. My. God.’ I remember sending an email to my agent which said, ‘This is 12 Years a Slave: The Horror Movie.’ I was like: ‘Are you allowed to say this? Are you really going to do this?’” he said.
To reach the emotional highs and lows of his character, Kaluuya tried to let down his emotional guard.
“I felt that thing of not wanting to confront your demons, which I think is true for a lot of black men,” he said. “There...
Read More: ‘Get Out’ Review: Jordan Peele’s Directorial Debut Is A Horror Movie Unafraid To Call Out Racist Bullshit — Sundance 2017
Kaluuya spoke to The Guardian about Jordan Peele’s controversial project.
“I read it and I was like: ‘Oh. My. God.’ I remember sending an email to my agent which said, ‘This is 12 Years a Slave: The Horror Movie.’ I was like: ‘Are you allowed to say this? Are you really going to do this?’” he said.
To reach the emotional highs and lows of his character, Kaluuya tried to let down his emotional guard.
“I felt that thing of not wanting to confront your demons, which I think is true for a lot of black men,” he said. “There...
- 3/18/2017
- by William Earl
- Indiewire
A horror movie. A nature documentary. An anthropological study. A history lesson. A social justice statement. All plus more. Rat Film is one of the most original films of the year, fiction or nonfiction, and it made me feel both as if I had learned a semester’s worth of knowledge and bereft of any idea as to how society’s problems can be mended.
The problem in question is not, as one character says early in the movie, a rat problem. “Baltimore’s never had a rat problem; only a human problem.” Rats, biologically similar enough to humans to act as ideal medical research test subjects, live in symbiosis with us. Where we fail to effectively organize our living conditions, they thrive. And they perhaps mirror us on more than a physical level. One scientist constructed a “rat city,” which over time exploded in population and then became striated into castes.
The problem in question is not, as one character says early in the movie, a rat problem. “Baltimore’s never had a rat problem; only a human problem.” Rats, biologically similar enough to humans to act as ideal medical research test subjects, live in symbiosis with us. Where we fail to effectively organize our living conditions, they thrive. And they perhaps mirror us on more than a physical level. One scientist constructed a “rat city,” which over time exploded in population and then became striated into castes.
- 3/7/2017
- by Daniel Schindel
- The Film Stage
Just can’t get enough “Get Out”? Never fear, Jordan Peele has plenty more where that came from. The writer/director recently told Business Insider: “I have four other social thrillers that I want to unveil in the next decade.”
“Get Out” brilliantly uses classic horror and thriller tropes to exorcise the demons of racism. It stars Daniel Kaluuya as a young black man who takes a weekend trip to his white girlfriend’s (Allison Williams) family home, where casual racism is merely a front for far more sinister aims. The film is a brilliant use of genre to explore social issues while also being equal parts wildly entertaining and deeply provocative.
Read More: ‘Get Out’ Review: Jordan Peele’s Directorial Debut Is A Horror Movie Unafraid To Call Out Racist Bullshit — Sundance 2017
Previously known as one half of the comedy duo “Key and Peele,” Peele took a running leap...
“Get Out” brilliantly uses classic horror and thriller tropes to exorcise the demons of racism. It stars Daniel Kaluuya as a young black man who takes a weekend trip to his white girlfriend’s (Allison Williams) family home, where casual racism is merely a front for far more sinister aims. The film is a brilliant use of genre to explore social issues while also being equal parts wildly entertaining and deeply provocative.
Read More: ‘Get Out’ Review: Jordan Peele’s Directorial Debut Is A Horror Movie Unafraid To Call Out Racist Bullshit — Sundance 2017
Previously known as one half of the comedy duo “Key and Peele,” Peele took a running leap...
- 3/2/2017
- by Jude Dry
- Indiewire
“Get Out” is taking the box office by storm this weekend, and the film’s breakout star Daniel Kaluuya has just signed on to another high-profile project. Kaluuya is joining Steve McQueen’s heist drama “Widows,” alongside a starry cast including Viola Davis, Michelle Rodriguez, Cynthia Erivo, and Elizabeth Debicki, Deadline reports.
Read More: ‘Get Out’ Review: Jordan Peele’s Directorial Debut Is A Horror Movie Unafraid To Call Out Racist Bullshit — Sundance 2017
The film is based on of the 1983 British miniseries about a robbery gone wrong, in which the four thieves end up dead. It’s then up to their widows to finish the robbery. McQueen wrote the film adaptation alongside “Gone Girl” author Gillian Flynn.
Kaluuya is currently shooting Marvel’s “Black Panther,” while Davis’ “How to Get Away With Murder” just wrapped its third season. “Widows” will be Steve McQueen’s first feature since “12 Years a Slave.
Read More: ‘Get Out’ Review: Jordan Peele’s Directorial Debut Is A Horror Movie Unafraid To Call Out Racist Bullshit — Sundance 2017
The film is based on of the 1983 British miniseries about a robbery gone wrong, in which the four thieves end up dead. It’s then up to their widows to finish the robbery. McQueen wrote the film adaptation alongside “Gone Girl” author Gillian Flynn.
Kaluuya is currently shooting Marvel’s “Black Panther,” while Davis’ “How to Get Away With Murder” just wrapped its third season. “Widows” will be Steve McQueen’s first feature since “12 Years a Slave.
- 2/25/2017
- by William Earl
- Indiewire
Last Week’S Review: ‘Hostage Situation’ Has A Horror Movie Premise
[Editor’s note: Major spoilers for “Girls” Season 6, Episode 3, “American Bitch” follow. The episode airs Sunday, February 26 on HBO, but is now available to stream via HBO Now and HBO Go.]
Love Her or Hate Her
Love her. If there were ever an episode of “Girls” that Lena Dunham was meant to write, this is it. At first glance the bottle episode seems to be a throwback to the second season’s “One Man’s Trash,” thanks to the set-up, but it quickly veers into much different territory. Hannah visits famed author Chuck Palmer (Matthew Rhys) in his fancy New York apartment to discuss an article she wrote about him and the four women who accused him of sexual abuse.
“American Bitch” then delves into a considerate and in-depth conversation about consent, what it means, “grey areas” and a slew of other insightful thoughts surrounding the subject matter. It’s a timely offering featuring a more adult version of Hannah than we’ve ever seen before from “Girls.” Sure,...
[Editor’s note: Major spoilers for “Girls” Season 6, Episode 3, “American Bitch” follow. The episode airs Sunday, February 26 on HBO, but is now available to stream via HBO Now and HBO Go.]
Love Her or Hate Her
Love her. If there were ever an episode of “Girls” that Lena Dunham was meant to write, this is it. At first glance the bottle episode seems to be a throwback to the second season’s “One Man’s Trash,” thanks to the set-up, but it quickly veers into much different territory. Hannah visits famed author Chuck Palmer (Matthew Rhys) in his fancy New York apartment to discuss an article she wrote about him and the four women who accused him of sexual abuse.
“American Bitch” then delves into a considerate and in-depth conversation about consent, what it means, “grey areas” and a slew of other insightful thoughts surrounding the subject matter. It’s a timely offering featuring a more adult version of Hannah than we’ve ever seen before from “Girls.” Sure,...
- 2/24/2017
- by Amber Dowling
- Indiewire
[Editor’s note: Major spoilers for “Girls” Season 6, Episode 3, “American Bitch” follow. The episode airs Sunday, February 26 on HBO, but is now available to stream via HBO Now and HBO Go.]
When you ask Richard Shepard how he feels about directing episodes of “Girls” — specifically episodes like “American Bitch” — the word he uses is “lucky.” (More than once.) The Emmy-winning director has been a regular in the rotation of “Girls” directors, most notably being the helmer of choice for the show’s “bottle episodes” — relatively self-contained installments focusing on just one of the titular girls for an entire half-hour.
Read More: ‘Girls’ Review: Lena Dunham and Matthew Rhys Battle Over Consent in ‘American Bitch’
“The bottle episodes are extremely challenging and also extremely fun because you get to spend all this direct time with the actors and the characters,” he told IndieWire via phone. “And you get to shift the cinematic style a little bit because of the nature of whatever it is. We do things that had not been done on the show before.”
As one example, Shepard mentioned “The Panic in Central Park,...
When you ask Richard Shepard how he feels about directing episodes of “Girls” — specifically episodes like “American Bitch” — the word he uses is “lucky.” (More than once.) The Emmy-winning director has been a regular in the rotation of “Girls” directors, most notably being the helmer of choice for the show’s “bottle episodes” — relatively self-contained installments focusing on just one of the titular girls for an entire half-hour.
Read More: ‘Girls’ Review: Lena Dunham and Matthew Rhys Battle Over Consent in ‘American Bitch’
“The bottle episodes are extremely challenging and also extremely fun because you get to spend all this direct time with the actors and the characters,” he told IndieWire via phone. “And you get to shift the cinematic style a little bit because of the nature of whatever it is. We do things that had not been done on the show before.”
As one example, Shepard mentioned “The Panic in Central Park,...
- 2/24/2017
- by Liz Shannon Miller
- Indiewire
An onslaught of onscreen and offscreen talent unite with a clear sense of purpose in the limited series “When We Rise.” An examination of gay and women’s rights over three decades and how their causes conflict and coalesce, Dustin Lance Black’s new ABC offering emphasizes what’s possible when oppressed minorities come together and fight back against a malicious patriarchy.
There’s no shortage of modern parallels at play, and ABC is counting on the public’s revived passion for protest to drive interest in a show that honors those who paved the way with picket signs and (mostly) passive resistance. The eight-episode series written by Black (mostly) does right by its honorable cause, but it suffers from the strictures of its format. A sprawling story creates an awkward combination of history lessons and personal stories, and broadcast standards prove far too restrictive. The result is a conglomeration...
There’s no shortage of modern parallels at play, and ABC is counting on the public’s revived passion for protest to drive interest in a show that honors those who paved the way with picket signs and (mostly) passive resistance. The eight-episode series written by Black (mostly) does right by its honorable cause, but it suffers from the strictures of its format. A sprawling story creates an awkward combination of history lessons and personal stories, and broadcast standards prove far too restrictive. The result is a conglomeration...
- 2/23/2017
- by Ben Travers
- Indiewire
Jordan Peele’s latest career incarnation could have been fodder for “Key & Peele,” the hit Comedy Central sketch show in which he and Keegan-Michael Key skewered modern racial issues. But Peele wrote had written a horror movie about race, and it needed a director. That created a challenge: After William Crain (“Blacula”), Bill Gunn (“Ganja & Hesse”), and Ernest Dickerson (“Bones,” “The Walking Dead”), how many black horror directors can you name? (The savviest genre fans out there might also remember James Bond III, very much a real person, who directed “Def By Temptation” 27 years ago.)
Needless to say, it was slim pickings. “I first pitched this as a movie no one would make,” Peele said. “About halfway through writing the script, I realized I was the only person who could direct it.”
However, Peele’s feature directing debut, “Get Out,” also brings him into the rarified class of horror directors...
Needless to say, it was slim pickings. “I first pitched this as a movie no one would make,” Peele said. “About halfway through writing the script, I realized I was the only person who could direct it.”
However, Peele’s feature directing debut, “Get Out,” also brings him into the rarified class of horror directors...
- 2/21/2017
- by Eric Kohn
- Indiewire
Girls Trip trailer and clips from The Boss Baby and Get Out make our daily round-upGirls Trip trailer and clips from The Boss Baby and Get Out make our daily round-upGarrett McCormick2/9/2017 5:54:00 Pm
Check out our daily round-up featuring the latest movie news, trailer and clips!
Girls Trip
Think The Hangover, meets The Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants, meets Bridesmaids, meets How to Be Single, and you get the next party-hard laugh-out-loud comedy, Girls Trip!
Four longlife friends have become too busy for a social life and barely have time for each other anymore, so they decide to drop everything and go on a long overdue girls vacation to rekindle their friendships. They take their trip to New Orleans; the land of partying, drinking and wild blurry nights...and lets just say things get a little bit too wild!
Jada Pinkett-Smith, Queen Latifah, Regina Hall and Tiffany Haddish...
Check out our daily round-up featuring the latest movie news, trailer and clips!
Girls Trip
Think The Hangover, meets The Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants, meets Bridesmaids, meets How to Be Single, and you get the next party-hard laugh-out-loud comedy, Girls Trip!
Four longlife friends have become too busy for a social life and barely have time for each other anymore, so they decide to drop everything and go on a long overdue girls vacation to rekindle their friendships. They take their trip to New Orleans; the land of partying, drinking and wild blurry nights...and lets just say things get a little bit too wild!
Jada Pinkett-Smith, Queen Latifah, Regina Hall and Tiffany Haddish...
- 2/9/2017
- by Garrett McCormick
- Cineplex
‘Strong Island’ Review: Yance Ford’s Powerful and Personal Look at Race in America — Sundance Review
There is no shortage of documentaries on the preponderance of racially motivated shootings that have become a fixture of modern American society, but none carry the striking intimacy of Yance Ford’s “Strong Island.” The transgender filmmaker’s remarkable essay film, which explores the lingering pain surrounding the murder of his brother, William Ford, Jr. in 1992, manages to explore the incident while personalizing its reverberations across two decades. Equal parts journalistic investigation and family portrait, Ford’s delicate project transforms the source of his frustrations into an absorbing cinematic elegy.
Despite the dark event at its center, “Strong Island” also functions as an insightful memoir of black life in America. With only a handful of subjects and family archives, Ford tracks his parents’ early courtship in the Jim Crow South through their decision to rebuild their lives in Long Island, where Ford and his siblings grow up caught between the...
Despite the dark event at its center, “Strong Island” also functions as an insightful memoir of black life in America. With only a handful of subjects and family archives, Ford tracks his parents’ early courtship in the Jim Crow South through their decision to rebuild their lives in Long Island, where Ford and his siblings grow up caught between the...
- 1/25/2017
- by Eric Kohn
- Indiewire
Amazon Studios has acquired the U.S. rights to the dramedy “Landline,” which premiered last Friday in the Sundance Film Festival’s U.S Dramatic Competition. The price fell somewhere in the mid-seven-figure, according to a source. The film focuses on two sisters in ’90s New York who discover their father’s affair at a time when cell phones don’t yet exist.
Writer-director Gillian Robespierre’s follow-up to 2014’s “Obvious Child,” the film is another starring vehicle for Jenny Slate, and has a strong cast in John Turturo, Edie Falco and indie film multi-hyphenate Jay Duplass. Newcomer Abby Quinn also has a breakout role in the movie. Robespierre wrote the script with “Landline” producer Elisabeth Holm.
The film was also produced by Gigi Pritzker of OddLot Entertainment, one of the companies behind the Academy Award-nominated “Hell or High Water.” Russell Levine of Route One Entertainment also served as a producer.
Writer-director Gillian Robespierre’s follow-up to 2014’s “Obvious Child,” the film is another starring vehicle for Jenny Slate, and has a strong cast in John Turturo, Edie Falco and indie film multi-hyphenate Jay Duplass. Newcomer Abby Quinn also has a breakout role in the movie. Robespierre wrote the script with “Landline” producer Elisabeth Holm.
The film was also produced by Gigi Pritzker of OddLot Entertainment, one of the companies behind the Academy Award-nominated “Hell or High Water.” Russell Levine of Route One Entertainment also served as a producer.
- 1/24/2017
- by Graham Winfrey
- Indiewire
A bidding war that lasted all night ended with Fox Searchlight Pictures winning the rights to “Patti Cake$” for around $10.5 million, Deadline reports. Lionsgate and Neon were also reportedly in the hunt for the Sundance Film Festival entry, which received two huge standing ovations, and another for breakout Australian actress Danielle Macdonald following its premiere on Monday.
Read More: ‘Patti Cake$’ Review: Here’s the Best Hip-Hop Movie Since ‘Hustle & Flow’ – Sundance 2017
The debut from writer-director Geremy Jasper, “Patti Cake$” stars Macdonald as Patricia Dombrowski, also known as Killa P and Patti Cake$, an aspiring rapper in New Jersey. In his review, IndieWire’s Eric Kohn called the film the “best hip-hop movie since ‘Hustle & Flow.'” The film co-stars Bridget Everett, Siddharth Dhananjay, Mamoudou Athie, and Cathy Moriarty.
Fox Searchlight previously distributed 2012 Academy Award-nominated “Beasts of the Southern Wild,” which shares producers with “Patti Cake$” in Michael Gottwald and...
Read More: ‘Patti Cake$’ Review: Here’s the Best Hip-Hop Movie Since ‘Hustle & Flow’ – Sundance 2017
The debut from writer-director Geremy Jasper, “Patti Cake$” stars Macdonald as Patricia Dombrowski, also known as Killa P and Patti Cake$, an aspiring rapper in New Jersey. In his review, IndieWire’s Eric Kohn called the film the “best hip-hop movie since ‘Hustle & Flow.'” The film co-stars Bridget Everett, Siddharth Dhananjay, Mamoudou Athie, and Cathy Moriarty.
Fox Searchlight previously distributed 2012 Academy Award-nominated “Beasts of the Southern Wild,” which shares producers with “Patti Cake$” in Michael Gottwald and...
- 1/24/2017
- by Graham Winfrey
- Indiewire
Kino Lorber has acquired the North American rights to the elephant dramedy “Pop Aye,” which premiered in the Sundance Film Festival’s World Dramatic section on the opening night of the festival. The movie marks the debut feature for Singaporean writer-director Kirsten Tan and the first film from a Singaporean director to land an opening night slot at Sundance.
Set in Thailand, “Pop Aye” tells the story of a once-illustrious architect struggling with the impending demolition of his proudest work and the waning affection of his wife. After encountering his childhood pet elephant in the streets of Bangkok, he embarks on a quest across Thailand to return his old friend to the small village where they grew up.
“’Pop Aye’ is poetically profound, but the elephant in the room is really its warm heart,” Kino Lorber CEO Richard Lorber said in a statement. “We’re immensely pleased to be working...
Set in Thailand, “Pop Aye” tells the story of a once-illustrious architect struggling with the impending demolition of his proudest work and the waning affection of his wife. After encountering his childhood pet elephant in the streets of Bangkok, he embarks on a quest across Thailand to return his old friend to the small village where they grew up.
“’Pop Aye’ is poetically profound, but the elephant in the room is really its warm heart,” Kino Lorber CEO Richard Lorber said in a statement. “We’re immensely pleased to be working...
- 1/24/2017
- by Graham Winfrey
- Indiewire
A horror movie slated to open in October means buzz and solid expectations. It used to be you rarely saw the genre at any other time — back before studios discovered how cheap they were to produce and how palatable they were to teens looking for something to do on a Friday night whether it proved enjoyably worthwhile or not. Securing this coveted spot was therefore a win for Stx Entertainment and their film The Bye Bye Man, either through hard work or sheer luck. Watching it shift up from October 14th, 2016 to June 3rd may have even been a testament to its success until yet another shuffle to January 13th, 2017. Don’t let the connotations Friday the 13th conjures fool you. The Bye Bye Man was dumped.
Suddenly my cautious optimism evaporated into knowing skepticism as another sub-par riff on the Boogie Man appeared to be making its way onto...
Suddenly my cautious optimism evaporated into knowing skepticism as another sub-par riff on the Boogie Man appeared to be making its way onto...
- 1/13/2017
- by Jared Mobarak
- The Film Stage
If someone got drunk, read the Wikipedia entry for “It Follows” and decided over the next morning’s hangover to write a screenplay, “The Bye Bye Man” might be the result. In reality, this horror film is based on a “strange-but-true” story by Robert Damon Schneck, but it lacks any of the terror or the details that cause the best ghost stories and urban legends to haunt us.
Continue reading ‘The Bye Bye Man’ Is A Silly Joke Of A Horror Movie [Review] at The Playlist.
Continue reading ‘The Bye Bye Man’ Is A Silly Joke Of A Horror Movie [Review] at The Playlist.
- 1/12/2017
- by Kimber Myers
- The Playlist
A horror movie set entirely in a morgue sounds like a no brainer, and while “The Autopsy Of Jane Doe” caught some love on the festival circuit at Tiff and Fantastic Fest, I wasn’t particularly a fan. But for those who simply want some genre fun, perhaps this’ll fit the bill.
Read More: Horror Rings A Bell In First Trailer For ‘The Autopsy Of Jane Doe’ With Brian Cox & Emile Hirsch
Directed by André Øvredal’s (“Troll Hunter“), and starring Brian Cox and Emile Hirsch, the movie finds father and son morticians and medical examiners, who carve up terror when the latest body to hit the slab appears to be hiding some deadly secrets.
Continue reading New Red Band Trailer For ‘The Autopsy Of Jane Doe’ Lets The Sun Shine In at The Playlist.
Read More: Horror Rings A Bell In First Trailer For ‘The Autopsy Of Jane Doe’ With Brian Cox & Emile Hirsch
Directed by André Øvredal’s (“Troll Hunter“), and starring Brian Cox and Emile Hirsch, the movie finds father and son morticians and medical examiners, who carve up terror when the latest body to hit the slab appears to be hiding some deadly secrets.
Continue reading New Red Band Trailer For ‘The Autopsy Of Jane Doe’ Lets The Sun Shine In at The Playlist.
- 10/14/2016
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
Clip It: Each day, Jon Davis looks at the world of trailers, featurettes and clips and puts it all in perspective. Three people are going to rob a blind man. And that blind man is not happy about it. Our own Chris Eggersten has sent out a warning: "See it at your own risk." Horror movie fans (I'm one of them) see that as the highest recommendation. If you're telling me that this movie is so upsetting, I might never be the same, then I'm booking a seat right now. Hey, maybe I'm a thrill seeker. I was swimming in a cave in Mexico last year, and there was a sign that said "Don't go beyond this point." I interpreted that sign as a challenge, not a warning. My wife wasn't thrilled with this interpretation, especially when I swam past the sign and gave it the finger. What happened after that?...
- 8/10/2016
- by Jon Davis
- Hitfix
What if Hollywood refused to release any more movies after June 30th, leaving audiences and Oscar voters to pick from what washed in with the tide from the first six months of 2016? Yikes. Last year at this time, we'd already had Mad Max: Fury Road, Inside Out, Love & Mercy and Ex Machina. This year's pickings are, well, slimmer. Amid the furor over the degrees of suckitude in Batman v Superman, the lack of laughs delivered by Kevin Hart in Ride Along 2 and Central Intelligence, and the franchise fatigue brought...
- 6/21/2016
- Rollingstone.com
A horror movie that avoids pandering to stereotypes.
With everyone discussing Hollywood’s antipathy towards casting people of color or women, it’s easy to forget how rare mainstream films about disability are. Hollywood predominately enjoys trotting out the wheelchairs during Oscar season with their “inspirational” tales of disability or, in the case of next month’s Me Before You, illustrating how disabled people can inspire the able bodied to live their lives to the fullest (don’t get me started on that movie). But why relegate disability to the dramatic genre?
In 1967 actress Audrey Hepburn portrayed a blind woman terrorized by a menacing Alan Arkin in Wait Until Dark. For its time, and considering Hepburn’s role as America’s sweetheart, Wait Until Dark was a game changer for portraying a disabled person living their life, going about their business, having a steady boyfriend, and being valiantly able to fight off someone doing them harm. Sure...
With everyone discussing Hollywood’s antipathy towards casting people of color or women, it’s easy to forget how rare mainstream films about disability are. Hollywood predominately enjoys trotting out the wheelchairs during Oscar season with their “inspirational” tales of disability or, in the case of next month’s Me Before You, illustrating how disabled people can inspire the able bodied to live their lives to the fullest (don’t get me started on that movie). But why relegate disability to the dramatic genre?
In 1967 actress Audrey Hepburn portrayed a blind woman terrorized by a menacing Alan Arkin in Wait Until Dark. For its time, and considering Hepburn’s role as America’s sweetheart, Wait Until Dark was a game changer for portraying a disabled person living their life, going about their business, having a steady boyfriend, and being valiantly able to fight off someone doing them harm. Sure...
- 5/9/2016
- by Kristen Lopez
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
To this day I am still surprised how mainstream zombies have become. Currently there are four television shows and more movies churned out in the last decade than any one person could ever hope to watch. With more titles than a herd of Walkers, filmmakers need to insure their title can stand out from the pack. Along shambles Pride and Prejudice and Zombies hoping to bite a piece out of the box office. But is it memorable?
A mysterious plague has ravaged 19th Century England. Mr. Bennett (Charles Dance) has been training his five daughters their whole life for combat. But Mrs. Bennett (Sally Phillips) is worried about her daughter’s future and wants to marry them all off to wealthy suitors. Daughter Elizabeth (Lily James) lays eyes on Mr. Darcy (Sam Riley) at a party and seems quite taken with him. Of course it can’t be that easy...
A mysterious plague has ravaged 19th Century England. Mr. Bennett (Charles Dance) has been training his five daughters their whole life for combat. But Mrs. Bennett (Sally Phillips) is worried about her daughter’s future and wants to marry them all off to wealthy suitors. Daughter Elizabeth (Lily James) lays eyes on Mr. Darcy (Sam Riley) at a party and seems quite taken with him. Of course it can’t be that easy...
- 2/5/2016
- by Jeremy Jones
- Destroy the Brain
A while back, I had a fascinating chat with writer/director Adam Egypt Mortimer about a great comic book called Ballistic. Over the course of said interview, he revealed that his livelihood was in film and horror movies were his wheelhouse. So when Some Kind Of Hate showed up at my door, I could not resist picking his brain on its portrayal of teenage stereotypes, social issues, and doom metal, which in this case are certainly a potent combination. [Note: May contain minor spoilers.]
Famous Monsters. Maybe it’s because I’m a metalhead, but I want to start with the use of music in the film—in the narrative as well as in the soundtrack. Metal plays a large role. There’s even a scene where Lincoln makes Kaitlin a metal playlist. What’s your take on the cliché of heavy metal music leading teens to being violent, and how did you find the...
Famous Monsters. Maybe it’s because I’m a metalhead, but I want to start with the use of music in the film—in the narrative as well as in the soundtrack. Metal plays a large role. There’s even a scene where Lincoln makes Kaitlin a metal playlist. What’s your take on the cliché of heavy metal music leading teens to being violent, and how did you find the...
- 10/1/2015
- by Holly Interlandi
- FamousMonsters of Filmland
Could this Be any more terrifying!? Friends will always be there for you — in your nightmares. That's because the people behind WorldWideInterweb traded in smelly cats for something far worse. A new video reimagines the hit NBC series as a horror movie trailer, which would make for a great conversation starter at Central Perk. Dead Friends: "Friends" Recut As A Horror Movie... by worldwideinterweb The hilarious black-and-white clip titled "Dead Friends" features all six characters: Monica Geller (Courteney Cox), Rachel Green (Jennifer Aniston), Phoebe Buffay (Lisa Kudrow), Chandler [...]...
- 9/11/2015
- Us Weekly
Could this trailer Be any creepier?
Thanks to a very patient citizen of the internet, one with lots of time on their hands, we now have "Friends" recut as a horror movie. And there is life before, and life after, watching it.
Classic moments from the series -- including Phoebe's "My eyes! My beautiful eyes!" and the one where Monica wears a Thanksgiving turkey on her head -- get put through a very Hitchcockian, black-and-white lens with the help of a few jump scares and a moody score.
And to make it even more terrifying -- yes, Janice makes an appearance. *shudder*
Watch below... if you dare.
Dead Friends: "Friends" Recut As A Horror Movie... by worldwideinterweb...
Thanks to a very patient citizen of the internet, one with lots of time on their hands, we now have "Friends" recut as a horror movie. And there is life before, and life after, watching it.
Classic moments from the series -- including Phoebe's "My eyes! My beautiful eyes!" and the one where Monica wears a Thanksgiving turkey on her head -- get put through a very Hitchcockian, black-and-white lens with the help of a few jump scares and a moody score.
And to make it even more terrifying -- yes, Janice makes an appearance. *shudder*
Watch below... if you dare.
Dead Friends: "Friends" Recut As A Horror Movie... by worldwideinterweb...
- 9/10/2015
- by Phil Pirrello
- Moviefone
The 17th annual Boston Underground Film Festival is set to explode all over the Brattle Theater in Harvard Square on March 25-29.
Opening Night: The fun kicks off on the 25th at 7:30 p.m. with the exciting new flick from the always amazing Astron-6 collective, The Editor, an homage to the brutal Giallo movies of the ’70s and ’80s directed by Adam Brooks and Matthew Kennedy. This will be followed by the restored version of the legendary cult classic Gone With the Pope by the notorious Duke Mitchell.
Closing Night: Goodnight Mommy the debut feature film by Severin Fiala and Veronika Franz, will screen at 8:30 p.m. on the 29th and is a nightmarish vision of familial dread when twin brothers believe their cosmetically altered mother is literally not the woman she used to be.
Other features include a mix of horror, like Matt O’Mahoney’s...
Opening Night: The fun kicks off on the 25th at 7:30 p.m. with the exciting new flick from the always amazing Astron-6 collective, The Editor, an homage to the brutal Giallo movies of the ’70s and ’80s directed by Adam Brooks and Matthew Kennedy. This will be followed by the restored version of the legendary cult classic Gone With the Pope by the notorious Duke Mitchell.
Closing Night: Goodnight Mommy the debut feature film by Severin Fiala and Veronika Franz, will screen at 8:30 p.m. on the 29th and is a nightmarish vision of familial dread when twin brothers believe their cosmetically altered mother is literally not the woman she used to be.
Other features include a mix of horror, like Matt O’Mahoney’s...
- 3/12/2015
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
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