Director James Wan is experiencing a bit of success lately, as his current directorial effort, Furious 7, has grossed a massive $1.5 billion at the worldwide box office, which is a franchise best for the ongoing series. Much of that success can be attributed to the film paying tribute to late actor Paul Walker, but the movie […]
It seems as if those behind the Harry Potter film series are intent on keeping the tradition alive of working with some of the top British actors around. Word here in the Muggle world is that the recently crowned Academy Award winner Eddie Redmayne has been cast as Newt Scamander in the upcoming Fantastic Beasts […]
When Marvel and Sony agreed to reboot the Spider-man franchise with the aim to bring the webslinger into the Marvel Cinematic Universe it delighted many fans. This means a new actor to going to play the famous character. Now The Hollywood Reporter has found out that six actors have screen tested for role in Atlanta, […]
Director Cary Fukunaga is an up-and-coming director with an impressive resume behind-the-camera on films such as the immigration drama Sin Nombre and a Gothic re-imagining of Jane Eyre. His most high-profile work was directing episodes of HBO’s acclaimed series True Detective. Fukunaga was set to direct the movie adaptation of Stephen King’s novel It, but that no longer seems to […]
With the dearth of new releases this week – and the fact that both are completely unworthy of purchase – Orson Welles’ noir-killing Touch of Evil easily wins the title of Recommendation of the Week. Finishing off a solid group of re-releases, a pair of political thrillers from director Costa-Gavras provide plenty of reasons to empty […]
After his trial captured the imagination of a nation and became the subject of a documentary by Joe Berlinger, the life of James J. “Whitey” Bulger was all but certain to get the Hollywood treatment. Attracting names like Johnny Depp, Benedict Cumberbatch, Dakota Johnson and Joel Edgerton, the life and crimes of Whitey Bulger will take center stage […]
World War Z was a successful horror-action movie back in 2013, making $540 Million from a $190 Million budget and earned solid critical reviews. A sequel was quickly commissioned and now The Hollywood Reporter has broke the news that Paramount has set a release date for the sequel to be June 9, 2017. World War […]
Director George Miller is currently being showered with critical praise for the release of Mad Max: Fury Road, which many are calling a new action classic (including yours truly). The movie is coming off of a successful opening weekend, which grossed $45.4 million domestically and another $64 million internationally. It appears that Miller will be revisiting Max […]
There are only a few new releases this week, but one of them is the highest-grossing film of 2014, American Sniper. Due to its massive popularity, we though it would be a great chance to promote one of Charlie Chaplin’s most suppressed films, by making Limelight our Recommendation of the Week. New Release: American Sniper – (Blu-ray, DVD and […]
After some initial setbacks, Danny Boyle’s Steve Jobs has finally given the world a look at the maverick inventor as portrayed by Michael Fassbender. The brief yet succinct trailer features a prolonged speech from Fassbender’s Jobs, coupled with voice clips from Seth Rogan’s Steve Wozniak, and Kate Winslet’s Joanna Hoffman. It is only at the end […]
