Pixar’s influence on the film industry is undeniable and many of the characters created at the animation studio continue to impact multiple generations. From Woody and Buzz to Carl Fredricksen (Up), audiences have come to welcome these wonderfully written personalities into their lives and the Incredible family remains as one of the quintessential examples of […]
Idris Elba’s directorial debut Yardie, based on the novel by Victory Headley, stars Aml Ameen (The Maze Runner, Sense8) as D, a young Jamaican sent to London to complete a drug deal … but the plot thickens as he follows the trail of his brother’s killer. The film’s prologue and various flashbacks star a young […]
Ocean’s 8 a sequel (of sorts) to the Steven Soderbergh’s Ocean’s 11 franchise, starring Sandra Bullock, Cate Blanchett, Anne Hathaway and Rihanna and directed by Hunger Games’ Gary Ross. Sandra Bullock is Debbie Ocean, younger sister of the franchise’s original protagonist, Danny Ocean (George Clooney). Debbie has just been released from prison, and is immediately […]
Based the last portion of the novel by Emily Danforth, The Miseducation of Cameron Post, up-and-coming director Desiree Akhavan tells the story of gay teen Cameron (Chloë Grace Moretz) as she’s sent to a Christian conversion center by her orthodox family in the 90s. The dreamy, warmly lit visuals of Cam’s fantasies and memories contrast the starker, […]
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom is the fifth film in the Jurassic Park franchise and the third in the new continuity. Celebrated Spanish director J. A. Bayona makes his Hollywood debut with this entry in the sci-fi series. Set three years after the events of Jurassic World the dinosaurs face extinction once again due to the volcano on Isla Nublar is about to […]
In honor of the 75th anniversary of Operation Chastise, the daring mission in which the Royal Air Force successfully breached the supposedly impenetrable Ruhr river dams of Germany, the 1955 British classic The Dam Busters is getting a special new home release. Directed by the late, great Michael Anderson (Logan’s Run, Around the World in […]
What is surprising about the film from Australian writer/director Leigh Whannell is that it is a low budget film that was filmed in Australia, but it has received relatively little press attention in the land down under. Upgrade was picked up by Blumhouse Tilt productions (Split, Get Out) after being screened at the South by Southwest […]
