Rabid Dogs, directed by Eric Hannezo is a French-Canadian remake of the 1974 Italian film of the same name. It’s a competent, stylish, by-the-numbers crime thriller that completely falls apart in the final stretch. Four bank robbers are on the run from the police after their heist takes a turn for the worst. They are […]
The Shallows, directed by Jaume Collet-Serra, is a taut, focused thriller that may not break new ground when it comes to killer shark movies, but is proof enough that they still have plenty of bite. Medical student Nancy Adams (Blake Lively) goes surfing on a secluded beach in Mexico, the same beach that her mother […]
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, directed by Gareth Edwards, is an upcoming prequel to the original Star Wars. Set just before A New Hope, Rogue One is the story of a group of resistance fighters tasked with stealing the plans for the Empire’s top secret and most dangerous […]
Jesse Eisenberg (Now You See Me) is the current stand in for Woody Allen in this romantic comedy set in the 1930s. The challenge is to see him as a romantic lead. Bobby Dorfman (Jesse Eisenberg) is leaving his life in the Bronx for the sunny shores of California and the possibility […]
Scriptwriter Joe Robert Cole dropped some hints to SlashFilm about the upcoming Black Panther solo film! Marvel Phase Three started with a bang with this summer’s Captain America: Civil War, and Chadwick Boseman’s Panther certainly made an impact! “Our standalone movie will begin shortly after Civil War ends,” said Cole, “so we’ll be able to […]
Hot on the heels of the success of the Ghostbusters all-female reboot comes this fantastic casting news from TheWrap, concerning Oceans Ocho, aka the all-female ‘continuation’ of the infamous heist franchise. Director Gary Ross (The Hunger Games) spoke to Slashfilm earlier this summer, saying: “It’s a pretty similar tone. You know, Steven Soderbergh and I are […]
The Brand New Testament, written and directed by Jaco Van Dormael, offers a drastic modern re-imagining of biblical mythology, but apart from a few sporadic sparks of creativity, forgets to actually do anything interesting, memorable or worthwhile. God (Benoît Poelvoorde) is a cruel, vulgar man who lives in an apartment in Brussels with his meek […]
