With MOONAGE DAYDREAM, Brett Morgen (The Kid Stays in the Picture, Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck,Jane) presents a genre defying immersion into the art and sounds of David Bowie. Considered one of the greatest artists of our time, David Bowie has been moving culture for over 50 years. MOONAGE DAYDREAM is the first film to […]
By John Corrado ★★★ (out of 4) Taika Waititi’s Thor: Love and Thunder, the latest puzzle piece in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, is the fourth solo film for Chris Hemsworth’s Thor, and it very much plays in the same vein as its direct predecessor, Thor: Ragnarok. Waititi, who co-wrote the screenplay with Jennifer Kaytin Robinson, builds […]
Director: Sergio G. Sánchez Writer: Sergio G. Sánchez Starring: George MacKay, Anya Taylor-Joy, Charlie Heaton, Mia Goth, Matthew Stagg, Kyle Soller, Nicola Harrison, and Tom Fisher Rating: ★★★ The Secret of Marrowbone (AKA simply Marrowbone in some countries) is a 2017 horror film from writer and director Sergio G. Sánchez. It’s a fairly familiar story […]
Director: Guillem Morales Writer: John Brownlow Starring: Anya Taylor-Joy, Romola Garai, Alex Hassell, Hayley Squires, Paapa Essiedu Rating: ★★★★ The Miniaturist is a 2017 BBC miniseries based on the 2014 novel of the same name by Kessie Burton. Set in 17th Century Amsterdam, the story follows Petronella (Anya Taylor-Joy) who is recently married to Johannes […]
Director: Cory Finley Writer: Cory Finely Starring: Olivia Cooke, Anya Taylor-Joy, Anton Yelchin, Paul Sparks, Francie Swift Rating: ★★★½ Thoroughbreds follows Amanda (Olivia Cooke), an emotionless teenager who starts hanging out with her old best friend, Lily (Anya Taylor-Joy). They meet up under the guise of a casual tutoring session, but Amanda’s mother has paid […]
This is not Elvis. This is Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis, and you need to know this going in. The director’s films are frenetic to the extreme. Full of hyper-stylized montages, jump cuts and crash zooms in the spirit of New Wave MTV. The tenured Aussie director specializes in grafting qpresent day pop culture onto ancient stories […]
Director: Scott Derrickson Writers: Scott Derrickson and C. Robert Cargill Starring: Mason Thames, Madeline McGraw, Jeremy Davies, James Ranson, and Ethan Hawke Rating: ★★★★½ The Black Phone is based on the short story of the same name by the great Joe Hill. The adaptation is co-written by Scott Derrickson and C. Robert Cargill, with Derrickson […]
The Roy family is officially back in production. HBO has announced that “Succession” Season 4 is now filming. The new season will consist of 10 episodes, up one installment from the 9-episode third season. The first two seasons of “Succession” also ran for 10 episodes each. Cast members Brian Cox, Jeremy Strong, Sarah Snook, Kieran Culkin, Alan Ruck, Matthew Macfadyen, Nicholas Braun and J. Smith-Cameron are all returning for Season 4.
The official synopsis for “Succession” Season 4 reads: “In the 10-episode season four, the sale of media conglomerate Waystar Royco to tech visionary Lukas Matsson moves ever closer. The prospect of this seismic sale provokes existential angst and familial division among the Roys as they anticipate what their lives will look like once the deal is completed. A power struggle ensues as the family weighs up a future where their cultural and political weight is severely curtailed.”
It’s been two years since the Season 5 finale of “Better Call Saul,” leaving fans wondering what’s in store for the beloved crooked lawyer.
As Jimmy McGill (Bob Odenkirk) opens shop as Saul Goodman, Kim Wexler (Rhea Seehorn) hints at her own breaking bad moment, with Howard Hamlin (Patrick Fabian) in her crosshairs. Meanwhile, Nacho Varga (Michael Mando) is on the run after playing a part in Gus Fring’s (Giancarlo Esposito) assassination attempt on Lalo Salamanca (Tony Dalton). Little do they know, Lalo lives to see another day after picking off Gus’ hitmen one by one in Terminator-like fashion. Meanwhile, a war is brewing between Gus and the Salamancas, with the fates of Kim and Nacho — both absent from the future events of “Breaking Bad” — looming ahead.
Büyük İstanbul Depresyonu: Evimizin İçi Kadar Gerçek 39.İstanbul Film Festivali’nde gösterimini Kısalar’da yapmış olan ve sonrasında 26.Saraybosna Film Festivali, 8.Boğaziçi Film Festivali ve 53.Siyad Ödülleri’nden farklı kategorilerde ödüllerle dönen Büyük İstanbul Depresyonu 2 Mayıs 2022 itibariyle Mubi Türkiye kataloğunda yerini aldı. Filmin oyuncu kadrosunda Nazlı Bulum, Kübra Balcan ve Şebnem Hassanisoughi yer alıyor. Nazlı Bulum, […]
All seven episodes of Ozark: Season Four, Part One are available now on Netflix. Nowadays, fourteen years (or so) after the release of the iconic AMC crime thriller series Breaking Bad, there have been many shows and showrunners that have tried to ape its style or tone. But I think one of the better comparisons […]
HBO has revealed the first teaser trailer for House of the Dragon, its upcoming Game of Thrones prequel series. The 10-episode first season will premiere Sunday, August 21st on HBO and will be available to stream on HBO Max. Watch the teaser trailer below. Taking inspiration from George R.R. Martin’s…Please click the link below to…
Girls will be girls…
Five Catholic Scottish teenage schoolgirls from Fort William take a school trip to Edinburgh for a choir competition but are more interested in bars, shopping and men.
The last thing Michael Mando filmed on “Better Call Saul” was Nacho’s hideout in the oil tanker. As his character is hiding from people on his tail who wish him dead, Mando had to submerge himself…
Have writer/ director Robert Eggers come out with a new film of any genre, and it will no doubt be on us film nerds’ most anticipated list of the year just from hearing the news instantly. Over the past few years, he’s been popular with his touch of what most have identified as “elevated horror.” […]
‘Once you wake up the nightmare begins’ Cryo is a 2022 science fiction horror film about a mysterious killer stalking scientists in a cryosleep facility. Directed by Barrett Burgin from a screenplay co-written with Mason D. Davis. Produced by Westin Cross and Matthew Siemers. Plot: In an underground facility, five scientists wake from cryosleep with […]
Bu yıl 41. İstanbul Film Festivali’de Hanna Bergholm’un Hatching (Pahanhautoja, Kuluçka, 2022) adlı filminden sonra “fantastik ve gotik kıyılarında” çok merak ettiğimiz diğer bir yapım da Lucile Hadzihalilovic’in 2021 tarihli Earwig (Kulağakaçan) filmiydi. Fiziksel ya da maddesel olarak var olmanın bilincini sırf belli bir özelliğe sahip olduğu için savunan ve onu sımsıkı kucaklayan Earwig, yokluğun […]
Amanda and her daughter living a quiet life on an American farm, but when the remains of her estranged mother arrive from Korea, Amanda becomes haunted by the fear of turning into her own mother. My Take – On paper, this new Sam Raimi-produced horror film from Iris K. Shim, who both wrote and […]
Nicolas Cage is hard to comprehend. There are times when he makes just the most god awful movies that are nothing more than a way to pay the bills such as Left Behind. Other times, he makes intense character pieces such as Pig. He didn’t utter a word in Willie’s […]