Nia Long Applauds Storm Reid, and Reid’s Mom
Home Interviews 'Missing's Nia Long Applauds Storm Reid, and Reid's Mom "You know mom is in there guiding the ship and pouring all the nuggets into her that she needs to become the woman that she is today." The Searching…
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Detective Knight: Independence | Film Threat
Detective Knight: Independence is the final film of writer/director Edward Drake’s Detective Knight trilogy, co-written by Corey Large. It is also one of the last movies of Bruce Willis’ illustrious career. All three films have featured some common threads besides the…
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Travis Stevens’ Latest Is A Wild, If Somewhat Incoherent, Horror-Show
Marrying two of the most exciting voices in contemporary horror — writer/director Travis Stevens and star Josh Ruben (himself an accomplished director) — Shudder’s “A Wounded Fawn” is a grainy, phantasmagoric trek into the woods and into the recesses of…
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Wildcat Directors Discuss the Film’s Grueling Four-Year Production in the Rainforest
"Wilderness is not a luxury but a necessity of the human spirit," wrote Edward Abbey in the book Desert Solitaire. There are some people who, faced with the chaos and industrialization of the modern world, retreat into that proverbial 'wild,'…
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Kevin Feige on Kicking Off Phase Five With Quantumania
Home Movie News Kevin Feige on Kicking Off the MCU's Phase Five With 'Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania' "He’d earned that position.” Image Via Disney Look out for the little guy, he’s going to do big things to change the…
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“The Real Violence and Danger Women Sometimes Go Through When Giving Birth”: DP Chananun Chotrungroj on birth/rebirth
birth/rebirth, courtesy of Sundance Institute. Photo by Chananun Chotrungroj. A modern-day, female-focused retelling of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, Laura Moss’s birth/rebirth refuses to flinch when it comes to portraying the bloody viscera of the birthing process. The film follows a maternity…
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Frustrating Horror Mystery Feels Like a Messy Rough Draft
Home Movie Reviews The Friendship Game Review: Frustrating Horror Mystery Feels Like a Messy Rough Draft The film tends to bite off more than it can chew, and the end result is a colossal disappointment. The idea of “friends forever”…
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Storm Reid Tries to Find Her Mom in Exciting Techno-Mystery
With 2018’s Searching and now, its pseudo-sequel Missing, the idea of “screen life” storytelling isn't a gimmick, it’s a way of showing a side of a character’s life that could easily get lost in the margins with any other story.…
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Director Darren Aronofsky Says Casting Brendan Fraser in The Whale ‘Needed to Happen’
When Oscar buzz first began building around Brendan Fraser’s performance in The Whale several months ago, director Darren Aronofsky (Requiem For A Dream, Black Swan, The Wrestler) knew he had to be frank with film festival audiences. Oftentimes, he shared…
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That 90s Show Cast Talks Favorite Episodes, Season 2, & That 70s Show
Ironically, Mark Brazill and Bonnie and Terry Turner’s hit series, That 70s Show, took the late '90s by storm. Following a group of friends in 1970s Wisconsin, the show mostly takes place in the home of the Forman’s where the…
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Rushed and Undermines Its Own Message
If you go into On Sacred Ground not knowing anything, in the beginning, you might think you’re watching a documentary. The purpose of directors Josh and Rebecca Tickell is quite clear: Establish that the story you’re about to watch is…
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A Hollow Proclamation From Will Smith And Director Antoine Fuqua
“I didn’t want to make a slavery film about vengeance,” Will Smith told GQ in 2021 to explain his much-lamented decision to turn down the title role in “Django Unchained.” “This was one that was about love,” he continued to…
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