The Road House remake starring Jake Gyllenhaal and directed by Doug Liman sets a Spring 2024 release on Prime Video. Jake Gyllenhaal will be kicking some ass on Prime Video next year as the streaming service has announced (via The Playlist) the release date for the Road House remake: March 21, 2024. Per the official … Read more
Under the Shadow director Babak Anvari is at the helm of Hallow Road, a psychological thriller starring Rosamund Pike and Matthew Rhys Last year, it was announced that Under the Shadow‘s Babak Anvari had signed on to direct a new entry in the Cloverfield franchise. While we wait to hear more about that project, Anvari … Read more
Soon enough, it’s ten years later. A title places us in Gearrannan Village, and the little dreamer, Kirsty, has grown into a fine lass who’s still keen on getting the heck out. “I want more than planting potatoes and working the same land as my mum and da,” she declares. All the green grass and … Read more
When did you come into this story? Did you read the story in the New Yorker, or did they reach out to you? How did it all happen? I was approached by both ProPublica, Amazon, and JuVee production, Viola Davis’ company, and they wanted me to executive produce the film. And they know I had many … Read more
Inspired by the ProPublica/New Yorker article by Lizzie Presser, Peck parses the historically racist real estate laws of America, the tyrannical wielding of the justice system against Black folk, and the feeling of when the land becomes you and you become bound to the land. “Silver Dollar Road” is a celebration, an elegy, and a profound … Read more
The first official Desperation Road trailer is out, previewing a new Southern noir thriller starring Oscar winner Mel Gibson and Garrett Hedlund. Who is in Desperation Road? Desperation Road is directed by Nadine Crocker from a script written by Michael Farris Smith. The film is also based on the novel of the same name by … Read more
Jalmari Helander toys with the war movie in gnarly fashion with “Sisu,” a Midnight-ready actioner that earns comparisons to the likes of “Inglourious Basterds,” “Mad Max: Fury Road,” “The Terminator,” and “Rambo: First Blood.” The title term is a Finnish concept of will and determination, and we see that scene after scene as one famous … Read more
According to Deadline, blockbuster stars Ryan Reynolds (Dead Pool) and Jason Momoa (Aquaman) have signed on for the leading roles in Legendary’s upcoming live-action/animated movie titled Animal Friends. Aubrey Plaza (The White Lotus) and Vince Vaughn (Bad Monkey) have also joined the project, which is being developed as an R-rated road trip adventure. Animal Friends … Read more
As always, the score is the window into the soul of the director, and, in this case, the director was Clint Eastwood, making his sophomore film as a filmmaker and his first western as a director-star. “High Plains Drifter” can be read as a clear declaration of directorial intent. This was not like the westerns … Read more