News released today by DC and Warner Bros that Patty Jenkins, director of the original WONDER WOMAN (2017), is now set to direct its sequel WONDER WOMAN 2. In a northern summer season when certain hoped-for blockbusters did less well than expected, WONDER WOMAN swept all before it by taking US$815 million worldwide. Wonder Woman was the DC Extended Universe’s first bona fide hit with no traces of ...
Guillermo del Toro’s new film about a monster, THE SHAPE OF WATER has won the Golden Lion, the top award at the 74th Venice Film Festival. The jury, headed by American actor Annette Bening, chose the film ahead of contenders such as Alexander Payne’s DOWNSIZING and George Clooney’s SUBURBICON. The critical reception for the film has led many to describe the movie as the director’s best since 200...
Jamie Dornan and Dakota Johnson return as Christian Grey and Anastasia Steele in Fifty Shades Freed, the third chapter based on the worldwide bestselling “Fifty Shades” phenomenon. Expanding upon events set in motion in 2015 and 2017’s blockbuster films that grossed almost $950 million globally, the new installment arrives for Valentine’s Day 2018.
IT has opened the second highested opening ever for an R-Rated Film behind Deadpool with a monster $117 million. Internationally IT brought in an estimated $62 million from 46 countries including a massive $5.9m here in Australia. What is even more interesting is that IT was made on a $35m dollar budget which yes is pretty small for a film these days but obviously the studio didn’t want to r...
You’ve had quite the weekend. Hung out with loved ones and friends. Watched the footy. Maybe started a job that has been weighing on your mind for weeks. But right at the bottom of everything a question has been burning in your psyche; when is the third part of the amazing Fifty Shades trilogy going to hit the big screen? Wonder no longer, shader. The teaser has arrived like your dream lover...
An unlikely romance in which the reclusive Everett Lewis hires a fragile yet determined woman named Maudie to be his housekeeper. Maudie, bright-eyed but hunched with crippled hands, yearns to be independent, to live away from her protective family and she also yearns, passionately, to create art. Unexpectedly, Everett finds himself falling in love. Based on a true story,
So you remember James O’Barr’s comic The Crow which was first published back in 1989? Perhaps you recall a movie called THE CROW from nearly a quarter of a century ago? Many are looking forward to a new version of the 1994 sleeper hit which starred the late Brandon Lee (pictured above) and was directed by Alex Proyas. That reboot seems to be happening now through the power and agency of Sony; they...
Pint-sized Dug’s not really cut out to be a caveman. But when disaster strikes and his tribe is driven from its homeland by the mighty Bronze Age, it’s Dug, the most inept of the tribe, who proves he’s got what it takes and leads them to victory! Set at the dawn of time, when dinosaurs and prehistoric creatures roamed the earth, EARLY MAN tells the story of how one plucky caveman sets off to unite...
Stock up on garlic – Bram Stoker is back from the grave. Paramount Pictures has reportedly acquired the screen rights to Dracul, a prequel to Bram Stoker’s Dracula, and the first authorised by the Bram Stoker estate. The film is rumoured to be in development with It director Andy Muschietti, along with It producers Barbara Muschietti and Roy Lee. Bram Stoker’s classic novel Dracula was written in ...
Surprising news in the world of Star Wars with the announcement that Colin Trevorrow has departed from Star Wars: Episode IX. Having been attached to the project for quite some time, and well into pre-production his departure comes as a bit of a shock.
Seems today is the day for Red Band Trailers! Bad Moms 2 opens this November and with the success of the first this one was fast tracked for a speedy release all the main crew is back but this time around Mila, Kristen and Kathryn are joined by Christine Baranski, Susan Sarandon, Cheryl Hines, Wanda Sykes and Peter Gallagher. A BAD MOMS CHRISTMAS follows our three under-appreciated and over-burden...
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri is an upcoming film written and directed by Martin McDonagh (In Bruges, The Guard, Seven Psychopaths). It stars Frances McDormand, Woody Harrelson, Sam Rockwell, John Hawkes, Peter Dinklage and aussie Samara Weaving. The film recently premiered at the Venice Film Festival to a 10 minute standing ovation and its definitely on my too see list when it arrives...
