Lionsgate has released the trailer for the upcoming thriller The Quarry starring Shea Whigham, Michael Shannon, and Catalina Sandino Moreno. The film is directed by Scott Teems and involves a man who murders a traveling preacher and steals his identity.
Dark Star Pictures has released the US trailer for the upcoming Swedish thriller Koko-di Koko-da from director Johannes Nyholm. The film involves a vacationing family who, after getting food poisoning, are plagued with living out the same nightmarish scenario over and over.
In the continuing onslaught of cancellations and postponements, the film world took another hit today when it was announced that this year’s Tribeca Film Festival in NYC will be postponed until further notice. The fest was set to take place from April
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Propelled by the performance of Pete Davidson in his first starring role, the film feels a bit paint by numbers at times, but the solid script and even pace keep it from toppling over under the weight of its own formula.
Just a short while after the announcement came through that A Quiet Place Part II was pulled from the release schedule, Variety announced Fast 9 will also be moving its release date back nearly a year from its
John Krasinski announced on Twitter today that, due to increasing concerns surrounding COVID-19, Paramount has decided to remove A Quiet Place Part II from the release schedule for the indefinite future. The horror sequel was slated to hit theaters next Friday (March
Pixar has released a new trailer for their upcoming animated film Soul, which involves a middle-school band teacher who ends up in “The Great Before” after an accident leaves him in a coma. Directed by Pete Docter, the film features the voice
Apple has released the trailer for the upcoming Beastie Boys Story, a live documentary directed by Spike Jonze which centers on, as the title suggests, the history of the Beastie Boys. The film is adapted from the Beastie Boys Book.
After a short break, Adam and Kevin are back with a new episode, this time reviewing the awesome Brazilian thriller Bacurau. Other titles discussed include Talking About Trees, The Invisible Man, Losing Ground, Blood On Her Name, Shoot the Moon Right Between the Eyes, and Vivarium.
Of all the Japanese horror titles released after the explosive success of The Ring, none was as derivative as the One Missed Call series, but at least in the case of Takashi Miike’s first entry, there’s a lot more substance here than
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The premise alone for Extra Ordinary, a film about a timid driving instructor whose ability to communicate with the dead puts her in a position to save the life of a teenager who is about to be sacrificed by a one-hit-wonder musician in order to resurrect his career, should be enough to warrant the price of admission.
After their earlier release of Do The Right Thing, I was anxious for Criterion to release another Spike Lee film on their collection, and March will see the release of his 2000 satire Bamboozled on Blu-ray! Because it’s about time
March is nearly here, and with that Arrow Video has announced their U.S. Blu-ray lineup for the upcoming month. There’s two titles for us to sink our teeth into for March, with Robert Altman’s Kansas City and Philip Ridley’s The Passion
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This is a unique take on the Invisible Man narrative and has some really creative turns, and as a massive fan of this series, I was beyond excited to see Whannell deliver something terrifying, original, and easily one of the best horror experiences of the year.
In part two of their look at dark February thrillers, Adam and Ken review two more titles with Lost Highway and Dark City, and continue their discussion on the TV series Millennium.
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Matthew Pope’s feature debut, Blood On Her Name, is a well crafted, Southern-fried, neo-noir with a heavy reliance on tension, and while this method doesn’t always quite work, audiences are still in store for a satisfying crime thriller.
