Halloween (2018) Director: David Gordon Green Screenplay: David Gordon Green, Danny McBride, Jeff Fradley Starring: Jamie Lee Curtis, Judy Greer, Andi Matichack, James Jude Courtney It has been 40 years since we received the first instalment in the Halloween franchise from director John Carpenter, and this Halloween season (2018), David Gordon Green brings us a sequel that can proudly sit […]
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Leatherface (2017) Director: Julien Maury and Alexandre Bustillo Screenplay: Seth M. Sherwood Starring: Stephen Dorff, Vanessa Grasse, Sam Strike, Lili Taylor Leatherface is a…horror film? I think the scariest thing about it is that it was made. If you’re a fan of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, but you also wanna know how Leatherface got
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The Lost Boys (1987) Director: Joel Schumacher Screenwriters: Jan Fischer, James Jeremias, Jeffrey Boam Starring: Kiefer Sutherland, Jason Patric, Corey Haim, Corey Feldman, Jami Gertz, Dianne Wiest, Edward Herrmann, Alex Winter, Jamison Newlander The Lost Boys brought vampire narratives back into focus for the MTV-era with a peroxide mullet-sporting villain at the helm. Panned by critics but coveted
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Working Girl (1988) Director: Mike Nichols Writer: Kevin Wade Starring: Melanie Griffiths, Harrison Ford, Sigourney Weaver, Alec Baldwin, Joan Cusack, Oliver Platt, Kevin Spacey, Olympia Dukakis Working Girl proves that a simple plot can be transformed with a star-studded cast, and reminds us that rom-coms can be a backdrop to an empowering female narrative. Down
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Sicario 2: Soldado (2018) Director: Stefano Sollima Screenwriter: Taylor Sheridan Starring: Josh Brolin, Benicio Del Toro, Isabela Moner, Jeffrey Donovan, Catherine Keener, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, Matthew Modine, Shea Whigham, Elijah Rodriguez Stefano Sollima’s hotly anticipated sequel to Denis Villeneuve’s tense thriller Sicario (2015) may have been penned by the same talented hand as the original, but if Sicario 1 was
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Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018) Director: Ron Howard Screenplay: Jonathan Kasdan, Lawrence Kasdan Starring: Alden Ehrenreich, Woody Harrelson, Emilia Clarke, Joonas Suotamo, Donald Glover, Thandie Newton, Paul Bettany, Jon Favreau, Linda Hunt If it looks like a Star Wars movie and sounds like a Star Wars movie, then surely it is a Star Wars movie? Considering the well publicised
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The Foreigner (2017) Director: Martin Campbell Screenwriter: David Marconi Starring: Jackie Chan, Pierce Brosnan Based on Stephen Leather’s novel “The Chinaman” and directed by the man at the helm of Casino Royale (2006) Martin Campbell, 2017’s The Foreigner is a revenge thriller that is part First Blood (1982) levels of creative brutality and part political drama regarding the rights and wrongs of IRA-led terrorism and
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The Clapper (2018) Director: Dito Montiel Screenwriter: Dito Montiel Starring: Ed Helms, Amanda Seyfried, P.J. Byrne, Adam Levine, Tracy Morgan, Russell Peters Screenwriter-director Dito Montiel (Fighting – 2009; Man Down – 2015) has adapted his own novel of the same name for a 2018 self-described romantic comedy that is absent of comedy and almost totally void of romance; The Clapper has to be
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Mother! (2017) Director: Darren Aronofsky Screenwriter: Darren Aronofsky Starring: Jennifer Lawrence, Javier Bardem, Ed Harris, Michelle Pfeiffer, Brian Gleeson, Domhnall Gleeson Darren Aronofsky, the mind behind some of this century’s most challenging films such as Requiem for a Dream (2000) and Black Swan (2010), is back with possibly his most challenging film to date. More so than The Fountain (2006) and Noah (2014), the
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Beauty and the Beast (2017) Director: Bill Condon Starring: Emma Watson, Dan Stevens, Luke Evans, Josh Gadd, Kevin Kline, Hattie Morahan, Ewan McGregor, Ian McKellen, Emma Thompson, Nathan Mack, Audra McDonald, Stanley Tucci, Gugu Mbatha-Raw Plot: A reimagining of the classic Disney animation. A Prince and his castle is cursed by an enchantress. He must find
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