Possession movies are scary. That’s scientific fact. Home invasion movies aren’t always scary, but they can be terrifying. What happens
when you combine these two venerable horror subgenres? It may look quite a bit
like this trailer for Uruguayan director Guillermo Amoedo Schultze’s
The Inhabitant (El Habitante). It might
just make your skin crawl.
Friday, March 30, 2018
Thursday, March 29, 2018
'Terminal' Trailer: Margot Robbie, Simon Pegg, Mystery, And Revenge
I had never heard of writer/director Vaughn Stein’s
directorial debut, the neo-noir Terminal, before a teaser
dropped the other day. But it stars Margot Robbie and Simon Pegg, and has a,
over-the-top, color-saturated, hyper-stylization that definitely doesn’t look
like much else. Check out the full new trailer below.
Wednesday, March 28, 2018
'The Darkest Minds' Trailer: A Little Bit 'X-Men' A Little Bit 'Hunger Games'
Movies franchises based on a series of young adult novels
have, let’s just call it a checkered past. For every Harry Potter and Hunger Games, we get a flailing series
like Divergent that limped along for a few chapters, and
nonstarters like The Fifth Wave and The Mortal Instruments:
City of Bones, that never get off the ground. So, audiences are wary
about endeavors of this ilk, but that’s not going to stop Hollywood from trying.
The latest attempt is The Darkest Minds. I know nothing about
this saga, but I’m actually kind of into the new trailer for the film.
'Ready Player One' (2018) Movie Review
Steven Spielberg’s Ready Player One represents
the ultimate fanboy wish-fulfillment dream. It’s a world here all of that obscure
accumulated knowledge they’ve (we) spent years collecting, collating, and
committing to memory actually means something, is actually important, and saves
the world and gets the girl. While it’s remarkably constructed, and contains
moments of true awe and Spielberg-ian wonder, the film alternates between
reasonable entertainment and obnoxious tedium.
Monday, March 26, 2018
Check Out The BoneBat Comedy Of Horrors Film Festival 2018 Full Lineup
Spring has officially sprung in Seattle, so what better way
to spend a (potentially) lovely weekend day than by sitting in the darkness of
a movie theater watching horror movies with a bunch of weirdos? Yes, it’s that
time of year again, time for the BoneBat Comedy of Horrors Film Festival. Year after year, it's definitely one of the most unique and entertaining film events in town.
Friday, March 23, 2018
Watch The Trailer For 'Champion,' A South Korean Arm Wrestling Drama
Directed by Menahem Golan, half of the team behind the
venerable Cannon Films, the 1987, Sylvester Stallone-starring Over the
Top combines the high family drama of a child custody battle with…competitive
arm wrestling. And it’s glorious. Thanks, Menahem, you glorious madman! But it’s
also pretty much the only real movie that speaks to the arm wrestling
enthusiast. Until now. South Korea’s Kim Yong-wan is making his directorial
debut with Champion, and he’s enlisted Ma Dong-seok to star.
Check out the trailer and try to convince me this isn’t going to rule.
Thursday, March 22, 2018
'Deadpool 2' Trailer Has Poop Jokes And X-Force
I legitimately enjoyed Deadpool, more
than I expected to. I wasn’t sure how it would translate, if they would go all
in on the filth and violence, but they did. And the result is a fun,
foul-mouthed superhero joint. Even so, I haven’t been able to work up one iota
of enthusiasm for Deadpool 2. And I should. David Leitch
directed John Wick, the best modern action movie, and
Atomic Blonde, which is solid. It has Josh Brolin, who I’ve
loved since Thrashin’; Zazie Beetz, who rules; Terry Crews; and
the kid from Hunt for the Wilderpeople. Regardless of how I
feel, the Merc with the Mouth is coming back, and there’s a new trailer, and it
does little to get my juices flowing.
Wednesday, March 21, 2018
'The Debt Collector' Trailer Is Here To Collect What You Owe
It probably comes as no surprise I’m excited about a Scott
Adkins movie. In fact, The Debt Collector landed on my most anticipated movies list for 2018. But now we have a trailer, and it’s not only suitably
badass to fit in the cinematic martial artist’s resume, it takes him to places
he doesn’t usually go. Check it out below.
'Unsane' (2018) Movie Review
Since kicking off retirement, Steven Soderbergh has crafted
a hillbilly heist flick (Logan Lucky), helmed every episode
of a period medical drama (The Knick), created a weird
interactive movie/app thing (Mosaic), and produced a ton of
other projects. And just to prove he has more creative energy that the rest of
us combined, he found the time to use an iPhone to shoot the low-budget,
throwback horror thriller, Unsane.
'Under The Silver Lake' Trailer: 'It Follows' Director Returns With A Paranoid Weirdo Pseudo-Noir
David Robert Mitchell’s Under the Silver
Lake has the rare distinction of appearing on my most anticipated movies list in multiple years. The It Follows director’s, well,
follow up, has been on the way for what feels like forever. But it’s finally
for sure coming out this summer. To prove that point, A24 released a new
trailer for the indie neo-noir. Dude definitely has a thing for young blond
women in swimming pools.
Monday, March 19, 2018
'Buffalo Boys' Trailer: Action Heavy Indonesian Western Features Folks From 'Headshot,' 'The Raid 2,' And More
This should be fun. In recent years, Indonesian action
cinema has delivered the likes of Merantau, The Raid
and The Raid 2, Headshot, and more. These
rank among the best violent martial arts movies, not only of modern times, but
ever. And a bunch of folks involved in many of these films, and others, teamed
up for a project called Buffalo Boys, which promises no
shortage of face-kicking, throat-punching action.
Wednesday, March 14, 2018
JeeJa Yanin And Dan Chupong To Kick Everyone In The Face In Poaching Actioner 'Red Cargo'
Well, this is good news for fans of movies where people get
kicked in the face. It looks like JeeJa Yanin and the criminally
underappreciated Dan Chupong are teaming up for for a badass martial arts
action extravaganza called Red Cargo. Feel free to get
excited.
Monday, March 12, 2018
'The Ranger' Trailer: The Woods Are Wild And Full Of Predators, And Punks
Punks in the woods battling for survival against a vengeful
park ranger? These are things that I like quite a bit. They also happen to be
the building blocks of Jenn Wexler’s upcoming horror film, The
Ranger. It debuted at SXSW over the weekend, and now there’s a great
new trailer so the rest of us can get in on the fun.
UPDATED: This 'Sorry To Bother You' Trailer Is Weird As Hell And Great
Right now, if you put Tessa Thompson or Lakeith Stanfield in
your movie, I’ll watch it, whatever it is. Both actors are on one hell of a
roll at the moment, and I can’t wait to get my eyes on Sorry to Bother
You. The satiric indie sci-fi comedy has been a 2018 festival darling
already, and this new trailer gives a few hints as to why.
Thursday, March 8, 2018
Nic Cage's Crazy Demon Cult Film 'Mandy' Is Headed To Theaters, Rejoice!
This year, the main reason I was bummed to miss Sundance was
I missed the bonkers-sounding, Nic Cage-starring madness that is
Mandy. It’s one of those movies that, after it premiered, it
kept sounding crazier and crazier, and more and more perfect every time. Now
there’s good news, as it’s been picked up for distribution and we’ll be able to
mainline it into our eyeballs this summer.
Wednesday, March 7, 2018
'Thoroughbreds' (2018) Movie Review
When an actor dies in sudden, tragic fashion, often their
death overshadows their final performance. Anton Yelchin passed away in 2016,
just 14 days after filming wrapped on Thoroughbreds. A
sharp, clever, emotionally affecting thriller, it fits nicely in the niche of
off-kilter indie fare he carved out for himself. It watches like a companion
piece to Tragedy Girls, a kind of modern riff on
Heathers, funny and biting and earnest.
Monday, March 5, 2018
The 2018 Academy Award Winners
If you pay attention to movies at all, you probably noticed
the Academy Awards happened last night. Love them, hate them, shrug at them, here
are the winners.
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