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‘Sonic’ Outruns ‘Call Of The Wild’ & A Creepy Doll For Another Box Office Win

February 23, 2020 11:54 am

In a tight race, it appears that the blue hedgehog outran a CGI dog for the box office crown this weekend, as “Sonic the Hedgehog” repeats as #1 ahead of “The Call of the Wild.” Coming into this weekend, m...

‘Siberia’ Trailer Shows Willem Dafoe Wandering The Nightmares And Dreamscapes Of The Mind In New Abel Ferrara Film Premiering In Berlin

Rafael Motamayor

February 22, 2020 3:54 pm

Festivals, News, Trailers

Abel Ferrara is teaming up with Willem Dafoe once again! The dynamic duo behind “Tommaso” and “Pasolini” have done it again with the upcoming Berlin Film Festival-bound film “Siberia,” and there’s even a trail...

‘Brahms: The Boy 2’: A Terrifying Atmosphere Can’t Save This Hollow Cash Grab [Review]

Asher Luberto

February 22, 2020 11:50 am

Reviews

The doll in “Brahms: The Boy 2” comes with a mischievous smirk and a set of rules. When his new owners find him in the woods, arms stretched toward the heavens, they discover a list of commandments in the toy'...

HBO Reclassifies ‘Watchmen’ As A Limited Series, Mentions “Possible Future Installments”

Rafael Motamayor

February 22, 2020 11:15 am

News, Television

By this point, it seems HBO is either messing with us, or it wants the development of “Watchmen” to reach “Lost” levels of mystery. While fans and news outlets speculate and dissect every single interview out ...

‘The Night Clerk’: Tye Sheridan and Ana de Armas Can’t Save This Inert Noir [Review]

Christian Gallichio

February 22, 2020 10:50 am

Reviews

Coming off a 19-year directing hiatus, after the much-maligned Angelina Jolie thriller “Original Sin,” writer/director Michael Cristofer’s newest film, “The Night Clerk,” is the type of amateurish inert sexual...

‘Funny Face’ Exclusive First Poster Art: Tim Sutton’s Tale Of Vengeance Heads To Berlin

Rafael Motamayor

February 22, 2020 10:18 am

Festivals, News

We have written before about how much we admire Tim Sutton. Not only did we love “Donnybrook,” but we’ve been eagerly anticipating his next feature film, “Funny Face,” which is set to have its world premiere a...

New ‘Star Wars’ Project Planned Helmed By J.D. Dillard And ‘Luke Cage’ Writer

Rafael Motamayor

February 22, 2020 9:31 am

News

While we still try to get over “The Rise of Skywalker” and wait for news on Rian Johnson’s movie trilogy, there seems to be a disturbance in the Force, which heralds the arrival of a new and exciting voice hel...

‘Vitalina Varela’: Pedro Costa Delivers A Beautiful Meditation On Legacy, Loss, And Love [Review]

Jonathan Christian

February 21, 2020 3:56 pm

News, Reviews

Surrounded by all sides by corroded concrete, encased in stifling darkness, stone-faced men shuffle down an alleyway carved into the lifeless fabric of a Cape Verdean slum. Crucifixes, entrenched in the surfac...

‘Minamata’: A Timely Reminder Of Industrial Greed & Johnny Depp’s Talent [Berlin Review]

Jessica Kiang

February 21, 2020 3:30 pm

Festivals, News, Reviews

In the sort of disheartening yet unsurprising coincidence that has become a fairly regular feature of Life Under Plutocracy, on Monday, The Washington Post carried a story about an EPA proposal to imminently r...

Anya Taylor-Joy Talks ‘Emma’ & Being A Jane Austen Antihero [Interview]

Valerie Complex

February 21, 2020 2:17 pm

Interviews, News

Jane Austen never thought her books would be popular. She certainly didn’t expect any of her stories to spawn cinematic adaptations (because of course, movies didn’t exist at that time. There are different ver...

New Directors/New Films 2020 Lineup Includes ‘Boys State,’ ‘The Mole Agent’ & More

Charles Barfield

February 21, 2020 2:14 pm

Festivals, News

While it may not have the recognition of festivals like Cannes, Venice, or Toronto, New Directors/New Films has, for the past half-century, been one of the premier events that highlights indie works from some ...

Newly Restored ‘Come And See’ Is Still A War Movie Like No Other [Be Reel Podcast]

Chance Solem-Pfeifer

February 21, 2020 1:58 pm

News, Podcasts

With the restoration and re-release of Elem Klimov's underappreciated war epic "Come and See" (1985), Be Reel steels itself this week to revisit a film famous for its brutal portrayal of the Nazi invasion of m...

‘Bad Education’ Trailer: Director Cory Finley Tries To Beat The Sophomore Slump With Hugh Jackman

Brynne Ramella

February 21, 2020 1:49 pm

News, Trailers

Cory Finley’s newest film “Bad Education” has just dropped a new teaser. The movie tells the story of a school-larceny scandal that hit Long Island in the early 2000s. Hugh Jackman leads the film, along with Al...

‘American Psycho’ Cast Secretly Thought Christian Bale Was “The Worst Actor They’d Ever Seen”

Charles Barfield

February 21, 2020 1:38 pm

News

For many film fans, Christian Bale is considered part of the upper echelon of actors working today. Not only is he just a great performer, but he’s also someone that is willing to do just about anything physic...

Jason Blum Would Love A ‘Get Out’ Sequel But Says Jordan Peele “Has No Intention” Of Making One

Charles Barfield

February 21, 2020 1:20 pm

News

Ask most horror fans and they’ll say that “Get Out” is a great example of an amazing film that doesn’t need a sequel. Sadly, too often in the horror genre, a film that has strong reviews and earns a lot of mon...