Month: April 2020

https://youtube.com/watch?v=ZaHPqjPBzRo%3Fversion%3D3%26rel%3D1%26fs%3D1%26autohide%3D2%26showsearch%3D0%26showinfo%3D1%26iv_load_policy%3D1%26wmode%3Dtransparent Matthew Toffolo: What is your screenplay about? Mark McKee: After eight years on the run from a deranged doctor intent on studying him due to his startling visions of the afterlife, a teen boy finds himself in danger of being experimented on when his father is killed and he’s returned to the custody of… Continue reading Interview with Screenwriter Mark McKee (POSTHUMAN) — Matthew Toffolo’s Summary

[ad_1] LOS ANGELES — Just a few weeks ago, Hollywood’s global assembly lines were spinning at full speed. Crews were working on Universal’s latest “Jurassic World” installment and Disney’s live-action “Little Mermaid” in Britain. Guillermo del Toro was in Toronto shooting “Nightmare Alley,” a Fox Searchlight remake. Marvel had productions running in Australia and Atlanta. […]… Continue reading Hollywood’s Backstage Creatives Try to Soldier On — We Keep You Updated

Whilst looking through Netflix for some good lock-down movies, The Platform caught my eye. This Netflix Original branded Spanish film was directed by Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia, taking on a unique and refreshing plot based in the near future. The film follows Goreng (Ivan Massague) during his 6 months in ‘the pit’, a vertical prison with a […]… Continue reading Review: The Platform (2019) — Films at Focal Point

Writer’s block. A creative process devoid of creation. Preparation, but the failure of execution. Barton Fink does not just use this dreaded, inescapable mental barrier as a way to drive it’s narrative… Barton Fink is the embodiment of writer’s block. Written by the Coen Brothers in less than a month, the film is a productive… Continue reading Postmodernism and Ambiguity – Barton Fink (1991) — The Overlooked

Extraction proves that Sam Hargrave can handle himself as a director and further cements Chris Hemsworth as an action hero, but the story doesn’t go very deep. via Extraction Review: Delivers On The Action — The Illuminerdi

Jordan Peele’s ‘Us’ is the epitome of what a modern-day horror should be. It’s Peele’s love letter to the horror genre with nods-a-plenty to an eagle-eyed viewer. I remember raging to anybody who I talked about film with about the number of snubs this film received during the recent award season, but deep down I […]… Continue reading Us (2019) — Reviews you Read

‘Snatch’ was Guy Ritchie’s follow up to ‘Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels’ (1998) that really cemented him at the top of the British-gangster genre. Because of its large cast, the film is fast-paced and it’s never too long before a “Desert Eagle .50” is fired off … or a replica if you’re not Vinnie […]… Continue reading Snatch (2000) — Reviews you Read

That’s right everyone, it’s a sequel! If you haven’t read my review of the first film ‘Deadpool’ (2016), find it here. Everything that writers Rhett Reese, Paul Wernick and now the man in red himself, Ryan Reynolds, got right in Deadpool’s first outing was refined and polished. They maintained the high level of quality references, […]… Continue reading Deadpool 2 (2018) — Reviews you Read

The most recent project from the mind of Guillermo del Toro, the same mind that created ‘Pan’s Labyrinth’ (2005), gave us … well not too much if I’m honest. My expectations were relatively high after a filmography that includes the aforementioned ‘Pan’s Labyrinth’, ‘Hellboy’ (2004) and ‘The Shape of Water’ (2017) which are all decent […]… Continue reading Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (2019) — Reviews you Read

I hope you’re all ready for another ‘Ode to Peele’, because Jordan Peele’s 2017 ‘Get Out’ gets so many things right, that it was always inevitable that subsequent projects like ‘Us’ (2019) would be a smash hit. (If you haven’t already, be sure to check out my review of ‘Us’ after this!) Here Peele shows […]… Continue reading Get Out (2017) — Reviews you Read