James Watkins directs the remake, starring James McAvoy, Mackenzie Davis, and Scoot McNairy.
For his eagerness, Daniel Craig gets a pass taking on another gay role.
After we reviewed the animated web series Lantern Blade at Fantasia we were kindly connected to the studio that made the series, Nice Boat Animation in China. Pleasantries were traded and the studio expressed their gratitude to receive some international press for their work, and we naturally offered to cover any current and future work for them down the road. To which they said, ‘You know, we’ve got three more short films that you can look at’. So here we are, introducing three more short films from Nice Boat Animation: Bridge, Slave and Vaisravana. While Bridge and Slave are on the nose descriptions of each short, Vaisravana is a Buddhist deity, the protector of Buddhist Law. Where are our Buddhists at? We can…
It follows a seemingly ordinary family with a dark secret: they are vampires. They choose not to drink blood despite their natural cravings, but their truth is revealed one day.
It follows a group of mercenary leaders in a country retreat after pulling off a raid on a drugs gang. Things take a turn for the worse after they raise the attentions of ‘The Stoic’, a man from an ancient clan of smugglers.
Toronto 2024 Review: THE ASSESSMENT, Savage Science Fiction Parable of State Authority and Parenting
Giving a whole new meaning to the phrase, “we took a pregnancy test,” Fleur Fortuné’s debut feature, The Assessment, is a saturated, button-pushing provocation on parental anxiety. It is a Kobayashi Maru wrapped in a Voight-Kampff test inside the Stanford Prison experiment. It even comes with its very own computer simulated Schrödinger’s cat. Sometime in the future climate change has wreaked havoc on the planet. Nearly all the biomass has been wiped out to an unforgiving desert. In the madness of the apocalypse, for the survival of the human race, even the pets had to be culled. Now, the small number of Earth’s educated elites who survived have build artificial domes, with hydroponic gardens, and live in minimalist-abundant luxury, nearly immortal. The latter is…
From Blumhouse, House of Spoils follows an ambitious chef (Ariana DeBose) as she opens a restaurant on a remote estate where she battles kitchen chaos, crushing self-doubts… and a haunting presence who threatens to sabotage her at every turn. Bridget Savage Cole & Danielle Krudy’s sophomore feature film, the thriller House of Spoils, releases globally on Prime Video on Thursday, October 3rd. It will have its World Premiere at Fantastic Fest on Saturday, September 21st. The official trailer and poster were revealed this week. Find the trailer down below. Written and Directed by Bridget Savage Cole & Danielle Krudy, their second film stars Oscar-winning actress Ariana DeBose, along with Barbie Ferreira, Arian Moayed, Amara Karan, Mikkel Bratt Silset and Marton Csokas. …
In the wake of his father’s untimely death, a young boy is left in the eerie solitude of a sprawling country estate with his newly widowed stepmother. Struggling to navigate the overwhelming task of parenthood, his stepmother grows distant, leaving their fragile bond at risk of collapse. Amidst the growing tension, the boy begins to hear unsettling sounds echoing through the corridors, and is soon haunted by the presence of a grotesque creature bearing a disturbingly familiar resemblance to his late father. As the boy’s warnings are dismissed as the imagination of a grieving child, the sinister entity tightens its grip on their crumbling lives. Benjamin Barfoot’s sophomore feature film, the UK horror Daddy’s Head, is having its world premiere at Fantastic Fest on September…
Karrie Crouse and Will Joines’ drama horror Hold Your Breath will have its World Premiere here in Toronto on Thursday. Then it will stream on Hulu on October 3rd. The other day we featured the key art and this week the official trailer arrived. In 1930s Oklahoma amid the region’s horrific dust storms, a woman is convinced that a sinister presence is threatening her family. Sarah Paulson stars along with Amiah Miller, Annaleigh Ashford, Alona Jane Robbins and Ebon Moss-Bachrach. There are three screenings in total at TIFF this week. If you’re in town check out the festival page to see if there are any tickets remaining. …
In order to escape police after a robbery, two estranged siblings lay low in a metaphysical farmhouse that hides them away in a different time. There they reckon with a mysterious force that pushes their familial bonds to unnatural breaking points. Magnet Releasing will release Things Will Be Different in theaters and on digital October 4th, 2024. The time travel thriller was written and directed by Michael Felker. It stars Adam David Thompson, Riley Dandy, Chloe Skoczen, Justin Benson, Sarah Bolger, and Jori Lynn Felker. “I made Things Will Be Different for people who love thrillers, noir, and science fiction they can think about. It’s a giant mystery box of a movie with a strong familial core that’s inspired by my own family….