The White Crow, we’re told at the start, defines the title as an idiom used to describe a person who is unusual, extraordinary, not like others, and an outsider… and Rudolf Nureyev (newcomer Oleg Ivenko) definitely wants to get outside as his ultimate intention is defect from Russia to France. Although he has talent, he […]
The Third Wife is what May (Nguyen Phuong Tra My, above) has become to a wealthy landowner in rural Vietnam in the late 19th century. We’d all love to marry someone wealthy, but is there a catch? She’s only 14. It is also a time and place where in some situations, you wouldn’t meet your […]
Dragged Across Concrete is a film I was really looking forward to watching, particularly because Brawl In Cell Block 99 completely blew me away. Not only was Brawl… a fantastic plot-driven piece with some juicy 18-certificate violence where required, but it also changed the way I thought about Vince Vaughn. I only knew him for […]
Lust For A Vampire is a title for a ’70s movie that made me think that from the off, we’d get bloodletting aplent, thanks to fangs. Well, don’t celebrate too much, yet. The year is 1830, so everyone wears big stuffy clothes, although because this is a finishing school in the ’70s, the women get […]
Brassic is slang for the Cockney rhyming term ‘boracic lint’, meaning ‘skint’. So, we have a comedy/drama series about a bunch of young men who want to participate in endless ‘get rich quick’ schemes which you can guarantee are going to end in disaster. The two leads are best friends Vinnie (Joseph Gilgun – Lockout), […]
A Hidden Life, despite being based on real events, looks like a Terrence Mallick dull-a-thon, with this story of unsung hero, Bl. Franz Jägerstätter (August Diehl), who refused to fight for the Nazis in World War II. When the Austrian peasant farmer is faced with the threat of execution for treason, it is his unwavering faith and his love for his wife, Fani, and children that keeps his spirit alive.
Dolemite Is My Name looks like a last attempt to kick start Eddie Murphy‘s tired career back into gear. Maybe this trailer works for you, but I’m still waiting to laugh.
The synopsis is that when Hollywood shuts him out, multi-talented Rudy Ray Moore (Murphy) strikes out on his own to make the blaxploitation film Dolemite (1975).
The Mandalorian shows that Disney are quick off the mark to capitalise on their Star Wars acquisition, by getting their first TV series in the saga out of the trap before the final movie (for now), in the current run, is released in cinemas just before Christmas, as Star Wars Episode IX: The Rise Of Skywalker comes to the big screen on December 19th.
Sony PS5 is expected in October/November 2020, around the same time as the next Xbox console – and it’ll be interesting to see who comes out first with their pricing and exact release date, but after the leaked images came out about how the Sony PS5 developer kit looked like something incredibly weird, it was rumoured that the final console could actually look like that. But it can’t, right? It looks nothing like how a Playstation console normally looks?
Sanditon is the final, albeit unfinished, novel by Jane Austen.
It’s a seaside resort on the South coast of England, and Tom Parker (Kris Marshall) – who first arrives in search of a doctor after he injures his ankle after a coach crash, but also wants to build a hotel and all the other kit and caboodle to go with it.
Star Wars Episode IX: The Rise Of Skywalker is still out in the UK on December 19th (so, just over a month after the new series, The Mandalorian), and a new poster has been released, below:
El Camino does for a Breaking Bad sequel what Better Call Saul did for it as a prequel, as Jesse Pinkman (Aaron Paul) pursues freedom after being kidnapped.
New Blu-ray and DVD releases August 26th 2019 are as follows:
Rambo: Last Blood has a second trailer, and it’s only a minute long, which is rather odd for trailers, these days.
At this stage, my thoughts remain unchanged. I’ll go see it, but… well, upon watching this trailer, it does make me wonder when we’ll get Rambo: Last Blood Part 2?
Also, the release date has been brought forward one day to September 19th, which is a Thursday.
Check out the trailer below:
Underwater has a trailer which feels like Alien under the sea, as a crew of underwater researchers must scramble to safety following an earthquake which devastates their subterranean laboratory.
Maybe there’s not an alien down there, but the trailer gives off that kind of suspense, so it’ll be interesting to see how that works out. From the trailer, it does look superb, however.
