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You’re probably sick of hearing about “unprecedented times” and seeing every new film compared to them. Human nature is to try to relate art to current experiences so at a certain point that becomes unavoidable. Sometimes the comparisons can feel like a stretch but then a film like Undergods comes around and the only thing you can think about is how horrifyingly real it all feels. Multi hyphenate artist Chino Moya makes his feature film debut here with this dizzyingly dystopian anthology. Set in an indeterminate future and filled with a stacked cast of British character actors like Kate Dickie and Burn Gorman, Undergods weaves three stories together, all centered around the oppressive domination capitalism has on a society. Each tale series in on how even when you feel like you’re on
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Hidden among the soulless tombs of Stephen King adaptations are a handful of memorable gems. While the overwhelming bulk of these films are forgetful cash grabs, a few manage moments of greatness. One such example is Ralph Singleton's Graveyard Shift. Featuring astounding set design, a pair of bravura performances, and several creepy kill sequences, this is a remarkable example of how atmosphere can redeem an otherwise mediocre film. Singleton's compelling approach breathes life into the sweaty, grimy world of a dilapidated, economically forsaken New England town, filled with desperate souls and unthinkable horrors and the result is a nasty piece of genre gold. A defunct textile mill is the only thing keeping a sleepy Maine town alive, despite an un
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After his sleeper hit directorial debut Wind River alongside an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Screenplay with Hell or High Water, Taylor Sheridan has proven himself to be at the forefront of a new emergence of neo-western moviemakers. His latest effort Those Who Wish Me Dead, released simultaneously in theaters and HBO Max, continues in that genre but moves the setting deeper into woodsy terrain, making for a tense, predictable but nonetheless satisfying action suspense vehicle. Based on the novel by Michael Kortya co-written for the screen by Kortya and producer-director Sheridan, the film follows in the footsteps of Peter Weir’s Witness involving a child who witnesses a murder before going on the run from two assassins who hunt for him in the Montana
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Russian cult director Timur Bekmambetov’s follow up to his 2016 commercial bomb Ben Hur (the third remake), a webcam thriller called Profile involving a journalist who goes undercover investigating ISIS recruiters, is another one of those movies shelved for years before being dumped into theaters amid the COVID-19 pandemic ala The Empty Man. Completed in 2018 the film comes to theaters now through Focus Features and is a loose docudrama adaptation of Anne Erelle’s nonfiction book In the Skin of a Jihadist through the computer chatroom lens of Unfriended. Despite strong performances from the film’s two leads, Valene Kane as the journalist Amy Whittaker who creates a new fake Facebook profile of a woman who recently converted to Islam and Shazad Latif as the charismatic bu
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image courtesy Lionsgate The long running Saw franchise saw its latest release hit cinemas this weekend. Unfortunately after several delays caused by COVID-19, the Chris Rock brainchild didn't live up to expectations. Spiral, a film which is a direct spin-off to the Saw movies, has had a rough road that didn't get any better when it released this weekend. Although analysts were expecting the film to gross somewhere around $13-15 million in its opening frame, the horror flick only made $8.7 million over the three day window. As could potentially be expected from a series that's gone on for over 15 years, this does not bode well for the franchise as a whole. It seems that the low budget flicks are seeing dwindling returns from an audience that's seemingly beginning to grow out of this
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A couple months ago, we published a story that Joe Cornish was working on a script for an Attack The Block sequel. Well, today comes news that the director/writer has officially been offered a deal to make the part two. While the first film was no box office success, it has an amazing cult following that's wanted a sequel for years. This news comes hot on the tail of the original movie's ten year anniversary. As of right now, the story for the second part is being kept under wraps. But both the director and Boyega both made statements that let us know the movie is officially happening. The film will fall under Boyega's production moniker UpperRoom Productions. There is no word on a release date quite yet but this is what Mr. Boyega had to say in response to the breaking news:"I
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The second documentary feature film by visual artist and filmmaker Michael Dweck, The Truffle Hunters, is at once a pure experiential slice-of-life promenade through the woods of Northern Piedmont, Italy following three aged Italian men on the hunt for the elusive Alba truffle as well as a relaxing and serene travelogue through the terrain housing one of the world’s most sought after elite delicacies. Mostly the film provides an unfettered gaze upon the world of truffle hunting, purchasing, display, sales and finally consumption of the prized culinary Earthly confection. Also the film, like the projectionist documentary The Dying of the Light, helps to shed some details on the isolated personalities of the aptly named Truffle Hunters. Understated, subdued and l
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Courtesy of Warner MediaAs the streaming wars rage on, HBO Max is bringing in a heavy hitter to assure streaming dominance. After only a few years, they've already announced an upcoming True Blood reboot that will hit their HBO Max streaming service. Not only that but now they are looking to bring back Carrie Bradshaw and her friends for a new limited event run of Sex and the City, known as And Just Like That. The show, which ran for six seasons, spawned two movies, a CW spin-off, and a Chinese version that only ran for one season in 2012. Now, the media outlet is going to bring back the show as a sequel to the original run that will continue the stories of Bradshaw and her friends as they traverse the New York landscape, sipping drinks and shopping for the latest fashions. And
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image courtesy DC Comics DC is currently in the process of releasing a two part animated movie based on The Long Halloween. And their next feature animation project will be a version of Injustice. The news was just announced today that they're currently developing the project. A teaser will be released along with part one of The Long Halloween on DVD and Blu-Ray. While there is no specified release date at this time, it's estimated that this will be the next feature in their long line of animated films. DC and WB have definitely stuttered in their development of their cinematic universe but have almost continually done great work with these direct to video feature length animated works. They haven't announced what the source material is quite yet but it's estimated that it will
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This week, Chris from The Movie Sleuth and Reel Crime joined his good friends over at the Hobbs Horror podcast, The Midnight Hour for a discussion on physical media, horror, streaming and everything in between. Check out the podcast video right here at The Movie Sleuth!!! (function() { var zergnet = document.createElement('script'); zergnet.type = 'text/javascript'; zergnet.async = true; zergnet.src = (document.location.protocol == "https:" ? "https:" : "http:") + '//www.zergnet.com/zerg.js?id=59239'; var znscr = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; znscr.parentNode.insertBefore(zergnet, znscr); })();
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images courtesy Macrocosm Entertainment"The most sophisticated people I've ever known had just one thing in common: they were all in touch with their inner children." – Jim HensonA typical city street, dead-ended in an arbor with a tire swing across from a general store called Hooper’s. A Fix-It Shop, a brownstone building fronted by a stoop. An old, beaten-up metal trash can. An alcove containing a giant bird’s nest. A lamppost, bearing a green street sign. Chances are, you know exactly where it is, despite the question of how to get there having never quite been answered….until now.Lloyd Morrissett, vice-president of the Carnegie Foundation, had begun to notice how fervently his children, like all others in the mid-sixties, loved television. They spent many hours watching countless
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A staple of the gangster film is the undoing of empires. It is almost impossible to think of an example in which things work out for the players within an organized crime syndicate, and yet the genre continues to flourish with films being released each year that highlight the rise and inevitable fall of sympathetic, yet dangerous sociopaths. Why? Because the civilized world is fascinated with the dark side, the underworld where there are no constraints. John Mackenzie's uncompromising masterwork, The Long Good Friday was one of the first evolutions of the genre. Rather than build towards the end, things begin in the middle of Armageddon. Harold Shand's criminal empire is evaporating around him while he is simultaneously attempting to go
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images courtesy MattelWinding up for their July 23rd debut, Mattel has released images for the new toy line to accompany the upcoming Netflix series 'Masters of the Universe: Revelation' from director Kevin Smith. The first wave has more villains than heroes but gives a pretty good scope of what to expect from this new iteration.The Masterverse Core first wave has He-Man, Skeletor, Evil-Lyn, and Moss Man. These are in the 7 inch scale, making them stand a bit taller than Marvel Legends or Star Wars: The Black Series figures. Each figure comes with a secondary set of hands. He-Man will come with the Power Sword and shield, Skeletor with his Havoc staff, and Evil-Lyn comes with her mystical rod-staff with a bonus secondary portrait for an un-helmeted look. The now un-flocked Moss Man comes
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By now, most of us are familiar with the myth of the wish-granting genie: Find a magic lamp, rub the side of it and out pops a smoky creature who will make your dreams come true. Popularized by stories like Disney’s Aladdin and Sidney Sheldon’s I Dream of Jeannie, these whimsical apparitions we have come to love have their origins in the much darker tales of the djinn.Although the exact origin of the djinn is unknown, myths surrounding these supernatural creatures date back to pre-Islamic Arabia. Tales of their characteristics vary from benevolent beings capable of great magic, to evil shape-shifters who can possess the vulnerable and steal children. Islamic era scholars have described the djinn as beings made of a smokeless fire, created by God himself, eventually cast out and forced to
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The first time I heard about the idea of George A. Romero’s Dawn of the Dead being remade in 2004 I was predisposed against it. Why fix what isn’t broken or take away from what was accomplished in the past? Then upon seeing the film I was introduced to what is now regarded as the directorial debut of one of Hollywood’s biggest and most divisive original filmmakers: Zack Snyder. In the years since, Snyder’s adaptation of 300 as well as his adaptation of Watchmen before going on to take on the DCEU with Man of Steel and Batman vs. Superman: Dawn of Justice saw Snyder swinging hard in the big leagues brushing shoulders with the likes of Christopher Nolan. Then tragedy struck when his daughter took her own life and he pulled out of the third DCEU film Justice Leag
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Courtesy of Marvel StudiosAt long last, James Gunn has finished work on The Suicide Squad and is almost done with The Peacemaker spinoff show he is making for HBO Max. As Gunn puts the finishing touches on his DC work, we know have an idea of when he will return to the Guardians of the Galaxy. Gunn has confirmed that the next volume in the Guardians of the Galaxy saga will be heading into production this year. In a follow up tweet, Gunn has stated that much of the work has already begun on developing the visuals for the latest chapter and that shooting will start at the end of the year. The Guardians were last seen in 2019 with their appearance in Avengers: Endgame. Many of the cast will be appearing in the upcoming Thor: Love & Thunder and the Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Spe
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images courtesy Lionsgate Has the Jigsaw killer (John Kramer) returned from the afterlife for another series of murders? Or has a new menace decided to take up the routine of capturing people and torturing them in bizarre and distinct ways? Heading back to an earlier time when torture porn became a mainstay in lower budget indie horror, Spiral: From The Book of Saw attempts to revitalize a long dying brand with a feature that was developed by an idea from Chris Rock, who also serves as executive producer. After a four year silence, the Saw franchise returns for a new entry in the saga that continues its flesh shredding legacy while having no direct connection to the original continuity. Considering Spiral's top billed stars are Chris Rock, Samuel L. Jackson and Max Mi
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Photo Courtesy of Marvel ComicsServing as both a great jumping on point for new readers, and an intriguing storyline for long-time fans, Marvel’s next big event, Heroes Reborn, is off to a roaring start. The premise is fairly simple, what if The Avengers never gained their powers? Captain America was never unfrozen, Thor never became worthy, The Fantastic Four never went to space, Spider-Man was never bitten by that special spider, several major Marvel heroes are stripped of their powers to entertaining results. For one reason or another the only hero with a memory of the way things were is the vampire hunter, Blade. Making Blade the early protagonist of this event is an inspiring choice, breaking the mold from the typical Iron Man and Captain America led stories. Blade is on a
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It comes as no surprise writer-director Alan Rudolph’s films are best described as Altmanesque. The son of television director/actor Oscar Rudolph and protégé of Robert Altman who worked as an assistant director on both The Long Goodbye and Nashville, Alan Rudolph soon began making his own films before finding his niche with the sex dramedy Choose Me starring Rudolph regulars Keith Carradine and Geneviève Bujold. Like Altman, his films focus on interlocking storylines involving peculiar, lonely characters and their interpersonal, often dysfunctional relationships coupled with class division. With the MVD Marquee Collection, the distributor has curated two of the directors most notable films with the Academy Award nominated Afterglow from 1997 and the director’s fina
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Every time we think Rambo has left the scene, he makes another dramatic entrance. After decades and five movies, Sylvester Stallone is actively pursuing a live action television prequel for the character he made an action legend. But now it looks like John Rambo will be making another video game appearance very soon. It's just been announced that the special forces screen icon will be coming to Call of Duty: Warzone. According to a tweet earlier today, it's been officially teased that a brand new Rambo skin is coming to the long running video game franchise. It includes a release date of May 20th. Fans of the character will definitely be interested in playing as their favorite character. And it will add a new and refreshing twist to the game. Personally, I can't wait to play as
