Director Guillermo del Toro has begun principal photography on Nightmare Alley. Based on the novel of the same name by William Lindsay Gresham, in the film, Stanton “Stan” Carlisle (Bradley Cooper), an ambitious young carnival worker with a talent for manipulating people with a few well-chosen words, hooks up with female psychiatrist Lilith Ritter (Cate Blanchett) who is even… Guillermo del Toro’s “Nightmare Alley” starts production in Toronto Read More
A slice of colour in the new Knives Out character posters (and final trailer)
*** read my 4-star review (it doesn’t tell you whodunnit because Rian Johnson requested it!) *** One of the mostly eagerly-awaited films at this year’s London Film Festival (LFF) has a new trailer and a batch of character posters. Knives Out is a murder mystery comedy, based around the death of patriarch and crime novelist… A slice of colour in the new Knives Out character posters (and final trailer) Read More
Oooh, cutting – the Knives Out trailer is here
*** read my 4-star review (it doesn’t tell you whodunnit because Rian Johnson requested it!) *** UPDATE 19 Sept: the final Knives Out trailer is here. From writer-director Rian Johnson comes the first trailer for Knives Out, his modern day homage to the whodunnits of Agatha Christie. It has all the ingredients: a spooky house, a… Oooh, cutting – the Knives Out trailer is here Read More
Velvet Buzzsaw Trailer Gives Splatter Painting A New Meaning
*** Read my Velvet Buzzsaw review now *** If you’re the kind of person who thinks most modern art is horrific, well cheer up because after years of being mocked for not understanding a picture’s deeper meaning, or being convinced it’s been hung the wrong way up, you may finally have the last laugh. A… Velvet Buzzsaw Trailer Gives Splatter Painting A New Meaning Read More