Category: Films
Abominable (animated fantasy movie review: by Mark Kermode).
Mark Kermode, man of many movies, tells us what-is-what about the DreamWorks animated fantasy movie, Abominable, where young Yi (Chloe Bennet) encounters a baby Yeti – “Everest” – on the roof of her building in Shanghai, then embarks on a quest to reunite the critter with its family at the highest point on Earth.
Gemini Man (film review by Mark Kermode).
Ace movie reviewer Mark Kermode tells you about Will Smith’s science fiction movie Gemini Man, about a hitman targeted by a younger clone of himself while on the run.
Jungle Cruise (fantasy movie trailer: Indiana Jones meets The African Queen).
Here’s the film trailer for the 1930s-set fantasy movie Jungle Cruise – think Indiana Jones meets The African Queen. It has Dwayne Johnson, Emily Blunt, and Jack Whitehall in it, and will hit the cinema on July 24th 2020 from Walt Disney Pictures.
Zombieland Double Tap (one more trailer: horror film).
In Zombieland Double Tap, it’s ten years after the events of the first film, and our chums Tallahassee, Columbus, Wichita and Little Rock drive to the American heartland as they face off against now hyper-evolved zombies, fellow survivors and the growing pains of their snarky makeshift family. It stars Woody Harrelson, Jesse Eisenberg, Emma Stone, […]
The Dead Center (horror film trailer).
In The Dead Center movie, when a very dead suicide victim (Jeremy Childs – Preacher, Nashville) disappears from the morgue, it sets in motion a chain of events that has the power to immolate everything, and everyone, it touches. Troubled psychiatrist Daniel Forrester (Shane Carruth – Primer, Upstream Color) is drawn to help a mysterious […]
Stephen King’s Doctor Sleep (Horror film trailer).
Stephen King’s Doctor Sleep film continues the story of Danny Torrance, 40 years after his terrifying stay at the Overlook Hotel in The Shining. Still irrevocably scarred by the trauma he endured as a child at the Overlook, Dan Torrance has fought to find some semblance of peace. But that peace is shattered when he […]
The Riot Act (2017) – a review by Mark Leeper.
In this independent film, ‘The Riot Act’, probably crowd-funded, we get a father/daughter story of mystery and revenge set in 1901 and 1903. A troop of vaudeville players comes to a town and their presence sparks conflict between the part-owner of the local opera house and his rage-filled daughter. While the writing could have used […]
Joker (movie review by Mark Kermode).
So, the Joker movie – just how blooming bleak is it? Well, ace film reviewer Mark Kermode has the answer for all SFcrowsnest readers in this review of the film.
Terminator: Dark Fate (final trailer).
In Terminator: Dark Fate, it’s 27 years after the events of Terminator 2: Judgment Day, a new, modified liquid metal Terminator (Gabriel Luna) is sent from the future by Skynet in order to terminate Dani Ramos (Natalia Reyes), a hybrid cyborg human (Mackenzie Davis), and her friends. Sarah Connor comes to their aid, as well […]
Maleficent 2: Mistress of Evil (fantasy movie: trailer).
In Maleficent 2: Mistress of Evil it’s five years after the first film, Maleficent’s peaceful life as the protector of the Moors takes an unexpected turn when Prince Phillip proposes to Aurora and she accepts. Unbeknownst to all, Phillip’s mother, Queen Ingrith, plans to use the wedding to divide humans and fairies forever. With Maleficent […]
