Deadline brings word that British comedic actors Steve Coogan and David Mitchell have signed on to star in and upcoming satirical film from Sony Pictures International Productions and Film4. The film will follow a retail clothing billionaire with a permanent tan and a narcissistic and cold lifestyle who hires a journalist to chronicle his life's story.
Deckard here with a review of DESTINATION WEDDING a romantic comedy by long-time television writer and second time feature film director Victor Levin starring Keanu Reeves and Winona Ryder, two stars we have long histories with and whom share history . This film has all the makings of a tossed-off fly by night V.O.D. comedy, just slick and cheap enough to get produced, but I'll be damned if I didn't find something much more interesting here, and what's more, and perhaps rarer, DESTINATION WEDDING is a romantic comedy that actually works.
Tonight in Toronto, Laurie Strode makes a triumphant return to cinemas with David Gordon Green 's Halloween . While the latest installment of John Carpenter's iconic horror franchise - centering on the murderous, masked Michael Meyers - is the first to hit theaters in over a decade, Green's contribution to the canon goes back much further than that.
Supernatural horror pic The Nun is off to a mighty start at the North American box office, earning a blessed $22.4 million on Friday from 3,876 theaters for $50 million-plus weekend. If projections hold, the spinoff will score the biggest opening of any title in New Line and Warner Bros.'
According to Deadline , Golden Globe winner Colin Farrell and Academy Award winner Common have officially signed on to join Voltage Pictures and Freckle Films' forthcoming action drama film Eve which is being produced by Academy Award nominee Jessica Chastain . Farrell is set to play the role of Simon, a black ops organization leader whom Chastain's title character works for while Common will be portraying the character of Eve's ex-fiancee Michael.
The horror film "The Nun" lands in theaters Friday , and the competition doesn't appear to have a prayer. With early estimates predicting an opening-weekend take of $40 million $45 million -- and perhaps more -- the latest "Conjuring" spinoff is primed to knock the romantic comedy "Crazy Rich Asians" off its three-week perch atop the box office.
A bowl of popcorn, an inviting couch-there are a few essential ingredients for the perfect movie night. The most important of all is a good movie.
ADRIFT . If it's not quite as exciting as watching Roy Scheider square off against a particularly pesky shark, there's still enough of interest to keep the nautical drama Adrift afloat.
This might be the best thing a critic can say about a new horror film: Two nights after seeing Mara , the sleep-paralysis thriller from first-time director Clive Tonge, I had a nightmare about it. Better still, that nightmare precisely replicated scenes from the film.