This week, That Shelf writer Victor Stiff joins us to bring the apocalypse with HELLBOY, the much maligned reboot by Neil Marshall. Starring Stranger Things? David Harbour and Milla Jovovich, HELLBOY finds himself torn the world of monsters and humanity as he attempts to prevent the ancient Blood Queen from unleashing? well? hell on earth….
Told mostly in flashback,?High Lifefocuses on the journey of prisoners who have been told that they would be sent into space for the betterment of mankind, only to discover that they were misled. Supervised by the vicious Dr. Dibs (Juliette Binoche), the convicts are left to their own depravity as they struggle to find meaning…
Set in 1970s Los Angeles, The Curse of La Larona tells the story of the legendary titular ghost as she stalks the night — and the children. Despite the ominous warning of a troubled mother, a social worker and her children find themselves drawn into a terrifying supernatural world. Fighting for survival, their only hope stems from…
Lauded for his shocking twists throughout his career, Shyamalan fell off the map for over a decade due to a string of high-profile box-office failures. (Does anybody rememberThe Happening? And we don?t talk about The Last Airbender?) With Glass, however, Shyamalan combines the worlds of two of his most memorable pieces?2000?s Unbreakable and 2017?s Split?in a truly unique exploration of…
Directed by Cheryl Haines,?Ai Weiwei: Yours Truly begins with the remarkable exhibition?@Large: Ai Weiwei on Alcatraz. Through his instillation, Weiwei extended an invitation to the public to compose messages to prisoners of conscience around the world. By end of the exhibition, over 90,000 postcards had been sent. Ultimately, the film Ai Weiwei: Yours Truly is…
??If there?s a demon in me, it?s always been there. I wish there was a demon???? Rooney Mara,?Mary Magdalene In the first century, free-spirited Mary Magdalene (Rooney Mara) flees the marriage her family has arranged for her, finding refuge and a sense of purpose in a radical new movement led by the charismatic, rabble-rousing preacher…
Tired of living alone, Mr. Link (Zach Galifianakis), an 8-foot tall sasquatch, recruits adventurous (and ego-driven) Sir Lionel Frost (Hugh Jackman) to guide him on a journey to find his long-lost relatives in Himalayas. Along with adventurer Adelina Fortnight (Zoe Saldana), the trio face certain death as they cross the globe searching for the fabled…
Based on the Dark Horse comics by Mike Mignola, Hellboy sees the legendary half-demon superhero (David Harbour, Stranger Things)called to the English countryside to battle a trio of rampaging giants when he soon discovers that the ultimate evil, The Blood Queen Nimue (Milla Jovovich, Resident Evil), is returning to avenge her past. All of a sudden, Hellboy, caught…
M. Night Shyamalan brings together the narratives of two of his standout originals?2000?s Unbreakable, from Touchstone, and 2016?s Split, from Universal?in one explosive, all-new comic-book thriller: Glass. From Unbreakable, Bruce Willis returns as David Dunn as does Samuel L. Jackson as Elijah Price, known also by his pseudonym Mr. Glass. Joining from Split are James…
You?ve seen a horsefly. You?ve seen a dragonfly. You may have seen a house fly? but you?ve never seen an elephant fly? in live action that is. With the release of DUMBO, Disney continues it?s string of live-action remakes of it?s own animated properties (the first of in the next 4 months alone). Directed by…
