Released at Sundance earlier this year, the film sparked a bidding war the likes of which?the festival had never seen before (and eventually settled at Fox Searchlight for an amazing?$17.5M, the highest in the festival’s history. ?With a timely subject matter (especially in the heat of the #OscarsSoWhite controversy) and buzz-worthy visuals, Nate Parker’s film…
Jamie Kastler, director (THE SKYJACKER’S TALE) Ishmael Muslim Ali (formerly LaBeet) is the American convicted of murdering eight people on a Rockefeller-owned golf course in the US Virgin Islands. After years of trying to get his conviction overturned, he took matters into his own hands and hijacked an American Airlines plane full of passengers to…
Somerset, England. Trainee veterinarian Clover Catto (ELLIE KENDRICK, Game of Thrones)?returns to the farm where she grew up after hearing news that her brother Harry has died?an apparent suicide. Finding the family home in ruins following recent floods that devastated the area, Clover is forced to confront her?difficult?father Aubrey ? about the farm, the livestock…
? Gloria (Anne Hathaway) lives her life the only way she knows how… for herself. ?Ruined by alcohol and partying, she finds herself out on the street after her boyfriend (Dan Stevens) tires of her behaviour and asks her to move out of?his apartment. ?With nowhere else to go, she returns to her childhood home…
In Beast, writer/directors Tom and Sam McKeith tell the story of Jaime Gray (newcomer Chad McKinney), a young boxer in the Philippines. After his father (Garrett Dillahunt) convinces him to cheat in the ring in order to win cash from a local bookie, Jaime ?accidentally? kills his opponent. Riddled with guilt, he desperately attempts to…
Are we truly alone in the universe? It’s a question asked by a number of entries into the sci-fi genre. However,?The Martian is not like other films. Directed by Ridley Scott (Alien, Blade Runner),?The Martian doesn’t wrestle with this question in terms of alien life on other planets. Rather,?it is far more interested on what…
The Man Who Knew Infinity?is based on the true story of Srinivasa Ramanujan Iyengar (Dev Patel), a brilliant young man who grew up poor in Madras, India, during the time of the first World War. Convinced that he has something to offer the world in the area of pure mathematics, Ramanujan sends his work to…
“You don’t have to do this.” “I know… but we both know I’m going to.” Directed by Jon Cassar (24),?Forsaken tells the story of John Henry Clayton (Kiefer Sutherland), a man who left the family plantation over a decade ago. Having built a reputation as a killer, John Henry’s return is less than celebrated,…
[The team for Beast (L to R): Chad McKinney, Tom McKeith, Sam McKeith Garrett Dillahunt] Starring newcomer Chad McKinney and veteran actor Garret Dillahunt (Winter?s Bone, Raising Hope), Beast tells the story of Jaime Gray (McKinney), a young boxer in the Philippines who is managed by his father, Rick (Dillahunt). After getting involved with a…
Johnny Depp is back. At least that’s what everyone is saying. In some ways, it’s odd to think of Depp being ‘back’ when he never really went away. Certainly, he remains?beloved by people around the globe (especially evidenced in?the borderline chaos that erupted when he arrived in Toronto). Although,it’s fair to say that, by filling…
