Inspired by the 16th?Century Chinese fable Journey To The West,?The New Legends of Monkey?follows the journey of Monkey (Chai Hansen), a good God who accidentally sets free demons that ravaged humans and Gods alike and was subsequently punished, being frozen in a stone for 500 years. Freed by young Tripitaka (Luciane Buchanan), Monkey joins forces…
Written and directed by the legendary Paul Schrader (Taxi Driver, The Last Temptation of Christ), First Reformedtells the story of Reverend Toller (Ethan Hawke), a pastor of a small church in upstate New York. After an encounter with an unstable congregant and his pregnant wife leaves him shaken, Toller finds himself embroiled in an environmental…
Written and directed by Mike Roma, Dating My Mother?tells the story of Danny (Patrick Reilly), a young queer male returning home to life with his mother in New Jersey. Having spent the last few years living freely in Los Angeles as a writer, Patrick finds his homecoming a mixed bag of emotion. While he appreciates…
I recently had the chance to talk by phone with Academy Award winner Vanessa Roth about her new short documentary, The Girl and the Picture, that played at the Newport Beach Film Festival. The film tells the story of Madame Xia, who as an eight year old girl survived the Nanjing Massacre (sometimes referred to…
Avengers: Infinity War?offers the (penultimate) event of the Avenger universe. When evil overlord, Thanos, threatens to destroy the galaxy in the midst of his hunt for the Infinity Stones, the Avengers must assemble one more time to attempt to save humanity from his violent clutches. Billed as the ?biggest cross-over event in history?, Infinity War?features…
In Rampage, primatologist Davis Okoye (global action icon, Dwayne ?The Rock? Johnson) shares an unshakable bond with George, an extraordinarily intelligent silverback gorilla who has been in his care since his youth. However, when a genetic experiment goes wrong and George is one of several animals transformed into raging giant beasts, Okoye must race against…
While he is perhaps best known from his time playing the affable Kirk Gleason in Gilmore Girls, Gunn has stepped into the forefront recently for his role as Kraglin in the Guardians of the Galaxyfilms. However, he has also found himself in the unique position of serving as physical stand-in for CGI fan-favourite Rocket the…
Directed by Sean McNamara, The Miracle Season tells the story of young Caroline Found?or ?Line? as she nicknamed herself. The captain of the Iowa City West High School, ?Line? (Danika Yarosh) is vivacious and life-loving. However, when she is in a tragic accident leaves her team, school and her father, Ernie (Oscar winner William…
Written and directed by Brian Cavallaro, Against the Night tells the story of nine friends who decide to sneak into an abandoned prison to film their own ?ghost-hunting? video. As members of their team begin to disappear, they quickly begin to fear that they may not be alone. Filmed in Philadelphia, Cavallaro believed that the…
Joe Kelly is a prolific comic book writer, with credits on the extended mythos of Deadpool, Daredevil, Superman, and others. But he also penned the graphic novels, Four Eyes and I Kill Giants. which connect the everyday world of our expectations with fantasy-infused realities to create colorful, inventive worlds where our worst fears take on…
