*/****starring Margaret Qualley, Aubrey Plaza, Charlie Day, Chris Evanswritten by Ethan Coen & Tricia Cookedirected by Ethan Coen by Walter Chaw Ethan Coen and Tricia Cooke have a mission, and that mission is apparently to make affected, arch neo-noir “comedies” showcasing angry cunnilingus and the sense of humour that, in tiny doses, gave Ethan’s collaborations with his brother Joel a soupçon of bitterness. Without what seems to be Joel’s humanism to leaven what appears to be Ethan...| FILM FREAK CENTRAL
****/****starring Julia Garner, Josh Brolin, Alden Ehrenreich, Amy Madiganwritten and directed by Zach Cregger by Walter Chaw Zach Cregger’s Weapons is joy. It’s nostalgia without an obvious antecedent, capturing the phenomena of “hiraeth” for a sensibility raised on weird pulp and Halloween. If nostalgia is the last deposit with cultural veins still rich enough to mine, this is the way to do it. Weapons is the best Ray Bradbury adaptation there has ever been; while it’s not actuall...| FILM FREAK CENTRAL
Warner Bros. Pictures’ box office success looks to continue with the release of The Conjuring: Last Rites, the fourth installment in the 12-year-old franchise starring Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga. The release, which generated a franchise-record $8.5 million in Thursday screenings, is projected to tally $66.5 million in ticket sales through Sept. 7, according to … Continue reading "Warner’s ‘The Conjuring: Last Rites’ Looks to Top Weekend Box Office Following Franchise Record $8....| Media Play News
Online movie ticketer Fandango and short-form mobile video service TikTok have announced a partnership that gives entertainment consumers the ability to go from movie discovery to ticket purchase directly within the TikTok app. The collaboration marks TikTok’s first-ever movie ticketing integration powered by TikTok Spotlight, with Fandango as the sole launch partner. Consumers on TikTok … Continue reading "Fandango, TikTok Partner to Offer Consumers Links to Purchase Movie Tickets"| Media Play News
Cineverse Sept. 3 announced that The Toxic Avenger Unrated is on pace to be one of the company’s most successful multi-platform releases. The Macon Blair-written-directed horror/comedy movie, based on the Troma Entertainment superhero (played by Peter Dinklage in the latest movie), generated more than $2 million at the North American Labor Day box office through … Continue reading "Cineverse Lauds ‘The Toxic Avenger’ Box Office, Physical, Digital Pre-Orders"| Media Play News
New 4K Restoration of Oshii’s Rarely Screened Early Feature Comes to Cinemas for 40th Anniversary in First Ever North American Nationwide Release Starting November 19 GKIDS, the Academy Award®-winning producer and distributor of acclaimed and artist-driven animation from around the world, announced it will bring Mamoru Oshii’s rarely screened early masterpiece ANGEL’S EGG to cinemas ... GKIDS To Release Acclaimed Director Mamoru Oshii’s Seminal Classic “ANGEL’S EGG” The post G...| GKIDS Films
New 20th Anniversary 4K Remaster of The Cult Classic Japanese Comedy Drama Comes to New York City September 5, Los Angeles September 12, With Additional Markets to Follow Academy Award®-winning producer and distributor GKIDS has announced today it will release LINDA LINDA LINDA 4K in theaters this September. The 2005 Japanese comedy-drama comes to theaters ... GKIDS to Release “LINDA LINDA LINDA 4K” in Theaters| GKIDS Films
***/****starring Joaquin Phoenix, Pedro Pascal, Luke Grimes, Emma Stonewritten and directed by Ari Aster by Walter Chaw The problem I have with Ari Aster movies is that Ari Aster is contemptuous of his characters. He gives them anxieties he then maximalizes into catastrophes so extreme they’re funny. (How else does a cake allergy turn into a telephone-pole beheading?) And once he creates an unbearable situation, he scoffs. It’s tempting to draw a corollary between his work and that of pos...| FILM FREAK CENTRAL
GKIDS to Release the Theatrical Feature July 16 Tickets are on sale now for JUJUTSU KAISEN: Hidden Inventory / Premature Death – The Movie, which will be released in North American theaters nationwide in original Japanese and English dubbed versions beginning July 16th. The theatrical compilation feature returns to the widely beloved “Hidden Inventory / ... Tickets are On Sale Now in North America for “JUJUTSU KAISEN: Hidden Inventory / Premature Death – The Movie”| GKIDS Films
ZERO STARS/****starring Chiwetel Ejiofor, Tom Hiddleston, Annalise Basso, Mark Hamillwritten by Mike Flanagan, based on the short story by Stephen Kingdirected by Mike Flanagan by Walter Chaw I admit it: I have an allergy to sentimental treacle. I get that this shit is like mother’s milk to some–that fading stars and, indeed, entire cable channels have tied their strings to the “shameless tearjerker” to great if niche fame and fortune; it’s a “me” problem, and I accept that. I r...| FILM FREAK CENTRAL
****/****starring Bill Skarsgård, Nicholas Hoult, Lily-Rose Depp, Willem Dafoeinspired by the screenplay Nosferatu by Henrik Gallen and the novel Dracula by Bram Stokerwritten for the screen and directed by Robert Eggers by Walter Chaw The hysteric female can be viewed as a ‘flipped’ version of the male paranoiac; while the male represses his fears about the nature of his sexuality, the female’s hysterics seem to circle around her inability to direct her sexuality as she pleases, or he...| FILM FREAK CENTRAL