Domino, 2019. Directed by Brian De Palma. Starring Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Carice van Houten, Søren Malling, Guy Pearce, and Eriq Ebouaney. SYNOPSIS: A Copenhagen police officer seeks justice for his partner’s murder by a mysterious man. Calling Brian De Palma’s new thriller a “troubled project” would most certainly be an understatement, given that it started shooting […]
Movie Review – Domino (2019)
Domino, 2019. Directed by Brian De Palma. Starring Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Carice van Houten, Eriq Ebouaney, Søren Malling, Paprika Steen, Nicolas Bro, Thomas W. Gabrielsson, Mohammed Azaay, Younes Bachir, and Guy Pearce. SYNOPSIS: A Copenhagen police officer seeks justice for his partner’s murder by a mysterious man. For a film mired in production troubles (apparently, the […]
First trailer for Brian De Palma’s Domino starring Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Guy Pearce and Carice van Houten
Ahead of its theatrical release next month, Saban Films has debuted a poster and trailer for the upcoming crime thriller Domino. Directed by Brian De Palma, the film stars Games of Thrones‘ Nikolaj Coster-Waldau as a police officer seeking justice for the murder of his partner, and also features Guy Pearce and Carice van Houten; […]
A Beginner’s Guide to Brian De Palma
Tom Jolliffe begins a series of features focused on iconic directors. Those whose work has influenced many younger directors who have followed them. First up is Brian De Palma… The 70’s saw a group of exceptional directors coming to the forefront of cinema. It’s an era where I could all too easily cover Martin Scorsese, […]
UPDATE: Brian De Palma developing Harvey Weinstein-inspired horror
Legendary filmmaker Brian De Palma (Scarface, The Untouchables) has revealed that he’s taking inspiration from the recent Hollywood sexual misconduct scandal for his next project, penning a horror film inspired by disgraced media mogul Harvey Weinstein. “I’m writing a film about this scandal, a project I’m talking about with a French producer,” De Palma told […]
Should you choose to accept them, here are the best Mission: Impossible moments
Matt Rodgers on the best Mission: Impossible moments… The ability for the Mission: Impossible franchise to subvert the law of diminishing returns, in terms of both box-office and quality, as well as keeping the fuse lit under Tom Cruise’s dimming star power, is surely down to the stylistically diverse way in which the films are […]
Blu-ray Review – Carrie (1976)
Carrie, 1976. Directed by Brian De Palma. Starring Sissy Spacek, Nancy Allen, John Travolta, William Katt, Piper Laurie, Amy Irving, P.J. Soles, and Betty Buckley. SYNOPSIS: A shy teenage girl with a domineering religious mother unleashes hell with her telekinetic powers against all those who have wronged her. On the back of their excellent release […]
October Horrors 2017 Day 15 – Carrie (1976)
Carrie, 1976. Directed by Brian De Palma. Starring Sissy Spacek, Piper Laurie, Nancy Allen, William Katt, Amy Irving and John Travolta. SYNOPSIS: Carrie White is a shy teenager who endures a daily ritual of bullying from her classmates who torment her mercilessly at school, while also being subjective to repeated abuse from her religious fanatic […]
Remembering Carrie, the best Stephen King adaptation
Henry Bevan on Carrie… The camera glides through the girls’ locker room. The girls are in various states of undress; steam from the shower creates a dreamlike quality, shrouding the scene, fogging up the lens. The camera pushes in on Carrie (Sissy Spacek) as she rubs herself with soap. It focuses on various parts of […]
Game of Thrones’ Nikolaj Coster-Waldau and Carice van Houten reunite for Brian De Palma’s Domino
Deadline is reporting that Game of Thrones stars Nikolaj Coster-Waldau and Carice van Houten have signed on to star in Brian De Palma’s upcoming suspense thriller Domino, which has been scripted by Petter Skavlan (Kon-Tiki). The film sees the duo as two police officers “who go rogue while tracking down the killer of their police […]
