Stowaway, 2021. Directed by Joe Penna. Starring Anna Kendrick, Daniel Dae Kim, Shamier Anderson, and Toni Collette. SYNOPSIS: A stowaway on a mission to Mars sets off a series of unintended consequences. It’s unsurprising to learn that co-writer/Director Joe Penna actually penned Stowaway before his recently released film of similar survivalism, the Mads Mikkelsen led […]
Movie Review – Arctic (2018)
Arctic, 2018. Directed by Joe Penna. Starring Mads Mikkelsen, María Thelma and Tintrinai Thikhasuk. SYNOPSIS: A man stranded in the Arctic after a helicopter crash must decide whether to remain in the relative safety of his makeshift camp or to embark on a deadly trek through the unknown. Extreme survival stories are nothing new when […]
Exclusive Interview: Director Joe Penna talks feature film debut Arctic
Sean Wilson chats to YouTuber turned filmmaker Joe Penna about his gripping survival drama Arctic, starring Mads Mikkelsen… A man stalks his way across the icy tundra. We don’t know anything about him, save his commitment to scraping beneath the snow and bedrock with a a pickax. After a few minutes of close-up, hard-scrabble minutiae, […]
Movie Review – Arctic (2019)
Arctic, 2019. Written and Directed by Joe Penna. Starring Mads Mikkelsen and Maria Thelma Smáradóttir. SYNOPSIS: A man stranded in the Arctic after an airplane crash must decide whether to remain in the relative safety of his makeshift camp or to embark on a deadly trek through the unknown in hopes of making it out […]
Mads Mikkelsen fights for survival in first trailer for Arctic
Ahead of its theatrical release next month, the first trailer has arrived online for director Joe Penna’s upcoming survival drama Arctic which stars Mads Mikkelsen as a man fighting for his life after he is left stranded following a plane crash; watch it here… A man stranded in the Arctic after an airplane crash must […]