The Road director John Hillcoat is set to return to the world of Cormac McCarthy by bringing the author’s Blood Meridian to the big-screen. According to Deadline the Lawless director will work from a script written by three-time Oscar nominee John Logan (Skyfall, Alien: Covenant, Michael). Hillcoat told Deadline that “After years of dreaming and […]
Jessica Chastain and Michael Shannon are Tammy Wynette and George Jones in George & Tammy trailer
Showtime has released the first trailer for George & Tammy, the limited drama series from creator Abe Sylvia and director John Hillcoat (The Road). Based on Georgette Jones’ biography The Three of Us: Growing Up with Tammy and George, the series stars Jessica Chastain and Michael Shannon as country music power couple Tammy Wynette and […]
The Road with filmmaker and actor Marc Zammit – The Pick of the Flicks Podcast #47
On The Pick of the Flicks Podcast, a different guest drops in every week to chat about their favourite film. This week, filmmaker Marc Zammit discusses the intense, apocalyptic drama The Road… On the latest episode of The Pick of the Flicks Podcast, actor and director Marc Zammit stops by to discuss his recently completed […]
John Hillcoat and Nicolas Winding Refn teaming for Witchfinder General remake
Deadline is reporting that John Hillcoat (The Road) is set to direct a remake of the cult 1968 horror Witchfinder General, which is being produced by Nicolas Winding Refn (Drive). The original film, hugely controversial for its time, was directed by Michael Reeves and told a heavily fictionalised account of the the notorious real-life 17th […]
Black Mirror Season 4 Review – ‘Crocodile’
Martin Carr reviews Black Mirror’s Crocodile… There are two things which are surprising about ‘Crocodile’ besides its approach. One is Andrea Riseborough the other connecting John Hillcoat with this source material. Famed respectively for tent pole heroines and arthouse Oscar crossovers, Riseborough takes our perceptions of her and destroys them. Hillcoat on the other hand […]
New poster and trailers for Black Mirror season 4
Following on from yesterday’s trailer for the Jodie Foster-helmed ‘Arkangel’ [watch it here], we’ve now got some more promotional material for the fourth season of Charlie Brooker’s acclaimed anthology series Black Mirror with a poster and trailer for Colm McCarthy’s ‘Black Museum’ starring Douglas Hodge, Letitia Wright and Babs Olusanmokun, along with a trailer for […]
Movie Review – Triple 9 (2016)
Triple 9, 2016. Directed by John Hillcoat. Starring Casey Affleck, Wood Harrelson, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Anthony Mackie, Aaron Paul, Norman Reedus, Clifton Collins Jr., Kate Winslet, Gal Gadot and Michael K. Williams. SYNOPSIS: A gang of criminals and corrupt cops plan the murder of a police officer in order to pull off their biggest heist yet across […]
Second Opinion – Triple 9 (2016)
Triple 9, 2016. Directed by John Hillcoat. Starring Chiwetel Ejiofor, Casey Affleck, Anthony Mackie, Woody Harrison, Kate Winslet, Gal Gadot, Aaron Paul, Clifton Collins Jr., Michael K. Williams, Teresa Palmer, and Norman Reedus. SYNOPSIS: A gang of criminals and corrupt cops plan the murder of a police officer in order to pull off their biggest […]
Movie Review – Triple 9 (2016)
Triple 9, 2016. Directed by John Hillcoat. Starring Casey Affleck, Anthony Mackie, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Kate Winslet, Woody Harrelson, Aaron Paul, Norman Reedus and Gal Gadot. SYNOPSIS: A group of police-officers use their expert knowledge to rob banks, but a new cop joins the force and becomes the unwitting target of their next job – using […]
Anthony Mackie on Captain America: Civil War, Deadpool and Batman v Superman – exclusive Triple 9 interview
To promote his new film Triple 9 (2016 – Casey Affleck, Kate Winslet, Norman Reedus), Anthony Mackie sat down with Flickering Myth’s Scott Davis. In the interview, Mackie speaks about where he ranks Captain America: Civil War (in which he plays The Falcon) overall in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, what he thinks about the DC/Marvel feud and who, […]
