Sicario 2: Soldado, 2018. Directed by Stefano Sollima. Starring Josh Brolin, Benicio Del Toro, Catherine Keener, Isabela Moner, Jeffrey Donovan, and Matthew Modine. SYNOPSIS: Tasked with causing a turf war to destabilise the cartels, Matt Graver enlists brutal hitman Alejandro to assist him in kidnapping the daughter of a top cartel boss. “I’m gonna have […]
Second Opinion – Sicario: Day of the Soldado (2018)
Sicario: Day of the Soldado, 2018. Directed by Stefano Sollima. Starring Benicio Del Toro, Josh Brolin, Isabela Moner, Jeffrey Donovan, Catherine Keener, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, Matthew Modine, Shea Whigham, and Elijah Rodriguez. SYNOPSIS: The drug war on the US-Mexico border has escalated as the cartels have begun trafficking terrorists across the US border. To fight the […]
Movie Review – Sicario: Day of the Soldado (2018)
Sicario: Day of the Soldado, 2018. Directed by Stefano Sollima. Starring Josh Brolin, Benicio Del Toro, Isabela Moner, Jeffery Donovan, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, Catherine Keener, Matthew Modine, Shea Whigham, Elijah Rodriguez, Howard Ferguson Jr., David Castañeda, Jacqueline Torres, Raoul Max Trujillo, Jake Picking, Dan Davidson, Faysal Ahmed, Graham Beckel, Sherman Allen, and Bruno Bichir. SYNOPSIS: The drug […]
Matthew Modine cast in Miss Virginia
Stranger Things star Matthew Modine has signed on to star alongside Uzo Aduba (Orange Is the New Black) in the upcoming independent drama Miss Virginia, Variety is reporting. The film is being directed by R.K. Daniel Hanna (Shelter), and “follows a struggling inner-city single mother who moves her at-risk son from his dangerous neighborhood school […]
Benicio Del Toro and Josh Brolin return in Sicario 2: Soldado trailer
Colombia Pictures have released the first trailer for the next installment of what they’re calling ‘the Sicario saga’. An indirect sequel to the Denis Villeneuve thriller, Sicario 2: Soldado, will see Benicio Del Toro’s Alejandro Gillick return, alongside Josh Brolin’s CIA Agent, Matt Graver. The pair finding themselves forming an uneasy co-dependency as the narcotics fuelled border […]
Matthew Modine and James Earl Jones join Foster Boy
Variety is reporting that Matthew Modine (Stranger Things), James Earl Jones (The Lion King) and newcomer Shane Paul McGhie are set to star in the indie drama Foster Boy, which is being directed by Youssef Delara (The Bounce Back) from a script by attorney-turned-screenwriter Jay Paul Deratany. Foster Boy is based on Deratany’s own experiences as a […]
The Duffer Brothers on whether we will see Dr. Brenner return in future seasons of Stranger Things
There’s an old rule in television stating that if you don’t see someone die on screen, then they aren’t dead. Now, there are always examples to the contrary, but still, this is a pretty safe bet when it comes to TV. Take Matthew Modine’s Dr. Brenner from Season 1 of Stranger Things, for example. We […]
DVD Review – The Hippopotamus (2017)
The Hippopotamus, 2017 Directed by John Jencks. Starring Roger Allam, Fiona Shaw, Tim McInnerny, Emily Berrington, Geraldine Somerville, and Matthew Modine. SYNOPSIS: Ted Wallace, a washed up, alcoholic theatre critic, is recruited by his estranged god-daughter to establish if a miracle has occurred at the ancestral home of his oldest friend, leading him on […]
Movie Review – 47 Meters Down (2017)
47 Meters Down, 2017. Directed by Johannes Roberts. Starring Mandy Moore, Claire Holt, and Matthew Modine. SYNOPSIS: Two sisters vacationing in Mexico are trapped in a shark cage at the bottom of the ocean. With less than an hour of oxygen left and great white sharks circling nearby, they must fight to survive. Stupid people […]
Movie Review – The Hippopotamus (2017)
The Hippopotamus, 2017. Directed by John Jencks. Starring Tim McInnerny, Roger Allam, Matthew Modine, Emily Berrington, Russell Tovey, and Lyne Renee. SYNOPSIS: Out of luck, out of cash and recently sacked theatre critic Ted Wallace (Roger Allam) has a chance encounter with relative Jane Swann. Creatively bereft and in need of money Wallace agrees to […]
