Hasitha Fernando looks at the story behind Quentin Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds fifteen years on from its release… Whatever your opinion may be of Inglourious Basterds there’s no denying that the effort helmed by Quentin Tarantino was an entertaining, blood-soaked World War II romp featuring a memorable villain courtesy of Christoph Waltz. As the flick celebrates […]
Michelle Yeoh to star in Melanie Laurent’s The Mother
Michelle Yeoh and action movies are a perfect match and the actress is returning to the genre with a new film entitled The Mother. Variety confirms Yeoh will star in the new project from French actor-director Melanie Laurent. The script comes from P.G. Cuschieri. In the film, Yeoh plays an “immigrant mother and businesswoman trying […]
Netflix shares trailer for Mélanie Laurent-directed heist caper Wingwomen
Netflix has released a trailer, poster and images for Wingwomen, the French action-comedy based on Jérôme Mulot, Florent Ruppert, and Bastien Vivès’ graphic novel The Grande Odalisque. The film is directed by Mélanie Laurent (Inglourious Basterds, Now You See Me), who also stars as Carole, a pro-thief who is ready to retire after unexpectedly becoming […]
Movie Review – Murder Mystery 2 (2023)
Murder Mystery 2, 2023. Directed by Jeremy Garelick. Starring Adam Sandler, Jennifer Aniston, Mark Strong, Adeel Akhtar, Mélanie Laurent, Jodie Turner-Smith, John Kani, Kuhoo Verma, Dany Boon, Enrique Arce, Zurin Villanueva, Annie Mumolo, Jillian Bell, Myo Leong, and Tony Goldwyn. SYNOPSIS: Now full-time detectives struggling to get their private eye agency off the ground, Nick […]
Adam Sandler and Jennifer Aniston are back in Murder Mystery 2 first look clip
With just three weeks to go until Murder Mystery 2 arrives on Netflix, the streamer has released a new poster for the comedy sequel, along with a clip featuring Adam Sandler, Jennifer Aniston, Adeel Akhtar and Melanie Laurent, which sees Nick (Sandler) and Audrey (Aniston) land on their friend’s private island ahead of his wedding; […]
Adam Sandler and Jennifer Aniston are back in Murder Mystery 2 trailer
Netflix has released the first trailer for Murder Mystery 2, the upcoming sequel to the 2019 comedy. Directed by Jeremy Garelick and picking up four years after the events of the first film, the sequel sees the return of Nick and Audrey Spitz (Adam Sandler and Jennifer Aniston) and follows the couple in their new […]
Toronto International Film Festival 2021 Review – The Mad Women’s Ball
The Mad Women’s Ball, 2021. Co-written and directed by Mélanie Laurent. Starring Mélanie Laurent, Lou de Laâge, Emmanuelle Bercot, Benjamin Voisin, Cédric Khan, and Grégoire Bonnet. SYNOPSIS: A woman who is unfairly institutionalised in a Paris asylum plots to escape with the help of one of its nurses. Based on the novel “Le bal des […]
Movie Review – The Mad Women’s Ball (2021)
The Mad Women’s Ball, 2021. Directed by Mélanie Laurent. Starring Mélanie Laurent, Lou de Laâge, Emmanuelle Bercot, Benjamin Voisin, Lauréna Thellier, Grégoire Bonnet, Cyril Kuhnholtz, Martine Chevallier, Vincent Nemeth, Cédric Kahn, André Marcon, Lomane de Dietrich, Christophe Montenez, Coralie Russier, Valérie Stroh, Valentine Cadic, Alice Barnole, Martine Schambacher, and Morgan Perez. SYNOPSIS: A woman who […]
Movie Review – Oxygen (2021)
Oxygen, 2021. Directed by Alexandre Aja. Starring Mélanie Laurent, Mathieu Amalric, Malik Zidi, Marc Saez, Vincent Maraval, Brahim Chioua, Noémie Devide, Grégory Levasseur, Lyah Valade, Pascal Germain, Marie Lemiale, Laura Boujenah, Cathy Cerda, and Éric Herson-Macarel. SYNOPSIS: A woman wakes in a cryogenic chamber with no recollection of how she got there and must find […]
Melanie Laurent stars in trailer for Alexandre Aja’s Oxygen
Netflix has released a trailer for director Alexandre Aja’s (Horns, Crawl) upcoming thriller Oxygen which stars Melanie Laurent as a woman who wakes up in a cryogenic pod with no memory of who she is or how she got there, with only 90 minutes to live she must remember who she is in order to […]
