Asphalt City, 2024. Directed by Jean-Stéphane Sauvaire. Starring Tye Sheridan, Sean Penn, Katherine Waterston, Michael Pitt, Kali Reis, Mike Tyson, Onie Maceo Watlington, Raquel Nave, Shelly Burrell, Gbenga Akinnagbe, and Daniel Foote. SYNOPSIS: Ollie Cross is a young paramedic assigned to the NYC night shift with an uncompromising and seasoned partner Gene Rutkovsky. Each 911 […]
Trailer for thriller Asphalt City starring Sean Penn and Tye Sheridan
Vertical has released a trailer for director Jean-Stéphane Sauvaire’s thriller Asphalt City. Based on Shannon Burke’s 2008 novel Black Flies (which it was titled for its premiere in competition at Cannes last year, the film follows young paramedic Ollie (Tye Sheridan) as he is paired with seasoned partner Gene (Sean Penn), during the dangerous and […]
Movie Review – Reptile (2023)
Reptile, 2023. Directed by Grant Singer. Starring Benicio del Toro, Justin Timberlake, Alicia Silverstone, Michael Pitt, Karl Glusman, Eric Bogosian, Frances Fisher, Domenick Lombardozzi, Owen Teague, Matilda Lutz, Victor Rasuk, Sky Ferreira, Ato Essandoh, Thad Luckinbill, Catherine Dyer, Mike Pniewski, Jesse C. Boyd, Amy Parrish, Michael Beasley, James Devoti, Matt Medrano, Elena Varela, Michael Rene […]
Movie Review – The Last Days of American Crime (2020)
The Last Days of American Crime, 2020 Directed by Olivier Megaton. Starring Édgar Ramírez, Anna Brewster, Michael Pitt, and Sharlto Copley. SYNOPSIS: In the not-too-distant future, as a final response to terrorism and crime, the U.S. government plans to broadcast a signal making it impossible for anyone to knowingly commit unlawful acts. Though Netflix’s hands-off […]
Trailer for Run with the Hunted starring Ron Perlman and Michael Pitt
A trailer and poster have arrived online for the upcoming crime drama Run with the Hunted ahead of its VOD release next month. Written and directed by John Swab, the film stars Michael Pitt, Ron Perlman, Dree Hemingway, Isiah Whitlock Jr., Kylie Rogers, Sam Quartin, Slaine, Mitchell Paulsen, Mark Boone Junior and William Forsythe; watch […]
Movie Review – Detective Chinatown 2 (2018)
Detective Chinatown 2, 2018. Written and Directed by Chen Sicheng. Starring Wang Baoqiang, Liu Haoran, Xiao Yang, Natasha Liu Bordizzo, Michael Pitt, and Tsumabuki Satoshi. SYNOPSIS: When the case of New York Chinatown godfather Uncle Qi’s missing son turns into a murder investigation, the detective duo Tang and Qin team up again to hunt down […]
Movie Review – Ghost In The Shell (2017)
Ghost in the Shell, 2017. Directed by Rupert Sanders. Starring Scarlett Johansson, Takeshi Kitano, Michael Pitt, Pilou Asbæk, Chin Han, Juliette Binoche and Michael Wincott. SYNOPSIS: In the near future, Major is the first of her kind: A human saved from a terrible crash, who is cyber-enhanced to be a perfect soldier devoted to stopping the world’s […]
Second Opinion – Ghost in the Shell (2017)
Ghost in the Shell, 2017. Directed by Rupert Sanders. Starring Scarlett Johansson, Pilou Asbaek, Takeshi Kitano, Juliette Binoche, Michael Carmen Pitt, Peter Ferdinando, Danusia Samal, Lasarus Ratuere, Anamaria Marinca, and Chin Han. SYNOPSIS: In the near future, Major is the first of her kind: A human saved from a terrible crash, who is cyber-enhanced to be a […]
Movie Review – Criminal (2016)
Criminal, 2016. Directed by Ariel Vromen. Starring Kevin Costner, Gary Oldman, Gal Gadot, Tommy Lee Jones, Michael Pitt, Amaury Nolasco, Antje Traue, Alice Eve, Jordi Molla, Scott Adkins, Natalie Burn, Robert Davi, and Ryan Reynolds. SYNOPSIS: In a last-ditch effort to stop a diabolical plot, a dead CIA operative’s memories, secrets, and skills are implanted […]
Michael Pitt cast as villain in Ghost in the Shell
Boardwalk Empire‘s Michael Pitt has landed the villain role in the upcoming film adaptation of Ghost in the Shell, The Hollywood Reporter has revealed. Pitt, who played James “Jimmy” Darmody in the hit HBO show, will star alongside Scarlett Johansson (Hail, Caesar!) as a character referred to as the Laughing Man who is part man, part […]
