Women Talking, 2022. Written and Directed by Sarah Polley. Starring Rooney Mara, Claire Foy, Jessie Buckley, Ben Whishaw, Judith Ivey, Sheila McCarthy, Michelle McLeod, Liv McNeil, Kate Hallett, August Winter, Frances McDormand, Kira Guloien, Shayla Brown, Emily Mitchell, Eli Ham Lochlan, Ray Miller, Vivien Endicott Douglas, Nathaniel McParland, and Marcus Craig. SYNOPSIS: A group of […]
Antiviral (2012) – October Horrors 2022
Antiviral, 2012. Directed by Brandon Cronenberg. Starring Caleb Landry Jones, Sarah Gadon, Douglas Smith, Joe Pingue, Nicholas Campbell, Sheila McCarthy, Wendy Crewson and Malcolm McDowell. SYNOPSIS: In the near future, corporations make fortunes by selling celebrity sicknesses to obsessed fans. Seeking to profit for himself, an employee soon stumbles upon a sinister mystery involving his […]
2022 BFI London Film Festival Review – Women Talking
Women Talking, 2022. Written & Directed by Sarah Polley Starring Rooney Mara, Claire Foy, Jessie Buckley, Frances McDormand, Ben Whishaw, Judith Ivey, Sheila McCarthy. SYNOPSIS: In 2010, the women of an isolated religious community grapple with reconciling their reality with their faith. Based on the novel by Miriam Toews. Sarah Polley has had a long […]
Toronto International Film Festival 2021 Review – The Middle Man
The Middle Man, 2021. Written and directed by Bent Hamer. Starring Pål Sverre Hagen, Tuva Novotny, Paul Gross, Nina Andresen Borud, Don McKellar, Rossif Sutherland, Nicolas Bro, Kenneth Welsh, Trond Fausa Aurvåg, Aksel Hennie, and Sheila McCarthy. SYNOPSIS: Frank Farrelli takes on the job of a middle man in the God-forsaken town of Karmack, USA, […]
Shudder horror Anything for Jackson gets a poster and trailer
Shudder has released a trailer, poster and images for Justin G. Dyck’s upcoming horror Anything for Jackson which follows a bereaved couple who kidnap a pregnant woman with the intention of putting their deceased grandson’s spirit into her unborn child; take a look here… After losing their only grandson in a car accident, grief stricken […]
Movie Review – The Broken Hearts Gallery (2020)
The Broken Hearts Gallery, 2020. Written and Directed by Natalie Krinsky. Starring Geraldine Viswanathan, Dacre Montgomery, Utkarsh Ambudkar, Nikki Duval, Suki Waterhouse, Molly Gordon, Phillipa Soo, Sheila McCarthy, Nathan Dales, Bernadette Peters, Ego Nwodim, Megan Ferguson, Tattiawna Jones, and Arturo Castro. SYNOPSIS: After a break up, a young woman decides to start a gallery where […]
Horror film Anything For Jackson wraps production
With many productions getting cancelled or delayed recently, it’s always nice to hear a project having reached completion. The Canadian horror film Anything For Jackson announced it completed principal photography and is set for a fall release. The film stars Sheila McCarthy (The Umbrella Academy), Julian Richings (Supernatural) and Yannick Bisson (Murdoch Mysteries) from director Justin Dyck […]
