Drafthouse acquires Daniel Barber’s The Keeping Room, starring Brit Marling

Posted 11 years ago

Sometimes the fine line between a western thriller and outright horror is not as evident as it seems, although the western setting can certainly deliver brutal and dangerous situations. Look at films like DEAD BIRDS or THE BURROWERS, which utilized...

Drafthouse picks up Daniel Barber’s The Keeping Room

Posted 11 years ago

Drafthouse Films has been on a roll lately, dishing out some fantastic genre fare recently with films like NOTHING BAD CAN HAPPEN, BORGMAN, CHEAP THRILLS, and now THE KEEPING ROOM, which will land on VOD outlets sometime next fall. "The...

Review: The Better Angels

Posted 11 years ago

PLOT: The early days of a young Abraham Lincoln growing up is explored. As a young boy living destitute with his family in the Indiana wilderness, the tragedy he faces and the obstacles he fights hint at the historic future...

Update: Rachel McAdams offered True Detective lead, Taylor Kitsch to join

Posted 12 years ago

UPDATE: Well, those Keira Knightley rumors certainly didn’t last long as Variety is reporting that MEAN GIRLS star Rachel McAdams has landed the female lead. They also indicate it is looking like Taylor Kitsch will be joining very soon. Both...

Trailer for The Better Angels looks like Lincoln crossed with Tree of Life

Posted 12 years ago

Call me pretentious, but I love Terence Malick movies. I love the meditative quality of the films and the artistic expression he puts into every image he films. I also acknowledge that Malick’s films are not for everyone, but I...

7 actresses reportedly up for female lead in True Detective season 2

Posted 12 years ago

Although Rachel McAdams and Elisabeth Moss aren't out of the running yet, The Wrap has learned seven actresses will audition for HBO and creator Nic Pizzolatto this week for the female lead in the second season of HBO's True Detective....

Review: I Origins (Fantasia Film Festival)

Posted 12 years ago

PLOT: Two molecular biologists (Michael Pitt & Brit Marling) studying the biology of the human eye, make a stunning discovery that challenges their unshakable belief that everything is explicable by science. REVIEW: The notion of science vs faith is one...

Review: The East

Posted 13 years ago

THE EAST was originally reviewed as part of JoBlo.com’s 2013 Sundance coverage. PLOT: An undercover operative (Britt Marling) for a private security group is sent to infiltrate a radical cell of activist extremists- called “The East”. As she gets deeper...

Full trailer and new poster for anarchy thriller The East

Posted 13 years ago

We’ve been covering Zal Batmanglij’s THE EAST since the first freaky teaser hit a few months ago (right after its Sundance debut, incidentally). The film is only a few weeks away from opening in North America, so the final trailer...

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