High-Rise (Movie Review)

Posted 10 years ago

PLOT: The assorted rich and poor tenants of a technocratic tower block begin to unravel after a sudden suicide is committed. REVIEW: With a prolific half-decade of moviemaking that has yielded four wildly disparate but equally astounding results – DOWN...

First trailer & poster for Assassin’s Creed + description of 1st 20 minutes!

Posted 10 years ago

The trailer for the much-anticipated ASSASSIN'S CREED has arrived and it's got all the style and atmosphere that both hardcore fans of the game would desire and enough action, setting, and character to appease those with no prior knowledge. Directed...

First Assassin’s Creed trailer to debut tomorrow, plus new stills

Posted 10 years ago

The first ASSASSIN'S CREED trailer didn't debut with BATMAN V SUPERMAN: DAWN OF JUSTICE like some thought it would, but according to the L.A. Times, it is scheduled to drop sometime tomorrow. Several new images from director Justin Kurzel's adaptation...

Tom Hiddleston, Sienna Miller, Luke Evans & Ben Wheatley talk High-Rise!

Posted 10 years ago

Ben Wheatley's HIGH-RISE is based on J.G. Ballard's 1975 novel about a societal breakdown within a high-tech, luxury high-rise. Class warfare becomes quite literal inside the building, and while the film and book are filled with all kinds of immoral...

Review: High Rise

Posted 10 years ago

This was originally reviewed as part of our TIFF 2015 coverage. PLOT: A young doctor (Tom Hiddleston) moves into a sprawling high-rise which operates under a rigid social hierarchy, with the top floors being home to the elite, while lower...

Cast This: The Riddler

Posted 10 years ago

With news that Ben Affleck will direct and star in the next standalone Batman movie, the first since Christopher Nolan’s THE DARK KNIGHT RISES in 2012, it’s no surprise that there are already rumors swirling about a potential villain or even...

Jeremy Irons will return as Alfred Pennyworth in The Justice League Part One

Posted 10 years ago

Although it hasn't been confirmed yet, I think it's safe to say that Jeremy Irons will more than likely be back as Alfred Pennyworth in the next solo Batman movie. I mean, is it really a Bat flick if it...

It’s all fun and games until somebody takes a dive in this High-Rise clip

Posted 10 years ago

Ben Wheatley's HIGH-RISE has already been one of our most anticipated flicks of the summer, but this new clip might just be the straw that broke the back of my personal enthusiasm. A surrealistic nightmare of a party with scalpel-sharp sound...

Editorial: Why studios are backing out of Hall H at San Diego Comic-Con

Posted 10 years ago

Another major studio has chosen to bite the dust when it comes to making a big Hall H presentation at San Diego Comic-Con. According to The Wrap, this year it's 20th Century Fox who has chosen to bow out of...

The Best Movie You Never Saw: The Mission starring Robert De Niro

Posted 10 years ago

Welcome to The Best Movie You NEVER Saw, a column dedicated to examining films that have flown under the radar or gained traction throughout the years, earning them a place as a cult classic or underrated gem that was either...

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