In the wrong hands, cliches are about the worst thing that can populate a film. Handled poorly, they just remind you all that can be wrong about cinema. However, cliches became that way for a reason, and are popular with some degree of cause. So, when filmmakers can lean in and utilize cliched material for their own means, sometimes you wind up with a fun result. Star Light is just such a beast, wandering down a well worn path but occasionally doing it in a way that we haven’t seen before, allowing it to stand out from the pack. Out now, it’s an option to consider for genre hounds. The movie is a mix of horror and science fiction, with a bit of an original hook. Here, we have the story of a group of teenagers fighting off a strange entity and protecting a mysterious woman, but the...
- 8/11/2020
- by Joey Magidson
- Hollywoodnews.com
• Boardwalk Empire actor Jack Huston will take the chariot reins as the title role in the upcoming remake of Ben-Hur. Previously, Tom Hiddleston had been in talks for the role of slave Judah Ben-Hur in the Paramount and MGM picture. Timur Bekmambetov (Wanted) is directing the film adapted by John Ridley (12 Years a Slave) and Keith Clarke (The Way Back) that is said to be based more on Lew Wallace’s 1880 novel Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ than the 1959 film that starred Charlton Heston. Morgan Freeman has already been cast as Ildarin, the teacher who helps make the slave Ben-Hur into chariot racer champion.
- 9/18/2014
- by Jake Perlman
- EW - Inside Movies
The Hamiltons Starring: Cory Knauf, Samuel Child, Mackenzie Firgens, Joseph McKelheer Director: Mitchell Altieri, Phil Flores (as The Butcher Brothers) Writers: Mitchell Altieri, Phil Flores (as The Butcher Brothers), Adam Weis Rated: R The Hamiltons opens with a scene familiar to any horror fan: a dazed and scantily clad young woman (Sweet Valley Highs Brittany Daniel), moving about a dark and dank room in search of an escape, stumbling…...
- 6/1/2012
- Horrorbid
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