Author: Jacob Dressler

Micro-budget filmmaker and lover of all things horror.

The upcoming film Bloodshot has a new release date set back by one month from its original February 21, 2020 release date. Luckily the delay isn’t too long, so the film should still be a fun way to kick off the first quarter of the year. Hopefully it lives up to fans’ expectations. While Vin Diesel will be playing the main character, Ray Garrison, he will be joined by cast members Guy Pearce, Talulah Riley, and Alex Hernandez. Guy Pearce will be playing the man that uses false memories to control Ray Garrison. Meanwhile Riley will play Gina, and Hernandez…

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The Marvel Cinematic Universe has been susceptible to quite a bit of criticism recently, and the latest celebrity critic happens to be director Terry Gilliam. He recently opened up in an interview where he revealed his thoughts against the Marvel franchise of superhero movies. “If you are that powerful, you should be dealing with reality a bit more,” Gilliam tells IndieWire. “What I don’t like is that we all have to be superheroes do anything worthwhile. That’s what makes me crazy. That’s what these movies are saying to young people. And to me it’s not confronting the reality of, you know,…

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The adaptations stemming from author Stephen King’s extensive bibliography continue to just keep on coming. While you think by now Hollywood would continue adapting those stories which have not yet been touched, it seems some books just keep getting revisited again and again. One such book happens to be Stephen King’s very first published novel – Carrie – the 1976 film of which was also the first adaptation based on any of the author’s works. The book was adapted two other times, with a separate film sequel to the 1976 adaptation also being produced at one point. Now it looks…

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One of the most interesting supervillains in comic book history has been the Joker, a character that has a variety of different origin stories told and sometimes a complete lack thereof. While the character recently received a new original story in the form of a major motion picture, one which follows the progressive breakdown of failed comedian Arthur Fleck, it’s worth mentioning that the character isn’t quite the most reliable narrator. As such, his path to becoming the Joker is questionable, and it appears that the film’s director Todd Phillips even suggests Arthur Fleck may not be the Joker. “There’s…

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While the film has received an overwhelming amount of divisive reactions between both fans and critics, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker continues to be making bank at the box office. Obviously that means theaters are packed and crazy as is with these types of hugely hyped up films. And it turns out on theater in Canada became the site for an altercation between two moviegoers. It appears one man in the audience was punched after he’d began checking his phone during the Star Wars film’s opening crawl. While the punch wasn’t caught on camera, the resulting argument was, and…

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The new Joker movie has destroyed all sorts of box office records since its release last month. The film has not only become the most profitable comic book movie ever made, but it may very well be the most personally profitable film that star Joaquin Phoenix has worked on as well. In fact, according to Variety, they’ve pieced together a specific number that Joaquin Phoenix was paid for following the film’s box office success. They’ve calculated the supposed salary that Joaquin Phoenix was paid for, and came up with the hefty sum of $4.5 million for his role on Joker.…

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Josh Brolin’s Thanos character has had quite a few appearances within the Marvel Cinematic Universe. While glimpses of the massive villain can be taken through the vast chronology of superhero movies, it wasn’t until Avengers: Infinity War that the character was properly introduced and fans got to understand who Thanos really was and the role he was set to play in the overall Marvel Cinematic Universe. As it turns out, it appears that the character of Thanos at one point had a very different alternate look intended for Avengers: Infinity War. As you can see for yourself, a new piece…

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As most fans would have probably expected, both the critical and fan responses to Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker have been incredibly divisive. It appears that J.J. Abrams’ attempt to conclude the franchise wasn’t exactly the satisfying finale everyone was hoping for. Nevertheless, it appears now that one actor from the Star Wars franchise has now spoken out against the new film – in fact he calls it the worst Star Wars movie ever made. The comment comes from actor Jake Cannavale, who recently made his appearance in the franchise as rookie bounty hunter Toro Calican in The Mandalorian.…

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While Universal was likely hoping for Cats to be a critical and fan success, much like the popular Broadway musical the film is based on, that hasn’t been the case. The movie has been the target for plenty of criticism due to its honestly eerie CGI effects, and now it seems Universal is taking action. According to new reports, it appears that thousands of theaters have been contacted by Universal where they’ve been informed by the studio a new version of Cats is on the way. It seems that they’ve created a cut of Cats with updated visual effects. The…

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One of the more popular supervillain characters from the Marvel Cinematic Universe has been none other than actor Tom Hiddleston’s character Loki. While fans were ecstatic to see the character brought back to the franchise with a 2012 version of the character that was introduced in Avengers: Endgame, they’ve been even more ecstatic ever since it was announced that Loki would be getting his very own original series. The series is set to premiere on Disney’s streaming service Disney Plus, and pre-production on the upcoming Loki show is already underway. While it’s currently unknown who the majority of people working…

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