Awais Irfan

1 month ago | thehollywoodnews.com | Awais Irfan

Alex Garland’s fractious thriller Civil War depicted a dystopian America splintered by political violence at a time when the country’s real-time morality wasn’t too dissimilar to that of the film. Garland’s films, if nothing else, always speak to the moment. For his latest, Warfare, he has co-opted a writing and directing credit with Ray Mendoza, military informant on Civil War, based on Mendoza’s own memories of an insurgent operation in 2006 Iraq.

2 months ago | moviemarker.co.uk | Awais Irfan

Released: 4th April 2025Director: Alex ScharfmanStarring: Paul Rudd, Jenna Ortega, Will PoulterThe ‘eat the rich’ narrative has become commonplace cinema over the last few years —Triangle of Sadness, The Menu, and Blink Twice being recent examples. In A24’s Death of a Unicorn, director Alex Scharfman takes the theme quite literally when mythical unicorns actually eat and terrorise the rich after they mess with powers beyond their control.

Feb 14, 2025 | thehollywoodnews.com | Awais Irfan

After a quiet 2024 with only one major release (as a former Fox property, one could even argue Deadpool & Wolverine’s significance in the current canon), the MCU is supercharging into 2025 with three tentpole films and they’re kicking things off with Anthony Mackie’s long-awaited feature debut as Captain America in Captain America: Brave New World.

Nov 26, 2024 | filmhounds.co.uk | Awais Irfan

2016's Moana was lightning in a bottle: a critical darling – beloved for the cultural representation, classic feeling story, ear-worm songs and awe-inspired animation – that also grossed a tidy $687 million at the worldwide box office. But it has found even more success in the years since as the most streamed film ever as of 2024 (80 billion+ minutes and counting), so it's no surprise that Disney wanted to switch gears from a follow-up series on Disney+ to a fully fledged theatrical sequel.

Nov 13, 2024 | thehollywoodnews.com | Awais Irfan

Few filmmakers care less about conformity and commercialism than Ridley Scott who, at 86 years old, just wants to eschew tradition to deliver huge, thrilling spectacle. Despite being on a mostly tumultuous streak since 2017’s All the Money in the World, Scott returns to his second-most iconic property for a pseudo-sequel-reboot and it’s that sheer nonchalance and bravado that, comfortably, and by some margin, makes Gladiator 2 his best film in some time.