Author: Alex Billington

"Combination of people on the stage is, without question, historic." Greenwich Entertainment has revealed the official US trailer for a music history documentary film titled Revival69: The Concert That Rocked the World, about the iconic 1969 Toronto Rock 'n Roll Revival music festival. Yet another music doc telling the story of "how it happened!" by looking back at how it almost didn't happen (just like The Greatest Night in Pop, etc). John Lennon, Yoko Ono, Little Richard, The Doors, Chuck Berry, Alice Cooper, and other legendary musicians performed at the 1969 Toronto Rock and Roll Revival music festival. This behind-the-scenes look at "the second most important event in rock and roll history" culminates in John Lennon's very first public performance with The Plastic Ono Band, integral in triggering his decision to leave the Beatles. Forged with rare, recently discovered behind-the-scenes Super 8 verité footage, and including never-before seen 16mm film of the concert shot by D.A. Pennebaker and his crew, Revival69 is an exhilarating VIP ride into a pivotal moment in music history, told through the eyes of those who ...

"No one can stop the reign!" Well they saved the best trailer for last! 20th Century has debuted an excellent third & final trailer for Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, continuing from the Rise of the Planet of the Apes trilogy featuring Caesar. Opening in theaters in early May in just a few weeks. Directed by Wes Ball, this takes place years after the events of War for the Planet of the Apes. Many ape clans have emerged in the oasis to which Caesar led his fellow apes, while humans have regressed into a feral state. One ape leader prevents the teachings of Caesar in order to enslave other clans while in search of the last traces of a secret human technology. While another ape embarks on a much different journey. Featuring Owen Teague as Cornelius, the son of Caesar. The full cast also includes Freya Allan, Peter Macon, Eka Darville, Kevin Durand, Travis Jeffery, Neil Sandilands, Sara Wiseman, Lydia Peckham, Ras-Samuel Weld A'abzgi, William H. Macy, & Dichen Lachman. This is going to be amazing!! Really impressed ...

"It's him. I can feel it." 4Digital Media has revealed an official US trailer for a dark, brutal crime thriller title The Execution, loosely based on a true story about a Russian serial killer that was very hard to catch. After first opening in theaters in 2022, this film is headed to VOD in the US this May. For 10 years the country's most wanted serial killer has evaded police. Even when he's finally caught, nobody can prove his guilt. As the manhunt intensifies, the investigation grows increasingly personal between detective and suspect. After its world premiere at both Fantastic Fest and the Sitges Film Festival back in 2021, and a theatrical release in Russia, 4Digital will debut this on VOD soon. The film stars Niko Tavadze, Evgeniy Tkachuk, Daniil Spivakovskiy, and Aglaya Tarasova. Described in reviews as "a brutal & gripping psychological thriller." This certainly looks inspired by David Fincher's Se7en and many other brutal serial killer thrillers like that. Here's the official US trailer (+ poster) for Lado Kvataniya's film The Execution, direct from YouTube: This new film is loosely ...

"We're all in danger... and whoever is hunting us, they're using raptors to do it." "Raptors? For real?" 🦖 Netflix has debuted the main official trailer for Jurassic World: Chaos Theory, the next new animated series in the Jurassic World / Jurassic Park franchise. While this is a brand new animated series, it's also a follow-up to Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous, which launched in 2020 and ran through five seasons (+ one extra special) until 2022. Chaos Theory continues following Darius Bowman, a young paleontologist from the original series who discovers that live dinosaurs are roaming California's wilderness. Set six years after the events at Camp Cretaceous, members of "The Nublar Six" are struggling to find their footing off the islands, navigating a world now filled with dinosaurs and people who want to hurt them. With the voices of Paul-Mikel Williams as Darius, Sean Giambrone as Ben, Darren Barnet, Raini Rodriguez, and Kausar Mohammed. Animated by DreamWorks Animation for Amblin & Universal. While this series is still made for kids, it seems a bit darker & scarier, especially with raptors ...

"I refuse to walk away from the fight." Netflix has revealed a teaser for the series Senna, a dramatized version of the story of famed Formula 1 race car driver Ayrton Senna. This is a biopic about the Brazilian racer and his legacy, including all of his victories and everything he achieved on and off the track. In this first teaser video for Senna, the limited series premiering in late 2024, we see the recreation of Formula 1 driver Ayrton Senna's historic victory, including the narration of Galvão Bueno, at the 1991 Brazilian Grand Prix at Interlagos, following a challenging race where he was mostly stuck in sixth gear and also marking the first time he won in his hometown of Sao Paulo. We also see possible thoughts and experiences, interspersed with images of the race, that led Ayrton, played by Gabriel Leone, to this point in his career in addition to some iconic characters who were a part of his life that year: Xuxa (Pâmela Tomé), Alain Prost (Matt Mella) and the McLaren racing team principal, Ron Dennis (Patrick ...

"Houston, we have a problem." This is easily one of my all-time favorite space movies. Ron Howard's docu-drama thriller Apollo 13 first opened in theaters in the summer of 1995, celebrating its 29th anniversary this year. The old 35mm trailer scanner YouTube recently posted a crisp 2160p scan of the original Apollo 13 trailer. Though this actually plays more like a teaser, setting up the story and stakes and characters without showing too much (the full trailer is also available right below it). In this movie based on a true story, NASA must devise a strategy to return Apollo 13 (which launched in April 1970) to Earth safely after the spacecraft undergoes massive internal damage putting the lives of the three astronauts on board in jeopardy. Starring Tom Hanks as Jim Lovell, Kevin Bacon as Jack Swigert, Bill Paxton Fred Haise, and Ed Harris on the ground as Flight Director Gene Kranz. One of the most nerve-wracking survival movies ever, perfectly shot by Howard and his DP Dean Cundey to make it all feel so real, as if the actors ...

The kaiju must battle! SRS Cinema has revealed a short official trailer for War of the Ninja Monsters: Jaron vs Goura, a homemade kaiju movie from Japanese filmmaker Shinpei Hayashiya. It's set for a Blu-ray release this summer from SRS Cinema - available to pre-order already on their site now. Hayashiya has been making super low budget, modern monster battle movies for years, also of the Reigo / Raiga / Ohga series (Reigo vs. Yamato and Raiga: The Monster from the Deep Sea) before this. The ninja monsters Jaron and Goura appear in the city of Chichibu, and rival ninja clans manipulate the ninja beasts into a fierce battle. The cast and crew includes suit actros Mizuho Yoshida (Godzilla, Mothra, King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack, Zeiram) and Akihiko Ohashi (Gamera 2: Attack Of Legion, Gamera 3: Revenge Iris), cinematographer / VFX / editor Masayuki Nagata, composer Yasuhiro Ueda, monster designer Shinji Nishikawa (Godzilla vs Biollante, Godzilla 2000), suit and prop makers Naofumi Kanamori and Tomohiro Matsumoto, and many others. This looks fun! I suppose the clunky look & feel ...

"The first two years are incredibly dangerous... I had no idea where this story was going to go, but I knew by following this family I would open a window into a leopard's world that nobody has ever seen." Netflix has revealed a beautiful trailer for Living with Leopards, a fascinating nature doc about a leopard family living in Africa. An ambitious film crew follows the lives of two leopard cubs as they make the fascinating journey from infancy into adulthood in this up-close-and-personal nature documentary. Narrated by world-renowned wildlife cinematographer Brad Bestelink, who tells his own story about how he embedded in the outdoors to photograph this journey and follow these cubs. Whoa - this is an immensely fascinating trailer! Starts with this long, adorable sequence with the cubs. Then breaks out into this song ("Feet Don't Fail Me Now" by Joy Crookes) with stunning shots blending into each other. Wild! I'll admit they got my attention. Here's the official trailer (+ poster) for Netflix's doc Living with Leopards, direct from YouTube: A classic "coming of age" tail of a pair ...

"I'm not going anywhere without her." Screen Daily has revealed an early festival trailer for a romance film titled The Shameless, which is premiering at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival coming up soon. This is the latest film from Bulgarian director Konstantin Bojanov, leaving his homeland to tell a very different story set in India. It's premiering in the Un Certain Regard section at Cannes 2024. After killing a cop in a Delhi brothel, Renuka quietly escapes and takes refuge within a northern India community of sex workers. There, she begins a forbidden romance with the 17-year-old Devika, a young girl who is condemned to a life of prostitution. Against all odds, they will try to forge their path to freedom. As their connection deepens, together they will embark on a dangerous journey to escape the law and hopefully find their way to peace. This stars Anasuya Sengupta as Renuka, Omara as Devika, Auroshikha Dey, Rohit Kokate, Kiran Bhivagade, Tanmay Dhanania, and Mita​ Vashisht. This looks much more intense than just a nice love story - lots of complex dynamics, ...

"I'm not going to have any stories if I don't go out there and explore and do things." Gravitas Ventures has revealed an official trailer for an indie documentary film titled American Mileage, made by filmmaker Tim Hardiman. As far as we can tell, this hasn't played at any festivals since being finished, but it will be out to watch on VOD at the end of May coming up soon this summer. UK internet sensation Cam Cole (follow him @mrcamcole) takes his one-man rock show across the Atlantic for his very first US tour. Traveling solo in a shabby RV, Cam ventures the American South to explore the roots of the music that shaped him. Cam not only discovers the roots of his influences, but also finds that America isn’t quite what he expected it be. Along the way he performs with Delta Blues icons Bobby Rush, Jimmy "Duck" Holmes, and R.L. Boyce. He returns to the UK with a deeper understanding of not only his musical influences, but also the spirit of the American people. This actually looks pretty ...