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Movie Review: Vivarium

You would think that a brand new subdivision would be an ideal place to start a future, but that is not the case in Lorcan Finnegan’s Vivarium. When a young couple, played by Jesse Eisenberg and Imogen Poots, enters a real estate office they get more than they bargained for after finding themselves trapped in a neighborhood. Unable to leave until they raise a mysterious child, the couple finds them fighting for their lives and their sanity. Vivarium is unlike any movie I’ve ever seen. The way Finnegan and co-writer Garret Shanley manipulate your emotions is both subtle and clever, leaving you with an undeniable uneasy feeling in your gut as the story plays out. Imogen Poots is the heart of Vivarium. I was so impressed by her performance. She captured her character Gemma’s every emotion so well and made the movie feel real. You really could almost feel her pain. Poots has fantastic range. Eisenberg’s crotchety character Tom was

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Apr 27, 2020
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Lionsgate’s ‘Vivarium’ Finds Its Way Home This May

There’s no escape from suburbia in writer-director Lorcan Finnegan‘s Vivarium, coming to Blu-ray and DVD. Starring Academy Award® nominee Jesse Eisenberg (Zombieland) and Imogen Poots (Black Christmas) the film follows a young couple “who are looking for the perfect home. When a strange real-estate agent takes them to Yonder, a mysterious suburban neighborhood of identical houses, Tom and Gemma can’t wait to leave. But when they try to exit the labyrinth-like housing development, each road takes them back to where they started. Soon, they realize their search for a dream home has plunged them into a terrifying nightmare, in this taut thriller filled with white-knuckle suspense.” Vivarium arrives on Digital March 27th and on Blu-ray™ (plus Digital) and DVD on May 12th from Lionsgate. BLU-RAY / DVD SPECIAL FEATURES Audio Commentary with Director Lorcan Finnegan and Executive Producer Brunella Cocchiglia “Creating the Suburban Nightmare of Vivarium” Featurette

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Mar 30, 2020
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Jesse Eisenberg And Imogen Poots Get Trapped In Suburbia In The ‘Vivarium’ Trailer

Jesse Eisenberg (Zombieland) and Imogen Poots (Black Christmas) find themselves trapped in Suburbia in the first trailer for writer-director Lorcan Finnegan‘s Vivarium. In the film, a young couple searching for a starter home meet a mysterious real estate agent (Jonathan Aris). They soon find themselves trapped in a labyrinth-like neighborhood of identical houses with a baby and a note simply stating “Raise the child and be released.” Venture into Vivarium on VOD March 27, 2020, from Saban Films.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 24, 2020
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Blumhouse Gifts Fans With The ‘Black Christmas’ Trailer

Ahead of the quickly approaching holidays comes Black Christmas, a timely take on a cult horror classic as a campus killer comes to face a formidable group of friends in sisterhood. Today, Blumhouse gifts horror fans with the first bloody trailer. “Hawthorne College is quieting down for the holidays. But as Riley Stone (Imogen Poots, Green Room) and her Mu Kappa Epsilon sisters—athlete Marty (Lily Donoghue, The CW’s Jane the Virgin), rebel Kris (Aleyse Shannon, The CW’s Charmed), and foodie Jesse (Brittany O’Grady, Fox’s Star)—prepare to deck the halls with a series of seasonal parties, a black-masked stalker begins killing sorority women one by one. As the body count rises, Riley and her squad start to question whether they can trust any man, including Marty’s beta-male boyfriend, Nate (Simon Mead, Same But Different: A True New Zealand Love Story), Riley’s new crush Landon (Caleb Eberhardt, Amazon’s Mozart in the Jungle) or even esteemed classics instructor Professor Gelson (Cary Elwes). Whoever

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 5, 2019
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Blumhouse Gifts Horror Fans With The Poster For The Black Christmas Remake

Universal and Blumhouse are ready to ring in the holidays. Today the horror powerhouse revealed the new poster for their remake of the 1974 genre classic, Black Christmas. With V/H/S director Sophia Takal at the helm and a script by Takal and April Wolfe, the film stars Imogen Poots, Aleyse Shannon, Brittany O’Grady, Lily Donoghue, and Caleb Eberhardt. The film centers on a group of sorority sisters at Hawthorne College, who are being hunted down and killed by an unknown stalker. Soon, the killer learns that the school’s women are willing to mount a fight to stop the carnage. The original film, directed by Bob Clark and written by Roy Moore, stars Margot Kidder, Olivia Hussey, Keir Dullea, and John Saxon. Black Christmas quickly became a holiday classic for genre fans and is to this day. The film was re-released a couple of years ago on Blu-ray by Scream Factory. Jason Blum of Blumhouse, Ben Cosgrove and Adam Hendricks of

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 13, 2019
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New Clip Arrives Ahead World Premiere Of ‘Vivarium’ At Cannes

Ahead of director Lorcan Finnegan‘s (Without Name) sci-fi thriller Vivarium making its world premiere this weekend as part of Cannes Critics’ Week Section, we have a clip to share with you that features Imogen Poots (Green Room) and Jesse Eisenberg (Zombieland) having a very strange encounter with a real estate agent. In the film, “In search of a starter home, a young couple follows a mysterious estate agent and get trapped in a strange housing development.” John McDonnell and Brendan McCarthy produced with Jean-Yves Roubin, Cassandre Warnauts, Alexander Brøndsted, and Antonio Tublen co-producing. Executive producers include Imogen Poots, Jesse Eisenberg, Brunella Cocchiglia, Lorcan Finnegan, Aram Tertzakian, Maxime Cottray, Todd Brown, Nick Spicer, Gabe Scarpelli, Ryan Shoup, Thomas Gammeltoft, Christophe Hollebeke, Manuel Chiche, and Violaine Barbaroux. Vivarium premieres on May 18, 2019. CANNES FILM FESTIVAL – Public Screenings -Sunday 5/19 @ 7:00pm – Theatre Alexandre III, 19 Boulevard Alexandre III, Cannes -Sunday 5/19 @ 8:30pm – Cinema Valbonne, Pré des Arts,

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 15, 2019
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Bones Break And Blood Spills In The New Red Band Trailer For Green Room

A24 has just released the new brutal red band trailer for writer/Director Jeremy Saulnier’s brutal film Green Room. Watch as bones break and blood is spilled. In the film a punk band find themselves trapped after taking a gig at a secluded bar. When they witness a horrifying act of violence, they become the focus of the bar owner and his goon’s rage. They’re surrounded by skin heads, pit bulls and blades and there will be blood. They’re in the wrong place at the wrong time and now they’ll have to fight to survive. Green Room stars Patrick Stewart as the bar’s owner. Imogen Poots, Alia Shawkat, Anton Yelchin, Mark Webber, Callum Turner, Joe Cole, Eric Edelston, Macon Blair and Kai Lennox also star in the horror-thriller set to be released on May 13th.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Apr 9, 2016
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Patrick Stewart Stars In Jeremy Saulnier’s Brutal Indie Film ‘Green Room’

Sir Patrick Stewart stars as a diabolical club owner in the upcoming violent film Green Room. In the film a down-and-out punk band, “The Ain’t Rights”, book a gig in a run-down, isolated bar in the back-woods of Oregon. When the band accidentally witnesses an act of violence backstage they weren’t meant to see. Now trapped the band must face off against the club’s owner, Darcy Banker (Stewart) and his henchmen, who will do anything to keep the their activities secret. Green Room was written and directed by Jeremy Saulnier and stars Imogen Poots, Alia Shawkat, Anton Yelchin, Mark Webber, Joe Cole, Eric Edelstein, Callum Turner, Kasey Brown and Kai Lennox. Green Room premiered at TIFF 2015 and will open in select theaters nationwide on April 15th, 2016. Here’s a clip from the film:

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Dec 11, 2015

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Movie Review: Vivarium

You would think that a brand new subdivision would be an ideal place to start a future, but that is not the case in Lorcan Finnegan’s Vivarium. When a young couple, played by Jesse Eisenberg and Imogen Poots, enters a real estate office they get more than they bargained for after finding themselves trapped in a neighborhood. Unable to leave until they raise a mysterious child, the couple finds them fighting for their lives and their sanity. Vivarium is unlike any movie I’ve ever seen. The way Finnegan and co-writer Garret Shanley manipulate your emotions is both subtle and clever, leaving you with an undeniable uneasy feeling in your gut as the story plays out. Imogen Poots is the heart of Vivarium. I was so impressed by her performance. She captured her character Gemma’s every emotion so well and made the movie feel real. You really could almost feel her pain. Poots has fantastic range. Eisenberg’s crotchety character Tom was

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Apr 27, 2020
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Lionsgate’s ‘Vivarium’ Finds Its Way Home This May

There’s no escape from suburbia in writer-director Lorcan Finnegan‘s Vivarium, coming to Blu-ray and DVD. Starring Academy Award® nominee Jesse Eisenberg (Zombieland) and Imogen Poots (Black Christmas) the film follows a young couple “who are looking for the perfect home. When a strange real-estate agent takes them to Yonder, a mysterious suburban neighborhood of identical houses, Tom and Gemma can’t wait to leave. But when they try to exit the labyrinth-like housing development, each road takes them back to where they started. Soon, they realize their search for a dream home has plunged them into a terrifying nightmare, in this taut thriller filled with white-knuckle suspense.” Vivarium arrives on Digital March 27th and on Blu-ray™ (plus Digital) and DVD on May 12th from Lionsgate. BLU-RAY / DVD SPECIAL FEATURES Audio Commentary with Director Lorcan Finnegan and Executive Producer Brunella Cocchiglia “Creating the Suburban Nightmare of Vivarium” Featurette

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Mar 30, 2020
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Jesse Eisenberg And Imogen Poots Get Trapped In Suburbia In The ‘Vivarium’ Trailer

Jesse Eisenberg (Zombieland) and Imogen Poots (Black Christmas) find themselves trapped in Suburbia in the first trailer for writer-director Lorcan Finnegan‘s Vivarium. In the film, a young couple searching for a starter home meet a mysterious real estate agent (Jonathan Aris). They soon find themselves trapped in a labyrinth-like neighborhood of identical houses with a baby and a note simply stating “Raise the child and be released.” Venture into Vivarium on VOD March 27, 2020, from Saban Films.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 24, 2020
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Blumhouse Gifts Fans With The ‘Black Christmas’ Trailer

Ahead of the quickly approaching holidays comes Black Christmas, a timely take on a cult horror classic as a campus killer comes to face a formidable group of friends in sisterhood. Today, Blumhouse gifts horror fans with the first bloody trailer. “Hawthorne College is quieting down for the holidays. But as Riley Stone (Imogen Poots, Green Room) and her Mu Kappa Epsilon sisters—athlete Marty (Lily Donoghue, The CW’s Jane the Virgin), rebel Kris (Aleyse Shannon, The CW’s Charmed), and foodie Jesse (Brittany O’Grady, Fox’s Star)—prepare to deck the halls with a series of seasonal parties, a black-masked stalker begins killing sorority women one by one. As the body count rises, Riley and her squad start to question whether they can trust any man, including Marty’s beta-male boyfriend, Nate (Simon Mead, Same But Different: A True New Zealand Love Story), Riley’s new crush Landon (Caleb Eberhardt, Amazon’s Mozart in the Jungle) or even esteemed classics instructor Professor Gelson (Cary Elwes). Whoever

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 5, 2019
Horror Fuel

Blumhouse Gifts Horror Fans With The Poster For The Black Christmas Remake

Universal and Blumhouse are ready to ring in the holidays. Today the horror powerhouse revealed the new poster for their remake of the 1974 genre classic, Black Christmas. With V/H/S director Sophia Takal at the helm and a script by Takal and April Wolfe, the film stars Imogen Poots, Aleyse Shannon, Brittany O’Grady, Lily Donoghue, and Caleb Eberhardt. The film centers on a group of sorority sisters at Hawthorne College, who are being hunted down and killed by an unknown stalker. Soon, the killer learns that the school’s women are willing to mount a fight to stop the carnage. The original film, directed by Bob Clark and written by Roy Moore, stars Margot Kidder, Olivia Hussey, Keir Dullea, and John Saxon. Black Christmas quickly became a holiday classic for genre fans and is to this day. The film was re-released a couple of years ago on Blu-ray by Scream Factory. Jason Blum of Blumhouse, Ben Cosgrove and Adam Hendricks of

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 13, 2019
Horror Fuel

New Clip Arrives Ahead World Premiere Of ‘Vivarium’ At Cannes

Ahead of director Lorcan Finnegan‘s (Without Name) sci-fi thriller Vivarium making its world premiere this weekend as part of Cannes Critics’ Week Section, we have a clip to share with you that features Imogen Poots (Green Room) and Jesse Eisenberg (Zombieland) having a very strange encounter with a real estate agent. In the film, “In search of a starter home, a young couple follows a mysterious estate agent and get trapped in a strange housing development.” John McDonnell and Brendan McCarthy produced with Jean-Yves Roubin, Cassandre Warnauts, Alexander Brøndsted, and Antonio Tublen co-producing. Executive producers include Imogen Poots, Jesse Eisenberg, Brunella Cocchiglia, Lorcan Finnegan, Aram Tertzakian, Maxime Cottray, Todd Brown, Nick Spicer, Gabe Scarpelli, Ryan Shoup, Thomas Gammeltoft, Christophe Hollebeke, Manuel Chiche, and Violaine Barbaroux. Vivarium premieres on May 18, 2019. CANNES FILM FESTIVAL – Public Screenings -Sunday 5/19 @ 7:00pm – Theatre Alexandre III, 19 Boulevard Alexandre III, Cannes -Sunday 5/19 @ 8:30pm – Cinema Valbonne, Pré des Arts,

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 15, 2019
Horror Fuel

Bones Break And Blood Spills In The New Red Band Trailer For Green Room

A24 has just released the new brutal red band trailer for writer/Director Jeremy Saulnier’s brutal film Green Room. Watch as bones break and blood is spilled. In the film a punk band find themselves trapped after taking a gig at a secluded bar. When they witness a horrifying act of violence, they become the focus of the bar owner and his goon’s rage. They’re surrounded by skin heads, pit bulls and blades and there will be blood. They’re in the wrong place at the wrong time and now they’ll have to fight to survive. Green Room stars Patrick Stewart as the bar’s owner. Imogen Poots, Alia Shawkat, Anton Yelchin, Mark Webber, Callum Turner, Joe Cole, Eric Edelston, Macon Blair and Kai Lennox also star in the horror-thriller set to be released on May 13th.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Apr 9, 2016
Horror Fuel

Patrick Stewart Stars In Jeremy Saulnier’s Brutal Indie Film ‘Green Room’

Sir Patrick Stewart stars as a diabolical club owner in the upcoming violent film Green Room. In the film a down-and-out punk band, “The Ain’t Rights”, book a gig in a run-down, isolated bar in the back-woods of Oregon. When the band accidentally witnesses an act of violence backstage they weren’t meant to see. Now trapped the band must face off against the club’s owner, Darcy Banker (Stewart) and his henchmen, who will do anything to keep the their activities secret. Green Room was written and directed by Jeremy Saulnier and stars Imogen Poots, Alia Shawkat, Anton Yelchin, Mark Webber, Joe Cole, Eric Edelstein, Callum Turner, Kasey Brown and Kai Lennox. Green Room premiered at TIFF 2015 and will open in select theaters nationwide on April 15th, 2016. Here’s a clip from the film:

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Dec 11, 2015