The Inside Reel

Writer/Director/Producer Haifaa Al-Mansour talks to The Inside Reel about perspective, approach, environment and genre in regards to her new thriller “Unidentified”, being released by Sony Pictures Classics and financed and filmed in Saudi Arabia.

Actress Radha Mitchell talks to The Inside Reel about psychology, preparation, environment and intention in regards to her new action thriller film: “Seven Snipers” from Well Go USA.

Writer/Director Ronan Corrigan and Actors Georgie Farmer, Roman Hayeck-Green & Jessica Reynolds talk to The Inside Reel about energy, performance and details in regards to their new cyberthriller: "LifeHACK" from Iconic Releasing.

Like "Annihilation", "Contact" or "The Arrival", good science fiction about intelligent life in the cosmos has to be done in a very specific way but with the technology we have at hand. "Signal One" from writer/director Jonathan Sobol takes quantum tech and uses it to create sounds in the air in a specific way. Isabelle Fuhrman, best known for her title role in "Orphan" takes on a very intelligent, instinctive and fascinating new role as a scientist who figures out an algorithm that can open up portals of communication.

The focal point of "Pressure" which has been seen on countless History Channel documentaries and other military programs over the years is the weather that threatened and eventually perhaps helped the D-Day invasion in Normandy. What is interesting in this film is to hyperfocus it in the decisions made in the nights before but place it in the main perspective of Team Captain Stagg (here played by a demure -- in a way -- Andrew Scott). After "Ripley", this is indeed a right turn in the best way for him because it shows his manner even when the character at the interim point is unlikable.

Special Creature Effects Supervisor Neal Scanlan talks to The Inside Reel about humanity, old school inspiration, the balance curve and cinematic scale in regards to the digital/in-home release of "Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker.”