Tom Jolliffe on Scarlett Johansson… I’m a fan of Scarlett Johansson. As an actress I think she’s interesting. She’s almost always engaging. She has a sultry old fashioned quality. Frankly she’s gorgeous, which whilst that shouldn’t be as important as it is in Hollywood (and it still is) that means she is a leading lady. […]
American Gods Season 1 Episode 7 Review – ‘A Prayer for Mad Sweeney’
Martin Carr reviews the seventh episode of American Gods… Narrated by an erudite mortician with a talent for finely tailored calligraphy, American Gods unfurls like a genteel acid trip without the paranoia and better dialogue. Naturally nuanced and inventively old-fashioned, ‘A Prayer for Mad Sweeney’ does away with tricks in favour of solid storylines built […]
Blu-ray Review – Madhouse (1981)
Madhouse, 1981. Directed by Ovidio G. Assonitis. Starring Trish Everly, Michael MacRae, Dennis Robertson, Allison Biggers, Morgan Most, Edith Ivey, and Jerry Fujikawa. SYNOPSIS: Julia is approaching her 25th birthday but unfortunately her estranged twin sister Mary sees this as an opportunity to escape from her hospital bed and torment her just like when they […]
DVD Review – Resident Evil: The Final Chapter (2016)
Resident Evil: The Final Chapter, 2016. Directed by Paul W.S. Anderson. Starring Milla Jovovich, Iain Glen, Ali Larter, Shawn Roberts, Eoin Macken, Fraser James, Ruby Rose, William Levy, and Ever Anderson. SYNOPSIS: In the supposed final instalment of the video game-based movie franchise, Alice returns to The Hive in Raccoon City to face off against […]
Colin Trevorrow says Jurassic World sequel will be scarier than Jurassic World
Colin Trevorrow may have handed over directing duties on the Jurassic World sequel to J.A. Bayona in order to concentrate on Star Wars: Episode IX, but he does remain heavily involved with the project, having co-written the screenplay and serving as executive producer on the film. Speaking to CinemaBlend, Trevorrow has revealed that he believes […]
Tomorrow’s World: Part 1 – Why Terry Gilliam’s Brazil represents our near future
Tom Jolliffe on Terry Gilliam’s Brazil… Over the next week I will be looking at a selection of prescient films (and TV) which represent a cutting depiction of not only our present, but our near future. To start the ball rolling here, I consider Terry Gilliam’s masterpiece, Brazil. A look into a bleak, totalitarian future, […]
Exclusive interview with Midnight Sun star Gustaf Hammarsten
Paul Risker chats with Midnight Sun star Gustaf Hammarsten… Following the critical acclaim for their Nordic Noir crime series The Bridge, Måns Mårlind and Björn Stein’s Midnight Sun sees them continue to build on the foundations of their earlier success. Here are two storytellers that have transcended Scandinavian storytelling to yet again appeal to the […]
Gotham Season 3 Finale Review – ‘Destiny Calling’ & ‘Heavydirtysoul’
Martin Carr reviews Gotham’s season 3 finale… An hour and a half of back to back episodes combine with viral mayhem as villains running amok, people get shot or stabbed and Gotham goes to the dogs. Between Fish Mooney, Penguin and Nygma vying for supremacy, while Hugo Strange is arrested, kidnapped or bounced from pillar […]
Director Christopher McQuarrie talks Mission: Impossible 6 and taking the series in a new direction
As filming continues on Mission: Impossible 6, director Christopher McQuarrie has taken a break from the production to chat to Scriptnotes (via Collider) about the latest entry in the blockbuster spy series. McQuarrie, who also helmed Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation and becomes the first director to return to the series for a second outing, discussed […]
Theo James to star in Netflix action thriller How It Ends
Divergent star Theo James is set to headline the upcoming action thriller How It Ends for Netflix and director David M. Rosenthal (Janie Jones, A Single Shot). Based on the Black List script by Brooks McLaren, How It Ends revolves around a mysterious apocalyptic event that turns the roads into mayhem, and a young father […]
