David Smyth reviews Lazarus Vol. 4: Poison… Collecting issues 16-21, “Poison,” the fourth arc in the critically-acclaimed New York Times best-selling series. The world is at war, and Family Carlyle must fight to defend itself. With Malcolm Carlyle hovering at death’s door, the siblings struggle to maintain control. But deception and war go hand in […]
Blu-ray Review – The Good Dinosaur (2015)
The Good Dinosaur, 2015. Directed by Peter Sohn. Featuring the voice talents of Jeffrey Wright, Frances McDormand, Marcus Scribner, Raymond Ochoa, Jack Bright, Steve Zahn, Mandy Freund, Steven Clay Hunter, Anna Paquin and Sam Elliott. SYNOPSIS: In a world where dinosaurs and humans live side-by-side, an Apatosaurus named Arlo makes an unlikely human friend. For years, […]
Movie Review – Deadpool (2016)
Deadpool, 2016. Directed by Tim Miller. Starring Ryan Reynolds, Ed Skrein, Morena Baccarin, T.J. Miller, Stefan Kapicic, Brianna Hildebrand, Gina Carano, Leslie Uggams and Karan Soni. SYNOPSIS: Ex-mercenary Wade Wilson subjects himself to secret experimentation, hoping it will cure his cancer. Instead, it turns him into a wise-cracking, fourth-wall-breaking anti-superhero. Apart from the odd foray […]
Keira Knightley to star in Barbra Streisand’s Catherine the Great biopic
According to The Wrap, Keira Knightley (The Imitation Game) is in talks to star as Catherine the Great in director Barbra Streisand’s upcoming biopic of the Russian empress. Based on a Black List script from Kristina Lauren Anderson, the film “will follow young Catherine, who was trapped in an abusive marriage with the heir of […]
Anna Diop joins 24: Legacy
Anna Diop (The Messengers, Greenleaf) has signed on to appear in Fox’s upcoming 24 reboot 24: Legacy, where she will play Nicole, wife of military hero Eric Carter, played by Corey Hawkins (Straight Outta Compton, The Walking Dead). 24: Legacy follows “Carter and his troubled return to the U.S. He seeks aid from the Counter […]
Josh Bowman to play Jack the Ripper in Time After Time
Yesterday it was announced that Freddie Stroma (UnReal) is set to play H.G. Wells in the upcoming TV adaptation of Time After Time, and now it is being reported that Josh Bowman (Revenge) is set to play his nemesis Jack the Ripper. Based upon Karl Alexander’s 1979 novel and the movie adaptation, Time After Time […]
Josh Hutcherson to star in Seth Rogen comedy pilot Future Man
The Hunger Games star Josh Hutcherson has signed on for the lead in Future Man, an upcoming comedy pilot from Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg, Entertainment Weekly has revealed. The pilot will see Hutcherson as a janitor called Josh, who is “asked with saving the world after visitors from the future declare him the world’s […]
Saoirse Ronan to star in On Chesil Beach
Entertainment Weekly is reporting that Brooklyn star Saoirse Ronan has signed to to appear in an adaptation of Ian McEwan’s On Chesil Beach, where she’ll play the female lead Florence. McEwan’s novel is set in England in 1962 and “tells the story of Florence and husband, Edward, starting with the unspoken expectation of their marital […]
Djimon Hounsou to star in Wayward Pines season 2
Earlier this month it was revealed that Jason Patric (The Lost Boys, Narc) has joined the hit series Wayward Pines for its second season, and now Fox has announced that he’ll also be joined by Djimon Hounsou (Blood Diamond, Guardians of the Galaxy). Variety is reporting that Hounsou will play “CJ Mitchum, an original resident […]
Kelly Overton to star in Syfy’s Van Helsing series, supporting cast also announced
Back in November it was reported that Syfy and Neil LaBute are teaming up for a female Van Helsing series and now Deadline is reporting that Kelly Overton (The Ring Two, True Blood) has secured the lead role as Vanessa Helsing, a “descendent of the Van Helsing lineage of warriors who now must lead mankind […]
