For the second month running, Marvel’s event series Secret Wars has topped the bestselling comics of the month, with the third issue of Jonathan Hickman and Esad Ribic’s title topping the comic book chart for June. In total, Marvel had seven titles in the top ten, with DC filling out the remaining three spots. Meanwhile, […]
Ridley Scott talks Philip K. Dick adaptation The Man in the High Castle, new images released
Entertainment Weekly has debuted two new images from The Man in the High Castle, Amazon Studios’ adaptation of Philip K. Dick’s Hugo Award-winning 1962 novel The Man in the High Castle, which takes place in an alternate history 20th Century where the Allies lost World War II and the globe is now split between German […]
Mark Wahlberg, Ronda Rousey and Iko Uwais join Peter Berg’s Mile 22
The Hollywood Reporter has revealed that Mark Wahlberg is to reunite with Lone Survivor director Peter Berg for the upcoming action film Mile 22, which is also set to feature UFC champ Ronda Rousey (Fast & Furious 7) and martial arts star Iko Uwais (The Raid). Scripted by Graham Roland (Prison Break), Mile 22 “tells […]
Donnie Yen reportedly joins Star Wars: Episode VIII
It’s certainly an exciting time to be a Star Wars fan, what with Lucasfilm gearing up for a marketing blitz on Star Wars: The Force Awakens ahead of its December release, as well as kicking off production on Gareth Edwards’ Star Wars Anthology: Rogue One. Now it seems we may have our first piece of […]
Blu-ray Review – Contamination (1980)
Contamination, 1980. Directed by Luigi Cozzi. Starring Ian McCulloch, Louise Marleau, Marino Masé and Siegfried Rauch. SYNOPSIS: Pod-like alien spores filled with an explosive acid are brought to Earth after a mission to Mars and distributed through a South American coffee company by alien clones. Contamination is what you get when you mash together Invasion […]
Hello Kitty heading to the big screen in 2019
Deadline has revealed that the iconic Japanese brand Hello Kitty is heading to the big screen in 2019. Japanese company Sanrio is set to finance and produce the feature film through its new U.S. subsidiary, and is planning a whopping $160 million – $240 million budget for the project. At this point, it’s unclear whether […]
Blu-ray Review – Mona Lisa (1986)
Mona Lisa, 1986. Directed by Neil Jordan. Starring Bob Hoskins, Cathy Tyson, Michael Caine, Robbie Coltrane, Sammi Davis, Clarke Peters, Kate Hardie, Zoe Nathenson and Joe Brown. SYNOPSIS: An ex-con just released from prison lands a job driving a call girl from job to job. Arrow Films follow-up their excellent release of The Long Good […]
Jurassic World becomes the fifth-biggest movie of all time at the worldwide box office
Univeral Pictures’ Jurassic World has pushed its worldwide gross to $1.385 billion in its fourth weekend, overtaking Frozen ($1.274 billion), Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 ($1.341 billion) and Avengers: Age of Ultron ($1.383 billion) to climb to fifth in the list of the highest grossing movies of all time. Jurassic World […]
Wayward Pines Season 1 Episode 7 Review – ‘Betrayal’
Martin Carr reviews the seventh episode of Wayward Pines… Week on week there are so many ideas playing out in Wayward Pines, that the superficial framework of plot and structure seem effortless. By showing us behind the curtain producers have added a resonance which underpins these more fantastical elements, with natural character moments. Dillon’s Ethan […]
Scream: The TV Series Season 1 Episode 1 Review
Martin Carr reviews the first episode of Scream: The TV Series… Anyone remember Party of Five? Exactly the same as Dawson’s Creek but without those homely qualities of a Katie Holmes or Michelle Williams. It aired on Channel Four in the Nineties, convincing Miramax producers that casting Neve Campbell in Scream was a good idea. […]
