Paramount Pictures has released a new UK trailer for The Gambler, director Rupert Wyatt’s (Rise of the Planet of the Apes) remake of the 1974 film of the same name, which sees Mark Wahlberg (Transformers: Age of Extinction) leading a cast that also includes John Goodman (Inside Llewyn Davis), Brie Larson (Short Term 12), Jessica […]
Leeds International Film Festival 2014 Review – The Taking (2014)
The Taking, 2014. Directed by Dominic Brunt. Starring Victoria Smurfit, Joanna Mitchell and Jonathan Slinger. SYNOPSIS: Market stall owners and best friends, Bex (Victoria Smurfit) and Dawn (Joanne Mitchell) want to leave their stall behind and open a cafe in town, but the bank won’t give them the money. In comes Jeremy (Jonathan Slinger) a […]
Rogues Gallery featurette for The Flash
The CW has released a new interview featurette for its latest DC superhero series The Flash, which sees Grant Gustin (Barry Allen) and Danielle Panabaker (Caitlin Snow) discussing the Scarlett Speedster’s growing Rogues Gallery; check it out here… http://youtu.be/sQKL2iL6CPA “After a particle accelerator causes a freak storm, CSI Investigator Barry Allen is struck by lightning […]
New clip from The Drop featuring Noomi Rapace and Matthias Schoenaerts
Ahead of its UK release next week a new clip has arrived for The Drop which features Noomi Rapace and Matthias Schoenaerts. Check it out below… THE DROP is a new crime drama from Michaël R. Roskam, the Academy Award nominated director of BULLHEAD. Based on a screenplay from Dennis Lehane (MYSTIC RIVER, GONE BABY […]
Penguins of Madagascar gets a new trailer
Ahead of its release next month, 20th Century Fox and DreamWorks Animation have dropped a new UK trailer for the Madagascar spin-off Penguins of Madagascar, and we have it for you right here… Discover the secrets of the most entertaining and mysterious birds in the global espionage game: Skipper, Kowalski, Rico and Private now must […]
Comic Book Review – Tooth and Claw #1
Zeb Larson reviews Tooth and Claw #1… MARVELS and ASTRO CITY writer KURT BUSIEK returns to Image Comics with rising-star artist BEN DEWEY for an all-new ONGOING SERIES! Conan meets Game of Thrones meets Kamandi in an original high-fantasy epic for mature readers, as a secret conclave of wizards brings a legendary champion back through […]
Game of Thrones showrunner confirms Bran and Hodor will be absent from season 5
Back in September, Kristian Nairn was quoted as stating that he and co-star Isaac Hempstead-Wright’s character Hodor and Bran Stark would be absent from the upcoming fifth season of HBO’s epic fantasy series Game of Thrones, with Hempstead-Wright subsequently playing down fears that the duo would be sitting out the next batch of episodes. Well, […]
Blu-ray Review – The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug – The Extended Edition (2013)
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, 2013. Directed by Peter Jackson. Starring Martin Freeman, Ian McKellen, Richard Armitage, Orlando Bloom, Evangaline Lilly, Luke Evans, Lee Pace, Ken Stott, Graham McTavish, Aidan Turner, Dean O’Gorman, Mark Hadlow, Jed Brophy, Adam Brown, John Callen, Peter Hambleton, William Kircher, James Nesbitt, Stephen Hunter, Hugo Weaving, Christopher Lee, Ian […]
Costa Ronin joins Marvel’s Agent Carter as Anton Vanko
Following on from the first clip from Marvel’s Agent Carter featuring Hayley Atwell (Peggy Carter), Dominic Cooper (Howard Stark) and James D’Arcy (Edwin Jarvis) [watch it here], it is now being reported that Costa Ronin (The Americans) has signed on to play Anton Vanko, the father of Mickey Rourke’s Ivan Vanko, a.k.a. Whiplash. The character […]
Joss Whedon responds to Idris Elba’s Avengers: Age of Ultron reveal and Marvel’s Phase Three slate
Over the weekend, British actor Idris Elba announced that he’s set to reprise the role of Heimdall for a scene in Avengers: Age of Ultron alongside Chris Hemsworth’s Thor and Tom Hiddleston’s Loki, and Joss Whedon has spoken about the big reveal during an interview with Vulture, stating that: “Um, should he receive an email […]
