Rabid, 1977. Directed by David Cronenberg. Starring Marilyn Chambers, Frank Moore, Joe Silver, Susan Roman and Howard Ryshpan. SYNOPSIS: After receiving experimental plastic surgery a young woman develops a taste for human blood and begins to infect everyone around her with her bloodthirsty madness. Following on from their excellent release of David Cronenberg’s Shivers last […]
Blu-ray Review – The Comedy of Terrors (1963)
The Comedy of Terrors, 1963. Directed by Jacques Tourneur. Starring Vincent Price, Boris Karloff, Peter Lorre, Basil Rathbone, Joyce Jameson, Beverly Hills and Alan DeWitt. SYNOPSIS: A scheming undertaker resorts to extreme measures to bring in some new business in order to pay his rent. Both comedy and terror are two of the hardest genres […]
Takashi Miike directing live-action adaptation of Terra Formars
Anime News Network is reporting that a live-action movie adaptation of Kenichi Tachibana and Yū Sasuga’s sci-fi manga Terra Formars has been given the green light, with cult Japanese filmmaker Takashi Miike (Audition, Ichi the Killer) set to direct. Launching in 2011, Terra Formars has sold over 10 million copies to date across 11 volumes, […]
DVD Review – Collection (2015)
Collection, 2015. Directed by John Herzfeld. Starring Sylvester Stallone, Thomas Jane, Danny Aiello, Lauren Cohan, Kyra Sedgwick, Danny Trejo, Tom Sizemore, Nelly, Kevin Connolly, David O’Hara, Kelsey Grammer, Tom Berenger, Terry Crews, Cary Elwes, Frank Stallone, Elizabeth Henstridge. SYNOPSIS: A motivational book written by a mystery author inspires a cross-section of different people to re-evaluate their […]
Alejandro González Iñárritu wins the DGA Award for Birdman
The Directors Guild of America held the 67th annual DGA Awards Dinner in Los Angeles last night, during which Alejandro González Inarritu was honoured with the DGA Award for Oustanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film for Birdman. Innaitu was nominated alongside Wes Anderson (The Grand Budapest Hotel), Clint Eastwood (American Sniper), Richard Linklater (Boyhood) and […]
Adam Wingard and Simon Barrett heading into The Woods for new horror
After last year’s acclaimed thriller The Guest, director Adam Wingard is heading back to the horror genre, signing on to direct The Woods for Lionsgate. The project has been penned by regular collaborator Simon Barrett, with The Hollywood Reporter revealing that the film “involves a group of college students on a camping trip who discover […]
Courtney B. Vance to play Johnnie Cochran in American Crime Story: The People v. O.J. Simpson
FX has found its Johnnie Cochran for American Crime Story: The People v. O.J. Simpson, with Courtney B. Vance (Law & Order: Criminal Intent) signing on to play O.J.’s defense attorney in the upcoming miniseries. Based on O.J.’s 1995 trial for the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman, The People v. O.J. Simpson […]
Sony gives the go ahead to Bad Neighbours 2
Universal Pictures has given the green light to a sequel to last year’s hit comedy Bad Neighbours (that’s Neighbors, to our American readers), which will reunite director Nicholas Stoller with stars Seth Rogen, Zac Efron and Rose Byrne. Bad Neighbours 2 will once again be penned by Andrew Jay Cohen and Brendan O’Brien and will […]
The Week in Spandex – Daredevil, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Guardians of the Galaxy 2, Deadpool, Spider-Man, Suicide Squad, Legion of Superheroes, Green Lantern, LEGO Batman and more
Our weekly round up of all the news and talking points from the world of screen superheroes… Last week I promised to revert back to the usual format of the Week in Spandex following some technical issues with the site, but unfortunately they’ve continued into this week, so again time has been very limited as […]
Shortlist of actresses for the female lead in Deadpool revealed
According to Deadline, 20th Century Fox and director Tim Miller have identified a shortlist of actresses for the female lead to star alongside Ryan Reynolds’ in the studio’s X-Men spin-off Deadpool. The site reports that Morena Baccarin (Gotham), Taylor Schilling (Orange Is the New Black), Crystal Reed (Teen Wolf), Rebecca Rittenhouse (The Red Band Society), […]
