Marvel Comics has announced that the Gods of Thunder are heading to Battleworld this June courtesy of writer Jason Aaron (Star Wars) and artist Chris Sprouse (Multiversity) for the Secret Wars series Thors. “This is basically me doing a cop story, but with hammers instead of guns,” states Aaron. “It’s every version of Thor you […]
Marvel announces new Secret Wars series Ghost Racers
Marvel Comics has announced that the Spirits of Vengeance will be duelling one another in lethal, cutthroat races as part of the publishers big Secret Wars event with a new series Ghost Racers from Felipe Smith and Juan Gedeon. Check out a preview here… “This is the book that every GHOST RIDER fan is going […]
Top Five British Gambling Movies Ever
This post is brought to you in association with Casino Tropez… The USA does gambling films like nowhere else. Movies such as Casino (1995), set in the bright lights of Las Vegas, or The Sting (1973), set in an atmospheric Chicago, are testament to this dominance. Yet, there are numerous gambling flicks from UK directors […]
DVD Review – Life Itself (2014)
Life Itself, 2014. Directed by Steve James. Featuring Roger Ebert, Chaz Ebert, Gene Siskel, Werner Herzog, Stephen Stanton, Marlene Siskel. SYNOPSIS: Documentary detailing the life and career of movie critic and social commentator Roger Ebert. Life Itself isn’t just the story of Roger Ebert and his rise from newspaper writer through to arguably the best-known […]
And the winners of the 87th Academy Awards are…
The 87th Academy Awards took place at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood last night, with Birdman named Best Picture, as well as taking home a further three awards – Best Director (Alejandro Gonzalez Iñárritu), Best Original Screenplay and Best Cinematography. Wes Anderson’s The Grand Budapest Hotel also managed a haul of four Oscars for Best […]
Avengers: Infinity War – An accumulation, or continuation?
Pim Razenberg on whether Avengers: Infinity War will be an accumulation of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, or a continuation… We’re well into 2015 and Avengers: Age of Ultron is firmly knocking on our doors. The superhero ensemble movie will pick up the threads from Marvel Studios’ previous Phase Two instalments, and, looking at the studio’s […]
Hugh Jackman on Wolverine: “I’ve got to find a way to keep playing him until I die”
Last year Hugh Jackman made his seventh outing as the fan favourite mutant Wolverine in X-Men: Days of Future Past, and judging from the star’s latest comments, he’s got no plans to hang up the claws just yet. “‘I always want to be in better shape than I was for the last one,” Jackman tells […]
Razzie Awards: ‘Winners’ of the 2015 Golden Raspberry Awards revealed
As is customary on the eve of the Oscars, the Golden Raspberry Awards have ‘honoured’ the very worst in cinema over the past twelve months with the 2015 Razzie Awards! Kirk Cameron’s Saving Christmas took the biggest beating, receiving Worst Picture, Worst Actor, Worst Screenplay and Worst Screen Combo (for Kirk Cameron and his Ego). […]
Movie Review – Blackhat (2015)
Blackhat, 2015. Directed by Michael Mann. Starring Chris Hemsworth, Wei Tang, Viola Davis, Manny Montana, Wang Leehom and William Mapother. SYNOPSIS: A furloughed convict and his American and Chinese partners hunt a high-level cyber crime network from Chicago to Los Angeles to Hong Kong to Jakarta. There’s a clash at the heart of Michael Mann’s […]
Winners of the 2015 Film Independent Spirit Awards announced
Ahead of tonight’s Academy Awards, the 30th annual Film Independent Spirit Awards were announced last night in Santa Barbara, California. Alejandro González Iñárritu’s Birdman claimed the most awards, taking home three gongs including Best Feature, although Iñárritu lost out in the Best Director category to Richard Linklater for Boyhood. In the acting categories, Julianne Moore […]
