We’ve seen a lot of promotional material lately, and now we have a brand new trailer for Christopher Nolan’s eagerly-anticipated sci-fi epic Interstellar, along with a featurette that focusses on physicist Kip Thorne, whose theories around wormholes influenced the concept of the film; check them out below… Interstellar chronicles the adventures of a group of […]
Comic Book Review – Nailbiter #6
Zeb Larson reviews Nailbiter #6… It’s a serial killer! Nailbiter #6 takes some chances and breaks with the formula by giving us a slow-paced issue that’s meant to develop Sheriff Crane and Alice. That can be a risky approach in a mystery, where so much of the narrative pressure rests on giving the audience clues […]
Grimmfest 2014 gets underway tomorrow
Annual horror-based film festival Grimmfest begins tomorrow in Manchester following a preview night featuring A Nightmare on Elm Street and indie horror The Babadook (read our review here). Grimmfest will be playing over two dozen films during its run including short films and a screening of Suspiria accompanied by a live score from Italian progressive […]
Movie Review – Palo Alto (2013)
Palo Alto, 2013. Directed by Gia Coppola. Starring James Franco, Emma Roberts, Jack Kilmer, Val Kilmer, Nat Wolff and Olivia Crocicchia. SYNOPSIS: A tale of two American high schoolers and their path along their awkward romance. Palo Alto feels like a film that has been out forever, having been shown at several film festivals dating […]
Netflix moving into original movies with Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: The Green Legend
Netflix is looking to shake up the traditional Hollywood distribution model by extending its original output beyond TV shows, with the online streaming service signing a deal with The Weinstein Company to release its first original feature film, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: The Green Legend. The follow-up to Ang Lee’s 2000 wushu epic Crouching Tiger, […]
Miles Teller says The Fantastic Four reboot “is different in every way” from its predecessor
Despite the fact that filming is complete and post-production underway, we’ve seen very, very little from 20th Century Fox and director Josh Trank’s upcoming Marvel reboot The Fantastic Four. There has been constant rumours that the new movie will incorporate elements from the Ultimate Fantastic Four comic book series to present a new take on […]
Billy Elliot: The Musical tops the UK box office chart
UK box office top ten and analysis for the weekend of Friday 26th to Sunday 28th September 2014… We’ve seen a few live event screenings popping up in the top ten over the past year or so, but now for the very first time one has topped the UK box office chart, with a live […]
More from Dan Gilroy about Superman Lives, says Tim Burton “would have created a Superman for the ages”
Last week, screenwriter Dan Gilroy spoke about his work on the ultimately-aborted Superman Lives, a planned reboot of the Superman franchise from Batman director Tim Burton, which spent several years in development in the mid-90s, with Nicolas Cage attached as the Man of Steel. Now, ahead of the release of his directorial debut Nightcrawler, Gilroy […]
Dominic Cooper returning as Howard Stark in Marvel’s Agent Carter
Over the past month Marvel has been assembling the supporting cast to feature alongside Hayley Atwell in the upcoming ABC TV series Agent Carter, and now it has been confirmed by Marvel that Dominic Cooper is set to reprise the role of Howard Stark, having previously portrayed the character in Captain America: The First Avenger […]
Gotham Episode 2 – ‘Selina Kyle’ Review
Anthony Stokes reviews episode 2 of FOX’s Batman prequel series Gotham…. After the disappointment of the pilot, I was reluctant tuning into Gotham’s second episode. So far aside from Arrow no superhero TV show has reached the heights of Smallville, which is a pretty low bar. Gotham’s first episode was especially mediocre, with shades of […]
