Boyhood, 2014. Written and Directed by Richard Linklater. Starring Ellar Coltrane, Patricia Arquette, Lorelei Linklater and Ethan Hawke. SYNOPSIS: The life of a young man, Mason, from age 5 to age 18. Filmmaking doesn’t get much better than Boyhood. It’s a unique experience and if there’s one thing which will make you happier than the […]
Interview: Gianni Capaldi talks Puncture Wounds, a.k.a. A Certain Justice
Tom Jolliffe chats with Gianni Capaldi about his latest film Puncture Wounds, a.k.a. A Certain Justice… Having started as a businessman in Glasgow, and then moving to L.A, Motherwell born Gianni Capaldi has forged himself a career as an actor and producer and has been working steadily for the last few years, mixing it with […]
Sylvester Stallone looks for a hit with mob thriller Scarpa
With the third Expendables film set to hit theatres mid-August, Sylvester Stallone is already lining up his next project. The New York Post were first to scoop with the news that Stallone will reunite with producer Irwin Winkler (Rocky) to portray former mob hitman Gregory Scarpa. Scarpa was a career criminal and mob enforcer for […]
Kevin Smith confirms that Clerks 3 will still go ahead
Yesterday we brought you some comments from Kevin Smith as he revealed that Harvey and Bob Weinstein had opted against stumping up the $6 million budget for Clerks III. However, if you were worried that you might have seen the last of Dante (Brian O’Halloran) and Randal (Jeff Anderson), then worry no more, as Smith […]
Kevin Smith to address rumours about him writing a fake Batman v Superman script
Last week, a report emerged suggesting that all of the “scoops” we’ve heard about Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice these past few weeks have in fact been sourced from a fake script, which Kevin Smith has allegedly penned as a diversionary tactic for Warner Bros. and director Zack Snyder. The title page from the […]
Kevin Smith says the Weinsteins have passed on Clerks 3
Having delayed Clerks III in order to focus on completing his upcoming film Tusk and shooting the Christmas anthology horror Anti-Klaus, indie filmmaker Kevin Smith has now revealed that the comedy threequel has hit a roadblock, with The Weinstein Company passing on the opportunity to finance the film. “[The Weinsteins] passed,” Smith tells Screen Daily […]
Joss Whedon talks Avengers: Age of Ultron
With production on the Marvel sequel Avengers: Age of Ultron currently taking place in the UK, Total Film managed to catch up with director Joss Whedon who shared a few comments on the sequel to 2012’s mega-blockbuster The Avengers. “The model I’m always trying to build from is The Godfather: Part II, where a ton […]
X-Men: Days of Future Past to get an extended director’s cut with added Rogue
Any X-Men fans upset that we didn’t get to see more of Anna Paquin’s Rogue in X-Men: Days of Future Past after Bryan Singer made the decision to remove an action-sequence featuring Rogue’s escape from captivity at the hands of the Sentinels will be pleased to hear that producer Lauren Shuler Donner has confirmed that […]
Interview: Julian Lloyd Webber talks Dvořák – In Love?
To coincide with the DVD debut of Tony Palmer’s Dvořák – In Love?, Flickering Myth spoke with British cellist Julian Lloyd Webber who features alongside the Czech Philharmonic and Czech maestro Václav Neumann. The documentary takes us behind the scenes of a recording of Dvořák’s enduring Cello Concerto, and whilst revealing the story behind its […]
Blu-ray Review – Remo Williams: The Adventures Begins (1985)
Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins, 1985. Directed by Guy Hamilton. Starring Fred Ward, Joel Grey and Wilford Brimley. SYNOPSIS: After discovering his “death” was faked, a New York police officer finds that he is to become the weapon of a secret organisation, whose goal it is to eliminate threats to the government, no matter who […]
