It is fair to say that the sales figures for Nintendo’s Wii U have been fairly disappointing in its first year. But some good news has finally landed for the home of everyone’s favourite moustachioed plumber as Mario Kart 8 has sold an incredible 1.2 million copies in its first weekend. This figure includes the […]

Luke Owen kicks off Monster Movie Mondays with the 1954 classic, Gojira… Director: Ishiro Honda Producer: Tomoyuki Tanaka Writer(s): Ishiro Honda, Takeo Murata Released Date: November 3rd 1954 Appearing Monsters: Godzilla Also Released as: Godzilla: King of the Monsters (US) In the Spring of 1954, movie producer Tomoyuki Tanaka was going through some tough times. […]

One of the sticking points for some cinema goers and comic book fans was how Bryan Singer decided not to send Kitty Pryde (Ellen Page) back in time as they did in the comics and instead sent back Wolverine (Hugh Jackman) in X-Men: Days of Future Past. Some people have claimed it was a “box […]

Escape Plan, 2013 Directed by Mikael Håfström. Starring Sylvester Stallone, Arnold Schwarzenegger, 50 Cent, Jim Caviezel, Vinnie Jones, Sam Neill, Faran Tahir, Vincent D’Onofrio and Amy Ryan. SYNOPSIS: When a structural-security authority finds himself set up and incarcerated in the world’s most secret and secure prison, he has to use his skills to escape with […]

Grudge Match, 2013 Directed by Peter Segal Starring Sylvester Stallone, Robert De Niro, Kim Basinger, Jon Bernthal, Kevin Hart and Alan Arkin SYNOPSIS: A pair of aging boxing rivals are coaxed out of retirement to fight one final bout — 30 years after their last match. Grudge Match is built on one simple premise – it’s […]

It has been praised by the majority of cinema goers and critics, but it looks like the competition was too tough for Edge of Tomorrow to overcome. The film is yet to open in North America (due to a slow pre-sale), but the overseas takings for Tom Cruise’s latest sci-fi blockbuster has been a very […]

It’s the movie where the rumours never end! The incredibly long-gestating Ghostbusters 3 has been given some blows as of late as the rumours of The LEGO Movie and directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller turning down the project and further news that Bill Murray will not be coming back to reprise his role as […]

Since heading back into the hands of Paramount, there has been a lot of movement on the next instalment of the Friday the 13th series. There were rumours of the franchise heading down the found footage route and there was even talk that the hockey mask wearing slasher would not be making an appearance. The […]

Production of the sequel to Divergent, Insurgent, begins this week, but there are a couple of late additions to the cast. The Hollywood Reporter has given word that Jonny Weston (Chasing Mavericks) and Suki Waterhouse (Pusher) have joined Insurgent, which is set to be released on March 20th 2015. It hasn’t been made clear who […]

Sony Pictures Entertainment and Annapurna Pictures have announced a release date for the R-Rated comedy Sausage Party from Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg,  Kyle Hunter and Ariel Shaffir. The movie will be released one week before Sony’s own Amazing Spider-Man 3 on June 3rd 2016. The Wolf of Wall Street star Jonah Hill also had a […]