Oscar winner J.K. Simmons (Whiplash) is to co-star with Emile Hirsch (Into The Wild) in The Runaround, a new comedy from director Gavin Wiesen (The Art of Getting By) and written by Seth W. Owen (Morgan). The film will see Simmons star as a workaholic father who has to team up with her daughter’s ex-boyfriend […]
Josh Trank exits Star Wars Anthology spin-off movie
Having been absent from the ‘Gareth Edwards and Josh Trank’ panel at Star Wars Celebration last month due to “flu”, it has been announced tonight that Josh Trank (Chronicle, Fantastic Four) has vacated the director’s chair on Disney’s second Star Wars Anthology standalone movie. “After a year of having the incredible honor of developing with […]
The Most Disappointing – Avengers: Age of Ultron
Anghus Houvouras shares his disappointment over Avengers: Age of Ultron… Even the thought of this column feels like a slaughter waiting to happen. I feel like Sonny Corleone in The Godfather as he exits the car at the toll booth… I get it. People love movies like Avengers: Age of Ultron. Any negative sentiments are […]
Movie Review – Far from the Madding Crowd (2015)
Far from the Madding Crowd, 2015. Directed by Thomas Vinterberg. Starring Carey Mulligan, Matthias Schoenaerts, Michael Sheen, Tom Sturridge, Juno Temple and Jessica Barden. SYNOPSIS: In Victorian England, the independent and headstrong Bathsheba Everdene attracts three very different suitors: Gabriel Oak, a sheep farmer; Frank Troy, a reckless Sergeant; and William Boldwood, a prosperous and […]
In defense of Warner Bros.’ “filmmaker-driven” approach to the DC Cinematic Universe
James Garcia on why Warner Bros.’ “filmmaker-driven” approach to the DC Cinematic Universe is the very best thing for the DC slate, and the superhero genre… Early this week, THR released a piece on some of the perceived struggles currently happening behind closed doors at Warner Bros. as the studio maps out the burgeoning DC Cinematic […]
Joss Whedon on why Tom Hiddleston’s Loki was cut from Avengers: Age of Ultron
Back in November, Idris Elba let slip that he’d shot a scene for Avengers: Age of Ultron alongside Chris Hemsworth’s Thor and Tom Hiddleston’s Loki. However, Hiddleston was absent from the cast list on the subsequent poster, and as it turned out, the God of Mischief was nowhere to be seen in the final film […]
Revisiting the Mad Max Trilogy
With Mad Max: Fury Road set to arrive this month, Tom Jolliffe revisits the Mad Max Trilogy… For the last year we have been treated with some tantalizing footage of the upcoming, Mad Max: Fury Road. Every new trailer provides yet more spectacular and eye-catching visuals, and promises a film absolutely crammed with dazzling vehicular […]
Movie Review – Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)
Avengers: Age of Ultron,2015. Directed by Joss Whedon. Starring Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner, Mark Ruffalo, Samuel L. Jackson, Paul Bettany, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Elizabeth Olsen, James Spader, Thomas Kretschmann, Cobie Smulders, Claudia Kim, Andy Serkis, Don Cheadle, Stellan Skarsgård, Idris Elba, Hayley Atwell and Linda Cardellini. SYNOPSIS: When Tony Stark […]
Avengers: Age of Ultron nabs $27.6 million from US midnight screenings
Today, after a week of waiting patiently for the release, Avengers: Age of Ultron arrives in the USA, and the film is already breaking records from its Thursday midnight previews. From midnight shows, Ultron ended with an estimated $27.6 million, almost $10 million more than the $18.7 million midnight opening for The Avengers on the […]
Movie Review – 8 1/2 (1963)
8 1/2, 1963. Directed by Federico Fellini. Starring Marcello Mastroianni, Claudia Cardinale, Anouk Aimée and Sandra Milo. SYNOPSIS: A successful filmmaker struggles for inspiration, and has to reflect on his life and loves to work out where to go in his next film… “It’s about creative procrastination” said, director of Under the Skin, Jonathan Glazer in 2002. While I […]
