The Manchurian Candidate, 1962. Directed by John Frankenheimer. Starring Laurence Harvey, Frank Sinatra, Janet Leigh, Angela Lansbury, Henry Silver and James Gregory. SYNOPSIS: A former Korean War POW is brainwashed by Communists into becoming a political assassin. But another former prisoner may know how to save him. Exploring the extremes of cold war paranoia in a […]
X-Men’s Shawn Ashmore would love to crossover with Fantastic Four
While it seems the chances of the two series crossing over are slim, there are those within the films that would like to see X-Men and The Fantastic Four cross paths at some point down the road. One man in particular is Shawn Ashmore, who played Bobby Drake aka Iceman in X-Men 2, X-Men: The […]
Chris Miller talks 23 Jump Street/Men in Black crossover, “it’s a really interesting concept”
Still struggling to believe that a 23 Jump Street and Men in Black crossover movie is in development following the Sony Hack scandal last December? You know the one which Sony plans to use as a reboot to the Men in Black franchise? Well, it looks like it is still on the table. “Well, it’s […]
Margot Robbie says she is signed to play Harley Quinn for “10 years”
Since the cast was announced for David Ayer’s Suicide Squad, it was presumed by everyone (based on the current movie business landscape) that Margot Robbie would be signed to a multi-picture deal to play Harley Quinn. “Yeah, that’s daunting”, she said to AZ Central about playing the same role for the foresable future. “You don’t […]
Will Doctor Strange be American or British?
With Avengers: Age of Ultron, Ant-Man and Captain America: Civil War hitting cinemas before it (not to mention X-Men: Apocalypse, Fantastic Four, Gambit and Deadpool), we’re still a way off from seeing what Marvel have up their sleeves with Scott Derrickson’s Doctor Strange. At the Oscars over the weekend, Best Actor in a Leading Role […]
James Gunn speaks out against “anti-comic book movie” comments at Oscars and Independent Spirit Awards
During the Oscars on Sunday night, actor and singer Jack Black made some disparaging remarks against comic book movies singing, “opening with lots of zeroes, all we get are superheroes: Spider-Man, Superman, Batman, Jedi Man, Sequel Man, Prequel Man, formulaic scripts!” The night previous, Nightcrawler writer and director Dan Gilroy also spoke out against a […]
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 […]
Stephen Hawking congratulates Eddie Redmayne after his Oscar win
After his triumph at last night’s Academy Awards, Eddie Redmayne continued to be congratulated on his win from all corners of the globe, including one from Stephen Hawking himself after winning the Best Actor Oscar for his performance in The Theory of Everything. Post by Stephen Hawking. Redmayne was congratulated by Professor Hawking on […]
Marvel’s new Spider-Man likely to be non-white?
Since the announcement of Marvel and Sony coming to a deal over the rights to Spider-Man which will see the wall crawler interact within the Marvel Cinematic Universe, there has been discussion of whether or not we’ll see the first big screen version of Spider-Man that isn’t Peter Parker. Several casting articles (including our own) […]
Joss Whedon defends Spider-Man 3
If there is one comic book movie that is oft-mocked and much maligned, its Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man 3. Whether you hate their treatment of Venom, the fact it has too many characters or that dance sequence, it seems that almost everyone on the face of the Earth hates Spider-Man 3. Apart from the man with […]
