The Gambler. 2014 Directed by Rupert Wyatt Starring Mark Wahlberg, John Goodman, Michael K. Williams, Brie Larson, Jessica Lange, and George Kennedy Synopsis: A literature college professor and high stakes gambler runs afoul of a loan shark and his bodyguard-like gangsters while he has an affair with one of his students. There is such a […]
There was going to be a Batman store in Tim Burton’s Batman Returns
Holy Meta Batman! A brilliant find over at 1989Batman.com shows an unused set from Tim Burton’s Batman Returns which was – get this – a Batman store that sold merchandise from the 1989 Batman movie. Can’t get more meta than that! Here’s an excerpt from the Daniel Waters script: EXT. A STORE–EARLY EVENING OF THE CURRENT […]
Vladimir Putin busts out his dance moves in Iron Sky: The Coming Race clip
We got a barmy first trailer last month [see here], and now we have a clip from Iron Sky: The Coming Race, director Timo Vuorensola’s follow-up to his crowd-funded cult hit Iron Sky, which sees Vladimir Putin busting out his dance moves. Check it out below… Twenty years after the events of Iron Sky, the […]
Movie Review – The Grandmaster (2013)
The Grandmaster, 2013. Directed by Wong Kar Wai. Tony Leung, Ziyi Zhang, Chang Chen, Quinxiang Wang, Hye-Kyo Song, Shun Lao, Hoi Pang-Lo, Xiaofei Zhou and Benshan Zhao. SYNOPSIS: The poetically charged biographical story of Ip-Man, the martial arts expert and teacher , who went on to train Bruce Lee… Wong Kar Wai is a film-maker […]
Paddington topples The Hunger Games at the UK box office, Frozen re-enters the top ten
UK box office top ten and analysis for the weekend of Friday 28th to Sunday 30th November 2014… After just one week atop the UK chart, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 has been pushed down into second place, with new release Paddington taking top spot with a solid £5,125,519 opening weekend. Despite being […]
Maisie Williams is almost a lock to play Ellie in The Last Of Us adaptation
At the moment we know very little about Sony’s planned film adaptation of their massively successful apocalyptic survival horror video game, The Last Of Us. Neil Druckmann (he also wrote the game) is still currently writing the script that we know will have some changes to it in order to fit a 15 hour game […]
Doomsday, Joker and KGBeast “confirmed” for Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
Hot off the heels of yesterday’s blockbuster announcement of the casting for Suicide Squad, we now have some possible news on plot details for Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. According to Badass Digest – who are usually spot on with “scoops” – Doomsday will indeed be in the main villain of the piece. Not […]
Monica Bellucci and Andrew Scott tipped for Bond 24 roles
With the official title and cast of Bond 24 set to be announced tomorrow, we’ve got a couple of last minute rumours about potential stars for the latest chapter of the iconic spy series. According to Deadline, Monica Bellucci (Irreversible) “may be in the mix” for a part in the film, while The Daily Mirror […]
It’s official – Will Smith, Jared Leto, Tom Hardy, Cara Delevingne and Jai Courtney join Suicide Squad
It’s a cast list that has been rumoured for some time, but has now been confirmed by Warner Bros. that a star studded line-up will form alongside the previously confirmed Margot Robbie (The Wolf of Wall Street) as the Suicide Squad. Will Smith (Hancock) will be taking on the role of Deadshot, Cara Delevingne (Pan) […]
Joseph Gordon-Levitt and David S. Goyer give update on Sandman movie
While the Joseph Gordon-Levitt / David S. Goyer-produced adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s seminal comic book series Sandman was absent from Warner Bros.’ big DC Comics announcement, the project is still very much a priority for the studio, and both Gordon-Levitt and Goyer have given updates on its status today. During a Reddit AMA, JGL stated […]
