If there’s ever been a perfect example of how not to approach a sequel, it has to be The Hangover Part II. Basically, director Todd Phillips took everything that was great about his 2009 original and tried to replicate this for a second time, albeit in a different location, with hilariously unfunny results. Still, the […]

Michael Bay’s big-budget Transformers series may have made an absolute fortune for Paramount Pictures, but it’s also left many long-time fans of the Autobots and Decepticons feeling somewhat disenchanted. So, it’s probably fair to say that there wasn’t too much excitement within the Transformers fan-base when Bay was announced as returning to helm the fourth […]

Snow White and the Huntsman, 2012. Directed by Rupert Sanders. Starring Kristen Stewart, Chris Hemsworth, Charlize Theron, Lily Cole, Sam Claflin, Toby Jones, Ray Winstone, Ian McShane, Nick Frost, Bob Hoskins, Eddie Marsan and Brian Gleeson. SYNOPSIS: Snow White (Kristen Stewart) joins forces with a huntsman, Eric (Chris Hemsworth), and embarks on a quest to […]

Prometheus, 2012. Directed by Ridley Scott. Starring Noomi Rapace, Michael Fassbender, Charlize Theron, Idris Elba, Guy Pearce, Logan Marshall-Green, Sean Harris and Rafe Spall. SYNOPSIS: Searching for clues as to the origins of mankind, a team of explorers get more than they bargained for when they arrive on a remote planet with hopes of meeting […]

UK box office top ten and analysis for the weekend of Friday 1st – Sunday 3rd June 2012… Prometheus may not have received an out-of-this-world reception from critics, but that didn’t seem to deter audiences as Ridley Scott’s return to the sci-fi genre opened atop the UK box office chart with £6,236,580. This is the […]

As Marvel gear up for ‘Phase Two’ of their Cinematic Universe, the studio has decided to freshen things up behind the camera with new directors for its latest round of solo superhero sequels. We already know that Shane Black (Kiss Kiss Bang Bang) has replaced Jon Favreau on the currently-in-production Iron Man 3, with Alan […]

The Return of the Living Dead, 1985. Written and Directed by Dan O’Bannon. Starring Clu Gulager, James Karen, Don Calfa, Thom Mathes, Beverly Randolph, John Philbin, Jewel Shepard, Miguel Nunez, Brian Peck and Linnea Quigley. SYNOPSIS: When a deadly gas is released at a medical supply warehouse, the dead are re-animated and immediately seek out […]

The second season of the hit HBO series Game of Thrones ended this week and one of its stars has just signed up to appear in a new film called Greenland Time at Sigma / Zentropa. Kit Harington, who plays Jon Snow, will star opposite Vera Farmiga (Source Code, The Departed) in the psychological thriller […]

Luke Owen with five ways that Warner Bros. can get the Justice League movie right… As reported earlier today by the Batman of Flickering Myth, Gary Collinson, Warner Bros. are pushing forward with their Justice League movie that has been rumoured for quite some time now. In fact, back in 2007, WB came close to […]

Trevor Hogg chats with visual effects supervisors Janek Sirrs, Jeff White, Bryan Grill, Simon Maddison, Dan Rosen, and Alessandro Cioffi as well as creative director Steve Viola about their work on The Avengers… “Marvel tends to overlap their film projects – their current M.O. seems to be to have three pictures on the go at […]