Kevin Smith had been promising to bring the curtain down on his directorial career with his next offering, the two-part feature Hit Somebody, but after announcing earlier this week that he’s decided to restructure the hockey comedy-drama as a six-hour TV miniseries, Smith has now revealed that his feature film swansong will see Dante Hicks […]
The Walking Dead Season 3 – Episode 8 Review
Piers McCarthy reviews the midseason finale of The Walking Dead season 3… Perhaps due to the massive build up, there was no way The Walking Dead’s midseason finale could really knock your socks off. Furthermore, with it being mid-way through the season’s arc, there couldn’t have been too many threads opening out without the drama […]
Will Thomas Jane return as The Punisher?
During this year’s San Diego Comic-Con, actor Thomas Jane delivered a treat for fans of Marvel’s vigilante anti-hero The Punisher by reprising the role of Frank Castle for a gloriously violent short film entitled Dirty Laundry [which you can watch here]. The unofficial short saw Jane returning to the role he portrayed on the big screen […]
Movie Review – Life Just Is (2012)
Life Just Is, 2012 Written and Directed by Alex BarrettStarring Will de Meo, Jack Gordon, Nathaniel Martello-White, Fiona Ryan, Paul Nicholls, Jayne Wisener and Rachel Bright SYNOPSIS:Pete, Tom, Claire and Jay are university graduates having trouble making the move into adult life. “Well there’s an hour and a half of my life I’ll never get […]
Second Opinion – Seven Psychopaths (2012)
Seven Psychopaths, 2012. Written and Directed by Martin McDonagh.Starring Colin Farrell, Sam Rockwell, Woody Harrelson, Christopher Walken, Tom Waits, Abbie Cornish, Olga Kurylenko, Željko Ivanek, Michael Pitt, Gabourey Sidibe, Kevin Corrigan, Michael Stuhlbarg and Harry Dean Stanton. SYNOPSIS: Men steal dogs, there are psychopaths, it gets a bit messy. The trailers for Seven Psychopaths portray […]
Thoughts on the first teaser trailer for Star Trek Into Darkness
Luke Owen discusses the first teaser trailer for Star Trek Into Darkness… It’s a real testament to J.J. Abrams and his team that in this day and age they have managed to keep so much of Star Trek Into Darkness shrouded in secrecy. Even after the announcement of his casting many moons ago, we’re still […]
The most overpaid actors in Hollywood
After a string of flops such as Imagine That, A Thousand Words and Meet Dave, Eddie Murphy has found himself in the unenviable position of being named ‘Hollywood’s Most Overpaid Actor’, topping Forbes magazine’s list of low-to-no-value-for-money A-listers. The magazine has gathered box office data for the last three non-animation movies for each actor over […]
Special Features – Is Cloud Atlas the Worst Movie of the Year?
As Time Magazine selects its worst movies of 2012, Anghus Houvouras asks whether Cloud Atlas is worthy of its place at the top of the list… There was a time when there was a very clear and defined line between online film sites and the mainstream media. On one side you had the unorganized snarky […]
Christopher Nolan talks Man of Steel
To promote the arrival of The Dark Knight Rises on Blu-ray and DVD earlier this week, The Playlist sat down with Christopher Nolan to discuss his acclaimed Batman trilogy. As well as reiterating once more that TDKR wraps up his Dark Knight saga – “I’ll say definitively again, I am done with the Batman films, […]
Special Features – The Big Questions of 2013
Anghus Houvouras tackles the big questions of 2013…2013 is almost upon us, and there’s a lot to look forward to. It’s going to be hard to top 2012, a year that gave film geeks so much to be thankful for. The Avengers, The Dark Knight Rises, Dredd, Skyfall, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey and The […]
