Following recent speculation that it could lose its place at the top of Sight & Sound’s world-renowned ‘Greatest Films of All Time’ list, the British Film Institute has confirmed today that the 50-year reign of Citizen Kane has come to an end, with Alfred Hitchcock’s Vertigo knocking Orson Welles’ masterpiece down into second place in […]
Vince Vaughn and CBS rebooting The Brady Bunch
CBS is developing a reboot to the 70s family comedy, The Brady Bunch. The original show was created by Sherwood Schwartz and ran on ABC from 1969-1974. It focused on a marriage between a widowed architect with three sons and a single mother with three daughters. The reboot is being written by Mike Mariano (Raising […]
Axe to Grind: The Making of Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
Trevor Hogg chats with visual effects supervisors Michael Owens and Randy Goux as well as stereographer Graham Clark about their work on Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter… “I had hired Method Vancouver to work on Clint Eastwood’s J. Edgar [2011] and was finishing that up as the team led by Randy [Goux] was working on Abraham […]
Thoughts on… Skyfall trailer 2
Chris Cooper discusses the new trailer for Skyfall (which you can see here)… Wow. There is a lot to take in here. Starting with a shot of M as she attempts to write an obituary for Bond (missing, believed dead), we are quickly informed by Mallory (Ralph Fiennes) that M was responsible for the loss […]
Michael Rowe cast as Deadshot in Arrow
This past weekend it was revealed that the DC Comics super-villain Deadshot would appear in The CW’s upcoming live-action series Arrow, and now TV Guide has announced that Canadian actor Michael Rowe has secured the role of the expert marksman, who will make his debut in the third episode, entitled ‘The Lone Gunman’. Meanwhile, speaking […]
Movie Review – Brave (2012)
Brave, 2012. Directed by Mark Andrews and Brenda Chapman. Featuring the voice talents of Kelly Macdonald, Billy Connolly, Emma Thompson, Julie Walters, Robbie Coltrane, Kevin McKidd and Craig Ferguson. SYNOPSIS: A medieval princess brings chaos to her kingdom by refusing to marry her suitor, forcing her to spring into action to set things right. For […]
Edgar Wright’s Ant-Man set to arrive in 2014?
When Marvel Studios announced its plans for Phase Two of the Cinematic Universe at the San Diego Comic-Con International earlier this month, one thing that was notably absent was a release date for British filmmaker Edgar Wright’s long-gestating Ant-Man adaptation. Well, according to the folks at Latino Review, the plan is for Ant-Man to go […]
DVD Review – License to Drive (1988)
License to Drive, 1988. Directed by Greg Beeman. Starring Corey Haim, Corey Feldman, Heather Graham, Carol Kane, Richard Masur, Michael Manasseri and Nina Siemaszko. SYNOPSIS: A high school student hopes to impress his dream girl by getting his driver’s license, but when he fails the test he’s forced to take drastic action and steals his […]
DVD Review – Trapeze (1956)
Trapeze, 1956. Directed by Carol Reed. Starring Burt Lancaster, Tony Curtis, Gina Lollobrigida, Katy Jurado, Thomas Gomez, Johnny Puleo, Minor Watson and Sid James. SYNOPSIS: A retired master trapeze artist takes an aspiring aerialist under his wing, but their friendship comes under threat by the arrival of a beautiful and driven acrobat. It wouldn’t be […]
Movie Review – Joyful Noise (2012)
Joyful Noise, 2012. Written and Directed by Todd Graff. Starring Queen Latifah, Dolly Parton, Keke Palmer, Jeremy Jordan, Dexter Darden and Courtney B. Vance. SYNOPSIS: Two women face off over the direction of their choir as they head into a national competition. When choir leader Bernie (Kris Kristofferson) dies from a heart attack, second in […]