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: A team of scientists discover a threat to the very existence of humanity when searching for clues to the origins of mankind on a distant planet. Ridley Scott’s much anticipated […]
Movie Review – Rock of Ages (2012)
Rock of Ages, 2012. Directed by Adam Shankman. Starring Julianne Hough, Diego Boneta, Tom Cruise, Paul Giamatti, Russell Brand, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Malin Akerman, Bryan Cranston, Alec Baldwin and Mary J. Blige. SYNOPSIS: It is 1987. Sherrie Christian (Julianne Hough) is heading to LA to follow her dream. She winds up working at The Bourbon Club, […]
DVD Review – Blackthorn (2011)
Blackthorn, 2011. Directed by Mateo Gil. Starring Sam Shepard, Eduaro Noriega, Stephean Rea, Magaly Solier, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Padraic Delaney and Padraic Delaney. SYNOPSIS: Surviving his stand-off with the Bolivian military, Butch Cassidy (Sam Shepard) now goes by the name of James Blackthorn. Living out his days in a secluded Bolivian village, Blackthorn decides to return […]
Justice League Doomed to Fail?
Commenting on the critics with Simon Columb… Ben Child writes for The Guardian on Wednesday, June 6th 2012: “The film would unite Batman, Superman and Wonder Woman on the big screen for the first time, and comes after Joss Whedon’s comic book tale overtook the final Harry Potter movie to become the third highest-grossing film […]
Damon Lindelof to Rewrite World War Z
Marc Forster’s (Quantum of Solace) film adaptation of Max Brooks’ cult 2006 novel, World War Z, seems to be in a bit of a pickle. Last month it was announced the film would need extensive reshooting, and now The Hollywood Reporter has broken that Damon Lindelof has been brought in to rewrite the film’s final […]
The Week in Spandex – Justice League, The Dark Knight Rises, Iron Man 3, Thor 2, Captain America 2, The Amazing Spider-Man, X-Men, Arrow and more
Our weekly round-up of the big news stories from the world of movie superheroes… Considering the success of Marvel’s The Avengers, it was inevitable that Warner Bros. executives would soon cast their eye towards their very own team of DC superheroes, so it came as little surprise this week to learn that the studio has […]
Thoughts on… Return to Sleepaway Camp (2008)
Return to Sleepaway Camp, 2008. Directed by Robert Hiltzick. Starring Paul DeAngelo, Felissa Rose, Michael Gibney, and Jonathan Tiersten. SYNOPSIS: Another summer and another sleepaway camp – but it seems someone has returned to spoil everyone’s fun. It’s been over twenty years since Sleepaway Camp (1983), so let’s have a quick recap shall we? We […]
The Wolfpack returning to Las Vegas for The Hangover Part III
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 […]
Transformers 4 will be Michael Bay’s last… until he changes his mind again
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 […]
Second Opinion – Snow White and the Huntsman (2012)
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 […]
