Luke Owen reviews The Twilight Zone #1 from Dynamite Entertainment… Trevor Richmond is a Wall Street investor who embezzled millions and is about to tank the economy. Again. Desperate to avoid the consequences for his actions, he goes to Expedited Services, Inc., which offers to help him disappear and enjoy a life of leisure in […]
Agent Carter series a go at Marvel?
If the British tabloid The Daily Mirror is to be believed, Marvel is set to expand its TV output beyond Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. and the upcoming Netflix series for Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, Iron Fist and The Defenders this year, with the paper reporting that the green light has been given to Agent Carter, […]
Dwayne Johnson linked to John Stewart, a.k.a. Green Lantern
On New Year’s Eve Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson teased a role in an upcoming DC film from Warner Bros., leading to speculation that WB could be reviving the planned Lobo adaptation, or that Johnson might find himself lining up with the likes of Henry Cavill (Superman), Ben Affleck (Batman) and Gal Gadot (Wonder Woman) in […]
Hugh Jackman thought X-Men was over with X-Men: The Last Stand
It seems as if Hugh Jackman was expecting the X-Men franchise to be dead and buried following 2006’s X-Men: The Last Stand, with Jackman telling Empire, “I thought that was it. There was already talk about doing a younger version and I was certainly talking about Wolverine and trying to drum up interest in that. […]
Movie Review – American Hustle (2013)
American Hustle, 2013. Directed by David O. Russell.Starring Christian Bale, Amy Adams, Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence and Jeremy Renner. SYNOPSIS: A con man, Irving Rosenfeld, along with his seductive British partner, Sydney Prosser, is forced to work for a wild FBI agent, Richie DiMaso. DiMaso pushes them into a world of Jersey powerbrokers and mafia. […]
Special Features – Anchorman 2 marketing challenges the idea that there is no bad publicity
Anghus Houvouras on the Anchorman 2 publicity campaign and how it challenges the idea that there is no bad publicity… Somebody, somewhere once said there’s no such thing as bad publicity. I don’t know who it was. In my mind it’s some well dressed, finely coiffed advertising executive from the Mad Men era with a […]
Jon M. Chu talks G.I. Joe 3 and why he dropped out of Masters of the Universe
After the disappointing box office for his latest music documentary Justin Bieber’s Believe, director Jon M. Chu is now gearing up for a return to the G.I. Joe franchise with a sequel to last year’s G.I. Joe: Retaliation. Speaking to Collider (via CBM) to promote the release of Believe, Chu has offered up some details […]
Stephen Amell on comparisons between Arrow and Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
ABC may be comfortably winning the ratings battle with Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., but it’s hard to argue that it’s enjoying anywhere near the same level of fan reception as The CW’s own superhero show Arrow, which has been going from strength to strength in its second season. However, Arrow star Stephen Amell has played […]
Dwayne Johnson teases a DC movie role in 2014
2013’s highest-grossing star Dwayne Johnson closed out the year last night with his annual ‘#RockTalk’ on Twitter, during which he teased a potential DC movie role, stating that: “We just had a big meeting w/ Warner Bros CEO re: DC Comics 2014 we will partner up and create the cool bad assery.” Johnson has previously […]
Retro Fitted: Michael Wilkinson talks about American Hustle
Trevor Hogg chats with Michael Wilkinson about the clothing style of American Hustle… “I’d just worked on Man of Steel [2013] with the producer Chuck Roven, who was putting together American Hustle [2013],” states Michael Wilkinson. “Chuck thought that David O. Russell [Silver Linings Playbook] and I would be a good fit, and he turned […]
