The much ridiculed Aquaman is rumoured to have a film in development, sparked by the latest comments from DC Entertainment’s chief creative officer and comic book writer Geoff Johns, who called the Atlantean “a priority character for the company… He became a little bit of a joke… Suddenly, he was nobody’s favorite super hero… He’s […]
Movie Review – The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013)
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, 2013. Directed by Ben Stiller.Starring Ben Stiller, Kristen Wiig, Sean Penn, Kathryn Hahn, Adam Scott, Patton Oswalt and Shirley MacLaine. SYNOPSIS: Walter Mitty is a middle-aged man who has done nothing with his life. He continually loses himself in daydreams, wishing that he could break free of the mental […]
Runner Runner and Online Gambling
Many of us have heard the ‘horror stories’ of getting involved in online gambling, but very few films or television shows actually address this issue, however, new film Runner Runner has tackled the problem head on. Throughout the course of the film, the audience follow the story of Richie Furst, a Princeton graduate played by […]
PlayStation 4 Review
Andy Naylor reviews the PlayStation 4…. Nearly a decade has passed since the launch of the last/current (it’s hard to keep track of industry standard terms these days) games consoles. Friday marks the European release of the PlayStation 4. Even though we Europeans are again treated like the black sheep of the world, having to […]
Disney crosses $4 billion at the global box office for 2013
Walt Disney Pictures has announced that it has broken the $4 billion mark at the global box office this year for the first time in history, thanks in no small part to smash hits such Thor: The Dark World, Monsters University and Oz the Great and Powerful, not to mention 2013’s highest-grossing movie Iron Man […]
Elementary Season 2 – Episode 6 Review
Matt Smith reviews the sixth episode of Elementary season 2…. A case, it can be said (by me, right now), is a lot like life. What can at first seem simple is at times frustrating, maddening and complicated. But in the end will hopefully bring satisfaction to those involved. The case in point is the […]
Book Review – The Disaster Artist: My Life Inside The Room, the Greatest Bad Movie Ever Made
Luke Owen reviews Greg Sestero’s memoirs of working on “the worst movie ever made”… The hilarious and inspiring story of how a mysterious misfit got past every roadblock in the Hollywood system to achieve success on his own terms: a $6 million cinematic catastrophe called The Room.Anyone who has seen Tommy Wiseau’s The Room will have had […]
Star Wars: Episode VII bumps Warcraft back to 2016
Warner Bros. must have thought it would hit lucky nabbing a December 18th, 2015 release date for its upcoming Warcraft adaptation, slipping in nicely to the Holiday Fantasy slot currently occupied by Peter Jackson’s Hobbit trilogy… until Lucasfilm announced that J.J. Abrams’ Star Wars: Episode VII would arrive that very same day. So, facing competition […]
Director Colin Trevorrow confirms Jurassic World is not a reboot
Over the past couple of months, there’s been speculation that Universal’s upcoming Jurassic World could be a reboot of the blockbuster dino-franchise launched by Steven Spielberg back in 1993, but fans can now rest easy with director Colin Trevorrow (Safety Not Guaranteed) putting an end to the rumours by confirming that the 2015 film will […]
Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. – Season 1 Episode 9 Review
Anghus Houvouras marks the ninth episode of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. by weighing up the series’ pros and cons…. We’re almost halfway into the first season of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., and I felt it was time to do a little review. A kind of pro/con list if you will. The show seems to be rapidly working […]