We are very sad to report that British comedy legend, writer and actor Rik Mayall has passed away at the age of 56. The news was confirmed by his management company, although no cause of death has been released. Mayall was a star of the small screen in the UK in the 80s and 90s and […]
Dave Franco to star in The Room movie, The Disaster Artist
Oh hai Dave. It’s been hailed as one of the worst movies ever made, but Tommy Wiseau’s The Room is cult smash that still sells out screenings a decade after its initial release. Last year, the movies co-star Greg Sestero released a “tell all” book called The Disaster Artist: My Life Inside The Room, the Greatest […]
DVD Review – Delivery Man (2013)
Delivery Man, 2013. Written and Directed by Ken Scott. Starring Vince Vaughn, Chris Pratt, Cobie Smulders, Andrzej Blumenfeld and Simon Delaney. SYNOPSIS: An affable underachiever finds out he’s fathered 533 children through anonymous donations to a fertility clinic 20 years ago. Now he must decide whether or not to come forward when 142 of them […]
X-Men: Days of Future Past crosses $600 million worldwide
Having become the highest-grossing instalment of the X-Men franchise in its second weekend, 20th Century Fox’s X-Men: Days of Future Past has now extended its lead this weekend, with the Bryan Singer-directed sequel crossing the $600 million mark, having pulled in $189.1 million domestically and $420.5 internationally for a total haul to date of $609.6 […]
Second Opinion – 22 Jump Street (2014)
22 Jump Street, 2014. Directed by Phil Lord and Chris Miller. Starring Jonah Hill, Channing Tatum, Ice Cube, Dave Franco, Rob Riggle, Nick Offerman, Amber Stevens, Peter Stormare, Wyatt Russell, Jillian Bell, Ashlyn McEvers, and Richard Grieco. SYNOPSIS: Following their successful high school undercover gig, Jenko and Schmidt go undercover at a State college to […]
Orange Is the New Black Season 2 – Episode 2 Review
Jackson Ball reviews the second episode of Orange Is the New Black Season 2 … After a tense but rewarding season opener, it’s back to prison-life reality as we return to the familiar stomping-ground of Litchfield Penitentiary. Piper’s back from Chicago, but how will her fellow inmates react to her following her brutal attack on […]
What’s Fact and Fiction at Fruitvale Station?
Commenting on the Critics with Simon Columb… The recent UK release of Fruitvale Station has inevitably provoked conversation on this side of the Atlantic, whereby re-reading articles from last year only seems to blur lines further: “Hoping to stir the public, though, the film dances around the facts. Its first problem is how to handle […]
Will Ant-Man end the Marvel success streak?
Anghus Houvouras on whether Ant-Man will end the Marvel success streak…. The Marvel movies are beyond successful both with fans and financially. It’s a giant machine of perpetual motion that cranks out money-making, audience pleasing hits. However, at some point, the streak is going to die. One of their films will buck the trend and […]
Guillermo del Toro working on Pacific Rim 2 script with Zak Penn
Last month Legendary Pictures CEO Thomas Tull gave an update on Pacific Rim 2, suggesting that there was nothing to announce with regards to a follow-up to Guillermo del Toro’s 2013 kaiju homage. However, speaking to Buzzfeed, del Toro has now revealed that he’s currently working on a script for the sequel alongside Zak Penn, […]
Second Opinion – Fruitvale Station (2013)
Fruitvale Station, 2013. Written and directed by Ryan Coogler. Starring Michael B. Jordan, Kevin Durand, Chad Michael Murray, Melonie Diaz and Octavia Spencer. SYNOPSIS: An arguably biographical reconstruction of the day leading up to the tragic events that took place at the titular Fruitvale Station on New Years Eve, 2008. Coming from a generation that […]
