Trevor Hogg chats with visual effects supervisor Lou Pecora, digital effects supervisor Nikos Kalaitzidi, animation supervisor Benoit Dubuc and previs supervisor  Austin Bonang about having the future collide with the past…. When returning to the movie franchise he helped to launch, filmmaker Bryan Singer (The Usual Suspects) turned to Richard Stammers (Prometheus) to orchestrate the visual […]

It’s a great time to be a Star Wars fan, what with J.J. Abrams currently working on Star Wars: Episode VII, and two spin-off movies in development under directors Gareth Edwards (Godzilla), and Josh Trank (Chronicle). However, on the downside, with three movies on the go at once, that also means we have to suffer […]

Following the announcement that Stardust‘s Charlie Cox would be playing Matt Murdock in Marvel’s Netflix series Daredevil, Marvel have announced that veteran actor Vincent D’Onofrio will be playing his nemesis Wilson Fisk a.k.a. The Kingpin. D’Onofrio was recently seen in The Escape Plan but is perhaps best known for his role as Detective Robert Goren in […]

The current incarnation of Godzilla is still doing big numbers at the box office, but there was a time when there was going to a sequel to the American release of Godzilla 2000 called Godzilla: Reborn. Author of Japan’s Favourite Mon-Star, Steve Ryfle sat down with Michael Schlesinger (who wrote and produced the American release of […]

It’s been a long journey to the screen, having had a failed pilot at FX, but Brian Michael Bendis and Michael Avon Oeming’s comic book series Powers is finally set to make the jump from panel form courtesy of Sony Pictures TV, with Bendis announcing today that the series will arrive on Playstation Network this […]

Jackson Ball reviews the fourth episode Orange Is the New Black Season 2… While the season’s opening three episodes have been a bit of a rollercoaster ride for Piper, and showcased the magnificent range Taylor Schilling has as an actress, the fourth episode continues this season’s trend of shining the spotlight on one of the […]

Oliver Davis reviews the ninth episode of Game of Thrones Season Four…. The Watchers on the Wall. Directed by Neil Marshall. Written by David Benioff and D. B. Weiss. The usual format of these Game of Thrones reviews – a by-character breakdown, emulating the chapter perspectives of George R. R. Martin’s books – falters this […]

Gavin Logan on why we don’t need to be worried about the Star Wars spin-off movies… It’s tough being a Star Wars fan sometimes. While the thought of brand new movies fill me with tingling enthusiasm, it’s also impossible not to have some minor reservations. It’s only natural. Being cautious of what may become of […]

We’ve already heard that she’d be returning, but now it’s official: Sigourney Weaver has signed on to appear in James Cameron’s trio of Avatar sequels, where she will join fellow Pandora veterans Sam Worthington (Jake Sully), Zoe Saldana (Neytiri), and Stephen Lang (Colonel Quaritch). “Sigourney and I have a long creative history, dating back to […]

A couple of weeks back it was revealed that Josh Brolin will lend his voice to Thanos in Guardians of the Galaxy and Avengers: Age of Ultron as Marvel builds towards an expected showdown between Earth’s Mightiest Heroes and the Mad Titan in The Avengers 3. However, the distinction of being the first actor to […]