Trevor Hogg chats with Phedon Papamichael about working with Alexander Payne and the cinematography featured in Nebraska… “I was a young striving cinematographer at the time,” recalls Phedon Papamichael (3:10 to Yuma) who first met filmmaker Alexander Payne (About Schmidt) at UCLA Film School.  “I had a job interview with him for his UCLA graduate […]

Anghus Houvouras on what Guardians of the Galaxy can teach us about geek marketing…. We live in a time where films are being marketed from the moment they are announced.  As soon as Zack Snyder took the stage at Comic-Con in 2013 and announced Man of Steel 2 would actually be Batman vs. Superman, the […]

When it comes to superhero movie news, Warner Bros. has taken a back seat to Marvel Studios, 20th Century Fox and Sony this past week, but with a lull in Batman vs. Superman headlines, Latino-Review has thrown up another casting rumour for the Man of Steel sequel, claiming that the studio is looking to add […]

Jackson Ball reviews the seventh episode of House of Cards season 2… Back in my review of the third episode of Season 2, I applauded the House of Cards for adding some much-needed depth to the character of President Garrett Walker (Michael Gill). After spending much of the first season as a one-dimensional puppet figure, […]

Matt Smith reviews the tenth episode of Elementary season 2… With a mid-season break, a concept devoid of all logical definition as a break between series could be called a mid-season break, now officially over you may think Sherlock Holmes of all characters might have put the time to good use. And it seems he […]

Simon Columb continues our Al Pacino Retrospective with The Godfather Part II…. Is The Godfather Part II superior to The Godfather? In a lively discussion on sequels, film fanatic Randy Meeks (Jamie Kennedy) in Scream 2, argues how “sequels suck”. But, unlike Terminator 2: Judgement Day and Aliens, The Godfather Part II stumps him. It […]

While this years Guardians of the Galaxy has been getting all the attention this week [see the trailer, character featurettes and first poster], it seems that Marvel Studios still has one eye on Phase Three, wioth The Hollywood Reporter revealing that four directors are under consideration to bring the Sorcerer Supreme to the screen in […]

Anghus Houvouras on why getting upset over The Fantastic Four casting is wasted energy…. The internet is a fun, if often irrational place. We (and by ‘we’ I mean internet movie sites) spend so much time speculating wildly about everything revolving around geek movies and comic book adaptations (myself included). Then when announcement are finally […]

Gary Collinson tries out Morphsuits’ Amazing Spider-Man costume… Spider-Selfie I’m Spider-Man… Okay, so maybe an aging Spider-Man carrying a few extra pounds is a more apt description, but having spent the best part of the last day dressed as Marvel’s friendly neighbourhood web-slinger, I’m about ready to head out onto the streets to take out […]

With the release of the eagerly anticipated sequel The Raid 2: Berandal just around the corner, Screen Gems and XYZ have decided to cash in on the success of Welsh filmmaker Gareth Evans’ hard-hitting Indonesian action hit with a Hollywood remake. According to The Wrap, Patrick Hughes – director of the excellent Aussie western Red […]