Over the past year and a half, we’ve heard plenty of speculation about the chances of the wall-crawler teaming up with Earth’s Mightiest Heroes for a crossover between Sony’s Amazing Spider-Man franchise and Marvel Studios’ box office juggernaut The Avengers – mainly because the producers, director and star of the rebooted Spider-Man universe just can’t […]
House of Cards Season 2 – Episode 13 Review
Jackson Ball reviews the season finale of House of Cards season 2…. We’ve finally reached the climax of Season 2, after hours of character investment and meticulously orchestrated narrative arcs. Frank (Kevin Spacey) and his wife Claire (Robin Wright) are agonisingly close to their coveted goal of ultimate power, but have they overlooked something in […]
Five Essential… Michael Caine Roles
Tom Jolliffe with his five essential Michael Caine roles… As a Brit and a lover of cinema, sometimes it’s good to take the time to fully appreciate some home grown talent. I’m a lover of cinema from all over the world, but British cinema can often be overshadowed by American cinema, with its size 14 […]
The Following Season 2 – Episode 6 Review
Matt Smith reviews episode 6 of The Following season 2… In last week’s review stopovers were mentioned. This week’s episode features an airplane and a trip to Venezuela. It’s all coming together… just as everything fittingly starts falling apart. This week sees the dissolution of factions good and evil. The above picture is the picture […]
Update: Will there be an Anchorman 3?
Speaking to Empire, Anchorman director Adam McKay (Step Brothers, The Other Guys) has resolutely confirmed there will not be another sequel to the Ron Burgundy-starring movies. Read what he had to say below: No, that’s the last sequel we’re gonna do. There’s nothing more fun to me than new characters and a new world. And […]
Fast & Furious 7 to resume production in April
After shutting down production following the death of leading man Paul Walker late last year, The Hollywood Reporter has revealed that filming on Fast & Furious 7 will resume this April for a six-to-eight week shoot. Screenwriter Chris Morgan has retooled the script and it’s expected that Walker’s character will be “retired”, as opposed to […]
Boom! Studios producing Big Trouble in Little China comic book series
It’s one of only a handful of 80s properties yet to get the reboot treatment, but John Carpenter’s 1986 cult classic Big Trouble in Little China looks to be getting a new comic book series from Boom! Studios and The Goon creator Eric Powell, who shared the following image on Twitter with the caption, “Oh, […]
Warner Bros. developing a Minecraft movie
Deadline has revealed that Warner Bros. has acquired the rights to the hugely popular video game Minecraft, with a view to developing a live-action movie under producer Roy Lee, who is coming off the massively successful animated comedy The LEGO Movie. Created by Swedish programmer Markus Persson and published by Mojang, Minecraft was released in […]
Elementary Season 2 – Episode 11 Review
Matt Smith reviews the eleventh episode of Elementary season 2… Just as I start talking about Sherlock Holmes bringing logic back to the world with the return of Elementary last week, he has a week full of self-reflection and cluelessness this week. I’m a step behind the producers of Elementary, and that puts paid to […]
Joel Silver says Terry Gilliam would have made a “MUCH better” Watchmen than Zack Snyder
Back in 2009, Zack Snyder achieved what many thought impossible when he brought Alan Moore and Dave Hibbons seminal comic book Watchmen to the screen. However, things could have been different had Joel Silver (Lethal Weapon, Die Hard) had his way, with the producer spending much of the late 80s and the early 90s attempting […]