Fresh from directing Michael Fassbender in The Weinstein Company’s upcoming adaptation of Macbeth, Australian filmmaker Justin Kurzel (Snowtown) has now entered negotiations to reunite with the actor on the big screen version of Ubisoft’s hit video game series Assassin’s Creed. Assassin’s Creed is currently undergoing a rewrite from Adam Cooper and Bill Collage (Exodus), and […]
From Russia to Wonderland: Geoffroy Faugérolas talks about The Tsarevich & Alice
Trevor Hogg chats with Geoffroy Faugérolas about producing cinema with a social conscious… “I have been greatly inspired by my mother, Marie-Ange Faugérolas, who is a French novelist that wrote a wide variety of books, ranging from historical novels, self-help books to spiritual guides,” states Geoffroy Faugérolas who comes from a family of artists and academics. […]
Elementary Season 2 – Episode 19 Review
Matt Smith reviews episode 19 of Elementary season 2… There’s a great joy to Sherlock Holmes when he’s on a case. Both within the character and to the watching audience, there’s a tone of humour that emerges no matter how dark it gets. With not many contemporary, real life worries and fortunate circumstances, all things […]
Movie Review – Brick Mansions (2014)
Brick Mansions, 2014. Directed by Camille Delamarre. Starring David Belle, Paul Walker, RZA and Catalina Denis. SYNOPSIS: An undercover Detroit cop navigates a dangerous neighborhood that’s surrounded by a containment wall with the help of an ex-con in order to bring down a crime lord and his plot to devastate the entire city. District 13 […]
Star Wars: Episode VII cast revealed
After more than a year of speculation, Lucasfilm has announced the principal cast for J.J. Abrams’ eagerly-anticipated Star Wars: Episode VII following a table-read of the script in London today… Confirmed as reprising their roles from the Original Trilogy are Mark Hamill (Luke Skywalker), Harrison Ford (Han Solo), Carrie Fisher (Princess Leia), Anthony Daniels (C-3PO), […]
Movie Review – Pompeii (2014)
Pompeii, 2014. Directed by Paul W.S. Anderson. Starring Kit Harington, Emily Browning, Kiefer Sutherland, Jared Harris, Joe Pingue, Currie Graham, Carrie-Anne Moss and Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje. SYNOPSIS: When a lowly gladiator is sent to Pompeii to fight in the arena, a series of tales play out amidst the cataclysmic eruption of Mount Vesuvius. With the evolution […]
Avi Arad says Spider-Man will only cross over with The Avengers if Spidey is the main focus
Every time a new Spider-Man movie is released, the question raises it’s head – usually by the cast and crew of said Spider-Man movie – will Sony’s wall-crawler ever cross over with Marvel Studios’ The Avengers? Earlier this month, The Amazing Spider-Man 2 producers Matt Tolmach and Avi Arad ruled out the possibility until they’d […]
Oscar Isaac the latest name linked to Star Wars: Episode VII
With Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford and Carrie Fisher assembling in London ahead of principal photography on Star Wars: Episode VII, it’s surely only a matter of time before we get a big announcement on the cast for the first instalment of Disney’s Star Wars sequel trilogy. According to Deadline, Oscar Isaac (Inside Llewyn Davis) is […]
Kevin Smith discusses his Christmas horror anthology Anti-Claus
Back in January, Kevin Smith announced that he was working on a new Christmas-themed horror anthology movie based around the European folk legend the Krampus. Originally titled Comes the Krampus, Smith has now revealed that the project is a go under the new name of Anti-Claus, and that it’s set to feature his Tusk stars […]
The Following Season 2 – Episode 14 Review
Matt Smith reviews episode 14 of The Following season 2… With the finale of The Following coming up so soon, the themes inherently linked to religion are coming to the fore. It seems that in the latter half of the season, the producers decided to ramp up the religious overtones. They’ve started moving the characters […]