Prisoners of War (Hatufim), 2009 to 2012. Starring Gal Zaid, Yael Eitan, Salim Dau, Sendi Bar,  Hadar Ratzon Rotem, Yaël Abecassis, Mili Avital, Assi Cohen, Adi Ezroni, Ishai Golan, and Yoram Toledano. SYNOPSIS: Three Israeli soldiers one of whom is in a coffin are part of a prisoner exchange 17 years after being captured in Lebanon. The opening takes place in a hotel where notes are […]

THR is reporting that Friday Night Lights actress Adrianne Palicki has joined the second season of Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. as fan-favorite character, Avenger, and future wife of Hawkeye, Mockingbird. Mockingbird is the alter-ego of super spy Bobbi Morse, who will first appear in the fifth episode of the upcoming season, debuting “perhaps not as an ally to […]

Anghus Houvouras with his five most disappointing films of this summer…. The Summer movie season is coming to a close. We were fortunate enough to be blessed with a lot of quality product this year. There were, however, some real stinkers. Movies that didn’t live up to the promise of a good time at the […]

Somehow this little nugget of info slipped under the radar at San Diego Comic-Con last month, and has just resurfaced over at IGN. According to Marvel Studios president of production Kevin Feige, films for Ms. Marvel and Black Panther are in development by popular demand. When asked about the two long-rumored projects at Comic-Con, Feige said: “They’re both characters […]

What If, 2013 Directed by Michael Dowse Starring Daniel Radcliffe, Zoe Kazan, Megan Park, Adam Driver, Mackenzie Davis and Rafe Spall. SYNOPSIS: Wallace, who is burned out from a string of failed relationships, forms an instant bond with Chantry, who lives with her longtime boyfriend. Together, they puzzle out what it means if your best friend is […]

Despite Pirates of the Caribbean being one of Disney’s biggest cash cow franchises, getting the fifth installment, Dead Men Tell No Tales, off the ground has been hard to accomplish. Kon Tiki directors Joachim Rønning and Espen Sandberg are attached to helm the film, with Johnny Depp confirmed to reprise the role of Captain Jack Sparrow, but the film […]

She’s one of Hollywood’s most famous actresses of all time and an icon of natural feminine beauty – but was Marilyn Monroe really the voluptious size 16 that some of popular culture argues? Join Oliver Davis in this week’s episode of Flickering Myth TV’s Movie Myths, where we’ll shed the fatty falsehoods of one of […]

Jon Favreau may be swooping up Hollywood talent left and right for his adaptation of Rudyard Kipling’s The Jungle Book, but let’s not forget that there are two adaptations of the classic tale currently in development. Favreau’s film is spearheaded by Disney, while Warner Bros. has its own version in the works, from Dawn of the Planet of the […]

Back in May we reported that writer and producer Roberto Orci (Star Trek, Cowboys & Aliens, The Amazing Spider-Man 2) would take the helm of the USS Enterprise and make his directorial debut with Star Trek 3.   Orci hasn’t officially signed on to direct the threequel, as he’s waiting to get the okay from Paramount, who need […]

According to Deadline, Warner Brothers has made a preemptive seven-figure deal to acquire the rights to Don Pendleton’s The Executioner novel series, in order to develop a franchise around the character Mack Bolan for Academy Award nominee Bradley Cooper (American Hustle, Silver Linings Playbook) to play. Mack Bolan has been the subject of over 600 novels, beginning […]