Alice Rush reviews the seventh episode of Bates Motel season 2… This week on Bates Motel saw characters leave, the tension between Norma and Norman escalate to breaking point and a shocking revelation. And yet it still managed to feel repetitive and slow. The overarching storylines that Bates has been tackling in this season have […]
Flash Gordon getting a reboot courtesy of Star Trek 3 screenwriters
Gordon’s alive! It looks like pulp sci-fi hero Flash Gordon is heading back to the big screen, with Film Divider reporting that Star Trek 3 screenwriters J.D. Payne and Patrick McKay are working on a reboot of Alex Raymond’s classic character. According to the site, the duo’s pitch “goes right back to the original Raymond […]
Book Review – Afterparty by Daryl Gregory
Villordsutch reviews Afterparty by Daryl Gregory… If you wanted to be glib about this book you could say it’s a basic gumshoe novel of woman who thought she was out of the world of Numinous (brain altering drug) and was dragged back in due to the suicide of young teenage girl on said drug. However, […]
Final season of Glee will see big changes
The Fox series Glee has gone through a lot over the past year or so. Series regular Cory Monteith, who played Finn Hudson, sadly died last July and the series has seen record lows in its ratings over this past season. However, the show still has one final season after its current season and creator […]
Second Opinion – The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014)
The Amazing Spider-Man 2, 2014. Directed by Marc Webb. Starring Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone, Jamie Foxx, Dane DeHaan, Campbell Scott, Embeth Davidtz, Colm Feore, Paul Giamatti, Sally Field, B.J. Novak, Felicity Jones, Chris Cooper, and Denis Leary. SYNOPSIS: Peter Parker runs the gauntlet as the mysterious company Oscorp sends up a slew of supervillains against […]
Fargo – Episode 1 Review
Anthony Stokes reviews the first episode of Fargo… Like many people I was introduced to the Coen brothers through Fargo. A fun black comedy that kickstarted their career and inspired several other movies that followed. Fargo is probably my favorite Coen brothers movie, and one of the only ones I’ve entirely enjoyed. When it was […]
Zack Snyder talks Batman vs. Superman, bringing the characters together and more
With production underway on Batman vs. Superman, we should expect to hear plenty about Warner Bros. Man of Steel sequel over the coming weeks and months (which will no doubt be music to DC fans’ ears), and to start things off director Zack Snyder has taken part in a lengthy interview with Forbes, during which […]
Studio Ghibli Season – My Neighbor Totoro
As part of the BFI’s Studio Ghibli Season, Simon Columb reviews My Neighbor Totoro… Totoro is the symbol of Studio Ghibli. The smiley, grey beast began life as part of a double-bill with Grave of the Fireflies because financiers didn’t believe My Neighbor Totoro alone would make money. By screening the cute and cuddly My […]
Jerry Bruckheimer talks Top Gun 2, Beverly Hills Cop 4 and Pirates of the Caribbean 5
Despite the fact he’s now in his 70s, super producer Jerry Bruckheimer is showing little signs of slowing down and settling into retirement, having just signed a new three-year first-look deal with Paramount Pictures. During an interview with Bloomberg, Bruckheimer has offered updates on three projects he has in development – the long-rumoured Top Gun […]
Arrow Season 2 – Episode 19 Review
Jessie Robertson reviews the nineteenth episode of Arrow season 2…. Oliver and the gang are now neck deep in Slade territory following a string of several episodes fully devoted to this war brewing with Slade throwing the last grenade using Thea to put Oliver right where he wanted him. The gang find themselves in black […]