Trevor Hogg chats to production visual effects supervisor Jim Berney, visual effects producer Greg Baxter; and visual effects supervisors Matt Dessero, Marshall Krasser, and Berj Bannayan about bringing a dystopian Chicago to the big screen… “I hadn’t work with Lionsgate or Summit before,” explains VFX Producer Greg Baxter (Jack the Giant Slayer) who was recruited […]

Anthony Stokes on what The Amazing Spider-Man 2 does right and what it does wrong (warning: major spoilers follow)…. I was never a fan of Marc Webb’s The Amazing Spider-Man. Quite the opposite – I really disliked it. Sony only made the movie to retain the rights and you can tell. It’s rushed, not very […]

If there’s anyone who loves gambling and winning big, that’s James Bond. Agent 007 not only survives against all odds in the field, he also manages to defy them in the casino in any game he tries his hand at. For an MI6 operative who regularly complains in the books that his government pay isn’t […]

Former Doctor Who star Matt Smith has joined the cast of the currently-in-production Terminator: Genesis, with Paramount Pictures and Skydance Productions announcing that he’s set to play a new character with a strong connection to John Connor (Jason Clarke). Alan Taylor (Thor: The Dark World) is directing Genesis, which sees Arnold Schwarzenegger returing to his […]

Last month, Karl Urban gave Dredd fans hope of a follow-up to the 2012 reboot by stating that he and writer-producer Alex Garland are “working very, very hard to bring you Dredd 2“. However, according to producer Adi Shankar, Urban’s comments have been “blown way out of proportion” and that there’s still a lot of […]

Gavin Logan dissects the new Star Wars cast for Episode VII…. It seems like an age ago when Disney announced the acquisition of LucasFilm for a whopping $4 billion and with it the exciting news that we would be getting more Star Wars movies. Since then exactly 2446 actors have been linked with possible roles […]

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: A race against time and the elements as a gladiator attempts to save his true love from certain death as a volcano erupts, threatening to engulf the city beneath […]

Matt Smith reviews episode 20 of Elementary season 2… Sometimes people just can’t help themselves. Old habits, dying hard, can often lead people to do things that considering the situation seem insane. And the only people who understand why they do these things, are the people themselves. For example, Sherlock Holmes can’t help himself. Whether […]

Bad Neighbours, 2014. Directed by Nicholas Stoller. Starring Seth Rogen, Zac Efron, Rose Byrne, Dave Franco and Lisa Kudrow. SYNOPSIS: A couple with a newborn baby face unexpected difficulties after they are forced to live next to a fraternity house. As the summer rollercoaster beings its journey from boarding station through the swirly, twirly ups […]

Brick Mansions, 2014. Directed by Camille Delamarre. Starring Paul Walker, David Belle, RZA, Gouchy Boy, 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. […]