Since the huge announcement at Comic-Con that director Zack Snyder will bring together DC Comics’ two most iconic heroes, we’ve been referring to the upcoming Man of Steel sequel as Batman vs. Superman. However, it’s generally believed that title is simply a placeholder and now, as the film gears up to go into production in […]
James Mangold discusses The Wolverine’s alternative ending featuring the classic yellow costume
Earlier this month an alternative ending for The Wolverine surfaced online, which showed Yukio (Rila Fukushima) handing Logan (Hugh Jackman) a briefcase containing Wolverine’s classic yellow suit. While it was ultimately cut from the film, the fact that director James Mangold is returning for a sequel seems to bode well for the costume finally making […]
Comic Book Review – Zero #3
Anghus Houvouras reviews Zero #3… “Shanghai, 2019. An opulent skyscraper party full of terrorists looking for fresh funding. Edward Zero is about to sabotage it big time — and then the skyscraper starts to vanish, bit by bit. So maybe he should look into that first?” My admiration for writer Ales Kot grows with each […]
Matt Smith and Jason Flemyng the latest names linked to Star Wars: Episode VII
Well, now that we’ve had confirmation of our first cast member for Star Wars: Episode VII (well, our first droid), it was only a matter of time before a few more actors were linked to J.J. Abrams’ eagerly-awaited first instalment of Disney’s Sequel Trilogy… According to a “fairly well-placed source” at Bleeding Cool, outgoing Doctor […]
The Amazing Spider-Man 2 subtitled Rise of Electro?
Captain America: The Winter Soldier. X-Men: Days of Future Past. The Avengers: Age of Ultron. Seems that these days, you can’t have a big Marvel sequel without a subtitle, and that’s also the case for The Amazing Spider-Man 2, which has reportedly received the subtitle Rise of Electro… for its release in Brazil at least, […]
Woody Allen Wednesdays – Sleeper & Melinda and Melinda
Every Wednesday, FM writers Simon Columb and Brogan Morris write two short reviews on Woody Allen films … in the hope of watching all his films over the course of roughly 49 weeks. If you have been watching Woody’s films and want to join in, feel free to comment with short reviews yourself! Next up […]
Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. – Season 1 Episode 8 Review
Anghus Houvouras reviews the eighth episode of Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D…. It’s funny when something really right exposes so many wrongs. I felt that way last night after watching the excellent Peter MacNicol appear as a guest star on the latest episode of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. This episode was billed as a tie in to […]
Deadpool helmer Tim Miller on creating Thor: The Dark World’s prologue
We already know that Alan Taylor (Game of Thrones) wasn’t the only director to shoot scenes for Thor: The Dark World, with – SPOILER – Guardians of the Galaxy’s James Gunn filming the mid-credits sequence (much to Taylor’s displeasure). Well, now it’s been revealed that Tim Miller (who happens to be attached to Fox’s long-gestating Deadpool […]
Movie Review – Computer Chess (2013)
Computer Chess, 2013. Directed by Andrew Bujalski.Starring Kriss Schludermann, Tom Fletcher and Wiley Wiggins. SYNOPSIS: Various programmers come together at a hotel in the early 1980s for a tournament in which they pit their computer software against each other in games of chess. ‘Mockumentary’ is a term that, while not quite pejorative, creates a pretty […]
Edgar Wright discusses Ant-Man’s mix of action and humour
British filmmaker Edgar Wright is currently doing the press rounds for his most recent film, the final instalment of the Cornetto trilogy, The World’s End, so over the next week or so expect to hear plenty about his upcoming Marvel adaptation Ant-Man, which is set to launch Phase Three of the Marvel Cinematic Universe in […]