After a minor delay and some back-and-forth negotiating, Pirates of the Caribbean 5 is officially setting sail for Australia. According to Queensland Senator George Brandis, Pirates 5, titled Dead Men Tell No Tales, will begin filming on location in Queensland and in the Village Roadshow Studios on the Gold Coast in February 2015. Disney will receive an additional $21.6 million in funding […]

According to THR, The Newsroom and Dumb and Dumber To actor Jeff Daniels has boarded Ridley Scott’s upcoming science fiction film, The Martian. He joins Matt Damon, and recently-reported actors Michael Pena, Jessica Chastain, Kristen Wiig, and Kate Mara. Based on the eponymous novel by Andy Weir, The Martian centers on an astronaut (Damon) who is stranded on Mars after his crew is […]

Martin Carr reviews the twelfth episode of The Strain… As episode twelve concludes we are within sight of the finishing line. Season finales, cliff hangers and pivotal plot points loom like spectres in the night. Past and present coalesce in a Grimm fable of East European origin. A place where old wife’s tales are passed […]

Another iconic Batman villain is headed to Fox’s Gotham! According to TVLine, future District Attorney and coin-flipping supervillain Harvey Dent, a.k.a. Two-Face, is headed to the series and will be played by Masters of Sex and Heroes alum Nicholas D’Agosto. D’Agosto has landed a recurring role as Dent, with the option to become a series regular if Gotham gets picked up for a […]

Cleaver Patterson reviews Clint: A Retrospective by Richard Schickel… In his introduction to Clint: A Retrospective, the glossily illustrated book chronicling the career of the actor / director by critic and writer Richard Schickel, Eastwood himself quotes Negro Leagues baseball pitcher Satchel Paige, who said “Don’t look back. Something might be gaining on you.” Of course […]

10,000Km, 2014. Directed by Carlos Marques-Marcet. Starring Natalie Tena and David Verdaguer. SYNOPSIS: Two people in love, two apartments – one in Barcelona and another on in Los Angeles – and the images of their past, present and future. Can love survive 10,000km? On paper, 10,000Km (or Long Distance) sounds like your run-of-the-mill romance film, […]

Universal Pictures has released a new trailer for Black Sea, the latest film from Oscar-winning filmmaker Kevin Macdonald (One Day in September, The Last King of Scotland), which sees Jude Law leading a cast that includes Scoot McNairy (Gone Girl), Ben Mendelsohn (Exodus: Gods and Kings), David Threlfall (Shameless), Jodie Whittaker (Broadchurch), Grigoriy Dobrygin (A […]

The first spinoff from the award-winning Asphalt franchise Asphalt Overdrive has been released. Described as “an intense driving experience packed to go”, the game sees players trying to outrun the cops in a “new ’80s” version of California.  AN ORIGINAL MISSION-BASED DRIVING GAME – Unlock and drive 30 high-performance, fully licensed vehicles such as the […]

Tom Powter looks at the ten best newcomers in Super Smash Bros. 4…. Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS is released tomorrow! It’s been a long six years since Super Smash Bros. Brawl came to the Nintendo Wii in 2008 and a lot’s changed since then. As with each new Smash Bros game, we are […]

Leonardo DiCaprio is now no longer up for playing Apple founder Steve Jobs in the upcoming biopic for Sony. DiCaprio was attached to the film with Danny Boyle set to direct. The two had previously worked together on The Beach back in 2000. DiCaprio was in talks to star in the project after shooting The […]