Anthony Stokes on whether The Wolf of Wall Street can be regarded as the most gratuitous and self-indulgent movie of 2013…. In a way all films are self-indulgent.  Film would really be flat and boring if a movie was cut down to only what is necessary for the plot. I think the best directors manage […]

According to The Hollywood Reporter, 20th Century Fox have landed the rights for the upcoming science fiction novel Influx, written by Daniel Suarez. The book – which is set for publication on February 20th – is officially described as follows: Are smart phones really humanity’s most significant innovation since the moon landings? Or can something […]

Luke Owen reviews Hide #1 from El MacFearsome Comic Squares… After a typical happy day with his typical happy family, a young boy named Kevin wakes up to a world where everyone over the age of 18 wants to kill everyone UNDER the age of 18.With the tongue-in-cheek opening line of “this actually happened”, it’s quite […]

With Phase Two of the Marvel Cinematic Universe in full swing, it’s almost time for Joss Whedon to assemble Earth’s Mightiest Heroes for principal photography on The Avengers: Age of Ultron, and speaking to SFX Magazine (via CBM), Marvel Studios chief Kevin Feige has offered up some details on the eagerly-anticipated sequel. “Joss Whedon had […]

Anghus Houvouras reviews the eleventh episode of Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D… After a brief Holiday hiatus, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. has returned to resolve some dangling plot threads and provide some clues regarding the mystery surrounding the one character everybody still seems to like: Agent Phil Coulson. Last night’s episode was a defining one for the […]

Playtime, 1967. Directed by Jacques Tati.Starring Jacques Tati, Barbara Dennek and Rita Maiden. SYNOPSIS: Monsieur Hulot battles the modern architecture and technology of Paris, creating pockets of benign chaos through to the early morning. Playtime opens on an airport lounge for what feels like ages. People are dwarfed in the longshot, going about their business. […]

Last Vegas, 2013 Directed by Jon TurteltaubStarring Michael Douglas, Robert De Niro, Morgan Freeman, Kevin Kline and Mary Steenburgen SYNOPSIS: Three sixty-something friends take a break from their day-to-day lives to throw a bachelor party in Las Vegas for their last remaining single pal. Imagine The Hangover with older, likeable characters and actual jokes and […]

James Gunn, director of the much anticipated Guardians of the Galaxy, has been speaking to Total Film about the techniques used to bring Rocket Raccoon (who’s set to be voiced by Bradley Cooper) to the screen in the cosmic Marvel movie. On set, Gunn made sure they had a real raccoon named Oreo in order […]

With Matthew Vaughn’s (Kick-Ass, X-Men: First Class) adaptation of Mark Millar’s The Secret Service having all but wrapped production, comic book creator Millar has hinted towards a collaboration with Brad Pitt in the near future. During a Twitter exchange between Millar and Chris Hewitt of Empire Magazine, the former tweeted, “Pitt is top choice and would […]

Trevor Hogg chats with Jake Morrison who sheds some light about creating the visual effects for Thor: The Dark World…. Jake Morrison “I’d been working with Marvel for quite a few projects, helping with Additional Supervision on the original Thor [2011] and then 2nd Unit VFX Supervisor for Avengers [2012],” explains Jake Morrison as to […]