Luke Owen with ten movie titles worse than Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice… Oh the Internet, always overeating to things. It was announced yesterday that the first big screen meeting of two of comics iconic heroes would be called Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. Anyone would was on Twitter at the time of […]

Well, with filming underway, director Zack Snyder’s Man of Steel sequel has finally got an official title, and no, it’s not Batman vs. Superman. Well, not entirely. They’ve dropped the ‘s.’ from “vs.” and given us a subtitle that makes it clear this is a lead in to Justice League. Without further ado, here’s the […]

As part of the BFI’s Studio Ghibli Season, Tori Brazier reviews Howl’s Moving Castle… Howl’s Moving Castle, originally released in Japan in 2004 and nominated for the Best Animated Feature Academy Award in 2006 after worldwide distribution, is recognised as one of the most successful Japanese films in history. After Studio Ghibli’s huge international triumph […]

Trevor Hogg chats with Thelma Schoonmaker who had a fateful encounter which led to her pursuing a career as a film editor rather than becoming a diplomat… “I knew nothing about film editing when I luckily ran into Martin Scorsese [The Wolf of Wall Street] at a six-week summer course,” recalls Thelma Schoonmaker who established […]

 Laura McCarthy reviews Ordinary #1… “What if everyone woke up with superpowers – and it was the worst thing in the world? When a strange plague gives every human being on the planet special powers, it’s seen as the next step in human evolution. But hope quickly turns to terror, as every war, terrorist attack, […]

Like many horror movies of the 1980s Sleepaway Camp has not escaped the possibility of a remake for today’s audiences. The movie has been in development and talked about for some time, but it looks like it may be on the backburner according to original director Robert Hiltzik. During a Q&A session at a screening […]

Exactly a week ago today, Warner Bros. and director Zack Snyder unveiled the new Batsuit as worn by Ben Affleck in the upcoming Man of Steel sequel Batman vs. Superman, although with the first look image being black and white, we were left wondering what colour scheme costume designer Michael Wilkinson’s take on the cape […]

Bryan Singer and 20th Century Fox caused quite the controversy last year when it was revealed that the character of Quicksilver would feature in X-Men: Days of Future Past, with the announcement coming hot on the heels of the news that Marvel Studios had added the speedster and his sister Scarlet Witch to the roster […]

Luke Owen looks at what we’d like to see in the Godzilla sequel…. Like all good summer blockbusters, Legendary Pictures “epic” reboot to the Godzilla franchise has split opinions. Godzilla fans enjoyed its dark and gritty tone as well as its obvious ties to Ishiro Honda’s 1954 b-movie masterpiece while others felt it was a […]

Oliver Davis reviews the seventh episode of Game of Thrones Season Four…. Mockingbird. Directed by Alik Sakharov. Written by David Benioff and D. B. Weiss. Arya There are many odd couple pairings in Game of Thrones – Bronn and Jaime, Pod and Brienne, Stannis and Davos – but the most endearing by far is Arya […]