It’s time to look at ten essential films of the 1950s… Quentin Tarantino has never been shy about expressing his opinions on cinema. He once claimed that the two weakest decades in cinema were the 50s and 80s. Sure, Tarantino directed Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction, but I’m still going to disagree. The 80s were […]
The battle for Earth begins in War of the Worlds: The Attack trailer
Vertical has released a trailer for director Junaid Syed’s sci-fi action adventure War of the Worlds: The Attack. Co-written by FM’s Tom Jolliffe (writer-producer on FM’s The Baby in the Basket), the modernised take on H.G Wells’ classic War of the Worlds follows three friends as thay track a meteorite that has crashed to Earth, […]
Steven Spielberg’s War of the Worlds arriving on 4K Ultra HD for 15th anniversary
Steven Spielberg’s War of the Worlds is celebrating its upcoming 15th anniversary with a brand new 4K Ultra HD release on 19th May 2020. SUPPORT FLICKERING MYTH: Order via Amazon US or Amazon UK War of the Worlds follows an American dockworker who is forced to look after his children, from whom he lives separately, as […]
Epix’s contemporary War of the Worlds series gets a trailer and February premiere
Epix has released a trailer for their modern ‘contemporary reimagining’ of H.G. Wells’ classic sci-fi novel War of the Worlds. Directed by Gilles Coulier (Cargo) and Richard Clark (Versailles), the series stars Gabriel Byrne, Elizabeth McGovern, Léa Drucker, Natasha Little, Daisy Edgar Jones, Stéphane Caillard, Adel Bencherif, and Guillaume Gouix. Watch the trailer below… Set-in […]
First look images from War of the Worlds TV series starring Gabriel Byrne and Elizabeth McGovern
The first images have been released from the upcoming “contemporary reimagining” of H.G. Wells’ sci-fi classic War of the Worlds. Directed by Gilles Coulier (Cargo) and Richard Clark (Versailles), the series stars Gabriel Byrne, Elizabeth McGovern, Léa Drucker, Natasha Little, Daisy Edgar Jones, Stéphane Caillard, Adel Bencherif, and Guillaume Gouix; take a look below… Set-in […]
Greg Kinnear in talks for War of the Worlds adaptation
Back in July it was announced that Fox and Canal+ are joining forces for a contemporary reimagining of H.G. Wells’ sci-fi classic War of the Worlds, and now comes word from Variety that Greg Kinnear (House of Cards) is in talks for the lead role in the series. The eight-part drama has been created by […]
Fox teams with Canal+ for contemporary adaptation of H.G Wells’ War of the Worlds
Get ready for another Martian invasion, as THR is reporting that Fox Networks Group Europe & Africa and Canal+ are teaming up for a new contemporary adaptation of H.G. Wells’ classic science fiction tale War of the Worlds. Written and created by Howard Overman (Misfits, Merlin), the eight-part series sees “astronomers detecting a transmission from […]
Tom Cruise – Unstoppable
Helen Murdoch on Tom Cruise and his continued success… With the sixth instalment of the Mission: Impossible franchise being released at the end of July, it got me thinking about the enigma of Tom Cruise and why regardless of how crazy he seems in real life, I always go and watch his films. My love […]
First look at BBC’s The War of the Worlds adaptation
Filming is underway on the latest adaptation of H.G. Wells’ seminal alien invasion epic The War of the Worlds. The BBC production is currently on location in Liverpool, and now we’ve been given a first look at our Martian dodging couple, played by Rafe Spall (The Big Short, Life of Pi) and Eleanor Tomlinson (Jack the […]
