Steve Glass reviews Charlie and the Chocolate Factory on the West End… Having been nestled quietly at the Theatre Royal in Covent Garden for a year, Sam Mendes’ musical production of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory celebrated its first birthday last Wednesday evening. In a strange way Charlie and the Chocolate Factory has a difficult […]

If there is one filmmaker who is not hiding his excitement for J.J. Abrams’ Star Wars Episode VII, it’s Kevin Smith. The Clerks director is currently in the UK touring animated film Jay and Silent Bob’s Super Groovy Cartoon Movie along with Jason Mewes and his podcast Hollywood Babble-On with Ralph Garman. Before the show last […]

Trevor Hogg chats with Branko Tomovic about what attracted him to acting, Blue Velvet, Fury and portraying a historical figure he idolises… “My parents came as immigrants to Germany from Serbia, so working meant having a job that pays the bills,” remarks Branko Tomovic who has appeared in The Bourne Ultimatum (2007), Inbetween (2008) and […]

HEEEEEERE’S…an investigation into actor Jack Nicholson’s dark family history! In episode two of Flickering Myth TV’s Movie Myths, co-editor Oliver Davis uncovers the truth behind one of Hollywood’s more bizarre, soap opera-style urban legends: was Jack Nicholson’s sister actually his biological mother? All is revealed in the video below! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCWgVyqQxpo FMTV will be back on […]

Luke Owen looks at the reasons people give for liking Michael Bay’s Transformers franchise… The Transformers franchise has been riddled with ridicule since its first instalment back in 2007. Fanboy nerds have flooded message boards and Youtube comment sections with hate-filled bile against Michael Bay and his “raping” of a franchise that was only ever […]

Walking on Sunshine, 2014. Directed by Max Giwa, Dania Pasquini. Starring Annabel Scholey, Hannah Arterton, Katy Brand, Greg Wise, Leona Lewis, and Danny Kirrane. SYNOPSIS: Maddie (Annabel Scholey) and Taylor (Hannah Arterton) are sisters, but they are nothing alike; vivacious and bright Maddie is in love with love, finding herself in the arms of this […]

Ouch. It looks like “action-adventure” series Hieroglyph has had its plugged pulled before its even had a chance to switch on with The Hollywood Reporter bringing the news that the show has been cancelled after filming just one episode. According to the website, problems started to show after the first episode was completed with writers […]

Monster Movie Mondays looks at King Kong Escapes… Director: Ishiro Honda Release date: 1967 Also released as: King Kong, Frankenstein’s Son (Germany) Appearing kaiju: King Kong, Mechani-Kong, Gorosaurus In the early 1960s, Toho struck a deal with American producer John Beck (who was representing Willis O’Brian) to make a movie based on the King Kong character which […]

BBC classic TV show Doctor Who returns to our screens on August 23rd 2014 and following from the teaser image posted on Saturday, the official Twitter feed has now given us another return – the Cybermen! Check out the image… The Cybermen are classic Doctor Who villains so this news should come as no surprise, […]

It seems Michael Bay’s Transformers: Age of Extinction really is more than meets the eye. Despite a critical panning (including our own ★ review), the fourth instalment of the Transformers franchise has taken a whopping $300 million worldwide in its opening weekend. The film has beaten out Captain America: The Winter Soldier‘s opening weekend of […]