Deadline are reporting that Steven Spielberg (Lincoln, War Horse) is circling yet another period epic as his next directorial piece – Montezuma. The film is based on the Spanish infiltration into Mexico in 1519, led by Hernán Cortés. The Conquistador and his men brought with them arms, a lust for riches, and, most dangerously in […]

Simon Columb kicks off our Buster Keaton month with a short introduction… In his definitive book on Silent Comedy, Paul Merton, 88-pages in, titles a chapter “Enter Buster – and Others”. Many would imagine Buster Keaton, with Charlie Chaplin and Harold Lloyd, are front a centre in a guide on the era. Indeed, while Chaplin […]

Insidious: Chapter 2, 2013. Directed by James Wan.Starring Rose Byrne, Patrick Wilson, Lin Shaye, Ty Simpkins and Barbara Hershey. SYNOPSIS: The haunted Lambert family seeks to uncover the mysterious childhood secret that has left them dangerously connected to the spirit world. Picking up more or less exactly where the first movie left off, Insidious: Chapter […]

The Great Train Robbery, 2013. Created by Chris Chibnall.Starring Jim Broadbent, Luke Evans, Neil Maskell, Jack Roth and Robert Glenister. SYNOPSIS: A two-part television adaption of Britain’s biggest ever heist – the ‘great train robbery’ of 1963. Having your life adapted for the screen seems to be the kiss of death these days. Shortly after […]

Prior to the announcement that Ben Affleck had secured the role of Batman in Zack Snyder’s Man of Steel sequel, an online fan campaign was lobbying for British actor and martial artist Scott Adkins (X-Men Origins: Wolverine, The Expendables 2) to don the cape and cowl as The Dark Knight in Batman vs. Superman. This […]

Commenting on the Critics with Simon Columb…. A favourite writer, Mark Cousins, acutely demonstrates how criticism is so much more than writing reviews of the weekly Hollywood spectacular in the February 2014 edition of Sight and Sound: “The critic, if she’s any good, will have come to realise that she doesn’t merely respond to art, […]

Luke Graham with four Christmas comedown movies… The holidays are a magic time of year, with snowflakes, miracles and family cheer. For many people, the Christmas and New Year period are the highlights of their year. Well, enough of that. Now that it’s January, it’s time to get back to real world. Here are four […]

Over at Batman-on-Film (via Comic Book Therapy), a few rumoured tidbits of information concerning the plot of the Man of Steel sequel Batman vs. Superman have appeared. Of course, these are just rumours but in recent years the site has hit the nail on the head with information concerning The Dark Knight. Most interesting is […]

It seems as if Marvel is placing all its trust in James Gunn’s Guardians of the Galaxy, with a rumoured animated series in the works to follow the live-action Phase Two film. Marvel editor Stephen Wacker hinted towards the idea in an interview last year, and now rumours have arisen from Comic Book Movie suggesting […]

12 Years a Slave, 2013. Directed by Steve McQueen.Starring Chiwetel Ejiofor, Brad Pitt, Benedict Cumberbatch, Michael Fassbender, Sarah Paulson, Paul Dano, Paul Giamatti, Quvenzhané Wallis, Garret Dillahunt, Lupita Nyong’o, Michael K. Williams, Scoot McNairy, Ruth Negga and Taran Killam. SYNOPSIS: In the antebellum United States, Solomon Northup, a free black man from upstate New York, […]