In casting news that will come as a surprise to no one, Marvel Studios has finally decided to confirm that the Godzilla duo of Aaron Taylor-Johnson (Kick-Ass 2) and Elizabeth Olsen (Martha Marcy May Marlene) will join Earth’s Mightiest Heroes as brother and sister Quicksilver and the Scarlet Witch in Joss Whedon’s The Avengers: Age […]

According to The Wrap, The Fast and the Furious director Rob Cohen is set to remake the 80s cult classic Road House, which starred Patrick Swayze as a tough-as-nails bouncer hired to protect a Missouri bar called the Double Deuce from a corrupt businessman. Cohen – whose other credits include Daylight, xXx, The Mummy: Tomb […]

Heaven’s Gate, 1980. Written and Directed by Michael Cimino.Starring Kris Kristofferson, Christopher Walken, Jeff Bridges, John Hurt, Brad Dourif and Isabelle Huppert. SYNOPSIS: In 1870 privileged Harvard graduate James Averill enjoys the exuberant pomp that is associated with the educational attainment which he and his equally well-off peers have achieved. Twenty years later he arrives […]

The next generation console wars stepped up a gear on Friday with the release of the Xbox One, with Microsoft announcing that it has sold in excess of one million units in its first 24 hours. This matches the sales of PlayStation 4 announced last week by Sony, although those units came from North America […]

Piers McCarthy reviews the sixth episode of The Walking Dead season 4… Episode 5 of The Walking Dead’s fourth season was pretty impressive at points. Reviewing the episodes weekly can take a fair bit of time and sadly last week I didn’t have it. For a quick overview, I would point out the decent parts […]

Blue Is the Warmest Color, 2013. Directed by Abdellatif Kechiche.Starring Léa Seydoux, Adèle Exarchopoulos, Salim Kechiouche, Jeremie Laheurte, Catherine Salée, Aurélien Recoing, Mona Walravens, Alma Jodorowsky, and Fanny Maurin. SYNOPSIS: Adele’s life is changed when she meets Emma, a young woman with blue hair, who will allow her to discover desire, to assert herself as a woman and as an adult. […]

Commenting on the Critics with Simon Columb…. 2013 has been obsessed with Doctor Who. Leading to the 50th Anniversary of the series, across the world, viewers have watched the latest episode, ‘The Day of the Doctor’, in multiple viewing formats. A monumental occasion whereby Google changed its doodle, joint appearances by Matt Smith and David […]

Villordsutch reviews the Doctor Who 50th Anniversary Special ‘The Day of the Doctor’… On Saturday, November 23rd 2013, officially the longest running science fiction show ever celebrated its 50th birthday and the world was there to share the cake.  Over seventy-five countries and across hundreds cinemas, sci-fi and non-sci-fi people came together in a moment […]

Good news for Doctor Who fans ahead of tonight’s 50th Anniversary Special ‘The Day of the Doctor’ – according to the Daily Mirror, the BBC has recovered another seven ‘lost’ episodes of the classic British sci-fi series, with a fan capturing the full William Hartnell serial ‘Marco Polo’ from 1964, which they’d recorded on a […]

With Marvel Studios branching out its Cinematic Universe onto the small screen with Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. and the upcoming Netflix miniseries, and Warner Bros. seemingly stepping up its DC Comics superhero ambitions with Batman vs. Superman alongside a range of TV offerings, there’s been plenty of speculation as to whether DC’s big and small screen […]