Universal are having a bit of a shake up both at an executive level and at a purely creative level. Although just last week it broke that Hailee Steinfeld had been cast alongside Vince Vaughn in Term Life, it looks like the film has been cancelled. Vaughn was set to play a professional thief who […]

Brie Larson has been on the fringes of Hollywood for a long time now. She stole the show in Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, impressed in 21 Jump Street and she seems to have broken through with her indie film Short Term 12. However, it looks as if Larson might finally have her big break, […]

Parkland, 2013. Directed by Peter Landesman.Starring Zac Efron, Tom Welling, Billy Bob Thornton, Marcia Gay Harden, James Badge Dale, Ron Livingston, Kat Steffans, Paul Giamatti, Brett Stimely and Colin Hanks. SYNOPSIS: A recounting of the chaotic events that occurred at Dallas’ Parkland Hospital on the day U.S. President John F. Kennedy was assassinated. John F. […]

According to Winter Is Coming, British actor Struan Rodger has been cast as the mysterious Three-Eyed Raven (a.k.a. the Three-Eyed Crow) in the currently-in-production fourth season of Game of Thrones. At this point, it’s unclear whether he’ll lend his voice to the raven, appear in human form, or turn up in one of Bran Stark’s […]

Anthony Stokes on recognition over quality, mediocrity and Last Vegas… I can be pretty hard on certain movies and TV shows, which often leads to people saying “I don’t think it’s that bad” (see Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., The Amazing Spider-Man, Gangster Squad, The Expendables and Pacific Rim to name a few). These movies and TV […]

Poker is a sport filled with tension and drama: one minute the cards are showering you with celebrity status and six figure wins, the next you’re down on your luck and out of pocket. It’s no wonder then that Hollywood has turned its attention to the felt on more than one occasion. There has been […]

With filming complete on Marvel’s space epic Guardians of the Galaxy, we are finally getting our first drips of information about  Bradley Cooper’s Rocket Raccoon. Having been in London to film Parks and Recreation’s 100th episode, Chris Pratt has revealed some information on what exactly Rocket Raccoon will bring to the film… “You think it’s […]

The Age of Adaline finally seems to be forming, after months of rumoured casts and directors. Gabriele Muccino (Pursuit of Happiness, Seven Pounds) was once penned to fill the role of director, along with Katherine Heigl (Knocked Up) set to play the eponymous Adaline, but that’s changed once again. Now blonde bombshell Blake Lively (Savages) […]

Prince Avalanche, 2013. Directed by David Gordon Green.Starring Paul Rudd, Emile Hirsch, Lance LeGault, and Gina Grande. SYNOPSIS: Two highway road workers spend the summer of 1988 away from their city lives. The isolated landscape becomes a place of misadventure as the men find themselves at odds with each other and the women they left […]

To countdown to this year’s Halloween, Luke Owen reviews a different horror film every day of October. Up next; Child’s Play 2… With Curse of Chucky being released this coming Monday (read my review here), Countdown to Halloween will be looking at everyone’s fourth or fifth favourite slasher villain: Charles Lee Ray aka Chucky. Child’s Play, like many other slasher […]