With the superhero series Arrow delivering a solid ratings hit for The CW, the network has been looking to expand its DC Comics output, hiring Allan Heinberg (The O.C., Grey’s Anatomy) to write a pilot script for a Wonder Woman origin show entitled Amazon. However, the decision has now made to push the project back […]

Dreams for Sale (Japan: Yume uru futari), 2012. Written and Directed by Miwa Nishikawa.Starring Teruyuki Kagawa, Yûsuke Iseya and Takako Matsu. SYNOPSIS: Married couple Kanya and Satoko are left devastated when their izakaya restaurant burns to the ground. Kanya’s continuous drunken stupor and rejection of his wife’s optimism leads to a drunken one-night stand. Initially […]

Hot on the heels of the recent casting news on X-Men: Days of Future Past, Empire caught up with director Bryan Singer, who offered some thoughts as to how he plans to tackle the time travel aspect of the forthcoming superhero sequel: “It’s epic. We get to bring both casts together. We’ve cracked it in a […]

Piranha, 1978. Directed by Joe Dante.Starring Bradford Dillman, Heather Menzies, Kevin McCarthy, Keenan Wynn, Barbara Steele and Dick Miller. SYNOPSIS: Two teenagers going for a dip inadvertently stumble upon a government secret weapon: deadly piranha fish, planned for use in Vietnam. Accidentally released, the piranha make their way to the site of a children’s summer […]

No pressure on Zack Snyder, but it seems that the success of the upcoming Man of Steel could have a major effect on Warner Bros. pushing forward with Justice League for the already crowded summer of 2015. There has been a few changes in positions at the WB with Kevin Tsuijhara announced recently as the […]

Well, Star Wars really is under new ownership. Rather than milking every last penny from the series, Deadline has revealed that Disney and Lucasfilm have made the decision to delay the planned 3D re-releases for Episodes II through VI in order to focus on “rebooting the franchise” with Star Wars: Episode VII, which is of […]

Cartoon Network has announced its schedule for 2013-2014, which includes the premieres of several new shows including Beware the Batman and Teen Titans Go!, which are expected to join the network’s DC Nation programming block, along with three LEGO Star Wars specials entitled The Yoda Chronicles. Here’s the official information on the three new shows… […]

Anghus Houvouras reviews the third issue of Marvel NOW!’s Avengers… “The New Adam is born! And on Mars, the battle between the Avengers and the Garden comes to its dramatic conclusion!“ The third issue of the re-launched Avengers series is kind of a puzzler.  Writer Jonathan Hickman has wrapped up his interplanetary threat in record […]

Lay the Favorite, 2012. Directed by Stephen Frears.Starring Bruce Willis, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Rebecca Hall, Joshua Jackson, Vince Vaughn, Laura Prepon, John Carrol Lynch, Corbin Bersen and Frank Grillo. SYNOPSIS: An exuberant ex-private dancer Beth (Rebecca Hall) arrives in Las Vegas in search of her ultimate dream to become a cocktail waitress. Fate leads her to […]

Movie 43, 2013 Directed by Elizabeth Banks, Steven Brill, Steve Carr, Rusty Cundieff, James Duffy, Griffen Dunne, Peter Farrelly, Patrik Forsberg, James Gunn, Bob Odenkirk, Brett Ratner and Jonthan van Tulleken.Starring Kate Winslet, Hugh Jackman, Liev Schreiber, Naomi Watts, Anna Faris, Kieran Culkin, Halle Berry, Gerard Butler, Sean William Scott, Emma Stone, Richard Gere, Kate […]