Luke Owen looks at Ghostbusters #6… A ghost ship roams the waters off Long Island, leaving fear — and ice — in its wake. The governor calls on the Ghostbusters to stop these spectral sailors and their maritime malevolence… but they’ll have to do it without the aid of Egon Spengler, who is currently concerned […]

Java Heat, 2013. Directed by Conor Allyn.Starring Kellan Lutz, Ario Bayu, Mickey Rourke, Frans Tambuan, Atiqah Hasiholan. SYNOPSIS: A Muslim detective works together with an American to track down the criminal responsible for a series of bombings on the Indonesian island of Java. According to the intro line of this mediocre cop-actioner, the archipelago of […]

Having rejuvenated the G.I. Joe franchise earlier this year with the sequel G.I. Joe: Retaliation, director Jon M. Chu is currently prepping the third instalment in the Hasbro franchise, along with another cult 80s kid’s property in Masters of the Universe. During Comic-Con, we heard from Chu about the possibility of Scarlett (played by Rachel […]

Escape (Norway: Flukt), 2012. Directed by Roar Uthaug.Starring Ingrid Bolso Berdal, Kristian Espedel, Isabel Christine Andreasen and Milla Olin. SYNOPSIS: Ten years after the Black Plague ravaged their country, a poor family sets out on a journey for a new home.  On a remote mountain pass, they are attacked by a band of merciless killers […]

We’ve known for a while that Arnold Schwarzenegger plans to reprise the role of Robert E. Howard’s Cimmerian warrior Conan the Barbarian for The Legend of Conan, but it seems that the proposed sequel to the 1982 original may not be the only time we’ll see Arnie returning to the world of Hyboria. According to […]

A Late Quartet, 2012. Directed by Yaron Zilberman.Starring Christopher Walken, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Catherine Keener, Mark Ivanir, Imogen Poots, Wallace Shawn and Liraz Charhi. SYNOPSIS: A well-established string quartet begins to suffer some setbacks after one member is diagnosed with Parkinson’s and the others get mixed up in love and affairs. Given the names on […]

The Incredible Burt Wonderstone, 2013. Directed by Don ScardinoStarring Steve Carell, Steve Buscemi, Olivia Wilde, Alan Arkin, James Gandolfini and Jim Carrey SYNOPSIS: Superstar magicians Burt Wonderstone (Steve Carell) and Anton Marvelton (Steve Buscemi) have ruled the Las Vegas strip for years, raking in millions with illusions as big as Burt’s growing ego. But lately […]

Anghus Houvouras on Hollywood’s ‘Franchise Wars’… The franchise wars.  A phrase used by a young Sandra Bullock in the movie Demolition Man used  to explain why all restaurants are now Taco Bell.  It’s a clever idea:  The concept that massive conglomerates ended up in brutal combat eviscerating one another until only one bloody, battered survivor […]

Yesterday we brought you some news coming out of Star Wars Celebration Europe, with confirmation that John Williams is set to return to score Star Wars: Episode VII joined by some concept art from the upcoming animated series Star Wars Rebels [see here]. Now we have an update on the first instalment of Disney’s Sequel […]

Scenic Route, 2013. Directed by Kevin Goetz and Michael Goetz.Starring Josh Duhamel, Dan Fogler, Miracle Laurie, Christie Burson, Peter Michael Goetz, Jamie Donovan and Ethan Maher. SYNOPSIS: The relationship between two old friends is tested as they are stranded in the desert. I love the movies that come out of the festival circuit.  They’re at […]