We may only be one move into Phase Two, but Marvel Studios is already laying down its plans for the next slate of movies post-The Avengers 2 in 2015; we already know that Phase Three will get underway in November 2015 with Edgar Wright’s Ant-Man, while the studio recently set release dates for two as […]

Snitch, 2013. Directed by Ric Roman Waugh.Starring Dwayne Johnson, Jon Bernthal, Susan Sarandon, Barry Pepper, Benjamin Bratt, Michael Kenneth Williams, Melina Kanakaredes and Nadine Velazquez. SYNOPSIS: A father goes undercover for the DEA in order to free his son who was imprisoned after being set up in drug deal.   Since spreading his beefy wings […]

Samantha Morrison begins her coverage of the Edinburgh International Film Festival 2013… Monsters University, 2013. Directed by Dan Scanlon.Featuring the voice talents of Billy Crystal, John Goodman, Steve Buscemi, Helen Mirren, Alfred Molina, Dave Foley, Sean P. Hayes, Joel Murray, Peter Sohn, Charlie Day, Nathan Fillion, Frank Oz and John Ratzenberger.   SYNOPSIS: A look […]

Anthony Stokes reviews the season 3 premiere of Wilfred… FX’s Wilfred about “the guy in a dog suit” is back on television for its third season and I couldn’t be more anxious and excited. For people who haven’t seen the show, it’s essentially equal parts a black buddy comedy, a dark character study, and an exploration of […]

Resolution, 2012.Directed by Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead.Starring Peter Cilella, Vinny Curran, Zahn McClarnon, Kurt David Anderson and Bill Oberst Jr.SYNOPSIS:Peter (Michael Danube) receives a strange email from a lifelong friend, Chris (Vinny Curran), a loser drug addict whose serious addiction problems have alienated him from his friends and family. Peter decides to stage an […]

Entity, 2012. Directed by Steve Stone.Starring Dervla Kirwan, Charlotte Riley, Branko Tomovic, Rupert Hill, Oliver Jackson and Michael David Worden. SYNOPSIS: In 2010, a British TV crew headed to a remote Russian location to conduct a paranormal investigation in order to uncover the truth behind the grisly discovery of thirty two bodies, but after venturing […]

Having caught an early screening of Kick-Ass 2, Jim Carrey has expressed his concerns over the levels of violence in the Jeff Wadlow-directed superhero sequel, which sees Carrey’s Colonel Stars and Stripes teaming up with the costumed crime-fighters Kick-Ass (Aaron Taylor-Johnson) and Hit-Girl (Chloe Grace Moretz) to battle Christopher Mintz-Plasse’s supervillain The Red Mist, now […]

This Is 40, 2012. Directed by Judd Apatow.Starring Paul Rudd, Leslie Mann, Megan Fox and Jason Segel. SYNOPSIS:A ‘sort-of sequel’ to Knocked Up, following the characters of Pete and Debbie as they reluctantly approach their 40th birthdays. Judd Apatow’s films have been criticised for their lack of discipline. This Is Forty…Minutes Too Long, was the […]

This article contains spoilers for Man of Steel. And technically also World Trade Center…. Why is the Superhero film so prevalent in today’s age? There are two ideas to explain their success. One, that technology has finally caught up with comic books’ imaginations. And two, that the Iron Men and Dark Knights are really modern […]

It was widely reported a couple of weeks back that director Zack Snyder and screenwriter David S. Goyer had signed on to fast track a sequel to Man of Steel through development for release in 2014, and while we’re yet to hear anything official from Warner Bros., that hasn’t stopped the rumour mill from kicking […]