It’s been rumoured for some time now that director James Gunn (Slither, Super) would tackle Marvel’s ‘big space epic’ Guardians of the Galaxy, and following last week’s semi-confirmation from ‘Phase Two’ creative consultant Joss Whedon, Gunn has now taken to Facebook to officially announce that he’s set to direct the project, as well as rewriting […]

Fresh off the success of this year’s hit found footage superhero feature Chronicle, screenwriter Max Landis is teaming up with producer Howard Gordon (24, Homeland) to develop a new television series for Fox entitled Vigilant, which is described by The Hollywood Reporter as “a superhero origin story told through the unlikely point of view of […]

Luke Owen takes in a Planet of the Apes movie marathon… Where 3 guys watch franchise movies one after the other. Sponsored by Mountain Dew Energy and Bacon.. Despite only being our third outing, Movie Marathon Meeting is becoming the highlight of my month. Getting together with two of my best friends and kicking back […]

Liam Trim reviews Episodes 3 and 4 of BBC drama Parade’s End… Warning: Spoilers! In my review of Episode 1 of Parade’s End I said that Benedict Cumberbatch (Atonement, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy) could give the performance of his career as archaic conservative Christopher Tietjens. And in that first episode his character really was the […]

Savages, 2012. Directed by Oliver Stone. Starring Aaron Johnson, Taylor Kitsch, Blake Lively, Benicio Del Toro, Salma Hayek, John Travolta and Demian Bichir. SYNOPSIS: Two pot growers face off against a Mexican drug cartel who have kidnapped their shared girlfriend. Oliver Stone claims that, when writing Scarface, he was addicted to cocaine and used the […]

Doing the promotional rounds for the home-entertainment release of Joss Whedon’s blockbuster superhero ensemble The Avengers (which hit UK shelves today), Marvel Studios co-president Louis D’Esposito has taken a few moments to discuss several forthcoming projects in an interview with the German website FilmJunkies (via ComicBookMovie), including Edgar Wright’s long-in-development Ant-Man, the Shane Black-directed sequel […]

The Cabin in the Woods, 2012. Directed by Drew Goddard. Starring Kristen Connolly, Chris Hemsworth, Anna Hutchinson, Fran Kranz, Jesse Williams, Richard Jenkins and Bradley Whitford. SYNOPSIS: A group of five teens head to a secluded cabin for a weekend getaway and inadvertently revive a “zombie redneck torture family.” But more than fate is conspiring […]

Racing Dreams, 2009. Written and Directed by Marshall Curry. SYNOPSIS: Set in the World Karting National Series, Marshall Curry’s documentary is a coming-of-age story following three kids and their dreams of racing success. Kids don’t get much of a good press these days. With rioting, gangs and failing standards at schools and colleges, it is […]

Anghus Houvouras comes to the defense of the new look RoboCop… The Internet is a funny place. Because people claim it’s a place where people can go online and talk about things they like. In reality, it’s a place where people converge to scream bloody murder like neglected children over the most useless of topics. […]