British filmmaker Edgar Wright (Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz) has signed on to direct a science fiction film called Collider, which is also being produced by J.J. Abrams’ (Lost, Star Trek) Bad Robot for Paramount Pictures. Although little is known about the project (which comes as no surprise given Abrams’ knack for secrecy), Collider […]

The Philly Kid, 2012. Directed by Jason Connery. Starring Wes Chatham, Devon Sawa, Sarah Butler, Chris Browning, Lucky Johnson, Kristopher Van Varenburg, Neal McDonough, Adam Mervis and Michael Jai White. SYNOPSIS: After ten years in prison, former championship wrestler Dillon (Chatham) forces himself back into the fighting circuit in order to save the life of […]

According to Deadline, producer Marc Rosen and director Martin Campbell are set to reboot the cult British sci-fi series Blake’s 7, which was originally created by Terry Nation (the man behind Doctor Who‘s classic villains The Daleks) and ran for four series on the BBC between 1978 and 1981. The series centred on a group […]

So, we’ve known for a while that Christopher Nolan would call time on his stewardship of the Batman franchise with the release of The Dark Knight Rises, and he’s already stated that also includes Warner Bros.’ potential Justice League feature, but is there a chance that the British filmmaker could be tempted back to Gotham […]

Martin Deer looks forward to the return of Superman as the first teaser trailer arrives for Man of Steel… Think. Think about what you felt when you watched the Man of Steel trailer. What emotions ran through you? Last week we were treated to the first poster from the film, which I loved. I’d seen […]

Airborne, 2012. Directed by Dominic Burns. Starring Mark Hamill, Craig Conway, Billy Murray, Sebastian Street, Simon Phillips, Alan Ford, Julian Glover, Gemma Atkinson and Rita Ramnani. SYNOPSIS: Hell literally breaks loose on board a Trans-Atlantic flight when an ancient evil is unleashed at 30,000 feet. Direct-to-DVD director Dominic Burns is back with another low budget […]

Simon Columb reviews Nitin Sawhney’s new soundtrack for the silent Alfred Hitchcock classic The Lodger… Nitin Sawhney has become a sought-after film composer through successful scores for Nike adverts and BBC’s Human Planet TV series. This summer, in conjunction with Network Releasing and the BFI, Sawhney has composed a new score for Alfred Hitchcock’s 1926 […]

American Reunion, 2012. Directed by Jon Hurwitz and Hayden Schlossberg. Starring Jason Biggs, Alyson Hannigan, Thomas Ian Nicholas, Chris Klein, Eddie Kaye Thomas, Tara Reid, Mena Suvari, Seann William Scott, Eugene Levy, Jennifer Coolidge and John Cho. SYNOPSIS: The American Pie gang return to East Great Falls, Michigan for one long-overdue weekend to celebrate their […]

This past Thursday Henry Tucker of Blueprint: Review was kind enough to write a nice ★★★★ review of my book Holy Franchise, Batman!; here’s an excerpt… Whatever your personal favourite [Batman incarnation], it will be in this rather excellent book by Gary Collinson. He has broken down Batman’s many appearances in chronological order from the […]

Commenting on the critics with Simon Columb… Scott Mendelson, writer for The Huffington Post, writes the following: “Is Pixar as we know it finished? Has a fifteen-year run of uniformly fine cartoons given way to an act two filled with half-hearted misses and needless sequels? It’s a somewhat sensationalistic argument, but the timing is not […]