There’s just under three weeks to go until the release of my book, Holy Franchise, Batman! Bringing the Caped Crusader to the Screen, and a few websites have been kind enough to offer up some press in advance of its arrival. First of all, thanks to HorrorUnlimited, PissedOffGeek and Bat-Blog for posting news stories highlighting […]

The House on Sorority Row, 1983. Directed by Mark Rosman. Starring Eileen Davidson, Kate McNeil, and Lois Kelso Hunt. SYNOPSIS: A house on sorority row finds itself home to a series of murders after a prank goes terribly wrong. Much like Black Christmas (1974), this movie concerns itself with the fate of a group of […]

Earlier this year Sony announced that Chronicle director Josh Trank was developing a live-action movie based around the popular Marvel villain Venom and now The Amazing Spider-Man producers Avi Arad and Matthew Tolmach have briefly updated the status of the Spidey spin-off in an interview with Hollywood.com. Unsurprisingly given the success of Marvel’s The Avengers, […]

Shake Hands with the Devil, 1959. Directed by Michael Anderson. Starring James Cagney, Don Murray, Dana Wynter, Glynis Johns and Michael Redgrave. SYNOPSIS: In 1920s Dublin, a young medical student is sucked into the world of the IRA and becomes embroiled in a series of plots against the occupying British forces. No first sentence tricks […]

Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie, 1996. Directed by Jim Mallon. Starring Michael J. Nelson, Trace Beaulieu, Kevin Murphy and Jim Mallon. SYNOPSIS: Mad scientist, Dr Clayton Forrester has concocted a diabolical scheme for world domination, to subject the human race to the worst movies ever made. This time it’s the classic 1950’s B-Movie This […]

Kudos to 20th Century Fox for the strong $50 million opening for Prometheus, which given the mysterious nature of the source material and an ‘R’ rating was no easy task. Box office prognosticators were all over the map with the numbers. Some were claiming the possibilities of the film crossing $66 million for the weekend […]

Prometheus, 2012. Directed by Ridley Scott. Starring Noomi Rapace, Michael Fassbender, Charlize Theron, Idris Elba, Guy Pearce, Logan Marshall-Green, Sean Harris and Rafe Spall. SYNOPSIS: A team of scientists discover a threat to the very existence of humanity when searching for clues to the origins of mankind on a distant planet. Ridley Scott’s much anticipated […]

Rock of Ages, 2012. Directed by Adam Shankman. Starring Julianne Hough, Diego Boneta, Tom Cruise, Paul Giamatti, Russell Brand, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Malin Akerman, Bryan Cranston, Alec Baldwin and Mary J. Blige. SYNOPSIS: It is 1987. Sherrie Christian (Julianne Hough) is heading to LA to follow her dream. She winds up working at The Bourbon Club, […]

Blackthorn, 2011. Directed by Mateo Gil. Starring Sam Shepard, Eduaro Noriega, Stephean Rea, Magaly Solier, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Padraic Delaney and Padraic Delaney. SYNOPSIS: Surviving his stand-off with the Bolivian military, Butch Cassidy (Sam Shepard) now goes by the name of James Blackthorn. Living out his days in a secluded Bolivian village, Blackthorn decides to return […]

Commenting on the critics with Simon Columb… Ben Child writes for The Guardian on Wednesday, June 6th 2012: “The film would unite Batman, Superman and Wonder Woman on the big screen for the first time, and comes after Joss Whedon’s comic book tale overtook the final Harry Potter movie to become the third highest-grossing film […]