Burnt Offerings, 1976. Directed by Dan Curtis. Starring Oliver Reed, Karen Black, Burgess Meredith, Bette Davis, Eileen Heckart and Lee Montgomery. SYNOPSIS: A family rent a large house for the summer, unaware that it feeds off the energy of any occupants who suffer any injuries. The 1970s was a very rich time for horror movies, […]
Clint Eastwood to direct Jessica Buchanan story Impossible Odds
Clint Eastwood is set to bring another real life story to the screen with his next movie, with THR reporting that he has signed on to direct Impossible Odds, which tells the tale of kidnapped American aid worker Jessica Buchanan. Based on the memoir from Buchanan, her husband Erik Landemalm and Anthony Flacco and scripted […]
Dancing Ledge and HarperCollins bringing Alistair MacLean’s novels to TV as event series
Deadline is reporting that Dancing Ledge Productions and publisher HarperCollins are partnering up for a series of TV adaptations of the novels of legendary British thriller writer Alistair MacLean. The site reports that each project will be structured as a four or six-part even series, beginning with San Andreas, his 1984 book set on board […]
Movie Review – Storks (2016)
Storks, 2016. Directed by Nicholas Stoller, Doug Sweetland Featuring the voice talents of Andy Samberg, Katie Crown, Kelsey Grammer, Keegan-Michael Key, Jordan Peele, Jennifer Aniston, Ty Burrell, Danny Trejo and Stephen Kramer Glickman. SYNOPSIS: Storks have moved on from delivering babies to packages. But when an order for a baby appears, the best delivery stork […]
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them – IMAX Preview Report
With Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them set for release on Friday November 18th, we were were given a chance to preview some never-before-seen footage of the film and listen to a Q&A with the film’s cast and crew. Here’s Eric Bay-Andersen’s report… On 13th October at the IMAX in Leicester Square, Edith Bowman […]
J.K. Rowling expands Fantastic Beasts to five movie series, new poster released
Warner Bros. held a global fan event ahead today of next month’s Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them [watch a highlight reel here], during which J.K. Rowling revealed that the Harry Potter spinoff will no longer be contained to ‘just’ a trilogy of films, as it has now been expanded to a five film franchise! […]
Video Game Review – Shadow Warrior 2
Ray Willmott reviews Shadow Warrior 2… In a week where Duke Nukem is celebrating his roots with a remastered rendition of his classic 3D exploits, Shadow Warrior is set to reach the peak of its popularity. Which is incredibly ironic considering Lo Wang’s original adventure was an Eastern parody of everything Mr Nukem stood for […]
Interview: Composer Jason Gallagher on Creating the Killer Score to Syfy’s Z Nation
We chat to composer Jason Gallagher about scoring Z Nation… Now in its third season, Syfy’s hit zombie show Z Nation has proven to critics and fans that it is far more than a Walking Dead knockoff. It stands on its own as an entertaining zombie roller coaster ride with the viewer always wondering, “What […]
Gotham Season 3 Episode 4 Review – ‘New Day Rising’
Martin Carr reviews the fourth episode of Gotham season 3… There is a pervading darkness which constitutes the beating heart of this season’s Gotham. It may be tag lined ‘Mad City’, but you need some truly off the chain inhabitants for that to really ring true. In Benedict Samuel’s Hatter we have one amongst many. […]
Supergirl Season 2 Episode 1 Review – ‘The Adventures of Supergirl’
Martin Carr reviews the first episode of Supergirl season 2… Casting is key in any programme and Supergirl had one big choice to make if this new season was going to work. In Tyler Hoechlin they seem to have found a perfect fit for that Clark Kent backslash Superman persona. Modelled as ever on Christopher […]
