Martin Carr reviews the ninth episode of The Strain season 2… In the words of legendary singer songwriter Tom Waits I am a day late and a dollar short. Right now more than a week late and well past due on this review. It could said, and you wouldn’t be the first to say that […]
Gotham Season 2 Episode 1 Review – ‘Damned If You Do’
Martin Carr reviews the first episode of Gotham season 2… From the opening frame of this new season Gotham seems like a different animal. There is a swagger in the step, a confidence somehow sealed in stone, which was lacking last year. Those villains are nastier, more sordid and somehow more stylish as a result. […]
Sean Astin says it’s a “100 percent lock” we’ll see a sequel to The Goonies
For a while last year, it looked like the long-rumoured sequel to The Goonies was finally moving forward, with director Richard Donner revealing that many of the original stars of the 80s classic were on board to return. However, since then the project seems to have slipped back into development hell, with Donner backtracking on […]
R.I.P. Catherine E. Coulson (1943 – 2015)
Actress Catherine E. Coulson has passed away aged 71 after a battle with cancer. Coulson appeared in Lynch’s 1974 short The Amputee, and also served as an assistant on Eraserhead, during which the filmmaker envisioned the role of Log Lady, a character Coulson would portray in Twin Peaks and its film prequel Twin Peaks: Fire […]
David Ramsey responds to criticism of Diggle’s Arrow costume
After three years of fans campaigning for John Diggle to get a costume in Arrow, The CW is finally set to deliver when the fourth season of the DC superhero series gets underway next month, although it’s fair to say that the resulting suit (pictured above) met with a mixed reaction when it was unveiled […]
Stan Lee chooses his side for Captain America: Civil War
This coming spring, Marvel will be asking us to choose a side as Phase Three of the MCU kicks off with a bang with Captain America: Civil War, and taking part in a Q&A at the Edmonton Comic Expo, comic book legend Stan Lee has revealed whether his allegiance lies with Captain America or Iron […]
Danny Boyle says Trainspotting 2 will shoot in the summer, won’t adapt Porno
It looks like the long-rumoured follow-up to Trainspotting is finally set to become a reality, with director Danny Boyle telling The Hollywood Reporter he plans to shoot Trainspotting 2 in the summer ahead of a release later in 2016. “[Jonny Lee Miller and Robert Carlyle] only get this little window off [from their TV commitments], […]
Secret Cinema audience for Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back tops 100,000
With Secret Cinema presents Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back drawing to a close yesterday, the event organiser has announced that over 100,000 people attended the landmark show, which spent an impressive eleven weeks in the UK box office top ten this summer. A ten-acre site, formerly an abandoned factory in Southwark, was transformed into […]
Slipknot’s Corey Taylor to feature in Doctor Who
The Daily Mirror is reporting that Slipknot and Stone Sour frontman Corey Taylor is set to feature in Doctor Who this coming Saturday, where he’ll lend his “deep and terrifying roar to the alien warlord known as Fisher King”. The Fisher King, described as “a green hulk of a creature with horns protruding from his […]
Sebastian Stan and Anthony Mackie on whether they’d like to take over as Captain America
Poor Steve Rogers. Ever since he joined the Marvel Cinematic Universe, there’s been speculation about when Captain America is going to shuffle of this mortal coil and pass on the shield to his successor. Naturally, this has intensified now that both The Winter Soldier and Falcon are part of the MCU and Chris Evans is […]
