The Look of Silence, 2014. Directed by Joshua Oppenheimer. SYNOPSIS: A family that survives the genocide in Indonesia confronts the men who killed one of their brothers. After two films on the same subject, it’s difficult to tell whether director Joshua Oppenheimer is more repulsed by the perpetrators of the 1965 Indonesian genocide or fascinated […]
Michelle MacLaren has met with Lucasfilm over Star Wars Anthology movie
With Josh Trank vacating the director’s chair on the second Star Wars Anthology movie, Disney and Lucasfilm have a vacancy for a filmmaker in a galaxy far, far away, and now Jeff Sneider of The Wrap is reporting on Meet the Movie Press that Michelle MacLaren has met with the studio about the project. MacLaren, […]
Wonder Woman takes centre stage in Justice League: Gods and Monsters Chronicles episode 3 – ‘Big’
Having released the first two episodes earlier this week featuring Batman vs. Harley Quinn [see here] and Superman vs. Brainiac [see here], Machinima has now debuted the third and final episode of Justice League: Gods and Monsters Chronicles, which sees Wonder Woman taking centre stage… https://youtu.be/fOWLqnjFN64 n an alternative history Zod is Superman’s father, Batman […]
Asa Butterfield reportedly out of the running for Spider-Man, shortlist now down to three names
Back in both April and May, Latino-Review claimed that Asa Butterfield (Ender’s Game) had bagged the role of Spider-Man for his upcoming Marvel Cinematic Universe debut in Captain America: Civil War and the subsequent series of rebooted solo movies. Well, it seems those reports were premature, as Jeff Sneider is reporting on Meet the Movie […]
Matthew Vaughn talks Kingsman 2
Matthew Vaughn scored another hit earlier this year with his latest Mark Millar collaboration Kingsman: The Secret Service, and now the director has revealed during an interview with Yahoo Movies that he’s busy working on the script for the sequel. “The good news is that I’m writing it at the moment. If I think I can […]
The Equalizer 2 set for 2017 release
Back in April it was announced that Sony had given the green light to a sequel to last year’s big screen reboot of The Equalizer, and now the studio has revealed that the follow-up will hit cinemas on September 29th, 2017. As yet, there’s no word on a director for The Equalizer 2, although Denzel […]
Sheffield Doc/Fest Review – Cartel Land (2015)
Cartel Land, 2015. Directed by Matthew Heineman. SYNOPSIS: With unprecedented access, CARTEL LAND is a riveting, on-the-ground look at the journeys of two modern-day vigilante groups and their shared enemy – the murderous Mexican drug cartels. Though Matthew Heineman’s Cartel Land is ostensibly about two vigilante groups battling drug cartels either side of the US-Mexico border, […]
Watch the Mr. Holmes press conference with Ian McKellen and Laura Linney
Ahead of its release next Friday, Ian McKellen and Laua Linney were in London this week for the official press conference for Mr. Holmes, which you can watch right here… https://youtu.be/2enM9mzK1OA MR. HOLMES is a new twist on the world’s most famous detective. 1947, an aging Sherlock Holmes returns from a journey to Japan, where, […]
Kindergarten Cop set for a straight-to-VOD remake
According to Showbiz 411, the 1990 Ivan Reitman / Arnold Schwarzenegger comedy Kindergarten Cop is set for the remake treatment courtesy of Universal’s 1440 division, with the site reporting that a straight-to-VOD release is on the cards, with a view to spinning it off into a TV series. According to the site, the new film […]
Marvel and Stephen King announce The Dark Tower: The Drawing of the Three – The Lady of Shadows
Marvel Comics and Stephen King have announced the next chapter in their Dark Tower comic book series, The Dark Tower: The Drawing of the Three – The Lady of Shadows, is set to get underway this September courtesy of New York Times Bestselling writers Peter David and Robin Furth and rising star artist Jonathan Marks. […]
