Tom Jolliffe on the legacy of Father Ted… So 20 years ago this week a sitcom debuted on Channel 4. Set in the fictional Craggy Island this focused on a parochial house of three priests and their house keeper. Father Ted ran for three seasons before the untimely death of Dermot Morgan who played the […]
Gareth Edwards talks Star Wars: Rogue One
On Sunday, director Gareth Edwards unveiled the first teaser for his upcoming Stars Wars Anthology movie – or spin-off, as they used to be called – Star Wars: Rogue One – and now thanks to Flicks and the City we’ve got a video interview with the director, during which she shares a few thoughts on […]
Adrianne Palicki and Nick Blood to lead Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. spinoff
Earlier this month it was announced that ABC is developing a spinoff from Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., and now Deadline has revealed that Adrianne Palicki (Bobbi Morse/Mockingbird) and Nick Blood (Lance Hunter) are in talks to topline the project. The spinoff has been developed by Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. executive producer Jeffrey Bell and co-executive producer […]
Captain Marvel movie finds its screenwriters
Having been linked to the project earlier this month, Marvel has now officially announced that Nicole Perlman (Guardians of the Galaxy) and Meg LeFauve (Inside Out) are set to pen the script for the studio’s first female-led superhero offering Captain Marvel. SEE ALSO: Angelina Jolie linked to director’s chair on Captain Marvel The film is […]
Deadpool takes on Colossus and Ajax in new set video
With filming at Vancouver’s Georgia Viaduct coming to an end this past weekend, some new video from Deadpool has arrived online, which should probably be considered (minor) spoiler territory. Comic Book has posted two set videos – the first of which sees Colossus dragging Deadpool by the hand (and Deadpool sneakily trying to cut off […]
Elizabeth Perkins joins AMC’s Preacher pilot
Following on from the news that Dominic Cooper (Agent Carter) has officially signed on as Rev. Jesse Custer in AMC’s Preacher adaptation, it has now been announced that Elizabeth Perkins (Big, Weeds) has secured a co-starring role in the pilot. According to Deadline, Perkins will play Vyla Quinncannon, “a genteel but formidable businesswoman who owns […]
Fast & Furious 7 becomes seventh biggest movie of all time
On Friday, Universal Pictures’ Fast & Furous 7 became the fastest movie to gross $1 billion at the global box office, reaching the milestone in just 17 days, and now the latest instalment in the action franchise has climbed to seventh in the list of the highest-grossing releases of all-time. Having pushed its total to […]
Blu-ray Review – Coffy (1973)
Coffy, 1973. Directed by Jack Hill. Starring Pam Grier, Booker Bradshaw, Robert DoQui, Sid Haig, William Elliot, Allan Arbus, Linda Haynes and Carol Lawson. SYNOPSIS: A nurse takes matters into her own hands after her sister is given some bad junk by local drug dealers. Having released Jack Hill’s 1974 blaxploitation classic Foxy Brown on Blu-ray […]
Blu-ray Review – Midnight Run (1988)
Midnight Run, 1988. Directed by Martin Brest. Starring Robert De Niro, Charles Grodin, Dennis Farina, Joe Pantoliano, Yaphet Kotto, John Ashton, Wendy Phillips and Philip Baker Hall. SYNOPSIS: Ex-cop-turned-bounty-hunter Robert De Niro has to escort a bail-jumpig Charles Grodin across the country with the FBI, a rival bounty hunter and the mob on their trail. […]
DVD Review – Beneath (2013)
Beneath, 2013. Directed by Ben Ketai. Starring Kelly Noonan, Jeff Fahey, Brent Briscoe, Kurt Caceres, Eric Etebari, Molly Hagan, Larry Moran and Joey Kern. SYNOPSIS: A team of miners get trapped 600 feet underground after the mine collapses, and as the air runs out so does their sanity. In Beneath, Jeff Fahey (Machete) stars as […]
