Anthony Stokes on why Gotham is kind of pointless… I’ve noticed in the geek community there’s often bias towards certain projects. Fanboys will complain about a remake as being pointless. When you get down to it all movies are pointless. It’s entertainment – nobody is going to die if they don’t see Avengers: Age of […]
Jon Hamm, Rafe Spall and Oona Chaplin to star in Black Mirror Christmas special
With production on Charlie Brooker’s Black Mirror Christmas Special set to get underway this week, Channel 4 has announced that Jon Hamm (Mad Men), Rafe Spall (What If) and Oona Chaplin (Game of Thrones) have all been cast in the feature-length episode. “I am beyond thrilled to be a part of the Black Mirror Christmas […]
Kevin Smith secures financing for Clerks 3
Back in July, filmmaker Kevin Smith revealed that The Weinstein Company had passed on financing Clerks III, forcing him to look at alternative sources of funding for Dante and Randall’s latest escapade. While that threw the sequel into doubt, Smith has now revealed that he’s managed to secure financing for the film, thanks in no […]
Ben Affleck is “very excited” about Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
With Ben Affleck currently on the promotional rounds for David Fincher’s Gone Girl, we can expect the actor to be inundated with questions about his upcoming role as The Dark Knight in 2016’s Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, and the Boston Globe has already managed to grab a few of his thoughts about the […]
58th BFI London Film Festival – Camp X-Ray (2014)
Camp X-Ray, 2014. Directed by Peter Sattler. Starring Kristen Stewart, Payman Maadi, Lane Garrison, John Carroll Lynch, Joseph Julian Soria and Cory Michael Smith. SYNOPSIS: A soldier assigned to Guantanamo Bay befriends a man who has been imprisoned there for eight years. Camp X-Ray follows the story of Pvt. Amy Cole (Kristen Stewart) during her […]
Movie Review – Maps to the Stars (2014)
Maps to the Stars, 2014. Directed by David Cronenberg. Starring Julianne Moore, Mia Wasikowska, Robert Pattinson, John Cusack, Olivia Williams, Sarah Gadon and Evan Bird. SYNOPSIS: A tour into the heart of a Hollywood family chasing celebrity, one another and the relentless ghosts of their pasts. Some plot details lie below… Watching Maps To The […]
Blu-ray Review – Mark of the Devil (1970)
Mark of the Devil, 1970. Directed by Michael Armstrong. Starring Herbert Lom, Udo Kier, Olivera Katarina, Reggie Nalder and Herbert Fux. SYNOPSIS: Apprentice witch hunter Udo Kier comes to realise that his mentor Herbert Lom may not have the best of intentions when it comes to deciding who is guilty of witchcraft. A notorious folk […]
Book Review – Look Who’s Back
Marta Abromaityte reviews Look Who’s Back by Timur Vermes… Look Who’s Back is a satirised account of the reincarnation of Adolf Hitler whom to his dismay awakens in modern Berlin in the year 2011. Surprisingly 1940’s Hitler adapts relatively quickly to contemporary surroundings and after failing to locate his bunker, he reluctantly begins residing in […]
Peter Jackson explains how he’s expanding the source material for The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
With less than three months to go before we return to Middle-earth for the final instalment of The Hobbit trilogy, Peter Jackson has been talking to Total Film about the upcoming The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, and specifically how he’s expanding the source material in order to provide a suitably epic climax […]
Guardians of the Galaxy overtakes the U.S. box office hauls of Iron Man, Transformers, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone and The Fellowship of the Ring
Marvel Studios’ Guardians of the Galaxy has reached another box office milestone this weekend, overtaking the domestic box office hauls of 2008’s Iron Man ($318.3 million) as well as fellow franchise starters Transformers ($319.1 million) and Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone. ($317.6 million) and The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring ($314.2 […]
