Honour, 2014. Written and Directed by Shan Khan. Starring Paddy Considine, Aiysha Hart, Faraz Ayub, Shubham Saraf, Harvey Virdi and Nikesh Patel. SYNOPSIS: A story centered on a young woman is targeted by her family for an “honour killing” and the bounty hunter who takes the job. Let’s take a cursory look at the headlines: […]
Gotham showrunner talks Harvey Dent and Hugo Strange
Earlier this week we brought you some comments from Gotham showrunner Bruno Heller about the inclusion of Poison Ivy – sorry, Ivy Pepper – and The Joker in the upcoming Batman prequel series, and now he’s been talking about utilising another two members of The Dark Knight’s Rogues Gallery in Harvey Dent and Professor Hugo […]
Roberto Orci talks Power Rangers: “I won’t ruin your franchise”
Last week it was announced that Roberto Orci (Star Trek) had signed on to executive produce the upcoming Power Rangers reboot, as well as developing the story with Ashley Miller and Zack Stentz (X-Men: First Class), who will pen the screenplay. During an interview with IGN, Orci has discussed working with Haim Saban on the […]
Blu-ray Review – A Hard Day’s Night (1964)
A Hard Day’s Night, 1964. Directed by Richard Lester. Starring Paul McCartney, John Lennon, George Harrison, Ringo Starr, Wilfrid Brambell and Norman Rossington. SYNOPSIS: A look into the (hard) day and night adventures of The Beatles. Many who haven’t yet seen A Hard Day’s Night will still be familiar with some of the 50 year-old […]
Showrunner Steven S. DeKnight says Daredevil will have a “gritty 1970’s New York feel”
With filming underway on Marvel’s first Netflix miniseries Daredevil, showrunner Steven S. DeKnight took a moment to talk about the upcoming series during last night’s world premiere of Guardians of the Galaxy in Hollywood, promising a “gritty 1970’s New York” feel to the show. “We’re going for a very kind of gritty, 1970’s New York […]
The Strain – Episode 1 Review
Martin Carr reviews the first episode of The Strain… A Boeing 767 flying out of Berlin lands at JFK and goes dark. Its fuselage is cold. Every window blind is drawn except one and the passengers are silent. Someone calls in Ephraim Goodweather (Corey Stoll) from the CDC (Centre for Disease Control) to investigate. Together […]
Watch FMTV Movie Myths – Who would really win in a fight between King Kong and Godzilla?
It’s Tuesday, so it’s time for the latest instalment of FMTV’s Movie Myths! This week, Oliver Davis investigates whether there’s any truth in the rumours that two endings were shot for 1963’s King Kong vs. Godzilla – one for Western audiences with King Kong victorious, and one for Japanese cinemagoers with Godzilla coming out on […]
Lucy Lawless joins Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
It looks like Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. has picked up its first new recruit for the second season of the show, with TV Line reporting that Xena: Warrior Princess and Battlestar Galactica star Lucy Lawless will be joining the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Although no details of her character have been disclosed, the site speculates that Lawless […]
Asteroids, Pac-Man, Frogger, Q*bert, Donkey Kong, Space Invaders and more to feature in Sony’s Pixels
Last week we got our first look at Michelle Monaghan (Source Code), Adam Sandler (Grown Ups), Josh Gad (Frozen) and Peter Dinklage (Game of Thrones) in Chris Columbus’ (Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone) upcoming film Pixels, which tells the story of a group of gamers fending off an invasion from aliens who have taken […]
Could Andy Serkis Be Marvel’s Doctor Strange?
Thomas Roach wonders whether Andy Serkis could be Marvel’s Doctor Strange… By now you will have heard the news that actor Andy Serkis – best known for his motion capture roles in The Lord of the Rings and the rebooted Planet of the Apes will now have a role in Avengers: Age of Ultron. It […]
