Martin Carr reviews Blacula – The Complete Collection… 18th Century prince Mamuwalde (William Marshall) is invited to meet Count Dracula (Charles Macaulay) to gain support for the abolitionist movement. In the midst of a heated debate it is revealed Dracula is an advocate of slavery, wishing to take Mamuwalde’s wife for his bride. Expressing his […]
The Cat, The Bat and Gordon featurette for Gotham
FOX has released a new featurette for Gotham entitled ‘The Cat, The Bat and Gordon’, which focusses on the characters of Selina Kyle (Camren Bicondova), Bruce Wayne (David Mazouz) and Jim Gordon (Ben McKenzie)… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0LndKqa3rPY Everyone knows the name Commissioner Gordon. He is one of the crime world’s greatest foes, a man whose reputation is […]
The Walking Dead companion show pilot gets a director
AMC has found a director for the upcoming pilot episode of its companion show / spin-off to The Walking Dead, with Deadline revealing that Adam Davidson (Community, Grey’s Anatomy, Fringe) has signed on to the project. The companion show has been co-created by Robert Kirkman and Dave Erickson (Marco Polo), and will revolve around a […]
DVD Review – How to Get Ahead in Advertising (1989)
How to Get Ahead in Advertising, 1989. Written and Directed by Bruce Robinson. Starring Richard E.Grant, Rachel Ward, Richard Wilson, John Shrapnel and Tony Slattery. SYNOPSIS: A young advertising executive is overcome with stress when attempting to develop a new campaign for a brand of pimple cream. His extreme anxiety eventually leads to a boil […]
Movie Review – Nightcrawler (2014)
Nightcrawler, 2014. Written and Directed by Dan Gilroy. Starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Bill Paxton, Rene Russo and Riz Ahmed. SYNOPSIS: A young man stumbles upon the underground world of L.A. freelance crime journalism. “I have a saying; if you’re seeing me then you’re probably having the worst day of your life” How do you know you […]
Guardians of the Galaxy overtakes X-Men: Days of Future Past to become the highest-grossing comic book movie of the year
Having become the third-biggest release of the Marvel Cinematic Universe last week, director James Gunn’s space opera Guardians of the Galaxy has now overtaken the global box office haul of Fox’s X-Men: Days of Future Past to become the highest grossing comic book movie of 2014. Guardians has amassed $752.6 million around the world since […]
Comic Book Review – The Walking Dead #133
Zeb Larson reviews The Walking Dead #133… Impending Doom. This issue drops an interesting new threat into the laps of the survivors, one that is disturbing by virtue of the fact that it appears to have been hiding in front of them the whole time. This issue of The Walking Dead certainly makes for lively […]
James Franco casts Seth Rogen, Will Ferrell, Megan Fox and more in Zeroville
James Franco is currently shooting an adaptation of Steve Erickson’s 2007 novel Zeroville, and it has just been announced that he’s added a host of stars to the cast of the film, which tells the story of a movie buff who heads to Hollywood in the late 1960s. Set to join Franco and Jacki Weaver […]
Foxcatcher cinematographer Greig Fraser to shoot Gareth Edwards’ Star Wars movie
At this point, we know next to nothing about Disney’s first standalone Star Wars movie, save for the fact that Monsters and Godzilla director Gareth Edwards is helming the project for a 2016 release. Well, we can now add in a cinematographer, with Greig Fraser revealing to Hitfix that he will be shooting the film. […]
Movie Review – Serena (2014)
Serena, 2014. Directed by Susanne Bier. Starring Jennifer Lawrence, Bradley Cooper, Rhys Ifans, Toby Jones, David Dencik, Ana Ularu and Sean Harris. SYNOPSIS: In Depression-era North Carolina, the future of George Pemberton’s timber empire becomes complicated when it is learned that his wife, Serena, cannot bear children. There’s an old saying – “You can put […]
