Having originally planned to release the first trailer for Avengers: Age of Ultron this coming week before it leaked online [watch the trailer here], it seems that Marvel Studios may still have a surprise up its sleeve after inviting the press to attend a special event this coming Tuesday at the El Capitan Theater in […]
New red band trailer for Nightcrawler starring Jake Gyllenhaal
Ahead of its release next week, a new red band trailer has arrived online for writer- director Dan Gilroy’s Nightcrawler starring Jake Gyllenhaal (Enemy)… NIGHTCRAWLER is a pulse-pounding thriller set in the nocturnal underbelly of contemporary Los Angeles. Jake Gyllenhaal stars as Lou Bloom, a driven young man desperate for work who discovers the high-speed […]
Comic Book Review – Memetic #1
Zeb Larson reviews Memetic #1… Written by James Tynion IV and illustrated by Eryk Donovan, Memetic is a comic with a relatively simple idea: there’s a meme that first drives viewers to obsession, and then into violent madness. The idea of a medium that eventually drives you insane is not a new one; The King […]
The Week in Spandex – Avengers: Age of Ultron, Suicide Squad, Wonder Woman, Aquaman, Statick Shock, Superman Lives, Spawn and more
Our weekly round-up of all the latest superhero news and talking points, including Avengers: Age of Ultron, Guardians of the Galaxy, Ant-Man, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Agent Carter, Daredevil, Big Hero 6, The Fantastic Four, X-Men: Days of Future Past, X-Men: Apocalypse, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Suicide Squad, Wonder Woman, Aquaman, Cyborg, Shazam, The […]
Ben Wheatley announces Free Fire, starring Luke Evans, Armie Hammer, Cillian Murphy and Olivia Wilde
While we await the release of his adaptation of J.G. Ballard’s High-Rise, British filmmaker Ben Wheatley has announced details of his next film – and his first set in the U.S. – Free Fire, which will star Luke Evans (Dracula Untold), Armie Hammer (The Lone Ranger), Cillian Murphy (Batman Begins) and Olivia Wilde (Her), along […]
The Walking Dead Season 5 – Episode 2 Review
Sadé Green reviews the second episode of The Walking Dead season 5…. What is more disgusting than a Zombie? A soggy Zombie… seriously, total nausea-inducing grossness. ‘Strangers’ may not have been as action-filled as ‘No Sanctuary’, but it will still fill that Walking Dead shaped hole you get left with every Tuesday morning (or Monday […]
Screenwriter Dan Gilroy talks Tim Burton’s abandoned Superman Lives
As many of you are no doubt aware, Tim Burton was set to foll0w-up his two Batman movies in the mid-90s with a reboot of the Superman franchise entitled Superman Lives, which would have seen Nicolas Cage starring as the Man of Steel. Burton spent several years – and a fortune of Warner Bros.’ money […]
Full trailer for animated series Judge Dredd: Superfiend
After giving us a teaser earlier in the week, Dredd producer Adi Shankar has now released a full trailer for his unofficial animated webseries Judge Dredd: Superfiend, which is based upon the Dark Judges story arc, and as Shankar states himself, “is a departure from Dredd the film [and] its intention is to play up […]
Second Opinion – Horns (2014)
Horns, 2014. Directed by Alexandre Aja. Starring Daniel Radcliffe, Juno Temple, Heather Graham, David Morse, James Remar, Kathleen Quinlan, and Max Minghella. SYNOPSIS: Ig Perrish wakes up after a night of heavy drinking to find himself a suspect in his girlfriend’s murder… Horns is a brave piece of film making which not only evades categorisation, […]
Joel Schumacher adapting Batman Forever, Batman & Robin and Batman Triumphant as comic book series?
If you’re a Batman fan, then chances are you shudder when you hear the words “Joel Schumacher”. Having delivered the then-most successful Batman film with 1995’s Batman Forever, the director brought the franchise to its knees two years later with 1997’s Batman & Robin, forcing Warner Bros. to pull the plug on his planned sequel, […]
