Gary Collinson

With director James Wan abandoning the horror genre for pastures new with Fast & Furious 7, Focus Features and Blumhouse Productions have turned to Wan’s pal and regular collaborator Leigh Whannell to helm the third instalment in the Insidious franchise, appropriately entitled Insidious: Chapter 3. Whannell will be making his directorial debut on the film, […]

It looks like the planned remake of the 80s exploitation classic Maniac Cop has taken a step closer to becoming a reality, with Screen Daily revealed that acclaimed comic book writer Ed Brubaker (Captain America: The Winter Soldier) has signed on to pen the script. The new version of Maniac Cop is being spearheaded by […]

Alice Rush reviews the season 2 finale of Bates Motel… The finale of season 2 of Bates Motel has me very torn. On one hand I’m frustrated at the lack of drama and tension that seems to have characterised most of this season. For a thriller style show there seems to be a deficiency of […]

Every Wednesday, FM writers Simon Columb and Brogan Morris write two short reviews on Woody Allen films … in the hope of watching all his films over the course of roughly 49 weeks. If you have been watching Woody’s films and want to join in, feel free to comment with short reviews yourself! Next up […]

It’s been a while since we’ve heard anything about the planned sequel to last year’s Evil Dead reboot, or indeed Sam Raimi’s Evil Dead 4 – a.k.a. Army of Darkness 2. However, chatting to Shock Till You Drop, director Fede Alvaraz has provided an update, stating that he’s still looking for an idea for Evil […]

As Universal prepares to continue the Bourne franchise with an as-yet-untitled fifth entry – and second outing for Jeremy Renner’s Aaron Cross – Matt Damon has once again spoken about the possibility of him reprising the role of super spy Jason Bourne, should The Bourne Supremacy and The Bourne Ultimatum helmer Paul Greengrass return to […]

Jake Peffer ranks the Marvel Cinematic Universe… With the recent release of the second Captain America film and the upcoming release of Guardians of the Galaxy, I thought it would be a good time to take a look back at the Marvel Cinematic Universe and rank the films from worst to best. To some degree […]

Warning – Major spoilers for the ending of The Amazing Spider-Man 2 follow. If you’re yet to see the movie, you should turn back now… We’ve already heard a few comments from director Marc Webb about the shocking climax to Sony’s superhero sequel The Amazing Spider-Man 2 [read his thoughts here], as Andrew Garfield’s Spider-Man fails […]

Fox has officially announced that it has placed a full season order for Gotham, a Batman prequel series from Warner Bros. Television and Bruno Heller (The Mentalist), which sees Ben McKenzie (The O.C.) leading the cast as Detective Jim Gordon. Details of the exact number of episodes and a premiere date are yet to be […]

A couple of weeks ago BusinessWeek writer Devin Leonard wrote an article entitled The Man Who Saved Marvel, heaping praise on Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige, the mastermind behind the hugely successful Marvel Cinematic Universe, which is currently the second-biggest movie franchise of all time (and closing fast on Harry Potter). Well, it seems that […]