Sam Thorne with some first impressions of the Call of Duty: WWII beta… Call of Duty as a franchise has always performed and sold better when attached to military conflicts and situations relating to the world we inhabit, as opposed to the franchise’s more futuristic and improvised entries such as Call of Duty: Black Ops […]
Video Game Review – Nidhogg 2
Sam Thorne reviews Nidhogg 2… Nidhogg is a pick-up-and-play 2D fencer that harps back to the nostalgic days of 80’s arcade and NES games. It offers an enjoyable local multiplayer alternative to fighting games, primarily because your friends won’t need to know button layouts or move sets and the controls are incredibly simple. That being […]
Movie Review – Keeping Rosy (2014)
Keeping Rosy, 2014. Directed by Steve Reeves. Starring Maxine Peake, Blake Harrison, Elisa Lasowski and Christine Bottomley. SYNOPSIS: When Charlotte loses her job, it sparks off an unpredictable series of events that will change her life forever, for better or worse. Matters are further complicated when an innocent child becomes involved. Independent British films usually […]
Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg to reunite in Daddy’s Home
Daddy’s Home was originally set to star Will Ferrell (Anchorman 2) and Vince Vaughn (The Internship), with Etan Cohen in the director’s chair. However, after some time in development, Deadline is reporting the film will now feature Mark Wahlberg (Pain & Gain) alongside Ferrell, a reunion from The Other Guys. The director(s) has also changed […]
Djimon Hounsou joins the cast of Tarzan
Edgar Rice Burroughs’ Tarzan is set to have yet another live-action film adaptation, with Warner Bros. having a release date penned in for July 2016. Alexander Skarsgard (True Blood) is set to take the role of the eponymous Tarzan, with Margot Robbie (The Wolf of Wall Street) as his love interest Jane, and David Yates […]
Benedict Cumberbatch joins The Yellow Birds
2013 was a big year for fans of Benedict Cumberbatch; the star appeared in several memorable such as The Fifth Estate, August: Osage County, Star Trek Into Darkness, The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug and of course 12 Years a Slave. His upcoming slate includes The Imitation Game, The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five […]
Molly Ringwald and Juliette Lewis join the cast of Jem and the Holograms
80s animated TV show Jem and the Holograms is a bewildering choice for a film adaptation, yet the project seems to be going well. Its cast was previously announced with Audrey Peeples (Nashville) starring at the eponymous Jem, and Stefanie Scott (A.N.T. Farm), Hayley Kiyoko (The Fosters) and Aurora Perrineau (Pretty Little Liars) as the […]
Ridley Scott to direct The Martian with Matt Damon
Last we heard of the sci-fi film The Martian, director Drew Goddard (Cabin in the Woods) was set to write and direct the e-book adaptation, Goddard has now left the project in order to direct the Spider-Man tie-in The Sinister Six and The Hollywood Reporter is now claiming that Ridley Scott (The Counselor) is in talks to […]
R.I.P. Malik Bendjelloul (1977 – 2014)
Mere hours after the news of the legendary H.R. Giger passing away, tragedy has struck once again in the world of film and cinema. Malik Bendjelloul, who recently won the Academy Award for Best Documentary at the 85th ceremony, was found dead in Stockholm. No cause of death is yet known, but according to Deadline, […]
DVD Review – 12 Years a Slave (2013)
12 Years a Slave, 2013. Directed by Steve McQueen. Starring Chiwetel Eijofor, Lupita Nyong’o, Michael Fassbender, Benedict Cumberbatch, Brad Pitt, Paul Giamatti and Paul Dano. SYNOPSIS: In 1841, violinist Solomon Northup is captured and sold into slavery, desperate to reclaim his past freedoms and return to his family. What more is there to say about […]