British writer Nick Amies and film production company Eye Films have announced that they are joining forces to produce a movie version of Nick’s 2012 Britpop-era set novel She’s Electric: A Britpop Love Story…sort of, which tells the story of four Lads and their quest for “The One” against a backdrop of girls, goals and “go on […]
Movie Review – The Book of Henry (2017)
The Book of Henry, 2017. Directed by Colin Trevorrow. Starring Naomi Watts, Jaeden Lieberher, Jacob Tremblay, Sarah Silverman, Lee Pace and Dean Norris. SYNOPSIS: With two sons to look after, money is tight for single mom Susan (Naomi Watts), especially as the older one, Henry (Jaeden Lieberher) is a child prodigy. But he’s also the […]
Thor’s roommate Darryl will not appear in Thor: Ragnarok
For those who may be unaware, Marvel created a series of comedic shorts titled Team Thor, explaining the God of Thunder’s absence from last year’s colossal superhero showdown Captain America: Civil War [watch them here and here]. During the shorts, the Avenger moved into an apartment and found himself a roommate named Darryl, who became […]
Wonder Woman climbs to $570 million at the worldwide box office
It may have lost top spot in the U.S. to Disney-Pixar’s Cars 3, but Warner Bros.’ DC blockbuster Wonder Woman continues to impress at the box office, having pushed its worldwide haul to $571.8 million worldwide. Wonder Woman dropped just 30% domestically this weekend, grossing $40.8 million and pushing its North American cume to $274.6 […]
Movie Review – Hampstead (2017)
Hampstead, 2017. Directed by Joel Hopkins. Starring Diane Keaton, Brendan Gleeson, James Norton, Lesley Manville, Jason Watkins and Phil Davis. SYNOPSIS: Widow Alice (Diane Keaton) lives in a mansion flat opposite Hampstead Heath when property developers announce their intention to build new apartments. She discovers that, smack bang in the middle of the land they […]
The Week in Spandex – Spider-Man: Homecoming tracking, Venom and the Fantastic Four not part of the MCU, Justice League set photos, X-Men: Dark Phoenix casting
In this edition of The Week in Spandex, we look at Spider-Man: Homecoming, Venom, Fantastic Four, Avengers: Infinity War, Black Panther, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, The Defenders, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Inhumans, Avengers: Secret Wars, Marvel’s Spider-Man, Avengers: Age of Ultron, X-Men: Dark Phoenix, Deadpool 2, Justice League, Wonder Woman, Shazam, Batgirl, Batman, Batman […]
Rumoured description for the new Justice League trailer includes Superman’s return
Although there is no official word yet on a new trailer for DC’s November superhero extravaganza Justice League, it would seem to be a fairly safe bet that one is on the way to feature in front of Warner Bros.’ primary summer tentpole release, Christopher Nolan’s World War II epic story Dunkirk. As it happens, Reddit user […]
UPDATE: Deadpool 2 filming X-Mansion scenes in Victoria, BC
According to CBR, filming on Deadpool 2 is currently underway in Victoria, British Columbia, with the production reportedly filming scenes at Hatley Castle, which has served as a stand-in for the X-Mansion in last year’s Deadpool, along with X2: X-Men United and X-Men: The Last Stand. The site reports that Ryan Reynolds has been spotted […]
Scarlett Johansson teases 30+ character scene in Avengers: Infinity War
Given that it is serving as the culmination of everything we’ve seen from the Marvel Cinematic Universe so far, and featuring the majority of the characters we’ve been introduced to over the past decade, it’s pretty clear that Avengers: Infinity War is going to be unlike anything we’ve seen before in terms of epic scale. […]
Spider-Man: Homecoming tracking $100 million domestic opening weekend, first track from Michael Giacchino’s score released
With exactly three weeks to go until Spider-Man: Homecoming swings into U.S. theaters, the official tracking numbers for the Marvel and Sony-produced reboot are in, and according to box office analysts the wall-crawler is looking at a domestic opening weekend of between $90 million to $108 million. That’s down quite considerably from the $135 million […]
