In this edition of The Week in Spandex, we look at Fantastic Four, Deadpool, Gambit, X-Men: Apocalypse, X-Men, Ant-Man, Captain America: Civil War, Spider-Man, Doctor Strange, Black Panther, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Guardians of the Galaxy, Agent Carter, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Gotham, The Flash, Arrow, DC’s Legends of Tomorrow, Vixen, Supergirl, Hellboy […]
Gina Carano talks Angel Dust role in Deadpool
During an interview with Screen Rant, former MMA star Gina Carano has been speaking about her role as the villainous Angel Dust in February’s X-Men spinoff Deadpool, giving us a little insight into the character. SEE ALSO: Set photos from Deadpool reshoots “When I talked to [director Tim Miller] about getting the job, I did […]
Daniel Cudmore turned down the role of Colossus in Deadpool
Back in February, X2: X-Men United, X-Men: The Last Stand and X-Men: Days of Future Past star Daniel Cudmore revealed that the role of Colossus would be recast in Fox’s X-Men spinoff Deadpool, with Andre Tricoteux (Seventh Son) subsequently announced as having secured the part. Well, it turns out that Cudmore was offered to reprise […]
Danny Boyle’s Steve Jobs will close the 59th BFI London Film Festival
The 59th BFI London Film Festival is just around the corner and today it has been announced that Danny Boyle’s Steve Jobs is to close this year’s festival, which runs from October 7th to October 18th. SEE ALSO: Watch the trailer for Steve Jobs here The film, written by The Newsroom’s Aaron Sorkin, stars Michael […]
Trailer: Jesse Eisenberg directs Julianne Moore and Finn Wolfhard in When You Finish Saving the World
A24 has released a trailer for the upcoming comedy-drama When You Finish Saving the World. The film marks the feature directorial debut for writer-director Jesse Eisenberg and stars Julianne Moore and Finn Wolfhard as Evelyn and Ziggy, a mother and son with a strained relationship who may have more in common than they would care […]
Sony Pictures sets film slate through 2017; Jumanji reboot in production
Tom Rothman, chairman of Sony Pictures, has announced the studio’s line-up for the next few years, with 16 films dated for release. Amongst the biggest films scheduled include two sequels to hit action-comedy Bad Boys, along with a remake of the Robin Williams fantasy film Jumanji, which will hit cinemas on Christmas Day, 2016. 2016 […]
Vacation disappoints at the US box office with just $14.8 million
It hasn’t had the best time with reviews (read our review here), but tracking for the reboot/sequel to National Lampoon’s Vacation was looking to be quite promising. The movie had a three-day release prior to its opening weekend, but it still couldn’t bring in the big bucks. Shown in just over 3,400 screens in the […]
New rumours suggest Spider-Man will have a larger role in Captain America: Civil War than just a cameo
We reported the news last week that Tom Holland had already filmed his scenes for Captain America: Civil War, and with such a huge cast of characters it was always assumed he would have a cameo to set up his solo movie. However a new rumour has emerged to suggest otherwise. According to Birth.Movies.Death, Tom […]
Movie Review – The Knowledge (1979)
The Knowledge, 1979. Directed by Bill Brooks. Starring Mick Ford, Nigel Hawthorne, Michael Elphick, David Ryall, Jonathan Lynn, Kim Taylforth, Maureen Lipman and Leslie Joseph. SYNOPSIS: Four out-of-work Londoners decide to train to be taxi-drivers. But, before they can take charge of a Hackney cab, they need to learn ‘The Knowledge’… All Brits know about “The Knowledge”. […]
Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation opens to $56 million; second-biggest opening of the franchise
Having received a variety of rave reviews (read ours here and here and listen to the podcast review here), it seems as though there is still some life and fun to be had in the Mission: Impossible franchise. Early reports had it down that Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation, the fifth in the series, would have […]
