With a little over a week to go until The Dark Tower arrives in cinemas, Sony Pictures has released a new promo for the upcoming fantasy epic which details Easter eggs and references to other Stephen King stories within the film, including It, The Shining, The Shawshank Redemption, Cujo, Christine, Mr. Mercedes, and Misery; watch […]
Movie Review – The Big Sick (2017)
The Big Sick, 2017. Directed by Michael Showalter. Starring Kumail Nanjiani, Zoe Kazan, Holly Hunter, and Ray Romano. SYNOPSIS: Kumail leads a double life: Uber driver by day, stand up by night. His heart lies with the second job and it’s in a comedy club that he meets Emily, who turns out to be the […]
The Week in Spandex – The San Diego Comic-Con Edition
Rounding up all the big superhero news from the 2017 San Diego Comic-Con International… Well, the dust has settled on another Comic-Con, and as you’d expect, we got plenty of news, trailers and other goodies from the ever-increasing slate of superhero movies and TV shows. While 20th Century Fox decided to keep its new X-Men […]
Avengers 4 to start shooting in two weeks, will be “distinctly different” to Avengers: Infinity War
Having originally announced the titles of Avengers 3 and Avengers 4 as Avengers: Infinity War – Part 1 and Part 2, Marvel seemingly altered its plans for the two-part superhero epic by dropping the subtitle for the latter, instead referring to it as the Untitled Avengers Movie. It’s expected that the Thanos storyline will still […]
The Flickering Myth Reaction to the Thor: Ragnarok Comic-Con trailer
Our writing team share their thoughts on the Thor: Ragnarok Comic-Con trailer… While Marvel Studios chose (pretty unsuccessfully) to keep its Avengers: Infinity War trailer for Hall H eyes only at Comic-Con this past Saturday, the studio did unleash the second trailer for November’s Thor: Ragnarok, giving us our latest look at the Taika Waititi-directed […]
Rumour: Early cut of Justice League deemed “unwatchable”, ending reportedly changed
Over the past couple of months, Justice League has been undergoing some expensive reshoots under director Joss Whedon, who stepped in to take over the DC blockbuster after Zack Snyder’s daughter passed away. As you’d expect with a film of this magnitude, there’s been plenty of rumour and speculation surrounding said reshoots, with reports claiming […]
Justice League’s “extensive reshoots” reportedly causing scheduling issues, Joss Whedon’s credit up in the air
Back in May it was announced that Joss Whedon would be stepping in to oversee reshoots on Justice League following the untimely passing of Zack Snyder’s daughter, with rumours suggesting that these reshoots would be “significant” and will change the movie “tremendously”. At Comic-Con, the cast played down this report, with Cyborg actor Ray Fisher […]
Thor: Ragnarok director Taika Waititi says roughly 80% of the film is improvised
As yesterday’s official San Diego Comic-Con trailer proved, Thor: Ragnarok director Taika Waititi (What We Do in the Shadows, Hunt for the Wilderpeople) is looking to bring the God of Thunder on a stranger, lighter and more colorful adventure than his previous two outings. In general, Waititi’s approach to directing Ragnarok looks to be more unconventional than […]
Spider-Man: Homecoming closing in on $600 million worldwide
Spider-Man: Homecoming may be slipping down the box office charts, but the film is marching towards the $600 million mark at the global box office, with its domestic and international haul this weekend pushing the Marvel and Sony blockbuster to $571.7 million. It hasn’t been completely plain sailing for the web-slinger; in its second weekend, […]
James Remar and Damon Gupton join Black Lightning
The CW showcased its DC superhero slate at the San Diego Comic-Con yesterday, offering up the first trailers for the new seasons of Supergirl, The Flash, DC’s Legends of Tomorrow and Arrow. While the network didn’t have any footage from its newest DC show Black Lightning, we did however get word on two new series […]
