In this week’s edition of The Week in Star Wars, we recover from the bumper edition coming off D23 with some smaller nuggets of news for The Force Awakens and more… Kicking things off with Star Wars: The Force Awakens, and J.J. Abrams has revealed the runtime for the highly-anticipated movie. It’s shorter than any […]
Hugh Jackman teases Sabretooth and Beserker Rage for Wolverine 3
Last month, Hugh Jackman took to social media to encourage fans to tell him what they’d like to see in the upcoming third Wolverine solo movie, which will also mark his final outing as the fan-favourite mutant. Having had time to sift through the responses, Jackman has now spoken to the Sydney Confidential Podcast about […]
New details about Bebop and Rocksteady in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2
Warning – minor spoilers below… We’ve seen some set photos of Gary Anthony Williams and WWE Superstar Sheamus as Bebop and Rocksteady pre-mutation, and it was always assumed they would end up as the rhino and warthog that we know an love from the cartoon. Well, looks like that is the case. Former WWE Superstar and […]
Kevin Costner says Waterworld is a “beloved” film
With its 20-year anniversary this year, Kevin Costner has been speaking about Waterworld, the big-budget summer blockbuster from 1995 which is generally considered one of the biggest fiascos to come out of Hollywood over the last few decades. However, Costner himself believes the film has a much more positive legacy. Speaking to Hollywood-Elsewhere, Costner spoke […]
Ali Larter says Resident Evil: The Final Chapter will be the last in the series
Filming for Resident Evil: The Final Chapter begins in South Africa next month, and Ali Larter (who was announced to return last month) has confirmed that this will, indeed, be the final chapter of the long-running franchise. “We are not allowed to say one thing,” she told IGN. “I am held to secrecy, but what […]
Jurassic World passes $1.6 billion worldwide
It’s been a great year for Universal, with two of their movies passing the $1 billion mark (Jurassic World and Furious 7) and their animated outing Minions set to pass the billion dollar mark in the next couple of weeks. And one of those billion dollar movies is still making a lot of bank. Now in its […]
Movie Review – Bicycle Thieves (1948)
Bicycle Thieves (Italian: Ladri di biciclette), 1948. Directed by Vittorio De Sica. Starring Lamberto Maggiorani, Enzo Staiola, Liannela Carell, Vittorio Antonucci and Gino Saltamerenda. SYNOPSIS: In post-war Italy, Antonio is offered a job that requires a bicycle. Selling his bed sheets, he manages to buy a bike. On his first day it is stolen forcing Antonio, […]
George Lucas says Goofy inspired Jar Jar Binks
Star Wars creator George Lucas was in attendance at Disney’s D23 Expo in Anaheim, California yesterday, during which he revealed that one of the Mouse House’s iconic cartoon characters served as the inspiration for the most-loathed character from the galaxy far, far away: Jar Jar Binks. “I can’t even begin to tell you how much […]
Sam Smith announces that he will sing Spectre theme
Soul singer Sam Smith has announced today that he will sing the theme tune to this winter’s James Bond film Spectre. SEE ALSO: New trailer, images and updated synopsis for Spectre SEE ALSO: Sam Mendes talks Spectre, says it will likely be his last Bond movie The song is set to be unveiled to the […]
Sam Mendes says “Bond has been rebooted” for Spectre
Following on from the latest featurette focussing on the women of Spectre [watch it here], Entertainment Weekly caught up with director Sam Mendes, who suggested that Bond “has been rebooted” with Skyfall, and the upcoming 24th adventure will explore 007’s origin story. “Bond has been rebooted at the end of the movie,” states Mendes. “This […]
