Sometimes depicting a culture can feel like a landmark moment. Other times, it can feel like a slap in the face. Moon Knight director Mohamed Diab, an Egyptian-born filmmaker, looks to represent Egypt with the new Disney+ series but recalls a recent superhero project that didn’t get it quite right.If you remember Wonder Woman 1984, […]
Ana de Armas’ Marilyn Monroe biopic Blonde hit with NC-17 rating for sexual content
It’s coming up to three years since Ana de Armas and director Andrew Dominik (The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford) shot the Marilyn Monroe biopic Blonde, with Netflix having made the decision to push back its 2021 release to an unspecified date this year.Based on Joyce Carol Oates’ novel of the […]
Spoiler free reactions to Sony’s Morbius begin to appear online
While reviews are embargoed for Sony’s oft-delayed Spider-Man spinoff Morbius, reactions are beginning to emerge from a London Fan Screening which was held last night, and while praise is reserved for Matt Smith’s performance, it’s fair to say that overall the response was mixed.Some attendees called it “about as bad as you were expecting”, while others […]
The Batman 1:3 scale limited edition collectible statue unveiled by Queen Studios
Queen Studios has unveiled its limited edition 1:3 scale The Batman statue which is based on the likeness of Robert Pattinson as the Dark Knight in the DC Films blockbuster and comes with alternate headpieces allowing for both masked and unmasked display; check out the promotional images here…The Batman, Gotham’s personification of vengeance, a vigilante […]
Movie Review – The Ice Age Adventures of Buck Wild (2022)
The Ice Age Adventures of Buck Wild, 2022.Directed by John C. Donkin. Featuring the voice talents of Simon Pegg, Vincent Tong, Aaron Harris, Utkarsh Ambudkar, Justina Machado, Sean Kenin Elias-Reyes, Dominique Jennings, Skyler Stone, and Jake Green.SYNOPSIS:The Ice Age Adventures of Buck Wild continues the escapades of the possum brothers Crash and Eddie who set […]
Seth Rogen joins Bill Murray in Aziz Ansari’s directorial debut Being Mortal
Seth Rogen has signed on to star in Aziz Ansari’s feature directorial debut Being Mortal, which will see the actor join Bill Murray in the Searchlight Pictures comedy-drama.Based on health expert Atul Gawande’s non-fiction book Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End, The Hollywood Reporter reveal that Rogen will star alongside writer-director Ansari […]
Oscar Isaac says the Metal Gear Solid movie is “searching like Solid Snake” for a story
Remember when old videogames took an eternity to load? Well, the long-gestating Metal Gear Solid movie appears to be the pre-production equivalent of a Commodore 64 loading screen (one for the kids there), and despite the exciting news that the franchise had found its Solid Snake in Oscar Isaac, he has recently revealed the film […]
A Plague Tale TV series in development
Asobo Studio and Focus Home Interactive’s acclaimed video game A Plague Tale is heading to the small screen, with director Mathieu Turi (Hostile) attached to a TV adaptation of the historical action-adventure title. 👱♀️🧒🔥🐀 It’s official! I’m honored to work on the adaptation as a TV series of @APlagueTale. Thank you to @AsoboStudio and @Focus_entmt […]
Movie Review – Broadcast Signal Intrusion (2021)
Broadcast Signal Intrusion, 2021.Directed by Jacob Gentry. Starring Harry Shum Jr., Kelley Mack, Chris Sullivan, James Swanton, Justin Welborn, Madrid St. Angelo, Jennifer Jelsema, Arif Yampolsky, Michael B. Woods, and Steve Pringle.SYNOPSIS:In the late 90s, a video archivist unearths a series of sinister pirate broadcasts and becomes obsessed with uncovering the dark conspiracy behind them.It’s always […]
The year Heat was criminally overlooked by the Oscars
Tom Jolliffe looks back at the Oscars in 1996, when Heat was criminally overlooked by the Academy…The year was 1996, which looked back over the films of the previous year. It was a fairly strong year, and like a lot of the nomination lists throughout that decade there are some oddities. There are also glaring […]
