Last week it was announced that The Shape is set to return for two sequels to last year’s Halloween revival, with 2020’s Halloween Kills and 2021’s Halloween Ends promising to bring to a conclusion the saga of Michael Myers and Laurie Strode. Original Halloween stars Jamie Lee Curtis and Nick Castle are confirmed to be […]
Alexandra Daddario to star in horror thriller Celestial Blue
THR is reporting that San Andreas and Baywatch acrtress Alexandra Daddario is set to star in a new horror thriller entitled Celestial Blue, which is being written and directed by Zak Hilditch (The Final Hours, 1922). The film will see Daddario playing a flight attendant struggling with the recent death of her mother, who is […]
4 Great Films About Hollywood (That Aren’t Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood)
Graeme Robertson with four great films about Hollywood (that aren’t Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood)… Quentin Tarantino is back in our cinemas with his latest cinematic opus Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood, his love letter to the Hollywood of the 1960s in all its glitzy, reference heavy and presumably (this is Tarantino after […]
Avengers: Endgame filmmakers were shocked to hear audiences laughing at Thanos’ decapitation
Anthony Russo and Stephen McFeely, two of the filmmakers behind Avengers: Endgame, were shocked to hear laughter from the audience when Thanos was decapitated. With all that had come before in Avengers: Infinity War, the fact that Thanos’ initial demise came so early on in the film and with such ease was a surprise to […]
Four ways Disney has decimated the Star Wars franchise
Anghus Houvouras on Disney’s decimation of Star Wars… After Solo’s lukewarm reception with the ticket-buying public and the lasting schism caused by Rian Johnson’s divisive The Last Jedi, it feels like the Star Wars franchise has taken a hit. What was once the most popular franchise in the world doesn’t even feel like the most […]
Rosa Salazar wants to continue playing Alita
Now available on DVD, Blu-ray and digital, Alita: Battle Angel was one of the final 20th Century Fox’s theatrical releases before the Disney-Fox merger. Making over $400 million worldwide, the film was far from a box office disaster given the film’s $200 million budget, and even though, the director Robert Rodriquez left the ending open […]
Brilliantly Intense: Why Stephen Graham is one of Britain’s finest
Tom Jolliffe on why Stephen Graham is one of the most electrifying actors of his generation… I recall, (probably in the same film as a lot of people), the first time I became aware of Stephen Graham. It was as Tommy in Snatch, Guy Ritchie’s cockney gangster epic mk2. Tommy was sort of slow, a […]
Why Quentin Tarantino’s Star Trek is a gift to blockbuster cinema
Anghus Houvouras on Quentin Tarantino’s Star Trek… Quentin Tarantino is doing a Star Trek movie. Take a minute. Let that sink in. Hollywood’s most interesting auteur is being handed the sci-fi toybox to one of the most entertaining franchises ever. This is cause for celebration. An R rated Star Trek movie that can take the […]
Could the Avatar sequels break the wrong kind of box office record?
Tom Jolliffe looks at Avatar 2 and a distinct lack of excitement to return to James Cameron’s world… You remember that film with blue characters in it? No, not The Smurfs… Avatar. In 2009 it was the groundbreaking, visually dazzling CGI world which James Cameron created, whilst simultaneously revolutionising 3D technology (and beginning a five year […]
Should Robert Pattinson have held out for James Bond instead of Batman?
After Danny Boyle’s recent backing of Robert Pattinson for Bond, Tom Jolliffe considers whether Pattinson has chosen the right franchise to come on board… After a little conjecture following the mutual (maybe mutual) agreement for Ben Affleck to hang up his cape, the Bruce Wayne/Batman role has now went to Robert Pattinson. The internet, naturally […]