Universal expands the Fast & Furious franchise this August as the studio buddies up Dwayne Johnson and Jason Statham for the action blockbuster Hobbs & Shaw, and with just a few weeks to go until its release the first box office tracking figures are now in for the spinoff. As reported by Dark Horizons, Hobbs […]
It Chapter Two director on how different making the sequel has been from the first movie
Andy Muschietti, the director of It Chapter Two, has discussed what has been different about making the sequel, compared to the first movie. Horror fans around the world are starting to get pretty excited for It: Chapter Two, the follow up to the enormously successful adaptation of Stephen King’s It. With the jump in time […]
The Representation of the Five Stages of Grief in Avengers: Endgame
Pim Razenberg on the role of the five stages of grief in Avengers: Endgame, following the tragic events of Avengers: Infinity War… Warning: If you have not seen Avengers: Endgame and want to avoid spoilers, do not read the following article. One of the fantastic ways in which Avengers: Endgame deals with the fallout of […]
Christoph Waltz’s Blofeld returning for Bond 25
It seems that Rami Malek’s as-yet-unrevealed character won’t be the only villain going up against Daniel Craig’s 007 in Bond 25, as Christoph Waltz has been confirmed as reprising his Spectre role as Bond’s arch-enemy Ernst Stavro Blofeld. As reported by Daily Mail journalist Baz Bamigboye, Waltz was spotted on the Pinewood set of the […]
UK poster and trailer for JT LeRoy starring Kristen Stewart and Laura Dern
Ahead of its UK release next month, a trailer, poster and images have arrived online for JT LeRoy, director Justin Kelly’s upcoming adaptation of Savannah Knoop’s memoir Girl Boy Girl: How I Became JT Leroy which sees Kristen Stewart leading a cast that also includes Laura Dern, Kelvin Harrison Jr., Diane Kruger, Jim Sturgess, Courtney Love, […]
Movie Review – The Dead Don’t Die (2019)
The Dead Don’t Die, 2019. Directed by Jim Jarmusch. Starring Bill Murray, Adam Driver, Tilda Swinton, Chloë Sevigny, Steve Buscemi, Caleb Landry Jones, Danny Glover, Rosie Perez, Selena Gomez and Tom Waits. SYNOPSIS: A sleepy, rural American town falls victim to hordes of rampaging zombies, while a group of rather lazy cops try to resolve […]
Oliver Jackson-Cohen is Leigh Whannell’s Invisible Man
Upgrade director Leigh Whannell and horror powerhouse Blumhouse plan to bring back the classic Universal Monster movie The Invisible Man, and we now have our titular character. Oliver Jackson-Cohen, a highlight from Netflix’s The Haunting of Hill House, will take on the iconic role. He joins previously cast Elisabeth Moss, Storm Reid, Aldis Hodge, and […]
Movie Review – The Art of Self-Defense (2019)
The Art of Self-Defense, 2019. Written and Directed by Riley Stearns. Starring Jesse Eisenberg, Alessandro Nivola, Imogen Poots, Steve Terada, Phillip Andre Botello, Jason Burkey, David Zellner, and Leland Orser. SYNOPSIS: A man is attacked at random on the street. He enlists at a local dojo, led by a charismatic and mysterious sensei, in an […]
Why Cinema Needs Nicolas Cage Cranked Up to 11
Tom Jolliffe on why Nicolas Cage at his wildest is a gift to cinema… To say Nic Cage is a divisive character would be quite the understatement. Likewise, as an actor. You could say, with great understatement, that he’s an oddball. As an actor, you could also say he tends to be most known for […]
X-Men: Dark Phoenix on course to be a bigger box office bomb than Fantastic Four
After a troubled production, extensive reshoots and several release date delays, 20th Century Fox unleashed the final instalment of its X-Men series last month, and while many fans predicted that the movie would fail to deliver, as it turns out X-Men: Dark Phoenix is now shaping up to be one of the biggest box office […]