Birds of Prey (And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) may not have enjoyed anywhere near Joker-levels of box office success upon its release earlier this year, but it seems that hasn’t dissuaded Warner Bros. and DC Films from going down the R-rated route for the next chapter of the DC Extended Universe. Speaking […]
Harry Styles and Lily James to star in My Policeman
Fresh from signing on to the cast of Olivia Wilde’s Don’t Worry Darling, former One Direction star Harry Styles has now added a second feature film project to his upcoming slate in My Policeman, which will see him appearing alongside Lily James (Yesterday). Based n the critically acclaimed novel by Bethan Roberts, My Policeman takes […]
Movie Review – Misbehavior (2020)
Misbehavior, 2020. Directed by Philippa Lowthorpe. Starring Keira Knightley, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Jessie Buckley, Lesley Manville, Rhys Ifans. Greg Kinnear, Phyllis Logan, John Sackville, Keeley Hawes, Suki Waterhouse, Clara Rosager, Loreece Harrison, Kajsa Mohammar, Miles Jupp, Polly Kemp, Ruby Bentall, Lily Newmark, Maya Kelly, John Heffernan, Eileen O’Higgins, Amanda Lawrence, Katy Carmichael, Rupert Vansittart, Charlie Anson, […]
A Lack of Vision: The Missed Opportunities of the Skywalker Saga – Pharisees & Fiancees
Anghus Houvouras continues his deep dive into the Skywalker Saga… In part one we discussed the missed opportunity of connecting Anakin’s emotional arc to the pain of slavery and losing his mother. Anakin’s disturbing past is abandoned. The anger and rage that we see him capable of in subsequent films never feels sufficiently connected to […]
A Lack of Vision: The Missed Opportunities of the Skywalker Saga – The Emancipation of Anakin
Anghus Houvouras begins a deep dive into the Skywalker Saga … Believe me, I wish I could just… wish away my feelings. My relationship with Star Wars has changed significantly over my lifetime. From the first movie I ever saw in theaters to the pop culture universe I gleefully devoured in the form of comic […]
A Lack of Vision: The Missed Opportunities of the Skywalker Saga – Rey Nobody
Anghus Houvouras completes his analysis of the missed opportunities of the Skywalker Saga… The following is a continuation of the thought process laid out in Part One: The Emancipation of Anakin where I suggest one minor pivot to Anakin’s core motivation; The deep psychological scar of slavery. Every motivating factor from why he wants to […]
Popeye coming to Blu-ray for 40th anniversary this December
Paramount Home Entertainment has announced that Robert Altman’s 1980 musical comedy Popeye is set to arrive on Blu-ray for the first ever time this December in celebration of the film’s 40th anniversary; check out the cover artwork and details below…. The beloved anvil-armed sailor of the seven seas comes magically to life in POPEYE, arriving […]
Ray Fisher claims DC Films boss called Joss Whedon “an asshole”
The very public spat between Cyborg actor Ray Fisher and Warner Bros. over the allegedly abusive behaviour of Joss Whedon towards the cast and crew of Justice League rolls on, with Fisher now claiming that DC Films boss Walter Hamada called Whedon “an asshole”. Responding to recent comments from Hamada that Fisher is refusing to […]
Live-action Your Name movie finds new director
Last year it was announced that Paramount Pictures, Bad Robot Productions and Toho are teaming for a live-action adaptation of Makoto Shinkai’s hit 2016 anime feature Your Name, and now THR is reporting that filmmaker Lee Isaac Chung (Minari) has signed on to direct. The film follows “a young woman living in a rural area […]
Tokyo Home Stay Massacre exclusive clip welcomes us to Japan
Thanks to Leomark Studios, we’ve got an exclusive clip from Tokyo Home Stay Massacre, a new horror which follows three American teenagers on an unforgettable trip to Japan; check it out here… SEE ALSO: Japanese horror Tokyo Home Stay Massacre gets a bloody trailer, poster and images Three American late teens travel to Japan to […]
