Ahead of its release this January, a trailer and poster have arrived online for director Jesse V. Johnson’s upcoming action thriller The Mercenary which stars Dominiquie Vandenberg, Louis Mandylor, and Carmen Argenziano; check them out here…Maxx (Vandenberg, Triple Threat, Gangs of New York) is a legionnaire turned mercenary. When a mission in South America goes […]
Action thriller Agent Jade Black gets a poster and trailer
High Octane Pictures has unveiled a poster and trailer for the upcoming action thriller Agent Jade Black, which is described as “Atomic Blonde meets La Femme Nikita” and stars Katie Burgess (Gremlin, The Jurassic Games) as a lethal government assassin and super spy; check them out here, along with the official synopsis…Rescued from the international […]
Are we watching Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker through routine rather than passion?
Tom Jolliffe on whether audiences are sleepwalking into the latest and possibly final Star Wars instalment…Christmas is almost upon us. The Christmas ‘event’ movie is something that has historically drawn crowds with some years proving more enticing than others. The three year run of Lord Of The Rings proved exciting and something of a genuine […]
J.J. Abrams on retconning Rey’s lineage in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
The lineage of Daisy Ridley’s Rey was one of the big mysteries set up by J.J. Abrams in Star Wars: The Force Awakens, only for Rian Johnson to throw fans a curve ball in Star Wars: The Last Jedi by revealing that the aspiring Jedi’s parents were “nobodies” – filthy junk traders who sold her […]
James Cameron says “its a certainty” that Avatar will regain box office crown from Avengers: Endgame
For almost an entire decade, James Cameron’s Avatar stood head and shoulders above the competition as the highest-grossing movie of all time – that is, until Disney and Marvel Studios unleashed this year’s superhero epic Avengers: Endgame. The culmination of Marvel’s Infinity Saga grossed $2,797,800,564 over the summer, dethroning Avatar by just $8.1 million, although […]
Daniel Craig on why he wanted another Bond outing in No Time To Die
In the months and years following the release of Spectre in 2015, there was intense speculation over Daniel Craig’s future as James Bond, with numerous reports suggesting that the actor would be calling time on his role as 007 after four outings as Ian Fleming’s super spy (Craig’s comments that he’d rather “slash his wrists” […]
The Star Wars Holiday Special continues to be a baffling, fascinating cultural relic
To compliment the release of the “final” entry into the Skywalker Saga, Shaun Munro revisits the most infamous piece of Star Wars media in existence, 1978’s legendarily woeful Star Wars Holiday Special…While Star Wars fans routinely squabble over whether The Phantom Menace or The Last Jedi is the movie which sent the franchise irreversibly hurtling off the […]
Hot Toys unveils new Iron Man Hall of Armor Miniature Collectibles
Hot Toys has unveiled a second wave of its MMS Compact series Iron Man Hall of Armor Miniature Collectibles which feature six of Tony Stark’s creations in the War Machine, Iron Patriot, Mark XLV, Striker, Silver Centurion and Mark XLII suits and will be available to purchase either as a set of six or individually; […]
Eight Overused Tropes in Mainstream Christmas Movies
Rae Gellel with eight overused tropes in mainstream Christmas movies…A woman falls in love with a mysterious man who is later revealed to be a prince. The future of a family enterprise is dependent on the success of a community Christmas pagent. A woman returns to her quaint home town from the big city, where […]
Kelsey Grammer, Thomas Jane, Denise Richards and Adam Copeland to star in Money Plane
Deadline is reporting that Kelsey Grammer (Frasier), Thomas Jane (The Expanse), Denise Richards (Paper Empire) and former WWE star Adam Copeland (Vikings) have been cast in the heist thriller Money Plane.Money Plane will follow “a professional thief (Copeland) who must rob an underworld criminal casino on an airplane to settle a debt with his ruthless […]
