Creed II, 2018. Directed by Steven Caple Jr. Starring Michael B. Jordan, Sylvester Stallone, Tessa Thompson, Florian Munteanu, Phylicia Rashad, Russell Hornsby, Dolph Lundgren, Wood Harris, Robbie Johns, Andre Ward, Brigitte Nielsen, and Milo Ventimiglia. SYNOPSIS: Under the tutelage of Rocky Balboa, light heavyweight contender Adonis Creed faces off against Viktor Drago, the son of […]
Kevin Smith pleads with Sony to give Disney and Marvel what they want after Spider-Man split
Kevin Smith isn’t taking the news of Spider-Man’s apparent departure from the MCU very well, pleading with Sony to make it right. News has broken that Spider-Man’s future in the MCU is in serious jeopardy as Marvel apparently wanted to renegotiate a few details and ensure Kevin Feige received the correct producer credits. Sony didn’t […]
Zack Snyder responds to outpouring of support over his decision to depart Justice League
A couple of days ago director Zack Snyder announced that he would be leaving his directorial duties of the upcoming DCEU movie Justice League, and that Joss Whedon would be coming aboard to finish the film. Snyder revealed that his daughter Autumn Snyder tragically committed suicide back in March, and while he was initially going to […]
Anthony Mackie says Sam Wilson is “not Captain America” in The Falcon and the Winter Soldier
Given the events of Avengers: Endgame, fans have assumed that the upcoming The Falcon and the Winter Soldier series will see Anthony Mackie’s Sam Wilson taking on the mantle of Captain America, his character having been handed the shield by an elderly Steve Rogers (Chris Evans) at the conclusion of the Marvel Studios blockbuster. However, […]
Rumour: Disney and Marvel overhauling The New Mutants to remove all ties to Fox’s X-Men
The Fault in Our Stars director Josh Boone’s X-Men spinoff The New Mutants has certainly proven a headache for 20th Century Fox, and it’s one the studio has since passed on to Disney following the studio’s acquisition by the Mouse House earlier this year. Shot in the summer of 2017, The New Mutants was delayed […]
Movie Review – Robin Hood (2018)
Robin Hood, 2018. Directed by Otto Bathurst. Starring Taron Egerton, Jamie Foxx, Ben Mendelsohn, Eve Hewson, Tim Minchin, Paul Anderson, F. Murray Abraham, Ian Peck, Cornelius Booth, Scott Greenan, and Jamie Dornan. SYNOPSIS: A war-hardened Crusader and his Moorish commander mount an audacious revolt against the corrupt English crown in a thrilling action-adventure packed with […]
Movie Review – Shoplifters (2018)
Shoplifters, 2018. Written and Directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda. Starring Lily Franky, Sakura Ando, Mayu Matsuoka, Kirin Kiki, Jyo Kairi, Miyu Sasaki, Sosuke Ikematsu, Chizuru Ikewaki, Akira Emoto, Kengo Kora, Yôko Moriguchi, Yuki Yamada, Moemi Katayama, and Naoto Ogata. SYNOPSIS: A family of small-time crooks take in a child they find on the street. Rendering a […]
Sometimes Dead Is Better: Reviewing Pet Sematary (1989), Pet Sematary Two (1992) and Pet Sematary (2019)
Shaun Munro reviews all three Pet Sematary movies… The Pet Sematary remake is out now on DVD and Blu-ray, so as well as offering up our opinion on the new movie, what better time to revisit both the 1989 Stephen King adaptation which brought the story to the masses, and also the ill-fated sequel that […]
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker promo celebrates the saga, offers glimpse of Ed Sheeran and Lin-Manuel Miranda
During last night’s American Music Awards, Disney and Lucasfilm unveiled a new promotional video for Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker and indeed the entire Star Wars saga, with a ‘special look’ video which celebrates not only the franchise but the fandom which turned George Lucas’ space opera into a cultural phenomenon. Included in the […]
Movie Review – The Two Popes (2019)
The Two Popes, 2019. Directed by Fernando Meirelles. Starring Jonathan Pryce, Anthony Hopkins and Juan Minujín. SYNOPSIS: Pope Benedict XVI and the future Pope Francis meet as the latter proposes his retirement from the church. Netflix really wants some big Oscars this year. It has a lot of hope pinned to Martin Scorsese’s career-capping gangster […]
