Last month, Neill Blomkamp (District 9, Elysium) shared some concept art that he’d commissioned for an Alien film that he was quietly developing, which included shots of Ripley (Sigourney Weaver) and Hicks (Michael Biehn) – the latter of whom (rather disappointingly) never managed to make it to the opening scene of Alien 3 alive.Little explanation […]
DVD Review – Collection (2015)
Collection, 2015.Directed by John Herzfeld. Starring Sylvester Stallone, Thomas Jane, Danny Aiello, Lauren Cohan, Kyra Sedgwick, Danny Trejo, Tom Sizemore, Nelly, Kevin Connolly, David O’Hara, Kelsey Grammer, Tom Berenger, Terry Crews, Cary Elwes, Frank Stallone, Elizabeth Henstridge.SYNOPSIS:A motivational book written by a mystery author inspires a cross-section of different people to re-evaluate their lives.When a film […]
Blu-ray Review – The Killing (1956)
The Killing, 1956.Directed by Stanley Kubrick. Starring Sterling Hayden, Coleen Gray, Vince Edwards, Jay C.Flippen, Elisha Cook Jr, Marie Windsor, Ted de Corsia and Timothy Carey.SYNOPSIS:Seven men are intent on executing the perfect robbery and taking a racetrack for two million dollars. But nothing goes quite as planned…Kubrick’s third feature was something of a make […]
DVD Review – Chastity Bites (2013)
Chastity Bites, 2013.Directed by John V. Knowles. Starring Allison Scagliotti, Louise Griffiths, Amy Okuda, Francia Raisa and Eduardo Rioseco.SYNOPSIS:Notorious serial killer Elizabeth Bathory believed that bathing in virgin blood would keep her young and beautiful forever. Still alive today she’s found a perfect hunting ground for her “botox” as an abstinence educator in conservative America…but […]
Fifty Shades of Grey director had on-set bust ups with book’s author E.L. James
Having just been announced to have received an 18-rating here in the UK, Fifty Shades of Grey director Sam Taylor-Johnson has been talking about some of the on-set issues she had with the book’s author E.L. James.“It was difficult I’m not going to lie” she told Porter Magazine. “We definitely fought but they were creative […]
Joss Whedon talks the fate of Earth’s Mightiest Heroes in Avengers: Age of Ultron, “I f***ing kill them”
If there is one thing that Joss Whedon is famous for, it’s killing off popular characters to get a reaction from his audience. Last time round it was Agent Coulson, but who will it be this time in Avengers: Age of Ultron? Well, in an interview Empire, Whedon clearly has deadly plans for not just […]
Mission: Impossible 5 moved up five months to avoid Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Well, it was only a matter of time… In what is sure to be a wise move on Paramount Pictures’ part, the studio has shifted the release of the fifth instalment of the Mission: Impossible franchise to avoid confrontation with Disney’s Star Wars: The Force Awakens, bringing the date forward almost a full five months […]
Joss Whedon interested in directing a DC movie
We know that Joss Whedon has decided to call time on his Marvel exploits with Avengers: Age of Ultron, having decided to hand over the reins on the Avengers franchise to Captain America: The Winter Soldier directors Anthony and Joe Russo for Avengers: Infinity War, but it seems he still has ambitions in the superhero […]
Billy Dee Williams reportedly set for “a fun cameo” in Star Wars: Episode VIII
When the cast of Star Wars: The Force Awakens was announced, one character absent from the list of returnees to the galaxy far, far away was that of Billy Dee Williams, who played Lando Calrissian in The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi.Recently, Williams – who has reprised the role for an episode […]
Trio of stars from The Raid reportedly set to appear in Star Wars: The Force Awakens
The cast of Star Wars: The Force Awakens is already bursting at the seams, and according to Twitch we can now add three more names to the credits in The Raid stars Iko Uwais, Yayan Ruhian and Cecep Arif Rahman. The site goes on to report that no character details are available for the trio, […]
