Netflix has announced that Matthias Schoenaerts (Red Sparrow) and Luca Marinelli (Don’t be Bad) have joined the previously announced Charlize Theron (Atomic Blonde), KiKi Layne (If Beale Street Could Talk) and Marwan Kenzari (Aladdin) in the cast of the comic book adaptation The Old Guard.Based on the graphic novel series created by author Greg Rucka […]
Beast Kingdom reveals new Disney Best Friends collectible figures
Beast Kingdom and Diamond Comic Distributors have revealed a new line of PREVIEWS exclusive Mini Egg Attack figures from its Disney’s Best Friends series which includes Timon and Pumbaa from The Lion King, Tinkerbell from Peter Pan and Abu from Aladdin; check them out here…How do Disney’s heroes – like Aladdin, Peter Pan, and Simba […]
Trailer for supernatural thriller Clinton Road starring Ice-T, Vincent Pastore and Erin O’Brien
Midnight Releasing has announced that it has acquired the North American distribution rights to Clinton Road, a supernatural thriller from directors Steve Stanulis and Richard Grieco and starring Ice-T (New Jack City), James DeBello (Cabin Fever), Vincent Pastore (The Sopranos), and Erin O’Brien (Killing Joan). Here’s the poster and trailer, along with the official synopsis…A […]
Avengers: Endgame – Are Earth’s Mightiest Heroes now the MCU’s primary antagonists?
Pim Razenberg on the unconsidered consequences of Avengers: Endgame…Warning: If you have not seen Avengers: Endgame and want to avoid spoilers, do not read the following article.Did the Russo Brothers turn Earth’s Mightiest Heroes into Earth’s Greatest Foes with Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame? After casting the Avengers in the role of Thanos’ primary […]
The R-Rating As a Selling Point: When Films Become Preoccupied With Their Rating
Tom Jolliffe looks at when films become pre-occupied with their rating….We’ve seen this become increasingly more common. A reboot, a remake, or just as a counter to other films in the genre, there comes a desire to market a film as being (almost rebelliously) R rated. This weekend in fact, sees a prime example. Guillermo […]
Movie Review – After We Leave (2019)
After We Leave, 2019.Directed by Aleem Hossain Starring Brian Silverman, Clay Wilcox, Anslem Richardson, Anita Leeman Torres, James Black, Naomi SalamonSYNOPSIS:A near future earth, ravaged by human abuse, offers people the chance to emigrate to off-planet habitats. When Jack (Brian Silverman) is awarded his couples travel VISA, he must navigate his past, as well as […]
Matt Damon and Christian Bale in first-look images from Ford v Ferrari
Thanks to Entertainment Weekly, we’ve got our first look at Oscar winners Matt Damon and Christian Bale as American car designer Carroll Shelby and British racer Ken Miles in Ford v Ferrari, the new film from Walk the Line and Logan director James Mangold.Ford v Ferrari explores the true story of “an eccentric, determined team of […]
Steve Rogers was originally going to be in a relationship with Sharon Carter in Avengers: Infinity War
After teasing a potential romance between the two characters in Captain America: Civil War, it seems that the original plan was to continue the relationship between Chris Evans’ Steve Rogers and Emily VanCamp’s Sharon Carter in Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame.Speaking to Yahoo! Movies, screenwriters Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely have revealed that they […]
Movie Review – Rocketman (2019)
Rocketman, 2019.Directed by Dexter Fletcher. Starring Taron Egerton, Jamie Bell, Richard Madden, Bryce Dallas Howard, Stephen Graham, Gemma Jones, Charlie Rowe, Steven Mackintosh, Tate Donovan, Harriet Walter, Celinde Schoenmaker, Kit Connor and Matthew Illesley.SYNOPSIS:A musical fantasy about the fantastical human story of Elton John’s breakthrough years.Rocketman is a riot of music, colour – and heartache. Its […]
Why John Wick and Ethan Hunt rule the action genre
Tom Jolliffe looks at the John Wick and Mission: Impossible franchises, the current best in action cinema…Some Spoilers follow:So Mr. Wick has just come out for his third adventure. Some suggestion beforehand had hinted it could potentially be his last. Three can often be a good number to close with. Of course that doesn’t stop […]
