After a debut film like District 9, Neill Blomkamp was likely under a lot of pressure to make a decent follow up. Unfortunately, Elysium was a miss, critically and financially, and didn’t live up to the high expectations that many had placed on the up-and-coming director. If you were one of the people let down by Elysium, you’re […]
Fox recasting Rogue for X-Men: Dark Phoenix?
Over the past three instalments of the main X-Men franchise we’ve seen several of the original X-Men recast with younger actors, including Professor Xavier, Beast, Jean Grey, Cyclops, Storm, Nightcrawler and Jubilee. And it looks like we may be able to add another to that list with 2018’s X-Men: Dark Phoenix. The folks at Omega […]
Dwayne Johnson wants Wonder Woman director for Jungle Cruise
In June, Warner Bros. will release Wonder Woman from director Patty Jenkins (Monster), who with her second feature film, as made history as the first female filmmaker to have helmed a $100 million budgeted live-action movie. Jenkins has already been discussing the possibility of returning for a sequel, but it seems she may have another […]
Michael Bay built a Stonehenge replica for Transformers: The Last Knight, and blew it up
As we’ve come to be accustomed to from Michael Bay movies – and the Transformers franchise in particular – we can expect to see plenty of destruction in this summer’s Transformers: The Last Knight. And it seems that will extend to the UK’s iconic landmark Stonehenge, with actress Laura Haddock revealing that Bay built a […]
Rumour: Leia and Snoke to have a showdown in Star Wars: The Last Jedi
On one end of the Star Wars rumour spectrum, you have generally reliable sources such as Making Star Wars, and on the other you have random posters dropping “insider knowledge” on Reddit. This latest report about Star Wars: The Last Jedi, highlighted by Nerdist, comes from the latter, and so while there may be some truth […]
Exclusive Interview: Priscilla Ford on indie thriller Without Disguise
Tai Freligh chats with Priscilla Ford from Without Disguise… Priscilla Ford is an actress, model and fashion blogger who can next be seen in the indie thriller Without Disguise alongside Angela Sarafyan. Ford plays Nicola, a higher echelon hacker in an alternate reality run by a mechanism called “The Algorithm”. With complete devotion to The […]
Joe Pesci will reportedly appear in Martin Scorsese’s The Irishman
Martin Scorsese has spent several years looking to put together The Irishman, his long-gestating adaptation of Charles Brandt’s bestselling book I Heard You Paint Houses, and while he finally secured financing last year, it was reported that Joe Pesci had opted against a reunion with the filmmaker on his new project, which has Robert De […]
Blu-ray Review – The Frank Darabont Collection
Zachary Leeman reviews The Frank Darabont Collection… Frank Darabont is a name not spoken nearly enough among film lovers. He can often go unappreciated despite being the man that directed IMDB’s top rated film and having originally developed one of television’s smash hits, The Walking Dead. Despite being an artist of undeniable talent, there’s always […]
Movie Review – Aquarius (2016)
Aquarius, 2016. Directed by Kleber Mendonca Filho. Starring Sonia Braga, Humberto Carrao, Zoraide Coleto, Irandhir Santos, and Maeve Jinkings. SYNOPSIS: Retired music critic Clara is a survivor. She’s come through breast cancer and the death of her husband, and now she faces the prospect of her much-loved home being taken away from her when a […]
Movie Review – The Lost City Of Z (2016)
The Lost City Of Z, 2016. Directed by James Gray. Starring Charlie Hunnam, Tom Holland, Sienna Miller, Robert Pattinson, and Angus Macfadyen. SYNOPSIS: The true-life story of early 20th century soldier-turned-explorer Percy Fawcett who discovered signs of an early civilisation in the Amazon basin. After serving in World War I, he made a final expedition, […]
