It may be slipping down the domestic charts thanks to the likes of The Secret Life of Pets 2 and X-Men: Dark Phoenix, but Disney’s live-action Aladdin remake continues to show some decent legs at the box office, the film having now passed the $600 million mark coming out of its third weekend. Aladdin added […]
Avengers: Endgame almost featured the MCU’s first “f*ck”
While the Marvel Studios policy seems to be to stick firmly in the family arena, it seems that Avengers: Endgame came close to pushing the boundaries of PG-13 by dropping the MCU’s first (unbleeped) use of the word “fuck”. Speaking to Empire Online, screenwriters Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely discussed how they came up with […]
Movie Review – Diego Maradona (2019)
Diego Maradona, 2019. Directed by Asif Kapadia Featuring Diego Armando Maradona SYNOPSIS: Senna and Amy director Asif Kapadia tackles one of football’s most controversial and gifted icons: Diego Maradona. Enfant terrible, pantomime villain, or the best footballer ever to grace the green fields of this planet? It’s not a question that Asif Kapadia’s third icon […]
G.I. Joe spinoff Snake Eyes pushed back seven months
In news that isn’t at all surprising given that it doesn’t appear to be anywhere near to production at present, The Wrap is reporting that Paramount Pictures has decided to push back the release of its G.I. Joe spinoff film Snake Eyes. Originally slated to open on March 27th 2020, the prequel film based around […]
Historical epic Robert the Bruce gets a poster and trailer
With less than three weeks to go until its arrives in cinemas, Signature Entertainment has released a poster and trailer for the historical epic Robert the Bruce. Directed by Richard Gray, the film stars Angus Macfadyen (Braveheart) in the title role as the legendary Scottish King, alongside a cast that includes Daniel Portman (Game of […]
Blu-ray Review – Def-Con 4 (1985)
Def-Con 4, 1985. Directed by Paul Donovan, Digby C. Cook & Tony Randel. Starring Lenore Zann, Maury Chaykin, Kate Lynch, Tim Choate, and Kevin King. SYNOPSIS: During World War III a satellite containing three astronauts crashes to Earth where they become the target of gangs of diseased humans. The 1980s was a creative and productive […]
X-Men: Dark Phoenix crashes and burns with franchise low opening weekend
It appears that the X-Men franchise is going out with a fizzle rather than a bang, with 20th Century Fox and director Simon Kinberg’s X-Men: Dark Phoenix settling for second place behind animated sequel The Secret Life of Pets 2 with a record-low opening weekend for the superhero series. Dark Phoenix grossed just $33 million […]
Zazie Beetz, Winston Duke, Bill Skarsgard and Benedict Wong set for Nine Days
Celebrated commercials director Edson Oda has tapped Zazie Beetz (Deadpool 2), Winston Duke (Black Panther), Bill Skarsgard (It) and Benedict Wong (Doctor Strange) to star in his feature directorial debut Nine Days, which has been developed through the Sundance Institute Feature Film Program Labs. Deadline reports that the logline for Nine Days reads: “In a […]
Blu-ray Review – Escape Room (2019)
Escape Room, 2019. Directed by Adam Robitel. Starring Taylor Russell, Logan Miller, Deborah Ann Woll, Jay Ellis, Tyler Labine, and Kenneth Fok. SYNOPSIS: Six strangers find themselves trapped in a building where they must solve puzzles in able to move onto the next room before the inevitable traps kick in. So in Escape Room we […]
Anthony Mackie to produce and star in action sci-fi Outside the Wire
After appearing in the fifth season of Black Mirror and the upcoming second season of Altered Carbon, Anthony Mackie is set to reunite with Netflix once again, with Deadline reporting that the Marvel star is set to lead the case of the sci-fi action film Outside the Wire. The film takes place in the future […]
