Coinciding with its digital release, the gag reel from this year’s Sony and Marvel blockbuster Spider-Man: Homecoming has surfaced online, and you can watch it right here… SEE ALSO: Watch the first 10 minutes of Spider-Man: Homecoming SEE ALSO: Spider-Man: Homecoming becomes the highest-grossing superhero movie of the year The hysterical new gag reel from SPIDER-MAN: […]
Has Film Declined In The 21st Century?
Tom Jolliffe on whether standards in film have dropped this century… I’ve made passing reference to it before, but the tail end of the year always brings time for reflection, and I’ve often bemoaned the decline in important cinema being made in recent years. This is the stuff of miserable old git conversations in the […]
Flickering Myth Film Class: Taking time to immerse your audience
In the latest instalment of Flickering Myth’s film class, Tom Jolliffe looks at immersing the audience… In the ever changing landscape of film, it seems in the modern age of digital film-making, modern editing programmes with limitless options and changing temperament (seemingly) with film audiences, that we’ve seen an inherent shift from film-makers devoting time […]
Movie Review – Pecking Order (2017)
Pecking Order, 2017. Directed by Slavko Martinov. SYNOPSIS: Fierce rivalries, club infighting, problematic birds and irregular judging are just some of the challenges faced by a group of zealous Kiwi chicken breeders hell-bent on victory at the 2015 National Poultry Show. A documentary about competitive chicken breeding doesn’t sound like it will be entertaining, […]
Quentin Tarantino shopping his Charles Manson script to studios, with extra tight security
Having parted way with The Weinstein Company in the wake of the Harvey Weinstein sexual harassment and assault scandal, Quentin Tarantino is currently seeking a new studio for his upcoming ninth film, based upon the infamous Manson Family murders. After an early draft of his script for The Hateful Eight was leaked online, Tarantino is […]
Thor: Ragnarok cameo possibly revealed, Quentin Tarantino’s Star Trek movie, why Batman v. Superman failed critically and more – Daily News Roundup
THOR: RAGNAROK CAMEO Weekly Planet podcast and CosmicBookNews are both reporting and speculating on two potential cameos for Thor: Ragnarok who will appear in a scene on Asgard where a play is recounting the events of the first Thor movie. We won’t post them here for fear or spoilers, so you’ll have to click here. ANT-MAN […]
Movie Review – The Exception (2016)
The Exception, 2016. Directed by David Leveaux. Starring Jai Courtney, Lily James, Christopher Plummer, Janet McTeer, Eddie Marsan, Ben Daniels, and Anton Lesser. SYNOPSIS: In 1940, a German officer is sent to the Dutch residence of Kaiser Wilhelm II to oversee his security. But he’s also under orders to report on everything the former German […]
The Bellas are back in new Pitch Perfect 3 trailer
Universal Pictures has debuted a second trailer for the hotly-anticipated musical comedy threequel Pitch Perfect 3 which sees the return of Anna Kendrick, Rebel Wilson, Hailee Steinfeld, Brittany Snow, Anna Camp, Hana Mae Lee, Ester Dean, Alexis Knapp, Chrissie Fit, Kelley Jakle, Shelley Regner, Elizabeth Banks and John Michael Higgins alongside newcomers John Lithgow and […]
Movie Review – Killing Ground (2017)
Killing Ground, 2017. Directed by Damien Power. Starring Aaron Pederson, Harriet Dyer, Ian Meadows, Aaron Glenane, and Tiarnie Coupland. SYNOPSIS: Arriving at a secluded beach in the Outback for a New Year’s camping holiday, a young couple discover another tent, but no sign of the occupants. When nobody shows up, the couple start to become […]
Watch the first trailer for Maze Runner: The Death Cure
20th Century Fox has unveiled the first trailer for Maze Runner: The Death Cure, the third and final instalment in the Maze Runner franchise. Directed by Wes Ball, the film stars Dylan O’Brien, Kaya Scodelario, Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Dexter Darden, Nathalie Emmanuel, Giancarlo Esposito, Aidan Gillen, Jacob Lofland, Ki Hong Lee, Barry Pepper, Will Poulter, Rosa Salazar, […]
