With the hotly-anticipated release of Blade Runner 2049 just a month away, a batch of images have arrived online for director Dennis Villeneuve’s upcoming sci-fi sequel which you can check out here… UPDATE: And here’s a new TV spot… Thirty years after the events of the first film, a new blade runner, LAPD Officer K […]
New promo posters and character portraits for Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Following on from Force Friday II this past Friday, it looks like Disney and Lucasfilm are ramping up the marketing for Star Wars: The Last Jedi, and today we’ve got a couple of new promotional posters for December’s hugely-anticipated blockbuster, along with illustrated character portraits featuring Rey, Luke, Leia, Kylo Ren, Finn and Poe. Take […]
Movie Review – The Oath (2016)
The Oath, 2016. Directed by Baltasar Kormákur. Starring Baltasar Kormákur, Hera Hilmar, Gísli Örn Garðarsson, Ingvar Eggert Sigurðsson, and Þorsteinn Bachmann. SYNOPSIS: Icelandic auteur Baltasar Kormákur (Contraband, 2 Guns, Everest) directs and stars in this psychological thriller about a father who tries to pull his daughter out of her world of drugs and petty crime, […]
Inhumans opens strong, Doctor Who in the MCU, Bad Boys 3 still alive and more – Weekend News Roundup
INHUMANS OPENS STRONG It may have been demoted from a big screen blockbuster to a small screen TV show, but Marvel’s Inhumans has had a strong showing in its IMAX release. According to Boxofficemojo, Inhumans brought in around $2.6 million worldwide – pretty good considering the season four finale of Game of Thrones made $1.4 […]
Doctor Who’s Matt Smith interested in joining the Marvel Cinematic Universe
While his days as the Eleventh Doctor on Doctor Who are long over, Matt Smith hasn’t taken his eyes off of joining yet another major franchise beloved by millions. The actor confirmed during a panel at Fan Expo Canada that he would be interested in taking on a role in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. “I’d love to. […]
Star Wars: The Last Jedi trailer confirmed for Monday Night Football, tickets to go on sale following launch
Well, it looks as though Mark Hamill did indeed let slip details of the next Star Wars: The Last Jedi trailer, as we have just received official confirmation from Disney that the trailer will indeed premiere during ESPN’s Monday Night Football game between the Minnesota Vikings and the Chicago Bears. Monday Night Football starts at 5:15 p.m. […]
Star Wars: The Last Jedi concept art shows new Luke Skywalker costume
So far, we’ve seen Mark Hamill’s Luke Skywalker sporting a few different costumes in Star Wars: The Last Jedi – the Jedi robes he wore in the final shot of Star Wars: The Force Awakens, a darker, raggy outfit (which according to the action figure, is his Jedi Exile costume), and the above, assumed to be […]
Mark Hamill on Luke Skywalker’s story between Return of the Jedi and The Force Awakens
Aside from a brief outline of events – he forms a new Jedi Order, is betrayed by Kylo Ren, and heads off to Ahch-To for a self-imposed exile, we know very little of what Luke Skywalker has been up to in the galaxy far, far away between the end of Return of the Jedi and […]
Flickering Myth Film Class: How To Do An Ensemble Film
In the latest instalment of Flickering Myth’s film class, Tom Jolliffe looks at how to pull off an ensemble film… The art in pulling off the ensemble film. It’s a tricking balance. In the vast majority of cinema you may be limited to one or two clearly defined protagonists with a cast of supporting artists. […]
Justice League tipped for $325 million plus worldwide opening weekend
It may have received mixed reviews following the lift of today’s embargo, but it seems that much like Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice and Suicide Squad, Warner Bros.’ latest DCEU release Justice League is going to be critic-proof, at least for its opening weekend. According to Deadline, the DC ensemble is looking at a […]