Alien, 1979. Directed by Ridley Scott. Starring Tom Skerritt, Sigourney Weaver, Veronica Cartright, Harry Dean Stanton, Ian Holm, Yaphet Kotto and John Hurt. SYNOPSIS: The crew of the cargo ship Nostromo receives a distress signal from a nearby planet and while investigating, one of the crew is attacked by a parasite which implants an embryo […]
Why Do So Many Sequels Disappoint?
Neil Calloway looks at why so few sequels are better than the films that precede them… With the advance word on Blade Runner 2049 good, with some saying it’s at least the equal of the original (read our review here), it’s got me thinking why so few sequels surpass the first film. In theory, it […]
Cinema’s Damaged Heroine
Sarah Myles on cinema’s damaged heroine… “Badass.” As a word, it has become synonymous with determined women in movies. Why? Because that is how critics routinely describe them. “Black Widow gets extra bad-ass in this Avengers 2 trailer,” said Rob Bricken of i09. In Atomic Blonde, Charlize Theron plays “a career badass who enjoys both […]
Watch the trailer for supernatural thriller Slumber starring Maggie Q
A new trailer has debuted for the upcoming supernatural thriller Slumber. Directed by Jonathan Hopkins, the film stars Maggie Q, Will Kemp, Sylvester McCoy, and William Hope; watch it below… Alice is a rational-minded sleep doctor, haunted by the mysterious nocturnal death of her younger brother. Whilst performing a routine examination on a traumatized family […]
Helen Mirren and Donald Sutherland star in trailer for The Leisure Seeker
Following its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival earlier this month, a new trailer has been released for director Paolo Virzi’s English-language debut The Leisure Seeker. Based on Michael Zadoorian’s 2009 novel of the same name, the drama stars Helen Mirren and Donald Sutherland; watch it below… Traveling in their family Leisure Seeker vintage […]
Coming to America sequel finds a director and screenwriter
Back in March of this year it was rumoured that Eddie Murphy was working on a sequel to the classic 1988 comedy Coming to America, with Paramount Pictures subsequently confirming the report and revealing that original screenwriters Barry Blaustein and David Sheffield were on board to pen the film. Well, Deadline now has an update […]
Idris Elba auditioned to play Gaston in Disney’s live-action Beauty and the Beast
As it turns out, even Idris Elba still gets turned down for parts every so often. In a recent interview with People to promote his latest film, Hany Abu-Assad’s survival thriller The Mountain Between Us, the actor revealed that despite auditioning for this year’s live-action Beauty and the Beast remake, Disney decided to go in […]
Jared Leto praises Suicide Squad 2 director
After approaching the likes of Mel Gibson (Hacksaw Ridge) and Jaume Collet-Serra (The Shallows), Warner Bros. finally found its director for Suicide Squad 2 last month in Gavin O’Connor (The Accountant), and now Suicide Squad star Jared Leto has shared a few words of praise for the filmmaker. “I think Gavin is incredibly talented, he […]
Jared Leto plays down his on-set “method” antics on Suicide Squad
Jared Leto is well known for the extreme lengths he goes to in order to get into character, but his alleged antics during the shooting of Warner Bros.’ DC blockbuster Suicide Squad certainly raised a few eyebrows. According to reports, Leto sent a number of bizarre “Joker-inspired” gifts to his cast mates, including live rats, […]
The Week in Spandex – Thor: Ragnarok trailer, Ant-Man and the Wasp villain revealed, Justice League marketing blitz, James Cameron slams Wonder Woman again and more
In this edition of The Week in Spandex, we look at Thor: Ragnarok, Spider-Man: Homecoming, Venom, Ant-Man and the Wasp, Avengers 4, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, Black Panther, Inhumans, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., The Punisher, Runaways, Deadpool 2, X-Men: Dark Phoenix, Gambit, The Gifted, Justice League, Flashpoint, Nightwing, Wonder Woman, The Joker, Aquaman, Suicide […]
