Anghus Houvouras on hype and hyperbole… Hype is something every film writer constantly struggles with. The perpetual entertainment news cycle gives film fans so much to chew on. There’s a formulaic cycle of hype that happens with every new movie that strokes the cockles of film fans. Some movies come with preordained hype. A new […]
Baby Driver moves past $100 million at the domestic box office
Baby Driver has cross the $100 million mark at the U.S. domestic box office. Edgar Wright’s latest effort was a big hit with fans and critics alike, scoring an 86 on metacritic and currently sitting 8.2 on IMDb read our reviews here, here and here]. Importantly, this has translated into box office success as well, […]
Edgar Wright could make a sequel to Baby Driver
Director of Baby Driver, Edgar Wright, has revealed that might end up making a sequel to the film. Wright’s latest movie has gone down a treat with critics and fans alike, currently holding a score of 86 on metacritic [read our reviews here, here and here]. So it is no surprise to hear that talk of a sequel […]
Movie Review – Baby Driver (2017)
Baby Driver, 2017. Directed by Edgar Wright. Starring Ansel Elgort, Kevin Spacey, Jon Hamm, Lily James, Jon Bernthal, Eiza Gonzalez, CJ Jones and Jamie Foxx. SYNOPSIS: After being coerced into working for a crime boss, a young getaway driver finds himself taking part in a heist doomed to fail. To say that Baby Driver is […]
Rumour: Gal Gadot’s Wonder Woman to appear in Flashpoint movie
Since it was announced that Warner Bros. has decided to retool The Flash solo movie as Flashpoint, there’s been a lot of speculation as to which other DCEU actors may pop up in the film alongside Ezra Miller’s Barry Allen as alternate versions of their existing characters. And, if Forbes is to be believed, we […]
The 4 Spider-Man Storylines We Need In the MCU
Ben Robins on the 4 Spider-Man storylines we need in the MCU… With this month’s Spider-Man: Homecoming marking the third big screen incarnation of the famous wall-crawler in the 21st century alone, you’d think we’d be hard-pressed by this stage to find storylines that hadn’t already been adapted at least somewhere down the line. We’ve […]
Fantastic Beasts 2 starts filming, story details and new cast members revealed
Warner Bros. has announced that filming has now commenced on the as-yet-untitled sequel to Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, the latest instalment in J.K. Rowling’s Wizarding World. Eddie Redmayne stars once more as wizarding world magizoologist Newt Scamander, alongside Katherine Waterston as Auror Tina Goldstein, Alison Sudol as her sister Queenie Goldstein, and […]
Directorial Vision vs Crowd Pleasing
Tom Jolliffe on directorial vision vs crowd pleasing… We’ve all done it in our lives. The crowd leans a certain way and we adhere to that. Maybe it was in school. Oasis vs Blur (yes, I’m old). The consensus is Oasis, so you put Oasis in your tape deck to please everyone. Secretly though you’re […]
Ben Hardy will reportedly play Roger Taylor in Queen biopic Bohemian Rhapsody
After several years in development, it looks like the Queen biopic Bohemian Rhapsody is finally starting to come together. In November of last year, it was announced that Bryan Singer would be directing the project, with Mr. Robot star Rami Malek signing on to play the band’s iconic frontman Freddie Mercury. Now, according to The […]
Watch Neill Blomkamp’s new sci-fi short Firebase
Filmmaker Neill Blomkamp has released the second sci-fi short from his new production company Oats Studios, entitled Firebase. Set during the Vietnam war, Firebase follows American soldier “Hines” through an ever deepening web of science fiction madness. The fabric of space-time literally beginning to bend around him. Watch the short below, and click here to […]
